Russian trade with Tanzania 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 Tanzania in 2013: exports, imports, products, dynamics.
Russia’s Trade with Tanzania
In 2013, Russia’s trade with Tanzania totaled $168,263,543, up 49.09% ($55,403,222) from 2012.
Russia’s exports to Tanzania in 2013 totaled $100,049,474, up 64.83% ($39,349,902) from 2012.
Russia’s imports from Tanzania in 2013 totaled $68,214,069, up 30.78% ($16,053,320) from 2012.
Russia’s trade surplus with Tanzania in 2013 was $31,835,405, a 272.83% increase ($23,296,582) over 2012.
Tanzania was Russia’s 102nd largest trading partner in 2013 (up from 111th in 2012), accounting for 0.0200% of Russia’s total trade (up from 0.0134% in 2012).
Tanzania was Russia’s 97th largest export market in 2013 (up from 109th in 2012), accounting for 0.0190% of Russia’s total exports (up from 0.0116% in 2012).
Tanzania was Russia’s 88th largest supplier in 2013 (up from 94th in 2012), accounting for 0.0217% of Russia’s total imports (up from 0.0164% in 2012).
Russia’s Exports to Tanzania
The major share of Russian exports to Tanzania in 2013 (and in 2012) was accounted for the following product types:
- Food products and agricultural raw materials (HS codes 01-24) - 64.63% of Russia’s total exports to Tanzania (65.74% in 2012);
- Chemical products (HS codes 28-40) - 30.52% of Russia’s total exports to Tanzania (27.19% in 2012);
- Mineral products (HS codes 25-27) - 2.68% of Russia’s total exports to Tanzania (0.18% in 2012);
- Wood and wood products (HS codes 44-49) - 1.55% of Russia’s total exports to Tanzania (2.23% in 2012);
- Machinery, equipment and vehicles (HS codes 84-90) - 0.59% of Russia’s total exports to Tanzania (4.41% in 2012).
The largest gains in Russia’s exports to Tanzania in 2013 over 2012 were recorded for the following product groups:
- Cereals (HS code 10) - an increase of $24,136,156;
- Fertilizers (HS code 31) - an increase of $13,748,675;
- Mineral fuels, mineral oils and products of their distillation; bituminous substances; mineral waxes (HS code 27) - an increase of $1,652,991;
- Salt; sulfur; earths and stone; plastering materials, lime and cement (HS code 25) - an increase of $916,607;
- Edible vegetables and certain roots and tubers (HS code 07) - an increase of $609,180.
The largest declines in Russia’s exports to Tanzania in 2013 over 2012 were recorded for the following product groups:
- Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof (HS code 84) - a decrease of $2,010,491.
| HS code |
Name of product group | Value of exports in 2013, US dollars ($) |
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 | 609,180 | 0.61 | 0 | ∞ |
| 10 | Cereals | 63,501,373 | 63.47 | 39,365,217 | 61.31 |
| 22 | Beverages, spirits and vinegar | 553,994 | 0.55 | 540,835 | 2.43 |
| 25 | Salt; sulfur; earths and stone; plastering materials, lime and cement | 1,028,296 | 1.03 | 111,689 | 820.68 |
| 27 | Mineral fuels, mineral oils and products of their distillation; bituminous substances; mineral waxes | 1,652,991 | 1.65 | 0 | ∞ |
| 28 | Inorganic chemicals; organic or inorganic compounds of precious metals, of rare-earth metals,of radioactive elements or of isotopes | 405,037 | 0.40 | 120,548 | 236.00 |
| 31 | Fertilizers | 30,125,578 | 30.11 | 16,376,903 | 83.95 |
| 39 | Plastics and articles thereof | 0 | 0.00 | 9,512 | -100.00 |
| 48 | Paper and paperboard; articles of paper pulp, of paper or of paperboard | 1,553,183 | 1.55 | 1,355,839 | 14.56 |
| 54 | Man-made filaments | 0 | 0.00 | 1,530 | -100.00 |
| 56 | Wadding, felt and nonwovens; special yarns, twine, cordage, ropes and cables and articles thereof | 0 | 0.00 | 280 | -100.00 |
| 63 | Other made up textile articles; sets; worn clothing and worn textile articles; rags | 16,962 | 0.02 | 0 | ∞ |
| 69 | Ceramic products | 0 | 0.00 | 425 | -100.00 |
| 73 | Articles of iron or steel | 44 | 0.00 | 60,595 | -99.93 |
| 74 | Copper and articles thereof | 0 | 0.00 | 540 | -100.00 |
| 81 | Other base metals; cermets; articles thereof | 0 | 0.00 | 725 | -100.00 |
| 83 | Miscellaneous articles of base metal | 0 | 0.00 | 68 | -100.00 |
| 84 | Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof | 441,402 | 0.44 | 2,451,893 | -82.00 |
| 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 | 84,089 | 0.08 | 24,050 | 249.64 |
| 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 | 19,859 | 0.02 | 0 | ∞ |
| 87 | Vehicles other than railway or tramway rolling stock, and parts and accessories thereof | 0 | 0.00 | 94,000 | -100.00 |
| 89 | Ships, boats and floating structures | 41,599 | 0.04 | 0 | ∞ |
| 90 | Optical, photographic, cinematographic, measuring, checking, precision, medical or surgical instruments and apparatus; parts and accessories thereof | 0 | 0.00 | 104,539 | -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 | 0 | 0.00 | 21,896 | -100.00 |
| 95 | Toys, games and sports requisites; parts and accessories thereof | 0 | 0.00 | 58,488 | -100.00 |
| SS | Classified | 15,887 | 0.02 | 0 | ∞ |
Russia’s Imports from Tanzania
The major share of Russian imports from Tanzania in 2013 (and in 2012) was accounted for the following product types:
- Food products and agricultural raw materials (HS codes 01-24) - 99.97% of Russia’s total imports from Tanzania (99.90% in 2012).
The largest gains in Russia’s imports from Tanzania in 2013 over 2012 were recorded for the following product groups:
- Tobacco and manufactured tobacco substitutes (HS code 24) - an increase of $13,081,385;
- Coffee, tea, maté and spices (HS code 09) - an increase of $2,708,866;
- Oil seeds and oleaginous fruits; miscellaneous grains, seeds and fruits; industrial or medicinal plants; straw and fodder (HS code 12) - an increase of $421,071.
The largest declines in Russia’s imports from Tanzania in 2013 over 2012 were recorded for the following product groups:
- No product groups with a substantial decrease.
| HS code |
Name of product group | Value of imports in 2013, US dollars ($) |
Percent share in total import | Value of imports in 2012, US dollars ($) |
Percent change in 2013 over 2012 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01 | Live animals | 4,287 | 0.01 | 4,400 | -2.57 |
| 06 | Live trees and other plants; bulbs, roots and the like; cut flowers and ornamental foliage | 20,185 | 0.03 | 22,212 | -9.13 |
| 07 | Edible vegetables and certain roots and tubers | 15,825 | 0.02 | 64,154 | -75.33 |
| 08 | Edible fruit and nuts; peel of citrus fruit or melons | 1,018,773 | 1.49 | 1,094,669 | -6.93 |
| 09 | Coffee, tea, maté and spices | 11,247,847 | 16.49 | 8,538,981 | 31.72 |
| 12 | Oil seeds and oleaginous fruits; miscellaneous grains, seeds and fruits; industrial or medicinal plants; straw and fodder | 722,844 | 1.06 | 301,773 | 139.53 |
| 20 | Preparations of vegetables, fruit, nuts or other parts of plants | 1,621 | 0.00 | 1,537 | 5.47 |
| 24 | Tobacco and manufactured tobacco substitutes | 55,160,715 | 80.86 | 42,079,330 | 31.09 |
| 26 | Ores, slag and ash | 8,069 | 0.01 | 0 | ∞ |
| 39 | Plastics and articles thereof | 0 | 0.00 | 9 | -100.00 |
| 40 | Rubber and articles thereof | 0 | 0.00 | 59 | -100.00 |
| 44 | Wood and articles of wood; wood charcoal | 13,643 | 0.02 | 3,845 | 254.82 |
| 68 | Articles of stone, plaster, cement, asbestos, mica or similar materials | 260 | 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 | 0 | 0.00 | 49,653 | -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 | 127 | -100.00 |