Russian trade with South Africa in 2017
based on data from the Federal Customs Service of Russia
Russia’s Trade with South Africa
In 2017, Russia’s trade with South Africa totaled $832,029,884, up 15.94% ($114,372,287) from 2016.
Russia’s exports to South Africa in 2017 totaled $203,867,093, up 3.70% ($7,282,999) from 2016.
Russia’s imports from South Africa in 2017 totaled $628,162,791, up 20.55% ($107,089,288) from 2016.
Russia’s trade deficit with South Africa in 2017 was $424,295,698, a 30.76% increase ($99,806,289) over 2016.
South Africa was Russia’s 68th largest trading partner in 2017 (just as in 2016), accounting for 0.1425% of Russia’s total trade (down from 0.1534% in 2016).
South Africa was Russia’s 86th largest export market in 2017 (down from 82nd in 2016), accounting for 0.0571% of Russia’s total exports (down from 0.0689% in 2016).
South Africa was Russia’s 48th largest supplier in 2017 (just as in 2016), accounting for 0.2768% of Russia’s total imports (down from 0.2859% in 2016).
Russia’s Exports to South Africa
The major share of Russian exports to South Africa in 2017 (and in 2016) was accounted for the following product types:
- Food products and agricultural raw materials (HS codes 01-24) - 44.61% of Russia’s total exports to South Africa (61.46% in 2016);
- Chemical products (HS codes 28-40) - 21.73% of Russia’s total exports to South Africa (11.66% in 2016);
- Wood and wood products (HS codes 44-49) - 11.37% of Russia’s total exports to South Africa (3.86% in 2016);
- Mineral products (HS codes 25-27) - 10.94% of Russia’s total exports to South Africa (6.01% in 2016);
- Metals and products from them (HS codes 72-83) - 6.41% of Russia’s total exports to South Africa (8.47% in 2016);
- Machinery, equipment and vehicles (HS codes 84-90) - 4.61% of Russia’s total exports to South Africa (7.06% in 2016).
The largest gains in Russia’s exports to South Africa in 2017 over 2016 were recorded for the following product groups:
- Fertilizers (HS code 31) - an increase of $15,981,650;
- Mineral fuels, mineral oils and products of their distillation; bituminous substances; mineral waxes (HS code 27) - an increase of $10,471,022;
- Pulp of wood or of other fibrous cellulosic material; waste and scrap of paper or paperboard (HS code 47) - an increase of $7,787,200;
- Paper and paperboard; articles of paper pulp, of paper or of paperboard (HS code 48) - an increase of $7,713,068;
- Iron and steel (HS code 72) - an increase of $3,105,457;
- Inorganic chemicals; organic or inorganic compounds of precious metals, of rare-earth metals,of radioactive elements or of isotopes (HS code 28) - an increase of $2,893,129;
- Rubber and articles thereof (HS code 40) - an increase of $1,845,873;
- Salt; sulfur; earths and stone; plastering materials, lime and cement (HS code 25) - an increase of $929,831;
- Tools, implements, cutlery, spoons and forks, of base metal; parts thereof of base metal (HS code 82) - an increase of $895,872;
- Vehicles other than railway or tramway rolling stock, and parts and accessories thereof (HS code 87) - an increase of $665,348.
The largest declines in Russia’s exports to South Africa in 2017 over 2016 were recorded for the following product groups:
- Cereals (HS code 10) - a decrease of $29,294,718;
- Aluminum and articles thereof (HS code 76) - a decrease of $7,720,826;
- Optical, photographic, cinematographic, measuring, checking, precision, medical or surgical instruments and apparatus; parts and accessories thereof (HS code 90) - a decrease of $5,882,803;
- Ores, slag and ash (HS code 26) - a decrease of $912,183;
- Wadding, felt and nonwovens; special yarns, twine, cordage, ropes and cables and articles thereof (HS code 56) - a decrease of $691,460.
HS code |
Name of product group | Value of exports in 2017, US dollars ($) |
Percent share in total export | Value of exports in 2016, US dollars ($) |
Percent change in 2017 over 2016 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
07 | Edible vegetables and certain roots and tubers | 171,310 | 0.08 | 0 | ∞ |
09 | Coffee, tea, maté and spices | 210,917 | 0.10 | 232,498 | -9.28 |
10 | Cereals | 89,747,123 | 44.02 | 119,041,841 | -24.61 |
11 | Products of the milling industry; malt; starches; inulin; wheat gluten | 2 | 0.00 | 21,518 | -99.99 |
12 | Oil seeds and oleaginous fruits; miscellaneous grains, seeds and fruits; industrial or medicinal plants; straw and fodder | 15,939 | 0.01 | 8,250 | 93.20 |
19 | Preparations of cereals, flour, starch or milk; bakers’ wares | 0 | 0.00 | 25 | -100.00 |
21 | Miscellaneous edible preparations | 738,961 | 0.36 | 867,992 | -14.87 |
22 | Beverages, spirits and vinegar | 59,599 | 0.03 | 87,730 | -32.07 |
24 | Tobacco and manufactured tobacco substitutes | 0 | 0.00 | 564,678 | -100.00 |
25 | Salt; sulfur; earths and stone; plastering materials, lime and cement | 983,279 | 0.48 | 53,448 | 1,739.69 |
26 | Ores, slag and ash | 0 | 0.00 | 912,183 | -100.00 |
27 | Mineral fuels, mineral oils and products of their distillation; bituminous substances; mineral waxes | 21,321,338 | 10.46 | 10,850,316 | 96.50 |
28 | Inorganic chemicals; organic or inorganic compounds of precious metals, of rare-earth metals,of radioactive elements or of isotopes | 5,625,522 | 2.76 | 2,732,393 | 105.88 |
29 | Organic chemicals | 252,013 | 0.12 | 94,617 | 166.35 |
30 | Pharmaceutical products | 5,795 | 0.00 | 11,808 | -50.92 |
31 | Fertilizers | 26,500,642 | 13.00 | 10,518,992 | 151.93 |
32 | Tanning or dyeing extracts; dyes, pigments, paints, varnishes, putty and mastics | 6,419 | 0.00 | 3,926 | 63.50 |
33 | Essential oils and resinoids; perfumery, cosmetic or toilet preparations | 29,264 | 0.01 | 43,285 | -32.39 |
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 | 8,318 | 0.00 | 46,628 | -82.16 |
35 | Albuminoidal substances; modified starches; glues; enzymes | 52 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
36 | Explosives; pyrotechnic products; matches; pyrophoric alloys; certain combustible preparations | 25,367 | 0.01 | 0 | ∞ |
38 | Miscellaneous chemical products | 2,011,252 | 0.99 | 1,486,005 | 35.35 |
39 | Plastics and articles thereof | 817,271 | 0.40 | 806,425 | 1.34 |
40 | Rubber and articles thereof | 9,014,304 | 4.42 | 7,168,431 | 25.75 |
42 | Articles of leather; saddlery and harness; travel goods, handbags and similar containers; articles of animal gut (other than silkworm gut) | 2,109 | 0.00 | 13,210 | -84.03 |
44 | Wood and articles of wood; wood charcoal | 2,132,661 | 1.05 | 2,068,222 | 3.12 |
47 | Pulp of wood or of other fibrous cellulosic material; waste and scrap of paper or paperboard | 10,147,297 | 4.98 | 2,360,097 | 329.95 |
48 | Paper and paperboard; articles of paper pulp, of paper or of paperboard | 10,874,841 | 5.33 | 3,161,773 | 243.95 |
49 | Printed books, newspapers, pictures and other products of the printing industry; manuscripts, typescripts and plans | 20,924 | 0.01 | 7,680 | 172.45 |
52 | Cotton | 77 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
53 | Other vegetable textile fibers; paper yarn and woven fabric of paper yarn | 94 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
54 | Man-made filaments | 108,608 | 0.05 | 105,079 | 3.36 |
56 | Wadding, felt and nonwovens; special yarns, twine, cordage, ropes and cables and articles thereof | 99,925 | 0.05 | 791,385 | -87.37 |
58 | Special woven fabrics; tufted textile fabrics; lace, tapestries; trimmings; embroidery | 50 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
59 | Impregnated, coated, covered or laminated textile fabrics; textile articles of a kind suitable for industrial use | 437 | 0.00 | 20 | 2,085.00 |
61 | Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, knitted or crocheted | 2,435 | 0.00 | 8,897 | -72.63 |
62 | Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, not knitted or crocheted | 10,932 | 0.01 | 32,636 | -66.50 |
63 | Other made up textile articles; sets; worn clothing and worn textile articles; rags | 22,433 | 0.01 | 3,582 | 526.27 |
64 | Footwear, gaiters and the like; parts of such articles | 32,952 | 0.02 | 29,557 | 11.49 |
65 | Headgear and parts thereof | 286 | 0.00 | 364 | -21.43 |
66 | Umbrellas, sun umbrellas, walking sticks, seatsticks, whips, riding-crops and parts thereof | 0 | 0.00 | 170 | -100.00 |
68 | Articles of stone, plaster, cement, asbestos, mica or similar materials | 11,394 | 0.01 | 31,239 | -63.53 |
69 | Ceramic products | 549 | 0.00 | 2,200 | -75.05 |
70 | Glass and glassware | 19,593 | 0.01 | 25,673 | -23.68 |
72 | Iron and steel | 9,109,298 | 4.47 | 6,003,841 | 51.72 |
73 | Articles of iron or steel | 185,871 | 0.09 | 71,327 | 160.59 |
74 | Copper and articles thereof | 7,507 | 0.00 | 1,690 | 344.20 |
76 | Aluminum and articles thereof | 2,425,512 | 1.19 | 10,146,338 | -76.09 |
78 | Lead and articles thereof | 0 | 0.00 | 39 | -100.00 |
82 | Tools, implements, cutlery, spoons and forks, of base metal; parts thereof of base metal | 1,327,753 | 0.65 | 431,881 | 207.43 |
83 | Miscellaneous articles of base metal | 5,095 | 0.00 | 2,868 | 77.65 |
84 | Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof | 1,281,992 | 0.63 | 937,944 | 36.68 |
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 | 4,473,841 | 2.19 | 4,082,817 | 9.58 |
86 | Railway or tramway locomotives, rolling-stock and parts thereof; railway or tramway track fixtures and fittings and parts thereof; mechanical (including electro-mechanical) traffic signalling equipment of all kinds | 20,195 | 0.01 | 2,621 | 670.51 |
87 | Vehicles other than railway or tramway rolling stock, and parts and accessories thereof | 868,843 | 0.43 | 203,495 | 326.96 |
90 | Optical, photographic, cinematographic, measuring, checking, precision, medical or surgical instruments and apparatus; parts and accessories thereof | 2,761,442 | 1.35 | 8,644,245 | -68.05 |
91 | Clocks and watches and parts thereof | 0 | 0.00 | 469 | -100.00 |
92 | Musical instruments; parts and accessories of such articles | 310 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
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 | 5,887 | 0.00 | 48,087 | -87.76 |
95 | Toys, games and sports requisites; parts and accessories thereof | 12,633 | 0.01 | 5,919 | 113.43 |
96 | Miscellaneous manufactured articles | 131,089 | 0.06 | 1,398 | 9,276.90 |
97 | Works of art, collectors’ pieces and antiques | 0 | 0.00 | 38,990 | -100.00 |
SS | Classified | 217,541 | 0.11 | 1 765 352 | -87.68 |
Russia’s Imports from South Africa
The major share of Russian imports from South Africa in 2017 (and in 2016) was accounted for the following product types:
- Food products and agricultural raw materials (HS codes 01-24) - 41.86% of Russia’s total imports from South Africa (38.34% in 2016);
- Mineral products (HS codes 25-27) - 23.97% of Russia’s total imports from South Africa (28.98% in 2016);
- Machinery, equipment and vehicles (HS codes 84-90) - 15.73% of Russia’s total imports from South Africa (13.69% in 2016);
- Chemical products (HS codes 28-40) - 9.46% of Russia’s total imports from South Africa (7.92% in 2016);
- Metals and products from them (HS codes 72-83) - 8.63% of Russia’s total imports from South Africa (10.68% in 2016).
The largest gains in Russia’s imports from South Africa in 2017 over 2016 were recorded for the following product groups:
- Edible fruit and nuts; peel of citrus fruit or melons (HS code 08) - an increase of $55,635,005;
- Inorganic chemicals; organic or inorganic compounds of precious metals, of rare-earth metals,of radioactive elements or of isotopes (HS code 28) - an increase of $17,172,304;
- Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof (HS code 84) - an increase of $13,389,944;
- Ores, slag and ash (HS code 26) - an increase of $11,523,023;
- Vehicles other than railway or tramway rolling stock, and parts and accessories thereof (HS code 87) - an increase of $9,550,394;
- Beverages, spirits and vinegar (HS code 22) - an increase of $7,689,146;
- 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 $3,120,821;
- Organic chemicals (HS code 29) - an increase of $2,930,026;
- Rubber and articles thereof (HS code 40) - an increase of $1,966,445.
The largest declines in Russia’s imports from South Africa in 2017 over 2016 were recorded for the following product groups:
- Salt; sulfur; earths and stone; plastering materials, lime and cement (HS code 25) - a decrease of $11,787,914;
- Miscellaneous chemical products (HS code 38) - a decrease of $3,915,563;
- Iron and steel (HS code 72) - a decrease of $2,517,203.
HS code |
Name of product group | Value of imports in 2017, US dollars ($) |
Percent share in total import | Value of imports in 2016, US dollars ($) |
Percent change in 2017 over 2016 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
01 | Live animals | 26,881 | 0.00 | 2,611 | 929.53 |
03 | Fish and crustaceans, molluscs and other aquatic invertebrates | 0 | 0.00 | 109,200 | -100.00 |
05 | Products of animal origin, not elsewhere specified or included | 21,115 | 0.00 | 30,857 | -31.57 |
06 | Live trees and other plants; bulbs, roots and the like; cut flowers and ornamental foliage | 848,848 | 0.14 | 791,854 | 7.20 |
07 | Edible vegetables and certain roots and tubers | 399,784 | 0.06 | 69,587 | 474.51 |
08 | Edible fruit and nuts; peel of citrus fruit or melons | 214,470,831 | 34.14 | 158,835,826 | 35.03 |
09 | Coffee, tea, maté and spices | 38,503 | 0.01 | 114,259 | -66.30 |
10 | Cereals | 316,660 | 0.05 | 712,833 | -55.58 |
11 | Products of the milling industry; malt; starches; inulin; wheat gluten | 4,613 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
12 | Oil seeds and oleaginous fruits; miscellaneous grains, seeds and fruits; industrial or medicinal plants; straw and fodder | 1,049,310 | 0.17 | 779,069 | 34.69 |
13 | Lac; gums, resins and other vegetable saps and extracts | 7,441 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
15 | Animal or vegetable fats and oils and their cleavage products prepared edible fats; animal or vegetable waxes | 151,990 | 0.02 | 144,985 | 4.83 |
17 | Sugars and sugar confectionery | 0 | 0.00 | 1,757 | -100.00 |
18 | Cocoa and cocoa preparations | 11,880 | 0.00 | 2,756 | 331.06 |
19 | Preparations of cereals, flour, starch or milk; bakers’ wares | 939 | 0.00 | 811 | 15.78 |
20 | Preparations of vegetables, fruit, nuts or other parts of plants | 14,326,510 | 2.28 | 14,199,436 | 0.89 |
21 | Miscellaneous edible preparations | 150,027 | 0.02 | 132,169 | 13.51 |
22 | Beverages, spirits and vinegar | 31,020,423 | 4.94 | 23,331,277 | 32.96 |
23 | Residues and waste from the food industries; prepared animal feed | 85,321 | 0.01 | 67,002 | 27.34 |
24 | Tobacco and manufactured tobacco substitutes | 0 | 0.00 | 467,451 | -100.00 |
25 | Salt; sulfur; earths and stone; plastering materials, lime and cement | 3,234,762 | 0.51 | 15,022,676 | -78.47 |
26 | Ores, slag and ash | 146,638,766 | 23.34 | 135,115,743 | 8.53 |
27 | Mineral fuels, mineral oils and products of their distillation; bituminous substances; mineral waxes | 676,009 | 0.11 | 882,843 | -23.43 |
28 | Inorganic chemicals; organic or inorganic compounds of precious metals, of rare-earth metals,of radioactive elements or of isotopes | 44,184,888 | 7.03 | 27,012,584 | 63.57 |
29 | Organic chemicals | 5,654,403 | 0.90 | 2,724,377 | 107.55 |
30 | Pharmaceutical products | 93,678 | 0.01 | 32,410 | 189.04 |
31 | Fertilizers | 14,471 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
32 | Tanning or dyeing extracts; dyes, pigments, paints, varnishes, putty and mastics | 862,431 | 0.14 | 517,912 | 66.52 |
33 | Essential oils and resinoids; perfumery, cosmetic or toilet preparations | 510,224 | 0.08 | 419,491 | 21.63 |
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 | 171,826 | 0.03 | 183,242 | -6.23 |
35 | Albuminoidal substances; modified starches; glues; enzymes | 81,441 | 0.01 | 31,073 | 162.10 |
38 | Miscellaneous chemical products | 2,817,609 | 0.45 | 6,733,172 | -58.15 |
39 | Plastics and articles thereof | 766,164 | 0.12 | 1,321,271 | -42.01 |
40 | Rubber and articles thereof | 4,248,134 | 0.68 | 2,281,689 | 86.18 |
41 | Raw hides and skins (other than furskins) and leather | 0 | 0.00 | 18,099 | -100.00 |
42 | Articles of leather; saddlery and harness; travel goods, handbags and similar containers; articles of animal gut (other than silkworm gut) | 73,995 | 0.01 | 69,900 | 5.86 |
44 | Wood and articles of wood; wood charcoal | 31,859 | 0.01 | 44,333 | -28.14 |
45 | Cork and articles of cork | 1 | 0.00 | 6 | -83.33 |
48 | Paper and paperboard; articles of paper pulp, of paper or of paperboard | 15,725 | 0.00 | 43,954 | -64.22 |
49 | Printed books, newspapers, pictures and other products of the printing industry; manuscripts, typescripts and plans | 33,871 | 0.01 | 29,525 | 14.72 |
51 | Wool, fine or coarse animal hair; horsehair yarn and woven fabric | 29,304 | 0.00 | 52,995 | -44.70 |
52 | Cotton | 156 | 0.00 | 840 | -81.43 |
53 | Other vegetable textile fibers; paper yarn and woven fabric of paper yarn | 0 | 0.00 | 987 | -100.00 |
54 | Man-made filaments | 562,827 | 0.09 | 685,001 | -17.84 |
55 | Man-made staple fibers | 489,624 | 0.08 | 46,459 | 953.88 |
56 | Wadding, felt and nonwovens; special yarns, twine, cordage, ropes and cables and articles thereof | 1,159 | 0.00 | 153 | 657.52 |
57 | Carpets and other textile floor coverings | 3,803 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
58 | Special woven fabrics; tufted textile fabrics; lace, tapestries; trimmings; embroidery | 9,834 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
59 | Impregnated, coated, covered or laminated textile fabrics; textile articles of a kind suitable for industrial use | 107,533 | 0.02 | 31,184 | 244.83 |
61 | Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, knitted or crocheted | 30,288 | 0.00 | 1,217 | 2,388.74 |
62 | Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, not knitted or crocheted | 10,503 | 0.00 | 5,905 | 77.87 |
63 | Other made up textile articles; sets; worn clothing and worn textile articles; rags | 9,264 | 0.00 | 7,806 | 18.68 |
64 | Footwear, gaiters and the like; parts of such articles | 312 | 0.00 | 651 | -52.07 |
65 | Headgear and parts thereof | 9,107 | 0.00 | 144 | 6,224.31 |
67 | Prepared feathers and down and articles made of feathers or of down; artificial flowers; articles of human hair | 0 | 0.00 | 33 | -100.00 |
68 | Articles of stone, plaster, cement, asbestos, mica or similar materials | 29,732 | 0.00 | 61,338 | -51.53 |
69 | Ceramic products | 104,548 | 0.02 | 150,645 | -30.60 |
70 | Glass and glassware | 65,244 | 0.01 | 94,923 | -31.27 |
71 | Natural or cultured pearls, precious or semi-precious stones,precious metals, metals clad with precious metal and articles thereof; imitation jewelry; coin | 263,176 | 0.04 | 126,787 | 107.57 |
72 | Iron and steel | 45,138,264 | 7.19 | 47,655,467 | -5.28 |
73 | Articles of iron or steel | 3,287,424 | 0.52 | 2,199,892 | 49.44 |
74 | Copper and articles thereof | 42,605 | 0.01 | 13,843 | 207.77 |
76 | Aluminum and articles thereof | 3,399,933 | 0.54 | 3,271,580 | 3.92 |
78 | Lead and articles thereof | 29 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
79 | Zinc and articles thereof | 778,663 | 0.12 | 437,376 | 78.03 |
81 | Other base metals; cermets; articles thereof | 479,008 | 0.08 | 1,067,583 | -55.13 |
82 | Tools, implements, cutlery, spoons and forks, of base metal; parts thereof of base metal | 1,069,165 | 0.17 | 951,589 | 12.36 |
83 | Miscellaneous articles of base metal | 15,648 | 0.00 | 54,788 | -71.44 |
84 | Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof | 28,347,295 | 4.51 | 14,957,351 | 89.52 |
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 | 6,049,678 | 0.96 | 2,928,857 | 106.55 |
86 | Railway or tramway locomotives, rolling-stock and parts thereof; railway or tramway track fixtures and fittings and parts thereof; mechanical (including electro-mechanical) traffic signalling equipment of all kinds | 2,345,947 | 0.37 | 757,178 | 209.83 |
87 | Vehicles other than railway or tramway rolling stock, and parts and accessories thereof | 61,371,965 | 9.77 | 51,821,571 | 18.43 |
90 | Optical, photographic, cinematographic, measuring, checking, precision, medical or surgical instruments and apparatus; parts and accessories thereof | 717,226 | 0.11 | 868,444 | -17.41 |
91 | Clocks and watches and parts thereof | 1,783 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
92 | Musical instruments; parts and accessories of such articles | 0 | 0.00 | 992 | -100.00 |
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 | 119,051 | 0.02 | 75,362 | 57.97 |
95 | Toys, games and sports requisites; parts and accessories thereof | 6,747 | 0.00 | 1,606 | 320.11 |
96 | Miscellaneous manufactured articles | 75,271 | 0.01 | 64,323 | 17.02 |
SS | Classified | 149,342 | 0.02 | 400 593 | -62.72 |