Russian trade with Ethiopia in 2017
based on data from the Federal Customs Service of Russia
Russia’s Trade with Ethiopia
In 2017, Russia’s trade with Ethiopia was $89,093,303, down 58.58% ($126,016,677) from 2016.
Russia’s exports to Ethiopia in 2017 were $61,427,671, down 68.42% ($133,060,135) from 2016.
Russia’s imports from Ethiopia in 2017 totaled $27,665,632, up 34.15% ($7,043,458) from 2016.
Russia’s trade surplus with Ethiopia in 2017 was $33,762,039, a 80.58% decrease ($140,103,593) over 2016.
Ethiopia was Russia’s 115th largest trading partner in 2017 (down from 96th in 2016), accounting for 0.0153% of Russia’s total trade (down from 0.0460% in 2016).
Ethiopia was Russia’s 110th largest export market in 2017 (down from 83rd in 2016), accounting for 0.0172% of Russia’s total exports (down from 0.0681% in 2016).
Ethiopia was Russia’s 97th largest supplier in 2017 (up from 102nd in 2016), accounting for 0.0122% of Russia’s total imports (up from 0.0113% in 2016).
Russia’s Exports to Ethiopia
The major share of Russian exports to Ethiopia in 2017 (and in 2016) was accounted for the following product types:
- Machinery, equipment and vehicles (HS codes 84-90) - 79.87% of Russia’s total exports to Ethiopia (5.89% in 2016);
- Food products and agricultural raw materials (HS codes 01-24) - 14.76% of Russia’s total exports to Ethiopia (9.35% in 2016);
- Wood and wood products (HS codes 44-49) - 4.47% of Russia’s total exports to Ethiopia (0.78% in 2016);
- Chemical products (HS codes 28-40) - 0.68% of Russia’s total exports to Ethiopia (5.03% in 2016).
The largest gains in Russia’s exports to Ethiopia in 2017 over 2016 were recorded for the following product groups:
- Vehicles other than railway or tramway rolling stock, and parts and accessories thereof (HS code 87) - an increase of $34,024,328;
- Electrical machinery and equipment and parts thereof; sound recorders and reproducers, television image and sound recorders and reproducers, and parts and accessories of such articles (HS code 85) - an increase of $3,864,534;
- Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof (HS code 84) - an increase of $1,804,739;
- Paper and paperboard; articles of paper pulp, of paper or of paperboard (HS code 48) - an increase of $1,191,205;
- Animal or vegetable fats and oils and their cleavage products prepared edible fats; animal or vegetable waxes (HS code 15) - an increase of $520,953.
The largest declines in Russia’s exports to Ethiopia in 2017 over 2016 were recorded for the following product groups:
- Cereals (HS code 10) - a decrease of $9,798,008;
- Fertilizers (HS code 31) - a decrease of $9,506,000;
- Optical, photographic, cinematographic, measuring, checking, precision, medical or surgical instruments and apparatus; parts and accessories thereof (HS code 90) - a decrease of $2,093,943;
- Iron and steel (HS code 72) - a decrease of $699,556.
HS code |
Name of product group | Value of exports in 2017, US dollars ($) |
Percent share in total export | Value of exports in 2016, US dollars ($) |
Percent change in 2017 over 2016 |
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10 | Cereals | 8,004,740 | 13.03 | 17,802,748 | -55.04 |
15 | Animal or vegetable fats and oils and their cleavage products prepared edible fats; animal or vegetable waxes | 520,953 | 0.85 | 0 | ∞ |
22 | Beverages, spirits and vinegar | 538,233 | 0.88 | 390,494 | 37.83 |
28 | Inorganic chemicals; organic or inorganic compounds of precious metals, of rare-earth metals,of radioactive elements or of isotopes | 33,061 | 0.05 | 97,700 | -66.16 |
29 | Organic chemicals | 412 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
30 | Pharmaceutical products | 12,472 | 0.02 | 22,440 | -44.42 |
31 | Fertilizers | 0 | 0.00 | 9,506,000 | -100.00 |
32 | Tanning or dyeing extracts; dyes, pigments, paints, varnishes, putty and mastics | 0 | 0.00 | 2,800 | -100.00 |
33 | Essential oils and resinoids; perfumery, cosmetic or toilet preparations | 512 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
34 | Soap, organic surface-active agents, washing preparations, lubricating preparations, artificial waxes, prepared waxes, polishing or scouring preparations, candles and similar articles, modeling pastes, "dental waxes" and dental preparations with a basis of plaster | 7,416 | 0.01 | 0 | ∞ |
38 | Miscellaneous chemical products | 13,465 | 0.02 | 1,540 | 774.35 |
39 | Plastics and articles thereof | 121,024 | 0.20 | 29,551 | 309.54 |
40 | Rubber and articles thereof | 227,601 | 0.37 | 113,010 | 101.40 |
44 | Wood and articles of wood; wood charcoal | 1,064,114 | 1.73 | 1,069,749 | -0.53 |
47 | Pulp of wood or of other fibrous cellulosic material; waste and scrap of paper or paperboard | 51,945 | 0.08 | 0 | ∞ |
48 | Paper and paperboard; articles of paper pulp, of paper or of paperboard | 1,630,510 | 2.65 | 439,305 | 271.16 |
59 | Impregnated, coated, covered or laminated textile fabrics; textile articles of a kind suitable for industrial use | 58,910 | 0.10 | 0 | ∞ |
63 | Other made up textile articles; sets; worn clothing and worn textile articles; rags | 180 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
68 | Articles of stone, plaster, cement, asbestos, mica or similar materials | 50 | 0.00 | 7,707 | -99.35 |
69 | Ceramic products | 384 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
70 | Glass and glassware | 4,473 | 0.01 | 1,728 | 158.85 |
72 | Iron and steel | 15,082 | 0.02 | 714,638 | -97.89 |
73 | Articles of iron or steel | 41,875 | 0.07 | 25,124 | 66.67 |
74 | Copper and articles thereof | 11,917 | 0.02 | 2,695 | 342.19 |
76 | Aluminum and articles thereof | 1,379 | 0.00 | 8,309 | -83.40 |
82 | Tools, implements, cutlery, spoons and forks, of base metal; parts thereof of base metal | 1,148 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
83 | Miscellaneous articles of base metal | 2,250 | 0.00 | 5,979 | -62.37 |
84 | Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof | 2,361,110 | 3.84 | 556,371 | 324.38 |
85 | Electrical machinery and equipment and parts thereof; sound recorders and reproducers, television image and sound recorders and reproducers, and parts and accessories of such articles | 4,206,308 | 6.85 | 341,774 | 1,130.73 |
87 | Vehicles other than railway or tramway rolling stock, and parts and accessories thereof | 42,265,641 | 68.81 | 8,241,313 | 412.85 |
90 | Optical, photographic, cinematographic, measuring, checking, precision, medical or surgical instruments and apparatus; parts and accessories thereof | 228,682 | 0.37 | 2,322,625 | -90.15 |
94 | Furniture; bedding, mattresses, mattress supports, cushions and similar stuffed furnishings; lamps and lighting fittings, not elsewhere specified or included; illuminated sign illuminated nameplates and the like; prefabricated buildings | 284 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
96 | Miscellaneous manufactured articles | 1,540 | 0.00 | 1,970 | -21.83 |
SS | Classified | 0 | 0.00 | 152 782 236 | -100.00 |
Russia’s Imports from Ethiopia
The major share of Russian imports from Ethiopia in 2017 (and in 2016) was accounted for the following product types:
- Food products and agricultural raw materials (HS codes 01-24) - 98.15% of Russia’s total imports from Ethiopia (98.57% in 2016);
- Textiles, textile products and footwear (HS codes 50-67) - 1.71% of Russia’s total imports from Ethiopia (1.05% in 2016).
The largest gains in Russia’s imports from Ethiopia in 2017 over 2016 were recorded for the following product groups:
- Coffee, tea, maté and spices (HS code 09) - an increase of $4,636,752;
- Edible vegetables and certain roots and tubers (HS code 07) - an increase of $2,458,371;
- Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, knitted or crocheted (HS code 61) - an increase of $169,848;
- Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, not knitted or crocheted (HS code 62) - an increase of $146,363.
The largest declines in Russia’s imports from Ethiopia in 2017 over 2016 were recorded for the following product groups:
- Live trees and other plants; bulbs, roots and the like; cut flowers and ornamental foliage (HS code 06) - a decrease of $404,946.
HS code |
Name of product group | Value of imports in 2017, US dollars ($) |
Percent share in total import | Value of imports in 2016, US dollars ($) |
Percent change in 2017 over 2016 |
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06 | Live trees and other plants; bulbs, roots and the like; cut flowers and ornamental foliage | 1,983,927 | 7.17 | 2,388,873 | -16.95 |
07 | Edible vegetables and certain roots and tubers | 8,553,210 | 30.92 | 6,094,839 | 40.34 |
08 | Edible fruit and nuts; peel of citrus fruit or melons | 22,361 | 0.08 | 958 | 2,234.13 |
09 | Coffee, tea, maté and spices | 15,713,499 | 56.80 | 11,076,747 | 41.86 |
12 | Oil seeds and oleaginous fruits; miscellaneous grains, seeds and fruits; industrial or medicinal plants; straw and fodder | 756,186 | 2.73 | 689,612 | 9.65 |
13 | Lac; gums, resins and other vegetable saps and extracts | 124,249 | 0.45 | 75,640 | 64.26 |
39 | Plastics and articles thereof | 26 | 0.00 | 4 | 550.00 |
41 | Raw hides and skins (other than furskins) and leather | 38,583 | 0.14 | 78,256 | -50.70 |
53 | Other vegetable textile fibers; paper yarn and woven fabric of paper yarn | 0 | 0.00 | 61,952 | -100.00 |
61 | Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, knitted or crocheted | 316,283 | 1.14 | 146,435 | 115.99 |
62 | Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, not knitted or crocheted | 152,345 | 0.55 | 5,982 | 2,446.72 |
65 | Headgear and parts thereof | 4,000 | 0.01 | 1,838 | 117.63 |
85 | Electrical machinery and equipment and parts thereof; sound recorders and reproducers, television image and sound recorders and reproducers, and parts and accessories of such articles | 49 | 0.00 | 30 | 63.33 |
90 | Optical, photographic, cinematographic, measuring, checking, precision, medical or surgical instruments and apparatus; parts and accessories thereof | 914 | 0.00 | 1,008 | -9.33 |