Russian trade with Tanzania 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 Tanzania in 2018: exports, imports, products, dynamics.
Russia’s Trade with Tanzania
In 2018, Russia’s trade with Tanzania totaled $221,443,737, up 11.84% ($23,444,623) from 2017.
Russia’s exports to Tanzania in 2018 totaled $179,206,221, up 19.61% ($29,375,033) from 2017.
Russia’s imports from Tanzania in 2018 were $42,237,516, down 12.31% ($5,930,410) from 2017.
Russia’s trade surplus with Tanzania in 2018 was $136,968,705, a 34.73% increase ($35,305,443) over 2017.
Tanzania was Russia’s 98th largest trading partner in 2018 (up from 101st in 2017), accounting for 0.0322% of Russia’s total trade (down from 0.0339% in 2017).
Tanzania was Russia’s 92nd largest export market in 2018 (down from 90th in 2017), accounting for 0.0398% of Russia’s total exports (down from 0.0420% in 2017).
Tanzania was Russia’s 96th largest supplier in 2018 (down from 93rd in 2017), accounting for 0.0177% of Russia’s total imports (down from 0.0212% in 2017).
Russia’s Exports to Tanzania
The major share of Russian exports to Tanzania in 2018 (and in 2017) was accounted for the following product types:
- Food products and agricultural raw materials (HS codes 01-24) - 86.21% of Russia’s total exports to Tanzania (82.40% in 2017);
- Chemical products (HS codes 28-40) - 8.68% of Russia’s total exports to Tanzania (13.16% in 2017);
- Wood and wood products (HS codes 44-49) - 2.66% of Russia’s total exports to Tanzania (1.21% in 2017);
- Mineral products (HS codes 25-27) - 2.09% of Russia’s total exports to Tanzania (1.55% in 2017);
- Machinery, equipment and vehicles (HS codes 84-90) - 0.08% of Russia’s total exports to Tanzania (1.39% in 2017).
The largest gains in Russia’s exports to Tanzania in 2018 over 2017 were recorded for the following product groups:
- Cereals (HS code 10) - an increase of $29,019,091;
- Paper and paperboard; articles of paper pulp, of paper or of paperboard (HS code 48) - an increase of $2,952,377;
- Products of the milling industry; malt; starches; inulin; wheat gluten (HS code 11) - an increase of $2,184,740;
- Mineral fuels, mineral oils and products of their distillation; bituminous substances; mineral waxes (HS code 27) - an increase of $1,253,930.
The largest declines in Russia’s exports to Tanzania in 2018 over 2017 were recorded for the following product groups:
- Fertilizers (HS code 31) - a decrease of $4,548,637;
- 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) - a decrease of $1,497,318.
| HS code |
Name of product group | Value of exports in 2018, US dollars ($) |
Percent share in total export | Value of exports in 2017, US dollars ($) |
Percent change in 2018 over 2017 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 02 | Meat and edible meat offal | 0 | 0.00 | 74,928 | -100.00 |
| 10 | Cereals | 151,529,472 | 84.56 | 122,510,381 | 23.69 |
| 11 | Products of the milling industry; malt; starches; inulin; wheat gluten | 2,184,740 | 1.22 | 0 | ∞ |
| 15 | Animal or vegetable fats and oils and their cleavage products prepared edible fats; animal or vegetable waxes | 0 | 0.00 | 192,341 | -100.00 |
| 16 | Preparations of meat, of fish or of crustaceans, molluscs or other aquatic invertebrates | 0 | 0.00 | 2,509 | -100.00 |
| 21 | Miscellaneous edible preparations | 167,450 | 0.09 | 107,813 | 55.32 |
| 22 | Beverages, spirits and vinegar | 618,445 | 0.35 | 573,891 | 7.76 |
| 25 | Salt; sulfur; earths and stone; plastering materials, lime and cement | 416,598 | 0.23 | 245,622 | 69.61 |
| 27 | Mineral fuels, mineral oils and products of their distillation; bituminous substances; mineral waxes | 3,334,294 | 1.86 | 2,080,364 | 60.27 |
| 28 | Inorganic chemicals; organic or inorganic compounds of precious metals, of rare-earth metals,of radioactive elements or of isotopes | 1,225,391 | 0.68 | 801,955 | 52.80 |
| 29 | Organic chemicals | 24,082 | 0.01 | 43,759 | -44.97 |
| 31 | Fertilizers | 14,218,192 | 7.93 | 18,766,829 | -24.24 |
| 33 | Essential oils and resinoids; perfumery, cosmetic or toilet preparations | 320 | 0.00 | 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 | 7,719 | 0.00 | 3,174 | 143.19 |
| 38 | Miscellaneous chemical products | 0 | 0.00 | 39,067 | -100.00 |
| 39 | Plastics and articles thereof | 49,564 | 0.03 | 59,196 | -16.27 |
| 40 | Rubber and articles thereof | 34,060 | 0.02 | 6,280 | 442.36 |
| 42 | Articles of leather; saddlery and harness; travel goods, handbags and similar containers; articles of animal gut (other than silkworm gut) | 87 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
| 44 | Wood and articles of wood; wood charcoal | 89,315 | 0.05 | 79,715 | 12.04 |
| 48 | Paper and paperboard; articles of paper pulp, of paper or of paperboard | 4,679,884 | 2.61 | 1,727,507 | 170.90 |
| 49 | Printed books, newspapers, pictures and other products of the printing industry; manuscripts, typescripts and plans | 5 | 0.00 | 40 | -87.50 |
| 52 | Cotton | 29 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
| 56 | Wadding, felt and nonwovens; special yarns, twine, cordage, ropes and cables and articles thereof | 53 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
| 61 | Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, knitted or crocheted | 0 | 0.00 | 1,594 | -100.00 |
| 63 | Other made up textile articles; sets; worn clothing and worn textile articles; rags | 3,867 | 0.00 | 1,072 | 260.73 |
| 65 | Headgear and parts thereof | 0 | 0.00 | 688 | -100.00 |
| 73 | Articles of iron or steel | 10,524 | 0.01 | 51,730 | -79.66 |
| 76 | Aluminum and articles thereof | 466,908 | 0.26 | 358,583 | 30.21 |
| 82 | Tools, implements, cutlery, spoons and forks, of base metal; parts thereof of base metal | 0 | 0.00 | 856 | -100.00 |
| 84 | Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof | 98,964 | 0.06 | 240,362 | -58.83 |
| 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 | 44,603 | 0.02 | 1,541,921 | -97.11 |
| 90 | Optical, photographic, cinematographic, measuring, checking, precision, medical or surgical instruments and apparatus; parts and accessories thereof | 1,360 | 0.00 | 302,656 | -99.55 |
| 91 | Clocks and watches and parts thereof | 0 | 0.00 | 88 | -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 | 295 | 0.00 | 16,267 | -98.19 |
Russia’s Imports from Tanzania
The major share of Russian imports from Tanzania in 2018 (and in 2017) was accounted for the following product types:
- Food products and agricultural raw materials (HS codes 01-24) - 99.99% of Russia’s total imports from Tanzania (100.00% in 2017).
The largest gains in Russia’s imports from Tanzania in 2018 over 2017 were recorded for the following product groups:
- Tobacco and manufactured tobacco substitutes (HS code 24) - an increase of $2,076,200;
- Edible vegetables and certain roots and tubers (HS code 07) - an increase of $177,061.
The largest declines in Russia’s imports from Tanzania in 2018 over 2017 were recorded for the following product groups:
- Coffee, tea, maté and spices (HS code 09) - a decrease of $5,042,945;
- Oil seeds and oleaginous fruits; miscellaneous grains, seeds and fruits; industrial or medicinal plants; straw and fodder (HS code 12) - a decrease of $2,804,874;
- Edible fruit and nuts; peel of citrus fruit or melons (HS code 08) - a decrease of $331,601.
| HS code |
Name of product group | Value of imports in 2018, US dollars ($) |
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 | 6,615 | 0.02 | 0 | ∞ |
| 06 | Live trees and other plants; bulbs, roots and the like; cut flowers and ornamental foliage | 17,288 | 0.04 | 29,221 | -40.84 |
| 07 | Edible vegetables and certain roots and tubers | 178,391 | 0.42 | 1,330 | 13,312.86 |
| 08 | Edible fruit and nuts; peel of citrus fruit or melons | 100,294 | 0.24 | 431,895 | -76.78 |
| 09 | Coffee, tea, maté and spices | 5,484,576 | 12.99 | 10,527,521 | -47.90 |
| 12 | Oil seeds and oleaginous fruits; miscellaneous grains, seeds and fruits; industrial or medicinal plants; straw and fodder | 794,615 | 1.88 | 3,599,489 | -77.92 |
| 18 | Cocoa and cocoa preparations | 960 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
| 24 | Tobacco and manufactured tobacco substitutes | 35,652,537 | 84.41 | 33,576,337 | 6.18 |
| 43 | Furskins and artificial fur; manufactures thereof | 0 | 0.00 | 1,380 | -100.00 |
| 44 | Wood and articles of wood; wood charcoal | 2,240 | 0.01 | 0 | ∞ |
| 84 | Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof | 0 | 0.00 | 159 | -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 | 0 | 0.00 | 594 | -100.00 |