Russian trade with Malawi in 2013
based on data from the Federal Customs Service of Russia
Russia’s Trade with Malawi
In 2013, Russia’s trade with Malawi was $63,689,025, down 13.48% ($9,925,558) from 2012.
Russia’s exports to Malawi in 2013 totaled $3,536,323, up 8,625.20% ($3,495,793) from 2012.
Russia’s imports from Malawi in 2013 were $60,152,702, down 18.24% ($13,421,351) from 2012.
Russia’s trade deficit with Malawi in 2013 was $56,616,379, a 23.01% decrease ($16,917,144) over 2012.
Malawi was Russia’s 120th largest trading partner in 2013 (up from 125th in 2012), accounting for 0.0076% of Russia’s total trade (down from 0.0087% in 2012).
Malawi was Russia’s 159th largest export market in 2013 (up from 187th in 2012), accounting for 0.0007% of Russia’s total exports (up from 0.0000% in 2012).
Malawi was Russia’s 90th largest supplier in 2013 (down from 86th in 2012), accounting for 0.0191% of Russia’s total imports (down from 0.0232% in 2012).
Russia’s Exports to Malawi
The major share of Russian exports to Malawi in 2013 (and in 2012) was accounted for the following product types:
- Food products and agricultural raw materials (HS codes 01-24) - 92.20% of Russia’s total exports to Malawi (0.00% in 2012);
- Machinery, equipment and vehicles (HS codes 84-90) - 4.88% of Russia’s total exports to Malawi (0.00% in 2012);
- Metals and products from them (HS codes 72-83) - 1.39% of Russia’s total exports to Malawi (0.00% in 2012);
- Wood and wood products (HS codes 44-49) - 0.30% of Russia’s total exports to Malawi (100.00% in 2012).
The largest gains in Russia’s exports to Malawi in 2013 over 2012 were recorded for the following product groups:
- Cereals (HS code 10) - an increase of $3,260,432;
- Optical, photographic, cinematographic, measuring, checking, precision, medical or surgical instruments and apparatus; parts and accessories thereof (HS code 90) - an increase of $100,000;
- 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 $72,632;
- Articles of iron or steel (HS code 73) - an increase of $49,064;
- 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 (HS code 94) - an increase of $19,558;
- Articles of stone, plaster, cement, asbestos, mica or similar materials (HS code 68) - an increase of $17,828.
The largest declines in Russia’s exports to Malawi in 2013 over 2012 were recorded for the following product groups:
- Wood and articles of wood; wood charcoal (HS code 44) - a decrease of $29,826.
HS code |
Name of product group | Value of exports in 2013, US dollars ($) |
Percent share in total export | Value of exports in 2012, US dollars ($) |
Percent change in 2013 over 2012 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
10 | Cereals | 3,260,432 | 92.20 | 0 | ∞ |
39 | Plastics and articles thereof | 6,105 | 0.17 | 0 | ∞ |
44 | Wood and articles of wood; wood charcoal | 10,704 | 0.30 | 40,530 | -73.59 |
68 | Articles of stone, plaster, cement, asbestos, mica or similar materials | 17,828 | 0.50 | 0 | ∞ |
73 | Articles of iron or steel | 49,064 | 1.39 | 0 | ∞ |
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 | 72,632 | 2.05 | 0 | ∞ |
90 | Optical, photographic, cinematographic, measuring, checking, precision, medical or surgical instruments and apparatus; parts and accessories thereof | 100,000 | 2.83 | 0 | ∞ |
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 | 19,558 | 0.55 | 0 | ∞ |
Russia’s Imports from Malawi
The major share of Russian imports from Malawi in 2013 (and in 2012) was accounted for the following product types:
- Food products and agricultural raw materials (HS codes 01-24) - 100.00% of Russia’s total imports from Malawi (100.00% in 2012).
The largest gains in Russia’s imports from Malawi 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 Malawi in 2013 over 2012 were recorded for the following product groups:
- Tobacco and manufactured tobacco substitutes (HS code 24) - a decrease of $12,099,987;
- Coffee, tea, maté and spices (HS code 09) - a decrease of $1,319,449.
HS code |
Name of product group | Value of imports in 2013, US dollars ($) |
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 | 82 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
07 | Edible vegetables and certain roots and tubers | 1,787 | 0.00 | 2,496 | -28.41 |
08 | Edible fruit and nuts; peel of citrus fruit or melons | 0 | 0.00 | 1,139 | -100.00 |
09 | Coffee, tea, maté and spices | 340,204 | 0.57 | 1,659,653 | -79.50 |
24 | Tobacco and manufactured tobacco substitutes | 59,809,019 | 99.43 | 71,909,006 | -16.83 |
39 | Plastics and articles thereof | 0 | 0.00 | 178 | -100.00 |
40 | Rubber and articles thereof | 23 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
42 | Articles of leather; saddlery and harness; travel goods, handbags and similar containers; articles of animal gut (other than silkworm gut) | 0 | 0.00 | 25 | -100.00 |
61 | Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, knitted or crocheted | 0 | 0.00 | 658 | -100.00 |
62 | Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, not knitted or crocheted | 0 | 0.00 | 550 | -100.00 |
65 | Headgear and parts thereof | 0 | 0.00 | 205 | -100.00 |
73 | Articles of iron or steel | 0 | 0.00 | 12 | -100.00 |
84 | Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof | 353 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
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 | 31 | 0.00 | 60 | -48.33 |
87 | Vehicles other than railway or tramway rolling stock, and parts and accessories thereof | 1,203 | 0.00 | 71 | 1,594.37 |