Russian trade with South Africa in 2012
based on data from the Federal Customs Service of Russia
Russia’s Trade with South Africa
In 2012, Russia’s trade with South Africa totaled $965,087,975, up 66.41% ($385,126,112) from 2011.
Russia’s exports to South Africa in 2012 totaled $278,745,061, up 143.19% ($164,123,698) from 2011.
Russia’s imports from South Africa in 2012 totaled $686,342,914, up 47.49% ($221,002,414) from 2011.
Russia’s trade deficit with South Africa in 2012 was $407,597,853, a 16.22% increase ($56,878,716) over 2011.
South Africa was Russia’s 68th largest trading partner in 2012 (up from 77th in 2011), accounting for 0.1146% of Russia’s total trade (up from 0.0705% in 2011).
South Africa was Russia’s 78th largest export market in 2012 (up from 93rd in 2011), accounting for 0.0531% of Russia’s total exports (up from 0.0222% in 2011).
South Africa was Russia’s 49th largest supplier in 2012 (up from 55th in 2011), accounting for 0.2163% of Russia’s total imports (up from 0.1522% in 2011).
Russia’s Exports to South Africa
The major share of Russian exports to South Africa in 2012 (and in 2011) was accounted for the following product types:
- Mineral products (HS codes 25-27) - 39.35% of Russia’s total exports to South Africa (1.12% in 2011);
- Chemical products (HS codes 28-40) - 22.12% of Russia’s total exports to South Africa (50.78% in 2011);
- Machinery, equipment and vehicles (HS codes 84-90) - 16.87% of Russia’s total exports to South Africa (8.84% in 2011);
- Food products and agricultural raw materials (HS codes 01-24) - 11.69% of Russia’s total exports to South Africa (29.60% in 2011);
- Wood and wood products (HS codes 44-49) - 3.96% of Russia’s total exports to South Africa (5.09% in 2011);
- Metals and products from them (HS codes 72-83) - 3.57% of Russia’s total exports to South Africa (4.20% in 2011);
- Precious metals and stones (HS code 71) - 1.31% of Russia’s total exports to South Africa (0.00% in 2011).
The largest gains in Russia’s exports to South Africa in 2012 over 2011 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 $108,391,801;
- 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 $36,654,042;
- Fertilizers (HS code 31) - an increase of $5,553,471;
- Printed books, newspapers, pictures and other products of the printing industry; manuscripts, typescripts and plans (HS code 49) - an increase of $4,078,460;
- Iron and steel (HS code 72) - an increase of $3,858,498;
- Natural or cultured pearls, precious or semi-precious stones,precious metals, metals clad with precious metal and articles thereof; imitation jewelry; coin (HS code 71) - an increase of $3,663,869;
- Knitted or crocheted fabrics (HS code 60) - an increase of $1,973,006;
- Tobacco and manufactured tobacco substitutes (HS code 24) - an increase of $1,654,387;
- Paper and paperboard; articles of paper pulp, of paper or of paperboard (HS code 48) - an increase of $1,626,174;
- Optical, photographic, cinematographic, measuring, checking, precision, medical or surgical instruments and apparatus; parts and accessories thereof (HS code 90) - an increase of $1,418,158;
- Tools, implements, cutlery, spoons and forks, of base metal; parts thereof of base metal (HS code 82) - an increase of $1,349,430.
The largest declines in Russia’s exports to South Africa in 2012 over 2011 were recorded for the following product groups:
- Cereals (HS code 10) - a decrease of $2,656,109;
- Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof (HS code 84) - a decrease of $1,121,294;
- Rubber and articles thereof (HS code 40) - a decrease of $1,065,395.
HS code |
Name of product group | Value of exports in 2012, US dollars ($) |
Percent share in total export | Value of exports in 2011, US dollars ($) |
Percent change in 2012 over 2011 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
10 | Cereals | 30,663,835 | 11.00 | 33,319,944 | -7.97 |
15 | Animal or vegetable fats and oils and their cleavage products prepared edible fats; animal or vegetable waxes | 137,905 | 0.05 | 0 | ∞ |
16 | Preparations of meat, of fish or of crustaceans, molluscs or other aquatic invertebrates | 0 | 0.00 | 1,563 | -100.00 |
18 | Cocoa and cocoa preparations | 73,693 | 0.03 | 1,617 | 4,457.39 |
19 | Preparations of cereals, flour, starch or milk; bakers’ wares | 44,882 | 0.02 | 478,685 | -90.62 |
22 | Beverages, spirits and vinegar | 0 | 0.00 | 124,084 | -100.00 |
24 | Tobacco and manufactured tobacco substitutes | 1,654,387 | 0.59 | 0 | ∞ |
27 | Mineral fuels, mineral oils and products of their distillation; bituminous substances; mineral waxes | 109,675,673 | 39.35 | 1,283,872 | 8,442.57 |
28 | Inorganic chemicals; organic or inorganic compounds of precious metals, of rare-earth metals,of radioactive elements or of isotopes | 725,630 | 0.26 | 1,080,921 | -32.87 |
29 | Organic chemicals | 243,712 | 0.09 | 262,163 | -7.04 |
31 | Fertilizers | 47,550,816 | 17.06 | 41,997,345 | 13.22 |
32 | Tanning or dyeing extracts; dyes, pigments, paints, varnishes, putty and mastics | 8,806 | 0.00 | 15,425 | -42.91 |
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 | 2,255 | 0.00 | 1,869 | 20.65 |
36 | Explosives; pyrotechnic products; matches; pyrophoric alloys; certain combustible preparations | 0 | 0.00 | 20,550 | -100.00 |
38 | Miscellaneous chemical products | 82,730 | 0.03 | 429,184 | -80.72 |
39 | Plastics and articles thereof | 297,186 | 0.11 | 598,343 | -50.33 |
40 | Rubber and articles thereof | 12,733,681 | 4.57 | 13,799,076 | -7.72 |
42 | Articles of leather; saddlery and harness; travel goods, handbags and similar containers; articles of animal gut (other than silkworm gut) | 160 | 0.00 | 8,141 | -98.03 |
43 | Furskins and artificial fur; manufactures thereof | 0 | 0.00 | 127 | -100.00 |
44 | Wood and articles of wood; wood charcoal | 161,315 | 0.06 | 684,456 | -76.43 |
47 | Pulp of wood or of other fibrous cellulosic material; waste and scrap of paper or paperboard | 13,926 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
48 | Paper and paperboard; articles of paper pulp, of paper or of paperboard | 1,642,719 | 0.59 | 16,545 | 9,828.79 |
49 | Printed books, newspapers, pictures and other products of the printing industry; manuscripts, typescripts and plans | 9,216,298 | 3.31 | 5,137,838 | 79.38 |
56 | Wadding, felt and nonwovens; special yarns, twine, cordage, ropes and cables and articles thereof | 24,918 | 0.01 | 315,100 | -92.09 |
58 | Special woven fabrics; tufted textile fabrics; lace, tapestries; trimmings; embroidery | 0 | 0.00 | 591 | -100.00 |
60 | Knitted or crocheted fabrics | 1,973,006 | 0.71 | 0 | ∞ |
61 | Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, knitted or crocheted | 552 | 0.00 | 876 | -36.99 |
62 | Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, not knitted or crocheted | 15,622 | 0.01 | 12,523 | 24.75 |
63 | Other made up textile articles; sets; worn clothing and worn textile articles; rags | 70 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
64 | Footwear, gaiters and the like; parts of such articles | 30,641 | 0.01 | 22,275 | 37.56 |
65 | Headgear and parts thereof | 1,288 | 0.00 | 1,479 | -12.91 |
66 | Umbrellas, sun umbrellas, walking sticks, seatsticks, whips, riding-crops and parts thereof | 50 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
68 | Articles of stone, plaster, cement, asbestos, mica or similar materials | 11,137 | 0.00 | 8,563 | 30.06 |
69 | Ceramic products | 12,015 | 0.00 | 4,500 | 167.00 |
70 | Glass and glassware | 110 | 0.00 | 604 | -81.79 |
71 | Natural or cultured pearls, precious or semi-precious stones,precious metals, metals clad with precious metal and articles thereof; imitation jewelry; coin | 3,664,170 | 1.31 | 301 | 1,217,232.23 |
72 | Iron and steel | 5,048,284 | 1.81 | 1,189,786 | 324.30 |
73 | Articles of iron or steel | 17,833 | 0.01 | 77,716 | -77.05 |
74 | Copper and articles thereof | 355 | 0.00 | 14 | 2,435.71 |
76 | Aluminum and articles thereof | 2,900,864 | 1.04 | 2,913,219 | -0.42 |
82 | Tools, implements, cutlery, spoons and forks, of base metal; parts thereof of base metal | 1,988,337 | 0.71 | 638,907 | 211.21 |
83 | Miscellaneous articles of base metal | 0 | 0.00 | 91 | -100.00 |
84 | Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof | 526,096 | 0.19 | 1,647,390 | -68.06 |
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 | 44,640,933 | 16.01 | 7,986,891 | 458.93 |
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 | 11,223 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
87 | Vehicles other than railway or tramway rolling stock, and parts and accessories thereof | 1,934 | 0.00 | 72,158 | -97.32 |
90 | Optical, photographic, cinematographic, measuring, checking, precision, medical or surgical instruments and apparatus; parts and accessories thereof | 1,839,989 | 0.66 | 421,831 | 336.19 |
91 | Clocks and watches and parts thereof | 85 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
95 | Toys, games and sports requisites; parts and accessories thereof | 30 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
96 | Miscellaneous manufactured articles | 767,557 | 0.28 | 20 | 3,837,685.00 |
SS | Classified | 338,353 | 0.12 | 44 780 | 655.59 |
Russia’s Imports from South Africa
The major share of Russian imports from South Africa in 2012 (and in 2011) was accounted for the following product types:
- Food products and agricultural raw materials (HS codes 01-24) - 38.65% of Russia’s total imports from South Africa (51.20% in 2011);
- Machinery, equipment and vehicles (HS codes 84-90) - 31.03% of Russia’s total imports from South Africa (16.25% in 2011);
- Mineral products (HS codes 25-27) - 16.66% of Russia’s total imports from South Africa (15.96% in 2011);
- Chemical products (HS codes 28-40) - 8.67% of Russia’s total imports from South Africa (9.68% in 2011);
- Metals and products from them (HS codes 72-83) - 4.37% of Russia’s total imports from South Africa (6.05% in 2011).
The largest gains in Russia’s imports from South Africa in 2012 over 2011 were recorded for the following product groups:
- Vehicles other than railway or tramway rolling stock, and parts and accessories thereof (HS code 87) - an increase of $114,701,596;
- Ores, slag and ash (HS code 26) - an increase of $35,969,021;
- Beverages, spirits and vinegar (HS code 22) - an increase of $22,770,499;
- Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof (HS code 84) - an increase of $14,674,945;
- Inorganic chemicals; organic or inorganic compounds of precious metals, of rare-earth metals,of radioactive elements or of isotopes (HS code 28) - an increase of $9,157,190;
- Miscellaneous chemical products (HS code 38) - an increase of $8,995,512;
- 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 $8,146,887;
- Preparations of vegetables, fruit, nuts or other parts of plants (HS code 20) - an increase of $4,464,087;
- Iron and steel (HS code 72) - an increase of $4,004,668;
- Salt; sulfur; earths and stone; plastering materials, lime and cement (HS code 25) - an increase of $3,902,941.
The largest declines in Russia’s imports from South Africa in 2012 over 2011 were recorded for the following product groups:
- Plastics and articles thereof (HS code 39) - a decrease of $5,258,393;
- Aluminum and articles thereof (HS code 76) - a decrease of $3,200,238.
HS code |
Name of product group | Value of imports in 2012, US dollars ($) |
Percent share in total import | Value of imports in 2011, US dollars ($) |
Percent change in 2012 over 2011 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
01 | Live animals | 55,300 | 0.01 | 430,753 | -87.16 |
06 | Live trees and other plants; bulbs, roots and the like; cut flowers and ornamental foliage | 698,529 | 0.10 | 769,394 | -9.21 |
07 | Edible vegetables and certain roots and tubers | 260,978 | 0.04 | 213,619 | 22.17 |
08 | Edible fruit and nuts; peel of citrus fruit or melons | 214,918,622 | 31.31 | 214,846,120 | 0.03 |
09 | Coffee, tea, maté and spices | 310,870 | 0.05 | 457,477 | -32.05 |
12 | Oil seeds and oleaginous fruits; miscellaneous grains, seeds and fruits; industrial or medicinal plants; straw and fodder | 873,198 | 0.13 | 734,105 | 18.95 |
13 | Lac; gums, resins and other vegetable saps and extracts | 47,442 | 0.01 | 0 | ∞ |
15 | Animal or vegetable fats and oils and their cleavage products prepared edible fats; animal or vegetable waxes | 33,612 | 0.00 | 6,822 | 392.70 |
17 | Sugars and sugar confectionery | 79,021 | 0.01 | 134,736 | -41.35 |
18 | Cocoa and cocoa preparations | 11,242 | 0.00 | 7,577 | 48.37 |
19 | Preparations of cereals, flour, starch or milk; bakers’ wares | 459 | 0.00 | 1,056 | -56.53 |
20 | Preparations of vegetables, fruit, nuts or other parts of plants | 14,634,916 | 2.13 | 10,170,829 | 43.89 |
21 | Miscellaneous edible preparations | 148,449 | 0.02 | 85,249 | 74.14 |
22 | Beverages, spirits and vinegar | 33,061,032 | 4.82 | 10,290,533 | 221.28 |
24 | Tobacco and manufactured tobacco substitutes | 157,332 | 0.02 | 101,493 | 55.02 |
25 | Salt; sulfur; earths and stone; plastering materials, lime and cement | 7,564,092 | 1.10 | 3,661,151 | 106.60 |
26 | Ores, slag and ash | 105,563,145 | 15.38 | 69,594,124 | 51.68 |
27 | Mineral fuels, mineral oils and products of their distillation; bituminous substances; mineral waxes | 1,240,375 | 0.18 | 1,025,559 | 20.95 |
28 | Inorganic chemicals; organic or inorganic compounds of precious metals, of rare-earth metals,of radioactive elements or of isotopes | 32,049,417 | 4.67 | 22,892,227 | 40.00 |
29 | Organic chemicals | 1,364,086 | 0.20 | 699,653 | 94.97 |
30 | Pharmaceutical products | 4,130 | 0.00 | 3,164 | 30.53 |
32 | Tanning or dyeing extracts; dyes, pigments, paints, varnishes, putty and mastics | 864,288 | 0.13 | 1,135,580 | -23.89 |
33 | Essential oils and resinoids; perfumery, cosmetic or toilet preparations | 132,166 | 0.02 | 204,255 | -35.29 |
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 | 28,280 | 0.00 | 75,165 | -62.38 |
35 | Albuminoidal substances; modified starches; glues; enzymes | 100,567 | 0.01 | 154,184 | -34.77 |
37 | Photographic or cinematographic goods | 0 | 0.00 | 424 | -100.00 |
38 | Miscellaneous chemical products | 18,752,011 | 2.73 | 9,756,499 | 92.20 |
39 | Plastics and articles thereof | 3,443,047 | 0.50 | 8,701,440 | -60.43 |
40 | Rubber and articles thereof | 2,773,567 | 0.40 | 1,417,487 | 95.67 |
41 | Raw hides and skins (other than furskins) and leather | 49,584 | 0.01 | 68,662 | -27.79 |
42 | Articles of leather; saddlery and harness; travel goods, handbags and similar containers; articles of animal gut (other than silkworm gut) | 142,913 | 0.02 | 163,814 | -12.76 |
43 | Furskins and artificial fur; manufactures thereof | 791,719 | 0.12 | 491,193 | 61.18 |
44 | Wood and articles of wood; wood charcoal | 33,769 | 0.00 | 29,104 | 16.03 |
45 | Cork and articles of cork | 99 | 0.00 | 43 | 130.23 |
46 | Manufactures of straw, of esparto or of other plaiting materials; basketware and wickerwork | 0 | 0.00 | 87 | -100.00 |
48 | Paper and paperboard; articles of paper pulp, of paper or of paperboard | 515,540 | 0.08 | 379,634 | 35.80 |
49 | Printed books, newspapers, pictures and other products of the printing industry; manuscripts, typescripts and plans | 16,088 | 0.00 | 374,881 | -95.71 |
50 | Silk | 311 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
51 | Wool, fine or coarse animal hair; horsehair yarn and woven fabric | 42,762 | 0.01 | 70,662 | -39.48 |
52 | Cotton | 4,169 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
54 | Man-made filaments | 113,335 | 0.02 | 27,240 | 316.06 |
55 | Man-made staple fibers | 1,403 | 0.00 | 7,501 | -81.30 |
56 | Wadding, felt and nonwovens; special yarns, twine, cordage, ropes and cables and articles thereof | 251 | 0.00 | 336 | -25.30 |
58 | Special woven fabrics; tufted textile fabrics; lace, tapestries; trimmings; embroidery | 16 | 0.00 | 1,948 | -99.18 |
59 | Impregnated, coated, covered or laminated textile fabrics; textile articles of a kind suitable for industrial use | 64,995 | 0.01 | 18,106 | 258.97 |
61 | Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, knitted or crocheted | 4,091 | 0.00 | 4,526 | -9.61 |
62 | Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, not knitted or crocheted | 2,104 | 0.00 | 2,502 | -15.91 |
63 | Other made up textile articles; sets; worn clothing and worn textile articles; rags | 6,711 | 0.00 | 22,172 | -69.73 |
64 | Footwear, gaiters and the like; parts of such articles | 605,426 | 0.09 | 386 | 156,746.11 |
65 | Headgear and parts thereof | 237 | 0.00 | 231 | 2.60 |
67 | Prepared feathers and down and articles made of feathers or of down; artificial flowers; articles of human hair | 49 | 0.00 | 1,203 | -95.93 |
68 | Articles of stone, plaster, cement, asbestos, mica or similar materials | 82,563 | 0.01 | 18,305 | 351.04 |
69 | Ceramic products | 143,813 | 0.02 | 102,605 | 40.16 |
70 | Glass and glassware | 198,789 | 0.03 | 191,128 | 4.01 |
71 | Natural or cultured pearls, precious or semi-precious stones,precious metals, metals clad with precious metal and articles thereof; imitation jewelry; coin | 1,145,149 | 0.17 | 1,921,980 | -40.42 |
72 | Iron and steel | 18,778,637 | 2.74 | 14,773,969 | 27.11 |
73 | Articles of iron or steel | 2,231,610 | 0.33 | 1,120,389 | 99.18 |
74 | Copper and articles thereof | 32,573 | 0.00 | 264,368 | -87.68 |
76 | Aluminum and articles thereof | 5,246,216 | 0.76 | 8,446,454 | -37.89 |
78 | Lead and articles thereof | 0 | 0.00 | 520 | -100.00 |
79 | Zinc and articles thereof | 167,912 | 0.02 | 244,026 | -31.19 |
81 | Other base metals; cermets; articles thereof | 154,149 | 0.02 | 999,355 | -84.58 |
82 | Tools, implements, cutlery, spoons and forks, of base metal; parts thereof of base metal | 3,316,339 | 0.48 | 2,283,639 | 45.22 |
83 | Miscellaneous articles of base metal | 79,833 | 0.01 | 30,192 | 164.42 |
84 | Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof | 27,261,339 | 3.97 | 12,586,394 | 116.59 |
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 | 21,189,372 | 3.09 | 13,042,485 | 62.46 |
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 | 719,912 | 0.10 | 1,219,947 | -40.99 |
87 | Vehicles other than railway or tramway rolling stock, and parts and accessories thereof | 163,203,042 | 23.78 | 48,501,446 | 236.49 |
90 | Optical, photographic, cinematographic, measuring, checking, precision, medical or surgical instruments and apparatus; parts and accessories thereof | 592,161 | 0.09 | 257,498 | 129.97 |
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 | 176,511 | 0.03 | 40,015 | 341.11 |
95 | Toys, games and sports requisites; parts and accessories thereof | 5,159 | 0.00 | 7,993 | -35.46 |
96 | Miscellaneous manufactured articles | 52,090 | 0.01 | 52,886 | -1.51 |