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Russian trade with Kenya in 2013

by Russian Foreign Trade
based on data from the Federal Customs Service of Russia
The Report on Russia’s foreign trade in goods with Kenya in 2013: exports, imports, products, dynamics.

Russia’s Trade with Kenya

In 2013, Russia’s trade with Kenya totaled $333,728,687, up 28.70% ($74,416,743) from 2012.

Russia’s exports to Kenya in 2013 totaled $199,160,913, up 58.11% ($73,198,466) from 2012.

Russia’s imports from Kenya in 2013 totaled $134,567,774, up 0.91% ($1,218,277) from 2012.

Russia’s trade balance with Kenya went from a deficit of $7,387,050 in 2012, to a surplus of $64,593,139 in 2013.

Kenya was Russia’s 91st largest trading partner in 2013 (down from 90th in 2012), accounting for 0.0396% of Russia’s total trade (up from 0.0308% in 2012).

Kenya was Russia’s 87th largest export market in 2013 (up from 95th in 2012), accounting for 0.0378% of Russia’s total exports (up from 0.0240% in 2012).

Kenya was Russia’s 79th largest supplier in 2013 (down from 78th in 2012), accounting for 0.0427% of Russia’s total imports (up from 0.0420% in 2012).

Russia’s Exports to Kenya

The major share of Russian exports to Kenya in 2013 (and in 2012) was accounted for the following product types:

  • Food products and agricultural raw materials (HS codes 01-24) - 60.45% of Russia’s total exports to Kenya (48.38% in 2012);
  • Chemical products (HS codes 28-40) - 15.44% of Russia’s total exports to Kenya (34.76% in 2012);
  • Metals and products from them (HS codes 72-83) - 10.58% of Russia’s total exports to Kenya (5.60% in 2012);
  • Wood and wood products (HS codes 44-49) - 8.67% of Russia’s total exports to Kenya (7.66% in 2012);
  • Machinery, equipment and vehicles (HS codes 84-90) - 2.46% of Russia’s total exports to Kenya (3.21% in 2012);
  • Mineral products (HS codes 25-27) - 1.98% of Russia’s total exports to Kenya (0.08% in 2012).

The largest gains in Russia’s exports to Kenya in 2013 over 2012 were recorded for the following product groups:

  • Cereals (HS code 10) - an increase of $61,864,806;
  • Iron and steel (HS code 72) - an increase of $10,065,874;
  • Paper and paperboard; articles of paper pulp, of paper or of paperboard (HS code 48) - an increase of $7,214,689;
  • Aluminum and articles thereof (HS code 76) - an increase of $3,781,613;
  • Mineral fuels, mineral oils and products of their distillation; bituminous substances; mineral waxes (HS code 27) - an increase of $3,682,786;
  • Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof (HS code 84) - an increase of $1,726,270;
  • Vehicles other than railway or tramway rolling stock, and parts and accessories thereof (HS code 87) - an increase of $1,401,068.

The largest declines in Russia’s exports to Kenya in 2013 over 2012 were recorded for the following product groups:

  • Fertilizers (HS code 31) - a decrease of $13,273,076;
  • Products of the milling industry; malt; starches; inulin; wheat gluten (HS code 11) - a decrease of $1,462,981;
  • 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 $1,197,905;
  • Optical, photographic, cinematographic, measuring, checking, precision, medical or surgical instruments and apparatus; parts and accessories thereof (HS code 90) - a decrease of $1,085,490;
  • Edible vegetables and certain roots and tubers (HS code 07) - a decrease of $947,541.
Russia’s exports to Kenya in 2013 by product groups
HS
code
Name of product group Value of exports
in 2013,
US dollars ($)
Percent share in total export Value of exports
in 2012,
US dollars ($)
Percent change
in 2013
over 2012
07 Edible vegetables and certain roots and tubers 0 0.00 947,541-100.00
10 Cereals 119,791,431 60.15 57,926,625106.80
11 Products of the milling industry; malt; starches; inulin; wheat gluten 584,603 0.29 2,047,584-71.45
22 Beverages, spirits and vinegar 20,553 0.01 20,0232.65
25 Salt; sulfur; earths and stone; plastering materials, lime and cement 255,443 0.13 93,500173.20
27 Mineral fuels, mineral oils and products of their distillation; bituminous substances; mineral waxes 3,687,646 1.85 4,86075,777.49
28 Inorganic chemicals; organic or inorganic compounds of precious metals, of rare-earth metals,of radioactive elements or of isotopes 728,900 0.37 592,63822.99
29 Organic chemicals 13,533 0.01 0
30 Pharmaceutical products 0 0.00 26,136-100.00
31 Fertilizers 29,824,084 14.97 43,097,160-30.80
38 Miscellaneous chemical products 4,691 0.00 0
39 Plastics and articles thereof 3,520 0.00 2351,397.87
40 Rubber and articles thereof 168,543 0.08 74,667125.73
42 Articles of leather; saddlery and harness; travel goods, handbags and similar containers; articles of animal gut (other than silkworm gut) 1,868 0.00 0
44 Wood and articles of wood; wood charcoal 1,967,674 0.99 1,573,22525.07
47 Pulp of wood or of other fibrous cellulosic material; waste and scrap of paper or paperboard 10,426 0.01 0
48 Paper and paperboard; articles of paper pulp, of paper or of paperboard 15,286,587 7.68 8,071,89889.38
49 Printed books, newspapers, pictures and other products of the printing industry; manuscripts, typescripts and plans 23 0.00 0
59 Impregnated, coated, covered or laminated textile fabrics; textile articles of a kind suitable for industrial use 1,266 0.00 0
63 Other made up textile articles; sets; worn clothing and worn textile articles; rags 10,451 0.01 6661,469.22
68 Articles of stone, plaster, cement, asbestos, mica or similar materials 4,515 0.00 0
70 Glass and glassware 6,831 0.00 24,089-71.64
72 Iron and steel 16,052,812 8.06 5,986,938168.13
73 Articles of iron or steel 177,370 0.09 3,4695,013.00
74 Copper and articles thereof 2,024 0.00 0
76 Aluminum and articles thereof 4,842,259 2.43 1,060,646356.54
83 Miscellaneous articles of base metal 2,614 0.00 1517,326.67
84 Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof 2,411,259 1.21 684,989252.01
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 673,175 0.34 1,871,080-64.02
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 4,900 0.00 0
87 Vehicles other than railway or tramway rolling stock, and parts and accessories thereof 1,402,762 0.70 1,69482,707.67
89 Ships, boats and floating structures 873 0.00 0
90 Optical, photographic, cinematographic, measuring, checking, precision, medical or surgical instruments and apparatus; parts and accessories thereof 399,880 0.20 1,485,370-73.08
91 Clocks and watches and parts thereof 0 0.00 69-100.00
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 92,257 0.05 77,13119.61
95 Toys, games and sports requisites; parts and accessories thereof 88 0.00 0
96 Miscellaneous manufactured articles 531 0.00 0
SS Classified 725,521 0.36 290 199150.01

Russia’s Imports from Kenya

The major share of Russian imports from Kenya in 2013 (and in 2012) was accounted for the following product types:

  • Food products and agricultural raw materials (HS codes 01-24) - 99.59% of Russia’s total imports from Kenya (99.81% in 2012).

The largest gains in Russia’s imports from Kenya in 2013 over 2012 were recorded for the following product groups:

  • Coffee, tea, maté and spices (HS code 09) - an increase of $1,382,670;
  • Tobacco and manufactured tobacco substitutes (HS code 24) - an increase of $955,548;
  • Salt; sulfur; earths and stone; plastering materials, lime and cement (HS code 25) - an increase of $420,836.

The largest declines in Russia’s imports from Kenya in 2013 over 2012 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 $1,581,647.
Russia’s imports from Kenya in 2013 by product groups
HS
code
Name of product group Value of imports in 2013,
US dollars ($)
Percent share in total import Value of imports in 2012,
US dollars ($)
Percent change
in 2013
over 2012
06 Live trees and other plants; bulbs, roots and the like; cut flowers and ornamental foliage 56,724,069 42.15 58,305,716-2.71
07 Edible vegetables and certain roots and tubers 200,929 0.15 199,2990.82
08 Edible fruit and nuts; peel of citrus fruit or melons 704,076 0.52 535,78431.41
09 Coffee, tea, maté and spices 70,626,086 52.48 69,243,4162.00
12 Oil seeds and oleaginous fruits; miscellaneous grains, seeds and fruits; industrial or medicinal plants; straw and fodder 75,340 0.06 121,335-37.91
13 Lac; gums, resins and other vegetable saps and extracts 376 0.00 0
15 Animal or vegetable fats and oils and their cleavage products prepared edible fats; animal or vegetable waxes 469 0.00 716-34.50
20 Preparations of vegetables, fruit, nuts or other parts of plants 1,341,274 1.00 1,240,3688.14
21 Miscellaneous edible preparations 21,767 0.02 83,552-73.95
24 Tobacco and manufactured tobacco substitutes 4,324,238 3.21 3,368,69028.37
25 Salt; sulfur; earths and stone; plastering materials, lime and cement 420,836 0.31 0
39 Plastics and articles thereof 100 0.00 3,898-97.43
42 Articles of leather; saddlery and harness; travel goods, handbags and similar containers; articles of animal gut (other than silkworm gut) 0 0.00 9,635-100.00
44 Wood and articles of wood; wood charcoal 96 0.00 1,627-94.10
49 Printed books, newspapers, pictures and other products of the printing industry; manuscripts, typescripts and plans 0 0.00 1,312-100.00
61 Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, knitted or crocheted 12,923 0.01 8,57550.71
62 Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, not knitted or crocheted 40,012 0.03 2,6031,437.15
64 Footwear, gaiters and the like; parts of such articles 0 0.00 720-100.00
69 Ceramic products 208 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 3,847 0.00 0
84 Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof 0 0.00 9,659-100.00
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 0 0.00 64,518-100.00
90 Optical, photographic, cinematographic, measuring, checking, precision, medical or surgical instruments and apparatus; parts and accessories thereof 0 0.00 59,169-100.00
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 6,089 0.00 8,606-29.25
95 Toys, games and sports requisites; parts and accessories thereof 65,039 0.05 71,899-9.54
SS Classified 0 0.00 8 400-100.00
Russian foreign trade statistics
Source: Federal Customs Service of Russia