Russian trade with Ghana in 2013
March 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 Ghana in 2013: exports, imports, products, dynamics.
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 |