Russian trade with South Africa in 2013
based on data from the Federal Customs Service of Russia
Russia’s Trade with South Africa
In 2013, Russia’s trade with South Africa totaled $1,068,373,442, up 10.70% ($103,285,467) from 2012.
Russia’s exports to South Africa in 2013 totaled $286,229,143, up 2.68% ($7,484,082) from 2012.
Russia’s imports from South Africa in 2013 totaled $782,144,299, up 13.96% ($95,801,385) from 2012.
Russia’s trade deficit with South Africa in 2013 was $495,915,156, a 21.67% increase ($88,317,303) over 2012.
South Africa was Russia’s 69th largest trading partner in 2013 (down from 68th in 2012), accounting for 0.1269% of Russia’s total trade (up from 0.1146% in 2012).
South Africa was Russia’s 79th largest export market in 2013 (down from 78th in 2012), accounting for 0.0543% of Russia’s total exports (up from 0.0531% in 2012).
South Africa was Russia’s 49th largest supplier in 2013 (just as in 2012), accounting for 0.2483% of Russia’s total imports (up from 0.2163% in 2012).
Russia’s Exports to South Africa
The major share of Russian exports to South Africa in 2013 (and in 2012) was accounted for the following product types:
- Food products and agricultural raw materials (HS codes 01-24) - 47.28% of Russia’s total exports to South Africa (11.69% in 2012);
- Mineral products (HS codes 25-27) - 19.71% of Russia’s total exports to South Africa (39.35% in 2012);
- Chemical products (HS codes 28-40) - 19.21% of Russia’s total exports to South Africa (22.12% in 2012);
- Metals and products from them (HS codes 72-83) - 5.90% of Russia’s total exports to South Africa (3.57% in 2012);
- Machinery, equipment and vehicles (HS codes 84-90) - 5.04% of Russia’s total exports to South Africa (16.87% in 2012);
- Wood and wood products (HS codes 44-49) - 2.50% of Russia’s total exports to South Africa (3.96% in 2012);
- Precious metals and stones (HS code 71) - 0.02% of Russia’s total exports to South Africa (1.31% in 2012).
The largest gains in Russia’s exports to South Africa in 2013 over 2012 were recorded for the following product groups:
- Cereals (HS code 10) - an increase of $93,791,680;
- Tobacco and manufactured tobacco substitutes (HS code 24) - an increase of $9,179,190;
- Optical, photographic, cinematographic, measuring, checking, precision, medical or surgical instruments and apparatus; parts and accessories thereof (HS code 90) - an increase of $4,514,305;
- Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof (HS code 84) - an increase of $3,921,957;
- Tools, implements, cutlery, spoons and forks, of base metal; parts thereof of base metal (HS code 82) - an increase of $3,321,725;
- Articles of iron or steel (HS code 73) - an increase of $2,439,269;
- Iron and steel (HS code 72) - an increase of $1,310,616.
The largest declines in Russia’s exports to South Africa in 2013 over 2012 were recorded for the following product groups:
- Mineral fuels, mineral oils and products of their distillation; bituminous substances; mineral waxes (HS code 27) - a decrease of $53,412,026;
- 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 $41,931,156;
- Fertilizers (HS code 31) - a decrease of $8,007,715;
- Printed books, newspapers, pictures and other products of the printing industry; manuscripts, typescripts and plans (HS code 49) - a decrease of $4,421,793;
- Natural or cultured pearls, precious or semi-precious stones,precious metals, metals clad with precious metal and articles thereof; imitation jewelry; coin (HS code 71) - a decrease of $3,605,967;
- Knitted or crocheted fabrics (HS code 60) - a decrease of $1,884,331.
HS code |
Name of product group | Value of exports in 2013, US dollars ($) |
Percent share in total export | Value of exports in 2012, US dollars ($) |
Percent change in 2013 over 2012 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
09 | Coffee, tea, maté and spices | 25,164 | 0.01 | 0 | ∞ |
10 | Cereals | 124,455,515 | 43.48 | 30,663,835 | 305.87 |
15 | Animal or vegetable fats and oils and their cleavage products prepared edible fats; animal or vegetable waxes | 15,444 | 0.01 | 137,905 | -88.80 |
18 | Cocoa and cocoa preparations | 0 | 0.00 | 73,693 | -100.00 |
19 | Preparations of cereals, flour, starch or milk; bakers’ wares | 0 | 0.00 | 44,882 | -100.00 |
21 | Miscellaneous edible preparations | 518 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
22 | Beverages, spirits and vinegar | 428 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
24 | Tobacco and manufactured tobacco substitutes | 10,833,577 | 3.78 | 1,654,387 | 554.84 |
25 | Salt; sulfur; earths and stone; plastering materials, lime and cement | 158,858 | 0.06 | 0 | ∞ |
26 | Ores, slag and ash | 4,510 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
27 | Mineral fuels, mineral oils and products of their distillation; bituminous substances; mineral waxes | 56,263,647 | 19.66 | 109,675,673 | -48.70 |
28 | Inorganic chemicals; organic or inorganic compounds of precious metals, of rare-earth metals,of radioactive elements or of isotopes | 1,030,903 | 0.36 | 725,630 | 42.07 |
29 | Organic chemicals | 280,652 | 0.10 | 243,712 | 15.16 |
30 | Pharmaceutical products | 13 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
31 | Fertilizers | 39,543,101 | 13.82 | 47,550,816 | -16.84 |
32 | Tanning or dyeing extracts; dyes, pigments, paints, varnishes, putty and mastics | 8,078 | 0.00 | 8,806 | -8.27 |
33 | Essential oils and resinoids; perfumery, cosmetic or toilet preparations | 6,543 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
34 | Soap, organic surface-active agents, washing preparations, lubricating preparations, artificial waxes, prepared waxes, polishing or scouring preparations, candles and similar articles, modeling pastes, "dental waxes" and dental preparations with a basis of plaster | 194,018 | 0.07 | 2,255 | 8,503.90 |
36 | Explosives; pyrotechnic products; matches; pyrophoric alloys; certain combustible preparations | 64,620 | 0.02 | 0 | ∞ |
38 | Miscellaneous chemical products | 59,683 | 0.02 | 82,730 | -27.86 |
39 | Plastics and articles thereof | 487,114 | 0.17 | 297,186 | 63.91 |
40 | Rubber and articles thereof | 13,308,835 | 4.65 | 12,733,681 | 4.52 |
42 | Articles of leather; saddlery and harness; travel goods, handbags and similar containers; articles of animal gut (other than silkworm gut) | 11,898 | 0.00 | 160 | 7,336.25 |
44 | Wood and articles of wood; wood charcoal | 238,829 | 0.08 | 161,315 | 48.05 |
47 | Pulp of wood or of other fibrous cellulosic material; waste and scrap of paper or paperboard | 0 | 0.00 | 13,926 | -100.00 |
48 | Paper and paperboard; articles of paper pulp, of paper or of paperboard | 2,127,805 | 0.74 | 1,642,719 | 29.53 |
49 | Printed books, newspapers, pictures and other products of the printing industry; manuscripts, typescripts and plans | 4,794,505 | 1.68 | 9,216,298 | -47.98 |
54 | Man-made filaments | 10 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
56 | Wadding, felt and nonwovens; special yarns, twine, cordage, ropes and cables and articles thereof | 244,213 | 0.09 | 24,918 | 880.07 |
59 | Impregnated, coated, covered or laminated textile fabrics; textile articles of a kind suitable for industrial use | 8,276 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
60 | Knitted or crocheted fabrics | 88,675 | 0.03 | 1,973,006 | -95.51 |
61 | Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, knitted or crocheted | 242 | 0.00 | 552 | -56.16 |
62 | Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, not knitted or crocheted | 5,380 | 0.00 | 15,622 | -65.56 |
63 | Other made up textile articles; sets; worn clothing and worn textile articles; rags | 32,386 | 0.01 | 70 | 46,165.71 |
64 | Footwear, gaiters and the like; parts of such articles | 72,457 | 0.03 | 30,641 | 136.47 |
65 | Headgear and parts thereof | 12,188 | 0.00 | 1,288 | 846.27 |
66 | Umbrellas, sun umbrellas, walking sticks, seatsticks, whips, riding-crops and parts thereof | 0 | 0.00 | 50 | -100.00 |
68 | Articles of stone, plaster, cement, asbestos, mica or similar materials | 27,100 | 0.01 | 11,137 | 143.33 |
69 | Ceramic products | 12,000 | 0.00 | 12,015 | -0.12 |
70 | Glass and glassware | 540 | 0.00 | 110 | 390.91 |
71 | Natural or cultured pearls, precious or semi-precious stones,precious metals, metals clad with precious metal and articles thereof; imitation jewelry; coin | 58,203 | 0.02 | 3,664,170 | -98.41 |
72 | Iron and steel | 6,358,900 | 2.22 | 5,048,284 | 25.96 |
73 | Articles of iron or steel | 2,457,102 | 0.86 | 17,833 | 13,678.40 |
74 | Copper and articles thereof | 14,916 | 0.01 | 355 | 4,101.69 |
76 | Aluminum and articles thereof | 2,697,840 | 0.94 | 2,900,864 | -7.00 |
78 | Lead and articles thereof | 15 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
81 | Other base metals; cermets; articles thereof | 1,590 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
82 | Tools, implements, cutlery, spoons and forks, of base metal; parts thereof of base metal | 5,310,062 | 1.86 | 1,988,337 | 167.06 |
83 | Miscellaneous articles of base metal | 42,319 | 0.01 | 0 | ∞ |
84 | Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof | 4,448,053 | 1.55 | 526,096 | 745.48 |
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 | 2,709,777 | 0.95 | 44,640,933 | -93.93 |
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 | 202,008 | 0.07 | 11,223 | 1,699.95 |
87 | Vehicles other than railway or tramway rolling stock, and parts and accessories thereof | 119,088 | 0.04 | 1,934 | 6,057.60 |
89 | Ships, boats and floating structures | 600,000 | 0.21 | 0 | ∞ |
90 | Optical, photographic, cinematographic, measuring, checking, precision, medical or surgical instruments and apparatus; parts and accessories thereof | 6,354,294 | 2.22 | 1,839,989 | 245.34 |
91 | Clocks and watches and parts thereof | 348 | 0.00 | 85 | 309.41 |
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 | 97,377 | 0.03 | 0 | ∞ |
95 | Toys, games and sports requisites; parts and accessories thereof | 0 | 0.00 | 30 | -100.00 |
96 | Miscellaneous manufactured articles | 152,648 | 0.05 | 767,557 | -80.11 |
SS | Classified | 186,878 | 0.07 | 338 353 | -44.77 |
Russia’s Imports from South Africa
The major share of Russian imports from South Africa in 2013 (and in 2012) was accounted for the following product types:
- Food products and agricultural raw materials (HS codes 01-24) - 40.94% of Russia’s total imports from South Africa (38.65% in 2012);
- Machinery, equipment and vehicles (HS codes 84-90) - 28.33% of Russia’s total imports from South Africa (31.03% in 2012);
- Mineral products (HS codes 25-27) - 19.83% of Russia’s total imports from South Africa (16.66% in 2012);
- Chemical products (HS codes 28-40) - 5.53% of Russia’s total imports from South Africa (8.67% in 2012);
- Metals and products from them (HS codes 72-83) - 5.03% of Russia’s total imports from South Africa (4.37% in 2012).
The largest gains in Russia’s imports from South Africa in 2013 over 2012 were recorded for the following product groups:
- Ores, slag and ash (HS code 26) - an increase of $41,050,140;
- Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof (HS code 84) - an increase of $39,229,522;
- Edible fruit and nuts; peel of citrus fruit or melons (HS code 08) - an increase of $39,190,791;
- Iron and steel (HS code 72) - an increase of $11,148,178;
- Beverages, spirits and vinegar (HS code 22) - an increase of $6,254,750;
- Preparations of vegetables, fruit, nuts or other parts of plants (HS code 20) - an increase of $5,717,936;
- Cereals (HS code 10) - an increase of $3,181,754.
The largest declines in Russia’s imports from South Africa in 2013 over 2012 were recorded for the following product groups:
- Vehicles other than railway or tramway rolling stock, and parts and accessories thereof (HS code 87) - a decrease of $29,650,888;
- Miscellaneous chemical products (HS code 38) - a decrease of $8,519,964;
- Inorganic chemicals; organic or inorganic compounds of precious metals, of rare-earth metals,of radioactive elements or of isotopes (HS code 28) - a decrease of $7,701,146.
HS code |
Name of product group | Value of imports in 2013, US dollars ($) |
Percent share in total import | Value of imports in 2012, US dollars ($) |
Percent change in 2013 over 2012 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
01 | Live animals | 55,546 | 0.01 | 55,300 | 0.44 |
06 | Live trees and other plants; bulbs, roots and the like; cut flowers and ornamental foliage | 866,401 | 0.11 | 698,529 | 24.03 |
07 | Edible vegetables and certain roots and tubers | 499,590 | 0.06 | 260,978 | 91.43 |
08 | Edible fruit and nuts; peel of citrus fruit or melons | 254,109,413 | 32.49 | 214,918,622 | 18.24 |
09 | Coffee, tea, maté and spices | 447,628 | 0.06 | 310,870 | 43.99 |
10 | Cereals | 3,181,754 | 0.41 | 0 | ∞ |
12 | Oil seeds and oleaginous fruits; miscellaneous grains, seeds and fruits; industrial or medicinal plants; straw and fodder | 919,461 | 0.12 | 873,198 | 5.30 |
13 | Lac; gums, resins and other vegetable saps and extracts | 53,878 | 0.01 | 47,442 | 13.57 |
14 | Vegetable plaiting materials; vegetable products not elsewhere specified or included | 8,436 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
15 | Animal or vegetable fats and oils and their cleavage products prepared edible fats; animal or vegetable waxes | 42,624 | 0.01 | 33,612 | 26.81 |
17 | Sugars and sugar confectionery | 77,940 | 0.01 | 79,021 | -1.37 |
18 | Cocoa and cocoa preparations | 6,156 | 0.00 | 11,242 | -45.24 |
19 | Preparations of cereals, flour, starch or milk; bakers’ wares | 98 | 0.00 | 459 | -78.65 |
20 | Preparations of vegetables, fruit, nuts or other parts of plants | 20,352,852 | 2.60 | 14,634,916 | 39.07 |
21 | Miscellaneous edible preparations | 164,005 | 0.02 | 148,449 | 10.48 |
22 | Beverages, spirits and vinegar | 39,315,782 | 5.03 | 33,061,032 | 18.92 |
24 | Tobacco and manufactured tobacco substitutes | 124,533 | 0.02 | 157,332 | -20.85 |
25 | Salt; sulfur; earths and stone; plastering materials, lime and cement | 7,410,778 | 0.95 | 7,564,092 | -2.03 |
26 | Ores, slag and ash | 146,613,285 | 18.75 | 105,563,145 | 38.89 |
27 | Mineral fuels, mineral oils and products of their distillation; bituminous substances; mineral waxes | 1,063,083 | 0.14 | 1,240,375 | -14.29 |
28 | Inorganic chemicals; organic or inorganic compounds of precious metals, of rare-earth metals,of radioactive elements or of isotopes | 24,348,271 | 3.11 | 32,049,417 | -24.03 |
29 | Organic chemicals | 2,578,045 | 0.33 | 1,364,086 | 88.99 |
30 | Pharmaceutical products | 137,962 | 0.02 | 4,130 | 3,240.48 |
32 | Tanning or dyeing extracts; dyes, pigments, paints, varnishes, putty and mastics | 445,092 | 0.06 | 864,288 | -48.50 |
33 | Essential oils and resinoids; perfumery, cosmetic or toilet preparations | 527,933 | 0.07 | 132,166 | 299.45 |
34 | Soap, organic surface-active agents, washing preparations, lubricating preparations, artificial waxes, prepared waxes, polishing or scouring preparations, candles and similar articles, modeling pastes, "dental waxes" and dental preparations with a basis of plaster | 24,718 | 0.00 | 28,280 | -12.60 |
35 | Albuminoidal substances; modified starches; glues; enzymes | 808,122 | 0.10 | 100,567 | 703.57 |
38 | Miscellaneous chemical products | 10,232,047 | 1.31 | 18,752,011 | -45.43 |
39 | Plastics and articles thereof | 2,968,450 | 0.38 | 3,443,047 | -13.78 |
40 | Rubber and articles thereof | 1,182,933 | 0.15 | 2,773,567 | -57.35 |
41 | Raw hides and skins (other than furskins) and leather | 26,495 | 0.00 | 49,584 | -46.57 |
42 | Articles of leather; saddlery and harness; travel goods, handbags and similar containers; articles of animal gut (other than silkworm gut) | 226,091 | 0.03 | 142,913 | 58.20 |
43 | Furskins and artificial fur; manufactures thereof | 504,180 | 0.06 | 791,719 | -36.32 |
44 | Wood and articles of wood; wood charcoal | 33,962 | 0.00 | 33,769 | 0.57 |
45 | Cork and articles of cork | 2,207 | 0.00 | 99 | 2,129.29 |
48 | Paper and paperboard; articles of paper pulp, of paper or of paperboard | 427,794 | 0.05 | 515,540 | -17.02 |
49 | Printed books, newspapers, pictures and other products of the printing industry; manuscripts, typescripts and plans | 25,266 | 0.00 | 16,088 | 57.05 |
50 | Silk | 0 | 0.00 | 311 | -100.00 |
51 | Wool, fine or coarse animal hair; horsehair yarn and woven fabric | 0 | 0.00 | 42,762 | -100.00 |
52 | Cotton | 0 | 0.00 | 4,169 | -100.00 |
54 | Man-made filaments | 42,008 | 0.01 | 113,335 | -62.93 |
55 | Man-made staple fibers | 8,266 | 0.00 | 1,403 | 489.17 |
56 | Wadding, felt and nonwovens; special yarns, twine, cordage, ropes and cables and articles thereof | 225 | 0.00 | 251 | -10.36 |
57 | Carpets and other textile floor coverings | 123 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
58 | Special woven fabrics; tufted textile fabrics; lace, tapestries; trimmings; embroidery | 1,123 | 0.00 | 16 | 6,918.75 |
59 | Impregnated, coated, covered or laminated textile fabrics; textile articles of a kind suitable for industrial use | 52,093 | 0.01 | 64,995 | -19.85 |
61 | Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, knitted or crocheted | 8,523 | 0.00 | 4,091 | 108.34 |
62 | Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, not knitted or crocheted | 13,500 | 0.00 | 2,104 | 541.63 |
63 | Other made up textile articles; sets; worn clothing and worn textile articles; rags | 32,615 | 0.00 | 6,711 | 385.99 |
64 | Footwear, gaiters and the like; parts of such articles | 65,512 | 0.01 | 605,426 | -89.18 |
65 | Headgear and parts thereof | 91 | 0.00 | 237 | -61.60 |
67 | Prepared feathers and down and articles made of feathers or of down; artificial flowers; articles of human hair | 3,003 | 0.00 | 49 | 6,028.57 |
68 | Articles of stone, plaster, cement, asbestos, mica or similar materials | 9,452 | 0.00 | 82,563 | -88.55 |
69 | Ceramic products | 59,345 | 0.01 | 143,813 | -58.73 |
70 | Glass and glassware | 289,768 | 0.04 | 198,789 | 45.77 |
71 | Natural or cultured pearls, precious or semi-precious stones,precious metals, metals clad with precious metal and articles thereof; imitation jewelry; coin | 627,322 | 0.08 | 1,145,149 | -45.22 |
72 | Iron and steel | 29,926,815 | 3.83 | 18,778,637 | 59.37 |
73 | Articles of iron or steel | 1,171,881 | 0.15 | 2,231,610 | -47.49 |
74 | Copper and articles thereof | 38,462 | 0.00 | 32,573 | 18.08 |
76 | Aluminum and articles thereof | 3,376,012 | 0.43 | 5,246,216 | -35.65 |
79 | Zinc and articles thereof | 489,477 | 0.06 | 167,912 | 191.51 |
81 | Other base metals; cermets; articles thereof | 86,184 | 0.01 | 154,149 | -44.09 |
82 | Tools, implements, cutlery, spoons and forks, of base metal; parts thereof of base metal | 4,198,808 | 0.54 | 3,316,339 | 26.61 |
83 | Miscellaneous articles of base metal | 42,700 | 0.01 | 79,833 | -46.51 |
84 | Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof | 66,490,861 | 8.50 | 27,261,339 | 143.90 |
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 | 19,331,986 | 2.47 | 21,189,372 | -8.77 |
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 | 1,393,631 | 0.18 | 719,912 | 93.58 |
87 | Vehicles other than railway or tramway rolling stock, and parts and accessories thereof | 133,552,154 | 17.08 | 163,203,042 | -18.17 |
90 | Optical, photographic, cinematographic, measuring, checking, precision, medical or surgical instruments and apparatus; parts and accessories thereof | 794,172 | 0.10 | 592,161 | 34.11 |
91 | Clocks and watches and parts thereof | 156 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
92 | Musical instruments; parts and accessories of such articles | 281 | 0.00 | 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 | 153,676 | 0.02 | 176,511 | -12.94 |
95 | Toys, games and sports requisites; parts and accessories thereof | 6,051 | 0.00 | 5,159 | 17.29 |
96 | Miscellaneous manufactured articles | 64,372 | 0.01 | 52,090 | 23.58 |
97 | Works of art, collectors’ pieces and antiques | 840 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |