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Russian trade with Djibouti in 2018

by Russian Foreign Trade
based on data from the Federal Customs Service of Russia
The Report on Russia’s foreign trade in goods with Djibouti in 2018: exports, imports, products, dynamics.

Russia’s Trade with Djibouti

In 2018, Russia’s trade with Djibouti was $16,857,545, down 1.66% ($284,033) from 2017.

Russia’s exports to Djibouti in 2018 were $16,857,545, down 1.66% ($284,033) from 2017.

Russia’s imports from Djibouti in 2018 were $0, unchanged from 2017.

Russia’s trade surplus with Djibouti in 2018 was $16,857,545, a 1.66% decrease ($284,033) over 2017.

Djibouti was Russia’s 153rd largest trading partner in 2018 (down from 149th in 2017), accounting for 0.0024% of Russia’s total trade (down from 0.0029% in 2017).

Djibouti was Russia’s 142nd largest export market in 2018 (down from 137th in 2017), accounting for 0.0037% of Russia’s total exports (down from 0.0048% in 2017).

There were no Russia’s imports from Djibouti both in 2018 and in 2017.

Russia’s Exports to Djibouti

The major share of Russian exports to Djibouti in 2018 (and in 2017) was accounted for the following product types:

  • Food products and agricultural raw materials (HS codes 01-24) - 65.81% of Russia’s total exports to Djibouti (46.88% in 2017);
  • Mineral products (HS codes 25-27) - 27.60% of Russia’s total exports to Djibouti (1.90% in 2017);
  • Chemical products (HS codes 28-40) - 4.09% of Russia’s total exports to Djibouti (0.58% in 2017);
  • Wood and wood products (HS codes 44-49) - 1.87% of Russia’s total exports to Djibouti (0.46% in 2017);
  • Machinery, equipment and vehicles (HS codes 84-90) - 0.57% of Russia’s total exports to Djibouti (2.89% in 2017);
  • Metals and products from them (HS codes 72-83) - 0.06% of Russia’s total exports to Djibouti (46.36% in 2017).

The largest gains in Russia’s exports to Djibouti in 2018 over 2017 were recorded for the following product groups:

  • Mineral fuels, mineral oils and products of their distillation; bituminous substances; mineral waxes (HS code 27) - an increase of $4,097,064;
  • Cereals (HS code 10) - an increase of $3,042,817;
  • Organic chemicals (HS code 29) - an increase of $492,806;
  • Wood and articles of wood; wood charcoal (HS code 44) - an increase of $233,893;
  • Salt; sulfur; earths and stone; plastering materials, lime and cement (HS code 25) - an increase of $230,122;
  • Miscellaneous chemical products (HS code 38) - an increase of $107,418.

The largest declines in Russia’s exports to Djibouti in 2018 over 2017 were recorded for the following product groups:

  • Iron and steel (HS code 72) - a decrease of $7,946,971;
  • Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof (HS code 84) - a decrease of $445,825.
Russia’s exports to Djibouti in 2018 by product groups
HS
code
Name of product group Value of exports
in 2018,
US dollars ($)
Percent share in total export Value of exports
in 2017,
US dollars ($)
Percent change
in 2018
over 2017
10 Cereals 11,012,317 65.33 7,969,50038.18
22 Beverages, spirits and vinegar 82,107 0.49 65,86524.66
25 Salt; sulfur; earths and stone; plastering materials, lime and cement 240,900 1.43 10,7782,135.11
27 Mineral fuels, mineral oils and products of their distillation; bituminous substances; mineral waxes 4,411,344 26.17 314,2801,303.63
29 Organic chemicals 492,806 2.92 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 3,577 0.02 0
38 Miscellaneous chemical products 190,930 1.13 83,512128.63
39 Plastics and articles thereof 504 0.00 0
40 Rubber and articles thereof 1,672 0.01 15,697-89.35
44 Wood and articles of wood; wood charcoal 312,213 1.85 78,320298.64
48 Paper and paperboard; articles of paper pulp, of paper or of paperboard 2,811 0.02 0
68 Articles of stone, plaster, cement, asbestos, mica or similar materials 86 0.00 0
72 Iron and steel 0 0.00 7,946,971-100.00
83 Miscellaneous articles of base metal 9,370 0.06 0
84 Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof 49,130 0.29 494,955-90.07
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 3,478 0.02 0
87 Vehicles other than railway or tramway rolling stock, and parts and accessories thereof 43,619 0.26 0
90 Optical, photographic, cinematographic, measuring, checking, precision, medical or surgical instruments and apparatus; parts and accessories thereof 681 0.00 0
SS Classified 0 0.00 161 700-100.00

Russia’s Imports from Djibouti

There were no Russia’s imports from Djibouti in 2018 as well as in 2017.

Russian foreign trade statistics
Source: Federal Customs Service of Russia