Russian trade with Ethiopia in 2018
February 10, 2019
by Russian Foreign Trade
based on data from the Federal Customs Service of Russia
based on data from the Federal Customs Service of Russia
The Report on Russia’s foreign trade in goods with Ethiopia in 2018: exports, imports, products, dynamics.
Russia’s Trade with Ethiopia
In 2018, Russia’s trade with Ethiopia totaled $109,586,069, up 23.00% ($20,492,766) from 2017.
Russia’s exports to Ethiopia in 2018 totaled $85,586,440, up 39.33% ($24,158,769) from 2017.
Russia’s imports from Ethiopia in 2018 were $23,999,629, down 13.25% ($3,666,003) from 2017.
Russia’s trade surplus with Ethiopia in 2018 was $61,586,811, a 82.41% increase ($27,824,772) over 2017.
Ethiopia was Russia’s 121st largest trading partner in 2018 (down from 115th in 2017), accounting for 0.0159% of Russia’s total trade (up from 0.0153% in 2017).
Ethiopia was Russia’s 109th largest export market in 2018 (up from 110th in 2017), accounting for 0.0190% of Russia’s total exports (up from 0.0172% in 2017).
Ethiopia was Russia’s 106th largest supplier in 2018 (down from 97th in 2017), accounting for 0.0101% of Russia’s total imports (down from 0.0122% in 2017).
Russia’s Exports to Ethiopia
The major share of Russian exports to Ethiopia in 2018 (and in 2017) was accounted for the following product types:
- Food products and agricultural raw materials (HS codes 01-24) - 56.24% of Russia’s total exports to Ethiopia (14.76% in 2017);
- Metals and products from them (HS codes 72-83) - 18.85% of Russia’s total exports to Ethiopia (0.12% in 2017);
- Chemical products (HS codes 28-40) - 13.09% of Russia’s total exports to Ethiopia (0.68% in 2017);
- Machinery, equipment and vehicles (HS codes 84-90) - 7.60% of Russia’s total exports to Ethiopia (79.87% in 2017);
- Wood and wood products (HS codes 44-49) - 3.73% of Russia’s total exports to Ethiopia (4.47% in 2017).
The largest gains in Russia’s exports to Ethiopia in 2018 over 2017 were recorded for the following product groups:
- Cereals (HS code 10) - an increase of $39,437,226;
- Iron and steel (HS code 72) - an increase of $16,113,474;
- Fertilizers (HS code 31) - an increase of $11,098,822;
- 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 $498,346;
- Wood and articles of wood; wood charcoal (HS code 44) - an increase of $437,476;
- Mineral fuels, mineral oils and products of their distillation; bituminous substances; mineral waxes (HS code 27) - an increase of $419,800.
The largest declines in Russia’s exports to Ethiopia in 2018 over 2017 were recorded for the following product groups:
- Vehicles other than railway or tramway rolling stock, and parts and accessories thereof (HS code 87) - a decrease of $40,557,031;
- Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof (HS code 84) - a decrease of $2,271,695;
- Animal or vegetable fats and oils and their cleavage products prepared edible fats; animal or vegetable waxes (HS code 15) - a decrease of $259,020.
| HS code |
Name of product group | Value of exports in 2018, US dollars ($) |
Percent share in total export | Value of exports in 2017, US dollars ($) |
Percent change in 2018 over 2017 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 10 | Cereals | 47,441,966 | 55.43 | 8,004,740 | 492.67 |
| 15 | Animal or vegetable fats and oils and their cleavage products prepared edible fats; animal or vegetable waxes | 261,933 | 0.31 | 520,953 | -49.72 |
| 22 | Beverages, spirits and vinegar | 429,439 | 0.50 | 538,233 | -20.21 |
| 27 | Mineral fuels, mineral oils and products of their distillation; bituminous substances; mineral waxes | 419,800 | 0.49 | 0 | ∞ |
| 28 | Inorganic chemicals; organic or inorganic compounds of precious metals, of rare-earth metals,of radioactive elements or of isotopes | 45,924 | 0.05 | 33,061 | 38.91 |
| 29 | Organic chemicals | 0 | 0.00 | 412 | -100.00 |
| 30 | Pharmaceutical products | 42,633 | 0.05 | 12,472 | 241.83 |
| 31 | Fertilizers | 11,098,822 | 12.97 | 0 | ∞ |
| 33 | Essential oils and resinoids; perfumery, cosmetic or toilet preparations | 3,646 | 0.00 | 512 | 612.11 |
| 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 | 0 | 0.00 | 7,416 | -100.00 |
| 38 | Miscellaneous chemical products | 572 | 0.00 | 13,465 | -95.75 |
| 39 | Plastics and articles thereof | 1,061 | 0.00 | 121,024 | -99.12 |
| 40 | Rubber and articles thereof | 9,454 | 0.01 | 227,601 | -95.85 |
| 44 | Wood and articles of wood; wood charcoal | 1,501,590 | 1.75 | 1,064,114 | 41.11 |
| 47 | Pulp of wood or of other fibrous cellulosic material; waste and scrap of paper or paperboard | 0 | 0.00 | 51,945 | -100.00 |
| 48 | Paper and paperboard; articles of paper pulp, of paper or of paperboard | 1,688,033 | 1.97 | 1,630,510 | 3.53 |
| 59 | Impregnated, coated, covered or laminated textile fabrics; textile articles of a kind suitable for industrial use | 0 | 0.00 | 58,910 | -100.00 |
| 63 | Other made up textile articles; sets; worn clothing and worn textile articles; rags | 874 | 0.00 | 180 | 385.56 |
| 68 | Articles of stone, plaster, cement, asbestos, mica or similar materials | 0 | 0.00 | 50 | -100.00 |
| 69 | Ceramic products | 0 | 0.00 | 384 | -100.00 |
| 70 | Glass and glassware | 0 | 0.00 | 4,473 | -100.00 |
| 72 | Iron and steel | 16,128,556 | 18.84 | 15,082 | 106,839.11 |
| 73 | Articles of iron or steel | 1,551 | 0.00 | 41,875 | -96.30 |
| 74 | Copper and articles thereof | 0 | 0.00 | 11,917 | -100.00 |
| 76 | Aluminum and articles thereof | 32 | 0.00 | 1,379 | -97.68 |
| 82 | Tools, implements, cutlery, spoons and forks, of base metal; parts thereof of base metal | 0 | 0.00 | 1,148 | -100.00 |
| 83 | Miscellaneous articles of base metal | 592 | 0.00 | 2,250 | -73.69 |
| 84 | Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof | 89,415 | 0.10 | 2,361,110 | -96.21 |
| 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 | 4,704,654 | 5.50 | 4,206,308 | 11.85 |
| 87 | Vehicles other than railway or tramway rolling stock, and parts and accessories thereof | 1,708,610 | 2.00 | 42,265,641 | -95.96 |
| 90 | Optical, photographic, cinematographic, measuring, checking, precision, medical or surgical instruments and apparatus; parts and accessories thereof | 5,327 | 0.01 | 228,682 | -97.67 |
| 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 | 0 | 0.00 | 284 | -100.00 |
| 96 | Miscellaneous manufactured articles | 1,956 | 0.00 | 1,540 | 27.01 |
Russia’s Imports from Ethiopia
The major share of Russian imports from Ethiopia in 2018 (and in 2017) was accounted for the following product types:
- Food products and agricultural raw materials (HS codes 01-24) - 93.34% of Russia’s total imports from Ethiopia (98.15% in 2017);
- Textiles, textile products and footwear (HS codes 50-67) - 6.35% of Russia’s total imports from Ethiopia (1.71% in 2017).
The largest gains in Russia’s imports from Ethiopia in 2018 over 2017 were recorded for the following product groups:
- Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, not knitted or crocheted (HS code 62) - an increase of $663,522;
- Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, knitted or crocheted (HS code 61) - an increase of $317,412;
- Oil seeds and oleaginous fruits; miscellaneous grains, seeds and fruits; industrial or medicinal plants; straw and fodder (HS code 12) - an increase of $119,240;
- Footwear, gaiters and the like; parts of such articles (HS code 64) - an increase of $74,065.
The largest declines in Russia’s imports from Ethiopia in 2018 over 2017 were recorded for the following product groups:
- Coffee, tea, maté and spices (HS code 09) - a decrease of $3,268,976;
- Edible vegetables and certain roots and tubers (HS code 07) - a decrease of $1,152,293;
- Live trees and other plants; bulbs, roots and the like; cut flowers and ornamental foliage (HS code 06) - a decrease of $469,403.
| HS code |
Name of product group | Value of imports in 2018, US dollars ($) |
Percent share in total import | Value of imports in 2017, US dollars ($) |
Percent change in 2018 over 2017 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 06 | Live trees and other plants; bulbs, roots and the like; cut flowers and ornamental foliage | 1,514,524 | 6.31 | 1,983,927 | -23.66 |
| 07 | Edible vegetables and certain roots and tubers | 7,400,917 | 30.84 | 8,553,210 | -13.47 |
| 08 | Edible fruit and nuts; peel of citrus fruit or melons | 19,073 | 0.08 | 22,361 | -14.70 |
| 09 | Coffee, tea, maté and spices | 12,444,523 | 51.85 | 15,713,499 | -20.80 |
| 12 | Oil seeds and oleaginous fruits; miscellaneous grains, seeds and fruits; industrial or medicinal plants; straw and fodder | 875,426 | 3.65 | 756,186 | 15.77 |
| 13 | Lac; gums, resins and other vegetable saps and extracts | 146,727 | 0.61 | 124,249 | 18.09 |
| 39 | Plastics and articles thereof | 3 | 0.00 | 26 | -88.46 |
| 41 | Raw hides and skins (other than furskins) and leather | 74,337 | 0.31 | 38,583 | 92.67 |
| 61 | Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, knitted or crocheted | 633,695 | 2.64 | 316,283 | 100.36 |
| 62 | Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, not knitted or crocheted | 815,867 | 3.40 | 152,345 | 435.54 |
| 64 | Footwear, gaiters and the like; parts of such articles | 74,065 | 0.31 | 0 | ∞ |
| 65 | Headgear and parts thereof | 57 | 0.00 | 4,000 | -98.58 |
| 84 | Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof | 393 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
| 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 | 22 | 0.00 | 49 | -55.10 |
| 90 | Optical, photographic, cinematographic, measuring, checking, precision, medical or surgical instruments and apparatus; parts and accessories thereof | 0 | 0.00 | 914 | -100.00 |