Russian trade with Ghana in 2013
based on data from the Federal Customs Service of Russia
Russia’s Trade with Ghana
In 2013, Russia’s trade with Ghana was $162,848,323, down 40.49% ($110,817,296) from 2012.
Russia’s exports to Ghana in 2013 were $68,822,456, down 58.45% ($96,820,015) from 2012.
Russia’s imports from Ghana in 2013 were $94,025,867, down 12.96% ($13,997,281) from 2012.
Russia’s trade balance with Ghana went from a surplus of $57,619,323 in 2012, to a deficit of $25,203,411 in 2013.
Ghana was Russia’s 103rd largest trading partner in 2013 (down from 88th in 2012), accounting for 0.0193% of Russia’s total trade (down from 0.0325% in 2012).
Ghana was Russia’s 106th largest export market in 2013 (down from 91st in 2012), accounting for 0.0131% of Russia’s total exports (down from 0.0316% in 2012).
Ghana was Russia’s 85th largest supplier in 2013 (down from 80th in 2012), accounting for 0.0299% of Russia’s total imports (down from 0.0340% in 2012).
Russia’s Exports to Ghana
The major share of Russian exports to Ghana in 2013 (and in 2012) was accounted for the following product types:
- Chemical products (HS codes 28-40) - 51.34% of Russia’s total exports to Ghana (33.80% in 2012);
- Wood and wood products (HS codes 44-49) - 19.72% of Russia’s total exports to Ghana (7.42% in 2012);
- Food products and agricultural raw materials (HS codes 01-24) - 13.63% of Russia’s total exports to Ghana (0.49% in 2012);
- Metals and products from them (HS codes 72-83) - 7.77% of Russia’s total exports to Ghana (14.05% in 2012);
- Mineral products (HS codes 25-27) - 4.59% of Russia’s total exports to Ghana (0.70% in 2012);
- Machinery, equipment and vehicles (HS codes 84-90) - 2.56% of Russia’s total exports to Ghana (6.30% in 2012).
The largest gains in Russia’s exports to Ghana in 2013 over 2012 were recorded for the following product groups:
- Cereals (HS code 10) - an increase of $8,208,800;
- Mineral fuels, mineral oils and products of their distillation; bituminous substances; mineral waxes (HS code 27) - an increase of $1,324,668;
- Paper and paperboard; articles of paper pulp, of paper or of paperboard (HS code 48) - an increase of $1,307,977;
- Meat and edible meat offal (HS code 02) - an increase of $1,142,427;
- Salt; sulfur; earths and stone; plastering materials, lime and cement (HS code 25) - an increase of $667,109.
The largest declines in Russia’s exports to Ghana in 2013 over 2012 were recorded for the following product groups:
- Fertilizers (HS code 31) - a decrease of $20,049,846;
- Iron and steel (HS code 72) - a decrease of $17,507,714;
- Optical, photographic, cinematographic, measuring, checking, precision, medical or surgical instruments and apparatus; parts and accessories thereof (HS code 90) - a decrease of $3,855,533;
- 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 $2,526,512;
- Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof (HS code 84) - a decrease of $2,106,094;
- Fish and crustaceans, molluscs and other aquatic invertebrates (HS code 03) - a decrease of $811,636;
- Pharmaceutical products (HS code 30) - a decrease of $324,828;
- Articles of iron or steel (HS code 73) - a decrease of $256,949;
- Rubber and articles thereof (HS code 40) - a decrease of $234,092.
HS code |
Name of product group | Value of exports in 2013, US dollars ($) |
Percent share in total export | Value of exports in 2012, US dollars ($) |
Percent change in 2013 over 2012 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
02 | Meat and edible meat offal | 1,142,427 | 1.66 | 0 | ∞ |
03 | Fish and crustaceans, molluscs and other aquatic invertebrates | 0 | 0.00 | 811,636 | -100.00 |
10 | Cereals | 8,208,800 | 11.93 | 0 | ∞ |
11 | Products of the milling industry; malt; starches; inulin; wheat gluten | 21,150 | 0.03 | 0 | ∞ |
22 | Beverages, spirits and vinegar | 9,608 | 0.01 | 0 | ∞ |
25 | Salt; sulfur; earths and stone; plastering materials, lime and cement | 1,834,380 | 2.67 | 1,167,271 | 57.15 |
27 | Mineral fuels, mineral oils and products of their distillation; bituminous substances; mineral waxes | 1,324,668 | 1.92 | 0 | ∞ |
28 | Inorganic chemicals; organic or inorganic compounds of precious metals, of rare-earth metals,of radioactive elements or of isotopes | 308,229 | 0.45 | 306,765 | 0.48 |
30 | Pharmaceutical products | 471,660 | 0.69 | 796,488 | -40.78 |
31 | Fertilizers | 34,544,325 | 50.19 | 54,594,171 | -36.73 |
35 | Albuminoidal substances; modified starches; glues; enzymes | 1,366 | 0.00 | 21 | 6,404.76 |
38 | Miscellaneous chemical products | 0 | 0.00 | 58 | -100.00 |
39 | Plastics and articles thereof | 5,700 | 0.01 | 57,724 | -90.13 |
40 | Rubber and articles thereof | 1,245 | 0.00 | 235,337 | -99.47 |
42 | Articles of leather; saddlery and harness; travel goods, handbags and similar containers; articles of animal gut (other than silkworm gut) | 0 | 0.00 | 26,714 | -100.00 |
44 | Wood and articles of wood; wood charcoal | 0 | 0.00 | 23,673 | -100.00 |
48 | Paper and paperboard; articles of paper pulp, of paper or of paperboard | 13,573,224 | 19.72 | 12,265,247 | 10.66 |
49 | Printed books, newspapers, pictures and other products of the printing industry; manuscripts, typescripts and plans | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
52 | Cotton | 0 | 0.00 | 10 | -100.00 |
59 | Impregnated, coated, covered or laminated textile fabrics; textile articles of a kind suitable for industrial use | 0 | 0.00 | 2,603 | -100.00 |
63 | Other made up textile articles; sets; worn clothing and worn textile articles; rags | 90,524 | 0.13 | 16,053 | 463.91 |
68 | Articles of stone, plaster, cement, asbestos, mica or similar materials | 0 | 0.00 | 4 | -100.00 |
70 | Glass and glassware | 0 | 0.00 | 149 | -100.00 |
72 | Iron and steel | 5,321,796 | 7.73 | 22,829,510 | -76.69 |
73 | Articles of iron or steel | 24,142 | 0.04 | 281,091 | -91.41 |
76 | Aluminum and articles thereof | 0 | 0.00 | 62,724 | -100.00 |
80 | Tin and articles thereof | 0 | 0.00 | 3 | -100.00 |
82 | Tools, implements, cutlery, spoons and forks, of base metal; parts thereof of base metal | 0 | 0.00 | 100,931 | -100.00 |
83 | Miscellaneous articles of base metal | 0 | 0.00 | 1,305 | -100.00 |
84 | Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof | 1,402,960 | 2.04 | 3,509,054 | -60.02 |
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 | 163,114 | 0.24 | 2,689,626 | -93.94 |
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 | 4,790 | 0.01 | 0 | ∞ |
87 | Vehicles other than railway or tramway rolling stock, and parts and accessories thereof | 61,956 | 0.09 | 254,569 | -75.66 |
90 | Optical, photographic, cinematographic, measuring, checking, precision, medical or surgical instruments and apparatus; parts and accessories thereof | 126,934 | 0.18 | 3,982,467 | -96.81 |
91 | Clocks and watches and parts thereof | 0 | 0.00 | 1,557 | -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 | 95,449 | 0.14 | 137,203 | -30.43 |
95 | Toys, games and sports requisites; parts and accessories thereof | 84,009 | 0.12 | 42,140 | 99.36 |
96 | Miscellaneous manufactured articles | 0 | 0.00 | 510 | -100.00 |
SS | Classified | 0 | 0.00 | 61 445 857 | -100.00 |
Russia’s Imports from Ghana
The major share of Russian imports from Ghana in 2013 (and in 2012) was accounted for the following product types:
- Food products and agricultural raw materials (HS codes 01-24) - 97.58% of Russia’s total imports from Ghana (97.80% in 2012);
- Wood and wood products (HS codes 44-49) - 2.36% of Russia’s total imports from Ghana (2.18% in 2012).
The largest gains in Russia’s imports from Ghana in 2013 over 2012 were recorded for the following product groups:
- No product groups with a substantial increase.
The largest declines in Russia’s imports from Ghana in 2013 over 2012 were recorded for the following product groups:
- Cocoa and cocoa preparations (HS code 18) - a decrease of $13,008,624;
- Edible fruit and nuts; peel of citrus fruit or melons (HS code 08) - a decrease of $834,404.
HS code |
Name of product group | Value of imports in 2013, US dollars ($) |
Percent share in total import | Value of imports in 2012, US dollars ($) |
Percent change in 2013 over 2012 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
03 | Fish and crustaceans, molluscs and other aquatic invertebrates | 2,350 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
06 | Live trees and other plants; bulbs, roots and the like; cut flowers and ornamental foliage | 12,024 | 0.01 | 6,093 | 97.34 |
07 | Edible vegetables and certain roots and tubers | 1,029 | 0.00 | 104 | 889.42 |
08 | Edible fruit and nuts; peel of citrus fruit or melons | 779,123 | 0.83 | 1,613,527 | -51.71 |
15 | Animal or vegetable fats and oils and their cleavage products prepared edible fats; animal or vegetable waxes | 0 | 0.00 | 60,225 | -100.00 |
18 | Cocoa and cocoa preparations | 90,958,089 | 96.74 | 103,966,713 | -12.51 |
25 | Salt; sulfur; earths and stone; plastering materials, lime and cement | 5,740 | 0.01 | 0 | ∞ |
33 | Essential oils and resinoids; perfumery, cosmetic or toilet preparations | 2,000 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
39 | Plastics and articles thereof | 0 | 0.00 | 45 | -100.00 |
42 | Articles of leather; saddlery and harness; travel goods, handbags and similar containers; articles of animal gut (other than silkworm gut) | 2,935 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
43 | Furskins and artificial fur; manufactures thereof | 0 | 0.00 | 343 | -100.00 |
44 | Wood and articles of wood; wood charcoal | 2,216,915 | 2.36 | 2,353,132 | -5.79 |
46 | Manufactures of straw, of esparto or of other plaiting materials; basketware and wickerwork | 54 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
73 | Articles of iron or steel | 0 | 0.00 | 7 | -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 | 24,242 | 0.03 | 166 | 14,503.61 |
92 | Musical instruments; parts and accessories of such articles | 21,366 | 0.02 | 22,793 | -6.26 |