Russian trade with Zimbabwe in 2021
based on data from the Federal Customs Service of Russia
Russia’s Trade with Zimbabwe
In 2021, Russia’s trade with Zimbabwe was $42,734,976, down 12.34% ($6,015,002) from 2020.
Russia’s exports to Zimbabwe in 2021 totaled $7,916,948, up 164.09% ($4,919,110) from 2020.
Russia’s imports from Zimbabwe in 2021 were $34,818,028, down 23.90% ($10,934,112) from 2020.
Russia’s trade deficit with Zimbabwe in 2021 was $26,901,080, a 37.08% decrease ($15,853,222) over 2020.
Zimbabwe was Russia’s 142nd largest trading partner in 2021 (down from 137th in 2020), accounting for 0.0054% of Russia’s total trade (down from 0.0086% in 2020).
Zimbabwe was Russia’s 157th largest export market in 2021 (up from 165th in 2020), accounting for 0.0016% of Russia’s total exports (up from 0.0009% in 2020).
Zimbabwe was Russia’s 105th largest supplier in 2021 (down from 94th in 2020), accounting for 0.0119% of Russia’s total imports (down from 0.0198% in 2020).
Russia’s Exports to Zimbabwe
The major share of Russian exports to Zimbabwe in 2021 (and in 2020) was accounted for the following product types:
- Chemical products (HS codes 28-40) - 51.84% of Russia’s total exports to Zimbabwe (88.77% in 2020);
- Food products and agricultural raw materials (HS codes 01-24) - 37.07% of Russia’s total exports to Zimbabwe (0.00% in 2020);
- Wood and wood products (HS codes 44-49) - 7.55% of Russia’s total exports to Zimbabwe (1.54% in 2020);
- Machinery, equipment and vehicles (HS codes 84-90) - 3.53% of Russia’s total exports to Zimbabwe (7.58% in 2020).
The largest gains in Russia’s exports to Zimbabwe in 2021 over 2020 were recorded for the following product groups:
- Cereals (HS code 10) - an increase of $2,782,815;
- Fertilizers (HS code 31) - an increase of $803,039;
- Printed books, newspapers, pictures and other products of the printing industry; manuscripts, typescripts and plans (HS code 49) - an increase of $519,779;
- Pharmaceutical products (HS code 30) - an increase of $506,575;
- Products of the milling industry; malt; starches; inulin; wheat gluten (HS code 11) - an increase of $103,092;
- Paper and paperboard; articles of paper pulp, of paper or of paperboard (HS code 48) - an increase of $67,881;
- Optical, photographic, cinematographic, measuring, checking, precision, medical or surgical instruments and apparatus; parts and accessories thereof (HS code 90) - an increase of $66,242;
- 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 $53,624;
- Miscellaneous chemical products (HS code 38) - an increase of $52,197.
The largest declines in Russia’s exports to Zimbabwe in 2021 over 2020 were recorded for the following product groups:
- Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof (HS code 84) - a decrease of $78,585;
- Pulp of wood or of other fibrous cellulosic material; waste and scrap of paper or paperboard (HS code 47) - a decrease of $46,116.
HS code |
Name of product group | Value of exports in 2021, US dollars ($) |
Percent share in total export | Value of exports in 2020, US dollars ($) |
Percent change in 2021 over 2020 |
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10 | Cereals | 2,782,815 | 35.15 | 0 | ∞ |
11 | Products of the milling industry; malt; starches; inulin; wheat gluten | 103,092 | 1.30 | 0 | ∞ |
30 | Pharmaceutical products | 508,682 | 6.43 | 2,107 | 24,042.48 |
31 | Fertilizers | 3,217,726 | 40.64 | 2,414,687 | 33.26 |
38 | Miscellaneous chemical products | 294,605 | 3.72 | 242,408 | 21.53 |
39 | Plastics and articles thereof | 7,655 | 0.10 | 1,818 | 321.07 |
40 | Rubber and articles thereof | 7,123 | 0.09 | 28 | 25,339.29 |
42 | Articles of leather; saddlery and harness; travel goods, handbags and similar containers; articles of animal gut (other than silkworm gut) | 91 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
47 | Pulp of wood or of other fibrous cellulosic material; waste and scrap of paper or paperboard | 0 | 0.00 | 46,116 | -100.00 |
48 | Paper and paperboard; articles of paper pulp, of paper or of paperboard | 67,881 | 0.86 | 0 | ∞ |
49 | Printed books, newspapers, pictures and other products of the printing industry; manuscripts, typescripts and plans | 519,779 | 6.57 | 0 | ∞ |
63 | Other made up textile articles; sets; worn clothing and worn textile articles; rags | 27 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
73 | Articles of iron or steel | 595 | 0.01 | 79 | 653.16 |
82 | Tools, implements, cutlery, spoons and forks, of base metal; parts thereof of base metal | 308 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
84 | Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof | 105,753 | 1.34 | 184,338 | -42.63 |
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 | 57,892 | 0.73 | 4,268 | 1,256.42 |
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 | 3,537 | 0.04 | 0 | ∞ |
87 | Vehicles other than railway or tramway rolling stock, and parts and accessories thereof | 2,531 | 0.03 | 0 | ∞ |
90 | Optical, photographic, cinematographic, measuring, checking, precision, medical or surgical instruments and apparatus; parts and accessories thereof | 104,848 | 1.32 | 38,606 | 171.58 |
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 | 198 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
97 | Works of art, collectors’ pieces and antiques | 0 | 0.00 | 3,060 | -100.00 |
SS | Classified | 0 | 0.00 | 60 323 | -100.00 |
Russia’s Imports from Zimbabwe
The major share of Russian imports from Zimbabwe in 2021 (and in 2020) was accounted for the following product types:
- Food products and agricultural raw materials (HS codes 01-24) - 99.77% of Russia’s total imports from Zimbabwe (99.92% in 2020).
The largest gains in Russia’s imports from Zimbabwe in 2021 over 2020 were recorded for the following product groups:
- Edible fruit and nuts; peel of citrus fruit or melons (HS code 08) - an increase of $2,213,495.
The largest declines in Russia’s imports from Zimbabwe in 2021 over 2020 were recorded for the following product groups:
- Tobacco and manufactured tobacco substitutes (HS code 24) - a decrease of $13,077,954;
- Coffee, tea, maté and spices (HS code 09) - a decrease of $179,431.
HS code |
Name of product group | Value of imports in 2021, US dollars ($) |
Percent share in total import | Value of imports in 2020, US dollars ($) |
Percent change in 2021 over 2020 |
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06 | Live trees and other plants; bulbs, roots and the like; cut flowers and ornamental foliage | 125,545 | 0.36 | 98,852 | 27.00 |
07 | Edible vegetables and certain roots and tubers | 14,017 | 0.04 | 66,686 | -78.98 |
08 | Edible fruit and nuts; peel of citrus fruit or melons | 3,150,295 | 9.05 | 936,800 | 236.28 |
09 | Coffee, tea, maté and spices | 2,618,968 | 7.52 | 2,798,399 | -6.41 |
11 | Products of the milling industry; malt; starches; inulin; wheat gluten | 8,786 | 0.03 | 5,618 | 56.39 |
12 | Oil seeds and oleaginous fruits; miscellaneous grains, seeds and fruits; industrial or medicinal plants; straw and fodder | 27,253 | 0.08 | 14,189 | 92.07 |
15 | Animal or vegetable fats and oils and their cleavage products prepared edible fats; animal or vegetable waxes | 39,928 | 0.11 | 11,899 | 235.56 |
20 | Preparations of vegetables, fruit, nuts or other parts of plants | 666 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
24 | Tobacco and manufactured tobacco substitutes | 28,703,898 | 82.44 | 41,781,852 | -31.30 |
25 | Salt; sulfur; earths and stone; plastering materials, lime and cement | 0 | 0.00 | 28,076 | -100.00 |
33 | Essential oils and resinoids; perfumery, cosmetic or toilet preparations | 0 | 0.00 | 785 | -100.00 |
40 | Rubber and articles thereof | 3 | 0.00 | 1,776 | -99.83 |
41 | Raw hides and skins (other than furskins) and leather | 41,386 | 0.12 | 6,252 | 561.96 |
68 | Articles of stone, plaster, cement, asbestos, mica or similar materials | 40,029 | 0.11 | 0 | ∞ |
69 | Ceramic products | 0 | 0.00 | 800 | -100.00 |
73 | Articles of iron or steel | 1 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
84 | Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof | 143 | 0.00 | 156 | -8.33 |