Russian trade with Mozambique in 2018
based on data from the Federal Customs Service of Russia
Russia’s Trade with Mozambique
In 2018, Russia’s trade with Mozambique totaled $114,800,813, up 24.36% ($22,488,695) from 2017.
Russia’s exports to Mozambique in 2018 totaled $95,364,857, up 34.46% ($24,439,286) from 2017.
Russia’s imports from Mozambique in 2018 were $19,435,956, down 9.12% ($1,950,591) from 2017.
Russia’s trade surplus with Mozambique in 2018 was $75,928,901, a 53.27% increase ($26,389,877) over 2017.
Mozambique was Russia’s 120th largest trading partner in 2018 (down from 114th in 2017), accounting for 0.0167% of Russia’s total trade (up from 0.0158% in 2017).
Mozambique was Russia’s 106th largest export market in 2018 (just as in 2017), accounting for 0.0212% of Russia’s total exports (up from 0.0199% in 2017).
Mozambique was Russia’s 107th largest supplier in 2018 (down from 104th in 2017), accounting for 0.0082% of Russia’s total imports (down from 0.0094% in 2017).
Russia’s Exports to Mozambique
The major share of Russian exports to Mozambique in 2018 (and in 2017) was accounted for the following product types:
- Food products and agricultural raw materials (HS codes 01-24) - 71.25% of Russia’s total exports to Mozambique (70.84% in 2017);
- Chemical products (HS codes 28-40) - 21.91% of Russia’s total exports to Mozambique (24.52% in 2017);
- Mineral products (HS codes 25-27) - 5.67% of Russia’s total exports to Mozambique (4.44% in 2017).
The largest gains in Russia’s exports to Mozambique in 2018 over 2017 were recorded for the following product groups:
- Cereals (HS code 10) - an increase of $17,272,862;
- Fertilizers (HS code 31) - an increase of $3,547,407;
- Mineral fuels, mineral oils and products of their distillation; bituminous substances; mineral waxes (HS code 27) - an increase of $2,183,253;
- Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof (HS code 84) - an increase of $584,701;
- Meat and edible meat offal (HS code 02) - an increase of $402,917.
The largest declines in Russia’s exports to Mozambique in 2018 over 2017 were recorded for the following product groups:
- No product groups with a substantial decrease.
| HS code |
Name of product group | Value of exports in 2018, US dollars ($) |
Percent share in total export | Value of exports in 2017, US dollars ($) |
Percent change in 2018 over 2017 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 02 | Meat and edible meat offal | 402,917 | 0.42 | 0 | ∞ |
| 10 | Cereals | 67,515,698 | 70.80 | 50,242,836 | 34.38 |
| 21 | Miscellaneous edible preparations | 31,470 | 0.03 | 0 | ∞ |
| 22 | Beverages, spirits and vinegar | 0 | 0.00 | 204 | -100.00 |
| 25 | Salt; sulfur; earths and stone; plastering materials, lime and cement | 73,115 | 0.08 | 0 | ∞ |
| 27 | Mineral fuels, mineral oils and products of their distillation; bituminous substances; mineral waxes | 5,333,268 | 5.59 | 3,150,015 | 69.31 |
| 28 | Inorganic chemicals; organic or inorganic compounds of precious metals, of rare-earth metals,of radioactive elements or of isotopes | 18,415 | 0.02 | 0 | ∞ |
| 30 | Pharmaceutical products | 2,061 | 0.00 | 6,128 | -66.37 |
| 31 | Fertilizers | 20,868,809 | 21.88 | 17,321,402 | 20.48 |
| 38 | Miscellaneous chemical products | 0 | 0.00 | 62,799 | -100.00 |
| 39 | Plastics and articles thereof | 1,080 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
| 40 | Rubber and articles thereof | 3,990 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
| 48 | Paper and paperboard; articles of paper pulp, of paper or of paperboard | 228,884 | 0.24 | 0 | ∞ |
| 63 | Other made up textile articles; sets; worn clothing and worn textile articles; rags | 21,821 | 0.02 | 8,141 | 168.04 |
| 72 | Iron and steel | 27,034 | 0.03 | 0 | ∞ |
| 73 | Articles of iron or steel | 34,898 | 0.04 | 0 | ∞ |
| 82 | Tools, implements, cutlery, spoons and forks, of base metal; parts thereof of base metal | 22,904 | 0.02 | 0 | ∞ |
| 84 | Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof | 718,712 | 0.75 | 134,011 | 436.31 |
| 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 | 6,346 | 0.01 | 0 | ∞ |
| 89 | Ships, boats and floating structures | 6,771 | 0.01 | 0 | ∞ |
| 90 | Optical, photographic, cinematographic, measuring, checking, precision, medical or surgical instruments and apparatus; parts and accessories thereof | 46,664 | 0.05 | 35 | 133,225.71 |
Russia’s Imports from Mozambique
The major share of Russian imports from Mozambique in 2018 (and in 2017) was accounted for the following product types:
- Food products and agricultural raw materials (HS codes 01-24) - 98.79% of Russia’s total imports from Mozambique (99.96% in 2017);
- Mineral products (HS codes 25-27) - 1.11% of Russia’s total imports from Mozambique (0.00% in 2017).
The largest gains in Russia’s imports from Mozambique in 2018 over 2017 were recorded for the following product groups:
- Edible fruit and nuts; peel of citrus fruit or melons (HS code 08) - an increase of $1,500,350;
- Salt; sulfur; earths and stone; plastering materials, lime and cement (HS code 25) - an increase of $216,508;
- Fish and crustaceans, molluscs and other aquatic invertebrates (HS code 03) - an increase of $114,917.
The largest declines in Russia’s imports from Mozambique in 2018 over 2017 were recorded for the following product groups:
- Tobacco and manufactured tobacco substitutes (HS code 24) - a decrease of $3,546,807;
- Coffee, tea, maté and spices (HS code 09) - a decrease of $244,907.
| HS code |
Name of product group | Value of imports in 2018, US dollars ($) |
Percent share in total import | Value of imports in 2017, US dollars ($) |
Percent change in 2018 over 2017 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 03 | Fish and crustaceans, molluscs and other aquatic invertebrates | 114,917 | 0.59 | 0 | ∞ |
| 07 | Edible vegetables and certain roots and tubers | 50 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
| 08 | Edible fruit and nuts; peel of citrus fruit or melons | 2,560,629 | 13.17 | 1,060,279 | 141.51 |
| 09 | Coffee, tea, maté and spices | 0 | 0.00 | 244,907 | -100.00 |
| 24 | Tobacco and manufactured tobacco substitutes | 16,525,492 | 85.03 | 20,072,299 | -17.67 |
| 25 | Salt; sulfur; earths and stone; plastering materials, lime and cement | 216,508 | 1.11 | 0 | ∞ |
| 26 | Ores, slag and ash | 0 | 0.00 | 107 | -100.00 |
| 46 | Manufactures of straw, of esparto or of other plaiting materials; basketware and wickerwork | 0 | 0.00 | 3,434 | -100.00 |
| 71 | Natural or cultured pearls, precious or semi-precious stones,precious metals, metals clad with precious metal and articles thereof; imitation jewelry; coin | 500 | 0.00 | 4,389 | -88.61 |
| 73 | Articles of iron or steel | 2,712 | 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 | 3,001 | 0.02 | 0 | ∞ |
| 87 | Vehicles other than railway or tramway rolling stock, and parts and accessories thereof | 0 | 0.00 | 1,132 | -100.00 |
| 92 | Musical instruments; parts and accessories of such articles | 12,147 | 0.06 | 0 | ∞ |