Russian trade with Zimbabwe in 2011
based on data from the Federal Customs Service of Russia
Russia’s Trade with Zimbabwe
In 2011, Russia’s trade with Zimbabwe totaled $31,135,751, up 130.86% ($17,648,931) from 2010.
Russia’s exports to Zimbabwe in 2011 totaled $6,907,109, up 636.73% ($5,969,578) from 2010.
Russia’s imports from Zimbabwe in 2011 totaled $24,228,642, up 93.07% ($11,679,353) from 2010.
Russia’s trade deficit with Zimbabwe in 2011 was $17,321,533, a 49.17% increase ($5,709,775) over 2010.
Zimbabwe was Russia’s 138th largest trading partner in 2011 (up from 142nd in 2010), accounting for 0.0038% of Russia’s total trade (up from 0.0022% in 2010).
Zimbabwe was Russia’s 135th largest export market in 2011 (up from 161st in 2010), accounting for 0.0013% of Russia’s total exports (up from 0.0002% in 2010).
Zimbabwe was Russia’s 109th largest supplier in 2011 (up from 111th in 2010), accounting for 0.0079% of Russia’s total imports (up from 0.0055% in 2010).
Russia’s Exports to Zimbabwe
The major share of Russian exports to Zimbabwe in 2011 (and in 2010) was accounted for the following product types:
- Food products and agricultural raw materials (HS codes 01-24) - 68.19% of Russia’s total exports to Zimbabwe (1.48% in 2010);
- Wood and wood products (HS codes 44-49) - 22.81% of Russia’s total exports to Zimbabwe (20.85% in 2010);
- Machinery, equipment and vehicles (HS codes 84-90) - 7.19% of Russia’s total exports to Zimbabwe (77.28% in 2010);
- Chemical products (HS codes 28-40) - 1.27% of Russia’s total exports to Zimbabwe (0.25% in 2010).
The largest gains in Russia’s exports to Zimbabwe in 2011 over 2010 were recorded for the following product groups:
- Cereals (HS code 10) - an increase of $4,709,817;
- Paper and paperboard; articles of paper pulp, of paper or of paperboard (HS code 48) - an increase of $1,337,287;
- Vehicles other than railway or tramway rolling stock, and parts and accessories thereof (HS code 87) - an increase of $110,142;
- Rubber and articles thereof (HS code 40) - an increase of $85,309;
- Pulp of wood or of other fibrous cellulosic material; waste and scrap of paper or paperboard (HS code 47) - an increase of $42,688;
- Articles of iron or steel (HS code 73) - an increase of $36,058.
The largest declines in Russia’s exports to Zimbabwe in 2011 over 2010 were recorded for the following product groups:
- Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof (HS code 84) - a decrease of $326,743.
HS code |
Name of product group | Value of exports in 2011, US dollars ($) |
Percent share in total export | Value of exports in 2010, US dollars ($) |
Percent change in 2011 over 2010 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
10 | Cereals | 4,709,817 | 68.19 | 0 | ∞ |
16 | Preparations of meat, of fish or of crustaceans, molluscs or other aquatic invertebrates | 0 | 0.00 | 13,896 | -100.00 |
39 | Plastics and articles thereof | 174 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
40 | Rubber and articles thereof | 87,682 | 1.27 | 2,373 | 3,594.99 |
47 | Pulp of wood or of other fibrous cellulosic material; waste and scrap of paper or paperboard | 238,174 | 3.45 | 195,486 | 21.84 |
48 | Paper and paperboard; articles of paper pulp, of paper or of paperboard | 1,337,287 | 19.36 | 0 | ∞ |
73 | Articles of iron or steel | 37,339 | 0.54 | 1,281 | 2,814.83 |
84 | Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof | 44,214 | 0.64 | 370,957 | -88.08 |
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 | 2,116 | 0.03 | 15,200 | -86.08 |
87 | Vehicles other than railway or tramway rolling stock, and parts and accessories thereof | 448,480 | 6.49 | 338,338 | 32.55 |
90 | Optical, photographic, cinematographic, measuring, checking, precision, medical or surgical instruments and apparatus; parts and accessories thereof | 1,826 | 0.03 | 0 | ∞ |
Russia’s Imports from Zimbabwe
The major share of Russian imports from Zimbabwe in 2011 (and in 2010) was accounted for the following product types:
- Food products and agricultural raw materials (HS codes 01-24) - 99.23% of Russia’s total imports from Zimbabwe (99.78% in 2010).
The largest gains in Russia’s imports from Zimbabwe in 2011 over 2010 were recorded for the following product groups:
- Tobacco and manufactured tobacco substitutes (HS code 24) - an increase of $11,187,824;
- Miscellaneous edible preparations (HS code 21) - an increase of $420,500;
- Salt; sulfur; earths and stone; plastering materials, lime and cement (HS code 25) - an increase of $113,261.
The largest declines in Russia’s imports from Zimbabwe 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) - a decrease of $143,707.
HS code |
Name of product group | Value of imports in 2011, US dollars ($) |
Percent share in total import | Value of imports in 2010, US dollars ($) |
Percent change in 2011 over 2010 |
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06 | Live trees and other plants; bulbs, roots and the like; cut flowers and ornamental foliage | 289,316 | 1.19 | 433,023 | -33.19 |
07 | Edible vegetables and certain roots and tubers | 37,387 | 0.15 | 23,125 | 61.67 |
08 | Edible fruit and nuts; peel of citrus fruit or melons | 710,251 | 2.93 | 669,847 | 6.03 |
09 | Coffee, tea, maté and spices | 16,307 | 0.07 | 12,453 | 30.95 |
12 | Oil seeds and oleaginous fruits; miscellaneous grains, seeds and fruits; industrial or medicinal plants; straw and fodder | 2,618 | 0.01 | 5,735 | -54.35 |
21 | Miscellaneous edible preparations | 620,500 | 2.56 | 200,000 | 210.25 |
24 | Tobacco and manufactured tobacco substitutes | 22,365,280 | 92.31 | 11,177,456 | 100.09 |
25 | Salt; sulfur; earths and stone; plastering materials, lime and cement | 113,261 | 0.47 | 0 | ∞ |
39 | Plastics and articles thereof | 0 | 0.00 | 92 | -100.00 |
41 | Raw hides and skins (other than furskins) and leather | 3,520 | 0.01 | 23,035 | -84.72 |
42 | Articles of leather; saddlery and harness; travel goods, handbags and similar containers; articles of animal gut (other than silkworm gut) | 71 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
44 | Wood and articles of wood; wood charcoal | 627 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
64 | Footwear, gaiters and the like; parts of such articles | 0 | 0.00 | 3,838 | -100.00 |
68 | Articles of stone, plaster, cement, asbestos, mica or similar materials | 64,287 | 0.27 | 0 | ∞ |
70 | Glass and glassware | 0 | 0.00 | 276 | -100.00 |
84 | Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof | 50 | 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 | 1,527 | 0.01 | 0 | ∞ |
87 | Vehicles other than railway or tramway rolling stock, and parts and accessories thereof | 0 | 0.00 | 381 | -100.00 |
91 | Clocks and watches and parts thereof | 6 | 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 | 3,634 | 0.01 | 28 | 12,878.57 |