Russian trade with Nigeria 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 Nigeria in 2011: exports, imports, products, dynamics.
Russia’s Trade with Nigeria
In 2011, Russia’s trade with Nigeria totaled $296,488,482, up 160.80% ($182,806,198) from 2010.
Russia’s exports to Nigeria in 2011 totaled $271,821,334, up 148.12% ($162,268,058) from 2010.
Russia’s imports from Nigeria in 2011 totaled $24,667,148, up 497.41% ($20,538,140) from 2010.
Russia’s trade surplus with Nigeria in 2011 was $247,154,186, a 134.44% increase ($141,729,918) over 2010.
Nigeria was Russia’s 93rd largest trading partner in 2011 (up from 105th in 2010), accounting for 0.0360% of Russia’s total trade (up from 0.0182% in 2010).
Nigeria was Russia’s 78th largest export market in 2011 (up from 91st in 2010), accounting for 0.0526% of Russia’s total exports (up from 0.0276% in 2010).
Nigeria was Russia’s 107th largest supplier in 2011 (up from 128th in 2010), accounting for 0.0081% of Russia’s total imports (up from 0.0018% in 2010).
Russia’s Exports to Nigeria
The major share of Russian exports to Nigeria in 2011 (and in 2010) was accounted for the following product types:
- Mineral products (HS codes 25-27) - 45.03% of Russia’s total exports to Nigeria (21.54% in 2010);
- Metals and products from them (HS codes 72-83) - 35.10% of Russia’s total exports to Nigeria (32.42% in 2010);
- Chemical products (HS codes 28-40) - 13.32% of Russia’s total exports to Nigeria (36.93% in 2010);
- Food products and agricultural raw materials (HS codes 01-24) - 2.85% of Russia’s total exports to Nigeria (0.00% in 2010);
- Wood and wood products (HS codes 44-49) - 2.44% of Russia’s total exports to Nigeria (6.74% in 2010);
- Machinery, equipment and vehicles (HS codes 84-90) - 1.15% of Russia’s total exports to Nigeria (2.12% in 2010).
The largest gains in Russia’s exports to Nigeria in 2011 over 2010 were recorded for the following product groups:
- Mineral fuels, mineral oils and products of their distillation; bituminous substances; mineral waxes (HS code 27) - an increase of $98,468,729;
- Iron and steel (HS code 72) - an increase of $31,465,020;
- Articles of iron or steel (HS code 73) - an increase of $28,456,764;
- Cereals (HS code 10) - an increase of $7,495,809;
- 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 $1,421,097.
The largest declines in Russia’s exports to Nigeria in 2011 over 2010 were recorded for the following product groups:
- Fertilizers (HS code 31) - a decrease of $5,238,212;
- Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof (HS code 84) - a decrease of $1,180,133.
| HS code |
Name of product group | Value of exports in 2011, US dollars ($) |
Percent share in total export | Value of exports in 2010, US dollars ($) |
Percent change in 2011 over 2010 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 03 | Fish and crustaceans, molluscs and other aquatic invertebrates | 116,535 | 0.04 | 0 | ∞ |
| 10 | Cereals | 7,495,809 | 2.76 | 0 | ∞ |
| 11 | Products of the milling industry; malt; starches; inulin; wheat gluten | 69,021 | 0.03 | 0 | ∞ |
| 22 | Beverages, spirits and vinegar | 67,689 | 0.02 | 0 | ∞ |
| 25 | Salt; sulfur; earths and stone; plastering materials, lime and cement | 436,943 | 0.16 | 107,160 | 307.75 |
| 27 | Mineral fuels, mineral oils and products of their distillation; bituminous substances; mineral waxes | 121,957,561 | 44.87 | 23,488,832 | 419.22 |
| 28 | Inorganic chemicals; organic or inorganic compounds of precious metals, of rare-earth metals,of radioactive elements or of isotopes | 223,034 | 0.08 | 17,857 | 1,149.00 |
| 30 | Pharmaceutical products | 729,894 | 0.27 | 0 | ∞ |
| 31 | Fertilizers | 35,142,384 | 12.93 | 40,380,596 | -12.97 |
| 32 | Tanning or dyeing extracts; dyes, pigments, paints, varnishes, putty and mastics | 0 | 0.00 | 55 | -100.00 |
| 38 | Miscellaneous chemical products | 90,650 | 0.03 | 51,788 | 75.04 |
| 39 | Plastics and articles thereof | 16,324 | 0.01 | 3,425 | 376.61 |
| 40 | Rubber and articles thereof | 7,889 | 0.00 | 3,157 | 149.89 |
| 42 | Articles of leather; saddlery and harness; travel goods, handbags and similar containers; articles of animal gut (other than silkworm gut) | 194 | 0.00 | 14,334 | -98.65 |
| 44 | Wood and articles of wood; wood charcoal | 347,544 | 0.13 | 147,067 | 136.32 |
| 47 | Pulp of wood or of other fibrous cellulosic material; waste and scrap of paper or paperboard | 4,685,238 | 1.72 | 5,157,865 | -9.16 |
| 48 | Paper and paperboard; articles of paper pulp, of paper or of paperboard | 1,549,523 | 0.57 | 2,068,137 | -25.08 |
| 49 | Printed books, newspapers, pictures and other products of the printing industry; manuscripts, typescripts and plans | 47,365 | 0.02 | 7,835 | 504.53 |
| 61 | Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, knitted or crocheted | 33,542 | 0.01 | 24,400 | 37.47 |
| 62 | Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, not knitted or crocheted | 85,222 | 0.03 | 31,802 | 167.98 |
| 63 | Other made up textile articles; sets; worn clothing and worn textile articles; rags | 77,309 | 0.03 | 90,166 | -14.26 |
| 64 | Footwear, gaiters and the like; parts of such articles | 55,263 | 0.02 | 23,521 | 134.95 |
| 65 | Headgear and parts thereof | 15,957 | 0.01 | 150 | 10,538.00 |
| 66 | Umbrellas, sun umbrellas, walking sticks, seatsticks, whips, riding-crops and parts thereof | 2,823 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
| 68 | Articles of stone, plaster, cement, asbestos, mica or similar materials | 11,368 | 0.00 | 35,966 | -68.39 |
| 69 | Ceramic products | 11,270 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
| 70 | Glass and glassware | 2,914 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
| 71 | Natural or cultured pearls, precious or semi-precious stones,precious metals, metals clad with precious metal and articles thereof; imitation jewelry; coin | 1,029 | 0.00 | 51,182 | -97.99 |
| 72 | Iron and steel | 63,442,074 | 23.34 | 31,977,054 | 98.40 |
| 73 | Articles of iron or steel | 31,963,632 | 11.76 | 3,506,868 | 811.46 |
| 74 | Copper and articles thereof | 0 | 0.00 | 30,896 | -100.00 |
| 76 | Aluminum and articles thereof | 0 | 0.00 | 16 | -100.00 |
| 78 | Lead and articles thereof | 0 | 0.00 | 266 | -100.00 |
| 83 | Miscellaneous articles of base metal | 960 | 0.00 | 433 | 121.71 |
| 84 | Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof | 236,924 | 0.09 | 1,417,057 | -83.28 |
| 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 | 2,253,312 | 0.83 | 832,215 | 170.76 |
| 87 | Vehicles other than railway or tramway rolling stock, and parts and accessories thereof | 543,097 | 0.20 | 0 | ∞ |
| 90 | Optical, photographic, cinematographic, measuring, checking, precision, medical or surgical instruments and apparatus; parts and accessories thereof | 87,912 | 0.03 | 69,382 | 26.71 |
| 91 | Clocks and watches and parts thereof | 1,982 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
| 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 | 4,372 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
| 96 | Miscellaneous manufactured articles | 6,775 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
| SS | Classified | 0 | 0.00 | 13 794 | -100.00 |
Russia’s Imports from Nigeria
The major share of Russian imports from Nigeria in 2011 (and in 2010) was accounted for the following product types:
- Food products and agricultural raw materials (HS codes 01-24) - 99.75% of Russia’s total imports from Nigeria (99.56% in 2010).
The largest gains in Russia’s imports from Nigeria in 2011 over 2010 were recorded for the following product groups:
- Cocoa and cocoa preparations (HS code 18) - an increase of $20,694,130;
- Coffee, tea, maté and spices (HS code 09) - an increase of $96,606.
The largest declines in Russia’s imports from Nigeria in 2011 over 2010 were recorded for the following product groups:
- Edible fruit and nuts; peel of citrus fruit or melons (HS code 08) - a decrease of $213,000;
- Oil seeds and oleaginous fruits; miscellaneous grains, seeds and fruits; industrial or medicinal plants; straw and fodder (HS code 12) - a decrease of $87,306.
| HS code |
Name of product group | Value of imports in 2011, US dollars ($) |
Percent share in total import | Value of imports in 2010, US dollars ($) |
Percent change in 2011 over 2010 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 03 | Fish and crustaceans, molluscs and other aquatic invertebrates | 10,165 | 0.04 | 5,309 | 91.47 |
| 06 | Live trees and other plants; bulbs, roots and the like; cut flowers and ornamental foliage | 0 | 0.00 | 1,048 | -100.00 |
| 08 | Edible fruit and nuts; peel of citrus fruit or melons | 0 | 0.00 | 213,000 | -100.00 |
| 09 | Coffee, tea, maté and spices | 302,187 | 1.23 | 205,581 | 46.99 |
| 12 | Oil seeds and oleaginous fruits; miscellaneous grains, seeds and fruits; industrial or medicinal plants; straw and fodder | 1,968,406 | 7.98 | 2,055,712 | -4.25 |
| 18 | Cocoa and cocoa preparations | 22,324,473 | 90.50 | 1,630,343 | 1,269.31 |
| 20 | Preparations of vegetables, fruit, nuts or other parts of plants | 675 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
| 21 | Miscellaneous edible preparations | 71 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
| 26 | Ores, slag and ash | 16,500 | 0.07 | 0 | ∞ |
| 42 | Articles of leather; saddlery and harness; travel goods, handbags and similar containers; articles of animal gut (other than silkworm gut) | 0 | 0.00 | 2,526 | -100.00 |
| 44 | Wood and articles of wood; wood charcoal | 39,282 | 0.16 | 0 | ∞ |
| 49 | Printed books, newspapers, pictures and other products of the printing industry; manuscripts, typescripts and plans | 4,293 | 0.02 | 10 | 42,830.00 |
| 64 | Footwear, gaiters and the like; parts of such articles | 1,077 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
| 84 | Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof | 0 | 0.00 | 15,472 | -100.00 |
| 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 | 19 | 0.00 | 7 | 171.43 |