Russian trade with Nigeria in 2018
based on data from the Federal Customs Service of Russia
Russia’s Trade with Nigeria
In 2018, Russia’s trade with Nigeria totaled $766,933,677, up 77.97% ($336,000,088) from 2017.
Russia’s exports to Nigeria in 2018 totaled $733,738,441, up 90.11% ($347,793,501) from 2017.
Russia’s imports from Nigeria in 2018 were $33,195,236, down 26.21% ($11,793,413) from 2017.
Russia’s trade surplus with Nigeria in 2018 was $700,543,205, a 105.46% increase ($359,586,914) over 2017.
Nigeria was Russia’s 74th largest trading partner in 2018 (up from 82nd in 2017), accounting for 0.1115% of Russia’s total trade (up from 0.0738% in 2017).
Nigeria was Russia’s 64th largest export market in 2018 (up from 71st in 2017), accounting for 0.1631% of Russia’s total exports (up from 0.1081% in 2017).
Nigeria was Russia’s 99th largest supplier in 2018 (down from 95th in 2017), accounting for 0.0139% of Russia’s total imports (down from 0.0198% in 2017).
Russia’s Exports to Nigeria
The major share of Russian exports to Nigeria in 2018 (and in 2017) was accounted for the following product types:
- Food products and agricultural raw materials (HS codes 01-24) - 56.23% of Russia’s total exports to Nigeria (67.54% in 2017);
- Mineral products (HS codes 25-27) - 27.89% of Russia’s total exports to Nigeria (18.76% in 2017);
- Chemical products (HS codes 28-40) - 4.90% of Russia’s total exports to Nigeria (7.25% in 2017);
- Metals and products from them (HS codes 72-83) - 1.33% of Russia’s total exports to Nigeria (1.90% in 2017);
- Wood and wood products (HS codes 44-49) - 1.26% of Russia’s total exports to Nigeria (2.13% in 2017).
The largest gains in Russia’s exports to Nigeria in 2018 over 2017 were recorded for the following product groups:
- Cereals (HS code 10) - an increase of $147,808,508;
- Mineral fuels, mineral oils and products of their distillation; bituminous substances; mineral waxes (HS code 27) - an increase of $132,292,405;
- Pharmaceutical products (HS code 30) - an increase of $8,689,009;
- Fish and crustaceans, molluscs and other aquatic invertebrates (HS code 03) - an increase of $4,014,995.
The largest declines in Russia’s exports to Nigeria in 2018 over 2017 were recorded for the following product groups:
- Fertilizers (HS code 31) - a decrease of $4,920,909.
HS code |
Name of product group | Value of exports in 2018, US dollars ($) |
Percent share in total export | Value of exports in 2017, US dollars ($) |
Percent change in 2018 over 2017 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
03 | Fish and crustaceans, molluscs and other aquatic invertebrates | 8,721,256 | 1.19 | 4,706,261 | 85.31 |
10 | Cereals | 403,612,846 | 55.01 | 255,804,338 | 57.78 |
21 | Miscellaneous edible preparations | 251,494 | 0.03 | 147,521 | 70.48 |
22 | Beverages, spirits and vinegar | 1,539 | 0.00 | 20,431 | -92.47 |
25 | Salt; sulfur; earths and stone; plastering materials, lime and cement | 250 | 0.00 | 57,567 | -99.57 |
27 | Mineral fuels, mineral oils and products of their distillation; bituminous substances; mineral waxes | 204,643,330 | 27.89 | 72,350,925 | 182.85 |
28 | Inorganic chemicals; organic or inorganic compounds of precious metals, of rare-earth metals,of radioactive elements or of isotopes | 3,906,255 | 0.53 | 2,502,582 | 56.09 |
29 | Organic chemicals | 1,228,514 | 0.17 | 1,398,492 | -12.15 |
30 | Pharmaceutical products | 22,349,553 | 3.05 | 13,660,544 | 63.61 |
31 | Fertilizers | 3,286,897 | 0.45 | 8,207,806 | -59.95 |
32 | Tanning or dyeing extracts; dyes, pigments, paints, varnishes, putty and mastics | 3,813,755 | 0.52 | 1,708,395 | 123.24 |
33 | Essential oils and resinoids; perfumery, cosmetic or toilet preparations | 46,243 | 0.01 | 3,000 | 1,441.43 |
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 | 240 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
36 | Explosives; pyrotechnic products; matches; pyrophoric alloys; certain combustible preparations | 0 | 0.00 | 262,049 | -100.00 |
38 | Miscellaneous chemical products | 1,065,213 | 0.15 | 64,169 | 1,560.01 |
39 | Plastics and articles thereof | 120,454 | 0.02 | 161,599 | -25.46 |
40 | Rubber and articles thereof | 106,445 | 0.01 | 29,803 | 257.16 |
42 | Articles of leather; saddlery and harness; travel goods, handbags and similar containers; articles of animal gut (other than silkworm gut) | 0 | 0.00 | 114 | -100.00 |
44 | Wood and articles of wood; wood charcoal | 196,896 | 0.03 | 688,425 | -71.40 |
47 | Pulp of wood or of other fibrous cellulosic material; waste and scrap of paper or paperboard | 1,695,430 | 0.23 | 1,272,025 | 33.29 |
48 | Paper and paperboard; articles of paper pulp, of paper or of paperboard | 7,378,360 | 1.01 | 6,259,947 | 17.87 |
49 | Printed books, newspapers, pictures and other products of the printing industry; manuscripts, typescripts and plans | 30 | 0.00 | 811 | -96.30 |
54 | Man-made filaments | 1,248 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
55 | Man-made staple fibers | 962 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
56 | Wadding, felt and nonwovens; special yarns, twine, cordage, ropes and cables and articles thereof | 907 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
59 | Impregnated, coated, covered or laminated textile fabrics; textile articles of a kind suitable for industrial use | 1,596 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
60 | Knitted or crocheted fabrics | 8,414 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
61 | Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, knitted or crocheted | 1,016 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
62 | Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, not knitted or crocheted | 8,990 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
63 | Other made up textile articles; sets; worn clothing and worn textile articles; rags | 40,995 | 0.01 | 19,040 | 115.31 |
68 | Articles of stone, plaster, cement, asbestos, mica or similar materials | 788 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
72 | Iron and steel | 8,032,314 | 1.09 | 7,303,124 | 9.98 |
73 | Articles of iron or steel | 1,729,167 | 0.24 | 16,530 | 10,360.78 |
74 | Copper and articles thereof | 78 | 0.00 | 1,658 | -95.30 |
76 | Aluminum and articles thereof | 20 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
82 | Tools, implements, cutlery, spoons and forks, of base metal; parts thereof of base metal | 26,649 | 0.00 | 8,840 | 201.46 |
83 | Miscellaneous articles of base metal | 353 | 0.00 | 502 | -29.68 |
84 | Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof | 1,659,278 | 0.23 | 223,621 | 642.00 |
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 | 352,875 | 0.05 | 198,865 | 77.44 |
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 | 0 | 0.00 | 4,127 | -100.00 |
87 | Vehicles other than railway or tramway rolling stock, and parts and accessories thereof | 307,578 | 0.04 | 217,480 | 41.43 |
90 | Optical, photographic, cinematographic, measuring, checking, precision, medical or surgical instruments and apparatus; parts and accessories thereof | 1,149,046 | 0.16 | 95,859 | 1,098.68 |
91 | Clocks and watches and parts thereof | 0 | 0.00 | 799 | -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 | 1,245 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
95 | Toys, games and sports requisites; parts and accessories thereof | 0 | 0.00 | 1,949 | -100.00 |
96 | Miscellaneous manufactured articles | 1,158 | 0.00 | 24,786 | -95.33 |
SS | Classified | 57,988,764 | 7.90 | 8 520 956 | 580.54 |
Russia’s Imports from Nigeria
The major share of Russian imports from Nigeria in 2018 (and in 2017) was accounted for the following product types:
- Food products and agricultural raw materials (HS codes 01-24) - 96.77% of Russia’s total imports from Nigeria (98.19% in 2017);
- Chemical products (HS codes 28-40) - 3.16% of Russia’s total imports from Nigeria (1.67% in 2017).
The largest gains in Russia’s imports from Nigeria in 2018 over 2017 were recorded for the following product groups:
- Rubber and articles thereof (HS code 40) - an increase of $335,871.
The largest declines in Russia’s imports from Nigeria in 2018 over 2017 were recorded for the following product groups:
- Oil seeds and oleaginous fruits; miscellaneous grains, seeds and fruits; industrial or medicinal plants; straw and fodder (HS code 12) - a decrease of $11,652,412;
- Cocoa and cocoa preparations (HS code 18) - a decrease of $331,917.
HS code |
Name of product group | Value of imports in 2018, US dollars ($) |
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 | 6,841 | 0.02 | 7,534 | -9.20 |
07 | Edible vegetables and certain roots and tubers | 29,923 | 0.09 | 36,441 | -17.89 |
08 | Edible fruit and nuts; peel of citrus fruit or melons | 6,223 | 0.02 | 65,879 | -90.55 |
09 | Coffee, tea, maté and spices | 364,833 | 1.10 | 402,359 | -9.33 |
10 | Cereals | 120 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
11 | Products of the milling industry; malt; starches; inulin; wheat gluten | 16,216 | 0.05 | 5,536 | 192.92 |
12 | Oil seeds and oleaginous fruits; miscellaneous grains, seeds and fruits; industrial or medicinal plants; straw and fodder | 3,963,066 | 11.94 | 15,615,478 | -74.62 |
13 | Lac; gums, resins and other vegetable saps and extracts | 130 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
15 | Animal or vegetable fats and oils and their cleavage products prepared edible fats; animal or vegetable waxes | 9,276 | 0.03 | 3,536 | 162.33 |
18 | Cocoa and cocoa preparations | 27,697,748 | 83.44 | 28,029,665 | -1.18 |
19 | Preparations of cereals, flour, starch or milk; bakers’ wares | 12,455 | 0.04 | 5,720 | 117.74 |
20 | Preparations of vegetables, fruit, nuts or other parts of plants | 6,618 | 0.02 | 2,240 | 195.45 |
21 | Miscellaneous edible preparations | 51 | 0.00 | 72 | -29.17 |
22 | Beverages, spirits and vinegar | 7,978 | 0.02 | 2,024 | 294.17 |
26 | Ores, slag and ash | 0 | 0.00 | 782 | -100.00 |
33 | Essential oils and resinoids; perfumery, cosmetic or toilet preparations | 10,624 | 0.03 | 16,008 | -33.63 |
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 | 928 | 0.00 | 35,329 | -97.37 |
40 | Rubber and articles thereof | 1,036,033 | 3.12 | 700,162 | 47.97 |
42 | Articles of leather; saddlery and harness; travel goods, handbags and similar containers; articles of animal gut (other than silkworm gut) | 1,393 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
44 | Wood and articles of wood; wood charcoal | 0 | 0.00 | 29,502 | -100.00 |
55 | Man-made staple fibers | 0 | 0.00 | 489 | -100.00 |
63 | Other made up textile articles; sets; worn clothing and worn textile articles; rags | 1,537 | 0.00 | 881 | 74.46 |
64 | Footwear, gaiters and the like; parts of such articles | 3,755 | 0.01 | 0 | ∞ |
67 | Prepared feathers and down and articles made of feathers or of down; artificial flowers; articles of human hair | 18,696 | 0.06 | 18,638 | 0.31 |
71 | Natural or cultured pearls, precious or semi-precious stones,precious metals, metals clad with precious metal and articles thereof; imitation jewelry; coin | 0 | 0.00 | 50 | -100.00 |
84 | Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof | 791 | 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 | 1 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
SS | Classified | 0 | 0.00 | 10 324 | -100.00 |