Russian trade with Kenya in 2011
January 02, 2016
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 Kenya in 2011: exports, imports, products, dynamics.
Russia’s Trade with Kenya
In 2011, Russia’s trade with Kenya totaled $354,628,594, up 70.93% ($147,158,841) from 2010.
Russia’s exports to Kenya in 2011 totaled $226,644,773, up 85.34% ($104,357,934) from 2010.
Russia’s imports from Kenya in 2011 totaled $127,983,821, up 50.25% ($42,800,907) from 2010.
Russia’s trade surplus with Kenya in 2011 was $98,660,952, a 165.90% increase ($61,557,027) over 2010.
Kenya was Russia’s 88th largest trading partner in 2011 (up from 92nd in 2010), accounting for 0.0431% of Russia’s total trade (up from 0.0331% in 2010).
Kenya was Russia’s 82nd largest export market in 2011 (up from 88th in 2010), accounting for 0.0439% of Russia’s total exports (up from 0.0308% in 2010).
Kenya was Russia’s 78th largest supplier in 2011 (up from 80th in 2010), accounting for 0.0419% of Russia’s total imports (up from 0.0372% in 2010).
Russia’s Exports to Kenya
The major share of Russian exports to Kenya in 2011 (and in 2010) was accounted for the following product types:
- Food products and agricultural raw materials (HS codes 01-24) - 77.11% of Russia’s total exports to Kenya (40.09% in 2010);
- Chemical products (HS codes 28-40) - 4.79% of Russia’s total exports to Kenya (15.28% in 2010);
- Metals and products from them (HS codes 72-83) - 4.49% of Russia’s total exports to Kenya (3.70% in 2010);
- Wood and wood products (HS codes 44-49) - 3.17% of Russia’s total exports to Kenya (9.36% in 2010);
- Machinery, equipment and vehicles (HS codes 84-90) - 2.49% of Russia’s total exports to Kenya (2.81% in 2010).
The largest gains in Russia’s exports to Kenya in 2011 over 2010 were recorded for the following product groups:
- Cereals (HS code 10) - an increase of $126,495,602;
- Iron and steel (HS code 72) - an increase of $5,116,673;
- Optical, photographic, cinematographic, measuring, checking, precision, medical or surgical instruments and apparatus; parts and accessories thereof (HS code 90) - an increase of $2,748,635;
- Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof (HS code 84) - an increase of $1,959,062.
The largest declines in Russia’s exports to Kenya in 2011 over 2010 were recorded for the following product groups:
- Fertilizers (HS code 31) - a decrease of $7,623,574;
- Paper and paperboard; articles of paper pulp, of paper or of paperboard (HS code 48) - a decrease of $4,242,164;
- 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 $2,656,925;
- Animal or vegetable fats and oils and their cleavage products prepared edible fats; animal or vegetable waxes (HS code 15) - a decrease of $1,203,908.
| HS code |
Name of product group | Value of exports in 2011, US dollars ($) |
Percent share in total export | Value of exports in 2010, US dollars ($) |
Percent change in 2011 over 2010 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 06 | Live trees and other plants; bulbs, roots and the like; cut flowers and ornamental foliage | 4,218 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
| 10 | Cereals | 174,181,068 | 76.85 | 47,685,466 | 265.27 |
| 11 | Products of the milling industry; malt; starches; inulin; wheat gluten | 561,716 | 0.25 | 0 | ∞ |
| 15 | Animal or vegetable fats and oils and their cleavage products prepared edible fats; animal or vegetable waxes | 0 | 0.00 | 1,203,908 | -100.00 |
| 16 | Preparations of meat, of fish or of crustaceans, molluscs or other aquatic invertebrates | 9,381 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
| 22 | Beverages, spirits and vinegar | 0 | 0.00 | 133,860 | -100.00 |
| 27 | Mineral fuels, mineral oils and products of their distillation; bituminous substances; mineral waxes | 309,566 | 0.14 | 0 | ∞ |
| 28 | Inorganic chemicals; organic or inorganic compounds of precious metals, of rare-earth metals,of radioactive elements or of isotopes | 562,990 | 0.25 | 515,892 | 9.13 |
| 30 | Pharmaceutical products | 339,164 | 0.15 | 467,603 | -27.47 |
| 31 | Fertilizers | 9,919,572 | 4.38 | 17,543,146 | -43.46 |
| 33 | Essential oils and resinoids; perfumery, cosmetic or toilet preparations | 324 | 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 | 171 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
| 38 | Miscellaneous chemical products | 27,608 | 0.01 | 123,428 | -77.63 |
| 39 | Plastics and articles thereof | 0 | 0.00 | 26,412 | -100.00 |
| 40 | Rubber and articles thereof | 8,106 | 0.00 | 13,060 | -37.93 |
| 42 | Articles of leather; saddlery and harness; travel goods, handbags and similar containers; articles of animal gut (other than silkworm gut) | 17,628 | 0.01 | 0 | ∞ |
| 44 | Wood and articles of wood; wood charcoal | 1,051,361 | 0.46 | 919,301 | 14.37 |
| 47 | Pulp of wood or of other fibrous cellulosic material; waste and scrap of paper or paperboard | 0 | 0.00 | 156,628 | -100.00 |
| 48 | Paper and paperboard; articles of paper pulp, of paper or of paperboard | 6,125,433 | 2.70 | 10,367,597 | -40.92 |
| 49 | Printed books, newspapers, pictures and other products of the printing industry; manuscripts, typescripts and plans | 0 | 0.00 | 4,515 | -100.00 |
| 52 | Cotton | 0 | 0.00 | 1,891 | -100.00 |
| 59 | Impregnated, coated, covered or laminated textile fabrics; textile articles of a kind suitable for industrial use | 0 | 0.00 | 13 | -100.00 |
| 61 | Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, knitted or crocheted | 0 | 0.00 | 44 | -100.00 |
| 63 | Other made up textile articles; sets; worn clothing and worn textile articles; rags | 180 | 0.00 | 17 | 958.82 |
| 65 | Headgear and parts thereof | 0 | 0.00 | 28 | -100.00 |
| 68 | Articles of stone, plaster, cement, asbestos, mica or similar materials | 6 | 0.00 | 963 | -99.38 |
| 70 | Glass and glassware | 4 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
| 72 | Iron and steel | 9,234,294 | 4.07 | 4,117,621 | 124.26 |
| 73 | Articles of iron or steel | 278,074 | 0.12 | 1,505 | 18,376.68 |
| 74 | Copper and articles thereof | 0 | 0.00 | 38 | -100.00 |
| 76 | Aluminum and articles thereof | 570,466 | 0.25 | 407,464 | 40.00 |
| 82 | Tools, implements, cutlery, spoons and forks, of base metal; parts thereof of base metal | 95,581 | 0.04 | 0 | ∞ |
| 83 | Miscellaneous articles of base metal | 684 | 0.00 | 368 | 85.87 |
| 84 | Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof | 2,263,579 | 1.00 | 304,517 | 643.33 |
| 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 | 193,749 | 0.09 | 2,850,674 | -93.20 |
| 87 | Vehicles other than railway or tramway rolling stock, and parts and accessories thereof | 163,328 | 0.07 | 15,515 | 952.71 |
| 90 | Optical, photographic, cinematographic, measuring, checking, precision, medical or surgical instruments and apparatus; parts and accessories thereof | 3,012,121 | 1.33 | 263,486 | 1,043.18 |
| 91 | Clocks and watches and parts thereof | 355 | 0.00 | 40 | 787.50 |
| 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 | 701 | 0.00 | 13,350 | -94.75 |
| 95 | Toys, games and sports requisites; parts and accessories thereof | 0 | 0.00 | 71,259 | -100.00 |
| 96 | Miscellaneous manufactured articles | 316 | 0.00 | 53 | 496.23 |
| SS | Classified | 17,713,029 | 7.82 | 35 077 177 | -49.50 |
Russia’s Imports from Kenya
The major share of Russian imports from Kenya in 2011 (and in 2010) was accounted for the following product types:
- Food products and agricultural raw materials (HS codes 01-24) - 99.89% of Russia’s total imports from Kenya (99.94% in 2010).
The largest gains in Russia’s imports from Kenya in 2011 over 2010 were recorded for the following product groups:
- Live trees and other plants; bulbs, roots and the like; cut flowers and ornamental foliage (HS code 06) - an increase of $27,067,442;
- Coffee, tea, maté and spices (HS code 09) - an increase of $15,845,350.
The largest declines in Russia’s imports from Kenya in 2011 over 2010 were recorded for the following product groups:
- Tobacco and manufactured tobacco substitutes (HS code 24) - a decrease of $794,558.
| HS code |
Name of product group | Value of imports in 2011, US dollars ($) |
Percent share in total import | Value of imports in 2010, US dollars ($) |
Percent change in 2011 over 2010 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 06 | Live trees and other plants; bulbs, roots and the like; cut flowers and ornamental foliage | 60,843,758 | 47.54 | 33,776,316 | 80.14 |
| 07 | Edible vegetables and certain roots and tubers | 117,109 | 0.09 | 73,836 | 58.61 |
| 08 | Edible fruit and nuts; peel of citrus fruit or melons | 471,313 | 0.37 | 288,652 | 63.28 |
| 09 | Coffee, tea, maté and spices | 62,050,962 | 48.48 | 46,205,612 | 34.29 |
| 12 | Oil seeds and oleaginous fruits; miscellaneous grains, seeds and fruits; industrial or medicinal plants; straw and fodder | 37,478 | 0.03 | 47,555 | -21.19 |
| 15 | Animal or vegetable fats and oils and their cleavage products prepared edible fats; animal or vegetable waxes | 14,266 | 0.01 | 6,429 | 121.90 |
| 20 | Preparations of vegetables, fruit, nuts or other parts of plants | 644,582 | 0.50 | 347,369 | 85.56 |
| 21 | Miscellaneous edible preparations | 101,562 | 0.08 | 32,470 | 212.79 |
| 24 | Tobacco and manufactured tobacco substitutes | 3,557,416 | 2.78 | 4,351,974 | -18.26 |
| 33 | Essential oils and resinoids; perfumery, cosmetic or toilet preparations | 0 | 0.00 | 274 | -100.00 |
| 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 | 28 | -100.00 |
| 39 | Plastics and articles thereof | 139 | 0.00 | 256 | -45.70 |
| 40 | Rubber and articles thereof | 34 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
| 44 | Wood and articles of wood; wood charcoal | 0 | 0.00 | 17 | -100.00 |
| 48 | Paper and paperboard; articles of paper pulp, of paper or of paperboard | 110 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
| 49 | Printed books, newspapers, pictures and other products of the printing industry; manuscripts, typescripts and plans | 0 | 0.00 | 36 | -100.00 |
| 53 | Other vegetable textile fibers; paper yarn and woven fabric of paper yarn | 43,412 | 0.03 | 0 | ∞ |
| 61 | Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, knitted or crocheted | 1,657 | 0.00 | 363 | 356.47 |
| 62 | Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, not knitted or crocheted | 1,012 | 0.00 | 1,984 | -48.99 |
| 64 | Footwear, gaiters and the like; parts of such articles | 86 | 0.00 | 1,447 | -94.06 |
| 68 | Articles of stone, plaster, cement, asbestos, mica or similar materials | 0 | 0.00 | 46 | -100.00 |
| 70 | Glass and glassware | 4,426 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
| 84 | Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof | 28 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
| 87 | Vehicles other than railway or tramway rolling stock, and parts and accessories thereof | 0 | 0.00 | 107 | -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 | 576 | 0.00 | 342 | 68.42 |
| 95 | Toys, games and sports requisites; parts and accessories thereof | 93,764 | 0.07 | 47,713 | 96.52 |
| 96 | Miscellaneous manufactured articles | 131 | 0.00 | 88 | 48.86 |