Russian trade with Ghana in 2018
based on data from the Federal Customs Service of Russia
Russia’s Trade with Ghana
In 2018, Russia’s trade with Ghana was $203,279,615, down 3.54% ($7,462,526) from 2017.
Russia’s exports to Ghana in 2018 were $110,047,404, down 18.50% ($24,985,003) from 2017.
Russia’s imports from Ghana in 2018 totaled $93,232,211, up 23.14% ($17,522,477) from 2017.
Russia’s trade surplus with Ghana in 2018 was $16,815,193, a 71.65% decrease ($42,507,480) over 2017.
Ghana was Russia’s 100th largest trading partner in 2018 (down from 98th in 2017), accounting for 0.0295% of Russia’s total trade (down from 0.0361% in 2017).
Ghana was Russia’s 103rd largest export market in 2018 (down from 92nd in 2017), accounting for 0.0245% of Russia’s total exports (down from 0.0378% in 2017).
Ghana was Russia’s 87th largest supplier in 2018 (just as in 2017), accounting for 0.0391% of Russia’s total imports (up from 0.0334% in 2017).
Russia’s Exports to Ghana
The major share of Russian exports to Ghana in 2018 (and in 2017) was accounted for the following product types:
- Food products and agricultural raw materials (HS codes 01-24) - 56.55% of Russia’s total exports to Ghana (30.61% in 2017);
- Chemical products (HS codes 28-40) - 26.87% of Russia’s total exports to Ghana (11.19% in 2017);
- Wood and wood products (HS codes 44-49) - 10.20% of Russia’s total exports to Ghana (5.77% in 2017);
- Mineral products (HS codes 25-27) - 3.91% of Russia’s total exports to Ghana (51.78% in 2017);
- Machinery, equipment and vehicles (HS codes 84-90) - 2.12% of Russia’s total exports to Ghana (0.51% in 2017).
The largest gains in Russia’s exports to Ghana in 2018 over 2017 were recorded for the following product groups:
- Cereals (HS code 10) - an increase of $20,463,619;
- Fertilizers (HS code 31) - an increase of $14,292,190;
- Paper and paperboard; articles of paper pulp, of paper or of paperboard (HS code 48) - an increase of $3,408,279;
- 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 $805,615;
- Vehicles other than railway or tramway rolling stock, and parts and accessories thereof (HS code 87) - an increase of $719,589;
- Meat and edible meat offal (HS code 02) - an increase of $460,018.
The largest declines in Russia’s exports to Ghana 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) - a decrease of $65,619,584.
HS code |
Name of product group | Value of exports in 2018, US dollars ($) |
Percent share in total export | Value of exports in 2017, US dollars ($) |
Percent change in 2018 over 2017 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
02 | Meat and edible meat offal | 854,488 | 0.78 | 394,470 | 116.62 |
07 | Edible vegetables and certain roots and tubers | 42,026 | 0.04 | 0 | ∞ |
10 | Cereals | 61,320,041 | 55.72 | 40,856,422 | 50.09 |
15 | Animal or vegetable fats and oils and their cleavage products prepared edible fats; animal or vegetable waxes | 0 | 0.00 | 87,570 | -100.00 |
16 | Preparations of meat, of fish or of crustaceans, molluscs or other aquatic invertebrates | 19,769 | 0.02 | 0 | ∞ |
27 | Mineral fuels, mineral oils and products of their distillation; bituminous substances; mineral waxes | 4,298,974 | 3.91 | 69,918,558 | -93.85 |
28 | Inorganic chemicals; organic or inorganic compounds of precious metals, of rare-earth metals,of radioactive elements or of isotopes | 286,802 | 0.26 | 187,943 | 52.60 |
29 | Organic chemicals | 201,582 | 0.18 | 0 | ∞ |
30 | Pharmaceutical products | 0 | 0.00 | 199,760 | -100.00 |
31 | Fertilizers | 28,953,357 | 26.31 | 14,661,167 | 97.48 |
32 | Tanning or dyeing extracts; dyes, pigments, paints, varnishes, putty and mastics | 53,901 | 0.05 | 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 | 0 | 0.00 | 132 | -100.00 |
38 | Miscellaneous chemical products | 5,334 | 0.00 | 20,375 | -73.82 |
39 | Plastics and articles thereof | 52,887 | 0.05 | 24,344 | 117.25 |
40 | Rubber and articles thereof | 12,831 | 0.01 | 13,474 | -4.77 |
44 | Wood and articles of wood; wood charcoal | 54,423 | 0.05 | 20,932 | 160.00 |
48 | Paper and paperboard; articles of paper pulp, of paper or of paperboard | 11,173,197 | 10.15 | 7,764,918 | 43.89 |
56 | Wadding, felt and nonwovens; special yarns, twine, cordage, ropes and cables and articles thereof | 239,452 | 0.22 | 15 | 1,596,246.67 |
63 | Other made up textile articles; sets; worn clothing and worn textile articles; rags | 4,499 | 0.00 | 5,546 | -18.88 |
68 | Articles of stone, plaster, cement, asbestos, mica or similar materials | 1,694 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
70 | Glass and glassware | 383 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
73 | Articles of iron or steel | 25,904 | 0.02 | 147,675 | -82.46 |
74 | Copper and articles thereof | 203 | 0.00 | 1,406 | -85.56 |
76 | Aluminum and articles thereof | 1,140 | 0.00 | 10,000 | -88.60 |
82 | Tools, implements, cutlery, spoons and forks, of base metal; parts thereof of base metal | 0 | 0.00 | 120 | -100.00 |
83 | Miscellaneous articles of base metal | 1,719 | 0.00 | 8,389 | -79.51 |
84 | Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof | 522,720 | 0.47 | 402,438 | 29.89 |
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 | 933,673 | 0.85 | 128,058 | 629.10 |
87 | Vehicles other than railway or tramway rolling stock, and parts and accessories thereof | 856,804 | 0.78 | 137,215 | 524.42 |
90 | Optical, photographic, cinematographic, measuring, checking, precision, medical or surgical instruments and apparatus; parts and accessories thereof | 23,973 | 0.02 | 17,030 | 40.77 |
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 | 104,762 | 0.10 | 0 | ∞ |
95 | Toys, games and sports requisites; parts and accessories thereof | 866 | 0.00 | 24,429 | -96.46 |
96 | Miscellaneous manufactured articles | 0 | 0.00 | 21 | -100.00 |
Russia’s Imports from Ghana
The major share of Russian imports from Ghana in 2018 (and in 2017) was accounted for the following product types:
- Food products and agricultural raw materials (HS codes 01-24) - 99.39% of Russia’s total imports from Ghana (99.36% in 2017).
The largest gains in Russia’s imports from Ghana in 2018 over 2017 were recorded for the following product groups:
- Cocoa and cocoa preparations (HS code 18) - an increase of $17,446,789.
The largest declines in Russia’s imports from Ghana in 2018 over 2017 were recorded for the following product groups:
- No product groups with a substantial decrease.
HS code |
Name of product group | Value of imports in 2018, US dollars ($) |
Percent share in total import | Value of imports in 2017, US dollars ($) |
Percent change in 2018 over 2017 |
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06 | Live trees and other plants; bulbs, roots and the like; cut flowers and ornamental foliage | 3,818 | 0.00 | 5,487 | -30.42 |
07 | Edible vegetables and certain roots and tubers | 957 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
08 | Edible fruit and nuts; peel of citrus fruit or melons | 274,749 | 0.29 | 293,256 | -6.31 |
09 | Coffee, tea, maté and spices | 0 | 0.00 | 910 | -100.00 |
12 | Oil seeds and oleaginous fruits; miscellaneous grains, seeds and fruits; industrial or medicinal plants; straw and fodder | 0 | 0.00 | 78 | -100.00 |
14 | Vegetable plaiting materials; vegetable products not elsewhere specified or included | 54,374 | 0.06 | 46,874 | 16.00 |
15 | Animal or vegetable fats and oils and their cleavage products prepared edible fats; animal or vegetable waxes | 9,324 | 0.01 | 6,190 | 50.63 |
18 | Cocoa and cocoa preparations | 92,320,734 | 99.02 | 74,873,945 | 23.30 |
20 | Preparations of vegetables, fruit, nuts or other parts of plants | 2,723 | 0.00 | 1,112 | 144.87 |
28 | Inorganic chemicals; organic or inorganic compounds of precious metals, of rare-earth metals,of radioactive elements or of isotopes | 215 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
29 | Organic chemicals | 166 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
33 | Essential oils and resinoids; perfumery, cosmetic or toilet preparations | 452 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
39 | Plastics and articles thereof | 0 | 0.00 | 5 | -100.00 |
40 | Rubber and articles thereof | 227 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
44 | Wood and articles of wood; wood charcoal | 543,298 | 0.58 | 448,807 | 21.05 |
46 | Manufactures of straw, of esparto or of other plaiting materials; basketware and wickerwork | 2,767 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
71 | Natural or cultured pearls, precious or semi-precious stones,precious metals, metals clad with precious metal and articles thereof; imitation jewelry; coin | 2,897 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
73 | Articles of iron or steel | 173 | 0.00 | 1,471 | -88.24 |
83 | Miscellaneous articles of base metal | 3 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
84 | Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof | 6,067 | 0.01 | 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 | 9,198 | 0.01 | 31,188 | -70.51 |
87 | Vehicles other than railway or tramway rolling stock, and parts and accessories thereof | 69 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
90 | Optical, photographic, cinematographic, measuring, checking, precision, medical or surgical instruments and apparatus; parts and accessories thereof | 0 | 0.00 | 411 | -100.00 |