Russian trade with Kenya in 2013
based on data from the Federal Customs Service of Russia
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 $947,541.
HS code |
Name of product group | Value of exports in 2013, US dollars ($) |
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 | 57,926,625 | 106.80 |
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 | 20,023 | 2.65 |
25 | Salt; sulfur; earths and stone; plastering materials, lime and cement | 255,443 | 0.13 | 93,500 | 173.20 |
27 | Mineral fuels, mineral oils and products of their distillation; bituminous substances; mineral waxes | 3,687,646 | 1.85 | 4,860 | 75,777.49 |
28 | Inorganic chemicals; organic or inorganic compounds of precious metals, of rare-earth metals,of radioactive elements or of isotopes | 728,900 | 0.37 | 592,638 | 22.99 |
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 | 235 | 1,397.87 |
40 | Rubber and articles thereof | 168,543 | 0.08 | 74,667 | 125.73 |
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 | 1,573,225 | 25.07 |
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 | 8,071,898 | 89.38 |
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 | 666 | 1,469.22 |
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 | 5,986,938 | 168.13 |
73 | Articles of iron or steel | 177,370 | 0.09 | 3,469 | 5,013.00 |
74 | Copper and articles thereof | 2,024 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
76 | Aluminum and articles thereof | 4,842,259 | 2.43 | 1,060,646 | 356.54 |
83 | Miscellaneous articles of base metal | 2,614 | 0.00 | 15 | 17,326.67 |
84 | Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof | 2,411,259 | 1.21 | 684,989 | 252.01 |
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 | 1,694 | 82,707.67 |
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 | 77,131 | 19.61 |
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 | 290 199 | 150.01 |
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 $1,581,647.
HS code |
Name of product group | Value of imports in 2013, US dollars ($) |
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 | 199,299 | 0.82 |
08 | Edible fruit and nuts; peel of citrus fruit or melons | 704,076 | 0.52 | 535,784 | 31.41 |
09 | Coffee, tea, maté and spices | 70,626,086 | 52.48 | 69,243,416 | 2.00 |
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 | 1,240,368 | 8.14 |
21 | Miscellaneous edible preparations | 21,767 | 0.02 | 83,552 | -73.95 |
24 | Tobacco and manufactured tobacco substitutes | 4,324,238 | 3.21 | 3,368,690 | 28.37 |
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 | 8,575 | 50.71 |
62 | Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, not knitted or crocheted | 40,012 | 0.03 | 2,603 | 1,437.15 |
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 |