Russian trade with Ghana in 2014
April 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 Ghana in 2014: exports, imports, products, dynamics.
Russia’s Trade with Ghana
In 2014, Russia’s trade with Ghana was $162,808,312, down 0.02% ($40,011) from 2013.
Russia’s exports to Ghana in 2014 were $60,090,519, down 12.69% ($8,731,937) from 2013.
Russia’s imports from Ghana in 2014 totaled $102,717,793, up 9.24% ($8,691,926) from 2013.
Russia’s trade deficit with Ghana in 2014 was $42,627,274, a 69.13% increase ($17,423,863) over 2013.
Ghana was Russia’s 104th largest trading partner in 2014 (down from 103rd in 2013), accounting for 0.0208% of Russia’s total trade (up from 0.0193% in 2013).
Ghana was Russia’s 107th largest export market in 2014 (down from 106th in 2013), accounting for 0.0121% of Russia’s total exports (down from 0.0131% in 2013).
Ghana was Russia’s 83rd largest supplier in 2014 (up from 85th in 2013), accounting for 0.0359% of Russia’s total imports (up from 0.0299% in 2013).
Russia’s Exports to Ghana
The major share of Russian exports to Ghana in 2014 (and in 2013) was accounted for the following product types:
- Chemical products (HS codes 28-40) - 34.32% of Russia’s total exports to Ghana (51.34% in 2013);
- Food products and agricultural raw materials (HS codes 01-24) - 24.09% of Russia’s total exports to Ghana (13.63% in 2013);
- Mineral products (HS codes 25-27) - 21.59% of Russia’s total exports to Ghana (4.59% in 2013);
- Wood and wood products (HS codes 44-49) - 11.79% of Russia’s total exports to Ghana (19.72% in 2013);
- Metals and products from them (HS codes 72-83) - 4.13% of Russia’s total exports to Ghana (7.77% in 2013);
- Machinery, equipment and vehicles (HS codes 84-90) - 4.05% of Russia’s total exports to Ghana (2.56% in 2013).
The largest gains in Russia’s exports to Ghana in 2014 over 2013 were recorded for the following product groups:
- Mineral fuels, mineral oils and products of their distillation; bituminous substances; mineral waxes (HS code 27) - an increase of $11,279,346;
- Cereals (HS code 10) - an increase of $6,192,626;
- Vehicles other than railway or tramway rolling stock, and parts and accessories thereof (HS code 87) - an increase of $1,956,742;
- Inorganic chemicals; organic or inorganic compounds of precious metals, of rare-earth metals,of radioactive elements or of isotopes (HS code 28) - an increase of $484,901.
The largest declines in Russia’s exports to Ghana in 2014 over 2013 were recorded for the following product groups:
- Fertilizers (HS code 31) - a decrease of $14,810,993;
- Paper and paperboard; articles of paper pulp, of paper or of paperboard (HS code 48) - a decrease of $6,486,500;
- Iron and steel (HS code 72) - a decrease of $2,882,727;
- Salt; sulfur; earths and stone; plastering materials, lime and cement (HS code 25) - a decrease of $1,467,630;
- Meat and edible meat offal (HS code 02) - a decrease of $1,068,475;
- Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof (HS code 84) - a decrease of $1,064,652;
- Pharmaceutical products (HS code 30) - a decrease of $471,660.
| HS code |
Name of product group | Value of exports in 2014, US dollars ($) |
Percent share in total export | Value of exports in 2013, US dollars ($) |
Percent change in 2014 over 2013 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 02 | Meat and edible meat offal | 73,952 | 0.12 | 1,142,427 | -93.53 |
| 10 | Cereals | 14,401,426 | 23.97 | 8,208,800 | 75.44 |
| 11 | Products of the milling industry; malt; starches; inulin; wheat gluten | 0 | 0.00 | 21,150 | -100.00 |
| 22 | Beverages, spirits and vinegar | 0 | 0.00 | 9,608 | -100.00 |
| 25 | Salt; sulfur; earths and stone; plastering materials, lime and cement | 366,750 | 0.61 | 1,834,380 | -80.01 |
| 27 | Mineral fuels, mineral oils and products of their distillation; bituminous substances; mineral waxes | 12,604,014 | 20.98 | 1,324,668 | 851.48 |
| 28 | Inorganic chemicals; organic or inorganic compounds of precious metals, of rare-earth metals,of radioactive elements or of isotopes | 793,130 | 1.32 | 308,229 | 157.32 |
| 29 | Organic chemicals | 59,676 | 0.10 | 0 | ∞ |
| 30 | Pharmaceutical products | 0 | 0.00 | 471,660 | -100.00 |
| 31 | Fertilizers | 19,733,332 | 32.84 | 34,544,325 | -42.88 |
| 35 | Albuminoidal substances; modified starches; glues; enzymes | 0 | 0.00 | 1,366 | -100.00 |
| 38 | Miscellaneous chemical products | 2,693 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
| 39 | Plastics and articles thereof | 17,965 | 0.03 | 5,700 | 215.18 |
| 40 | Rubber and articles thereof | 17,784 | 0.03 | 1,245 | 1,328.43 |
| 48 | Paper and paperboard; articles of paper pulp, of paper or of paperboard | 7,086,724 | 11.79 | 13,573,224 | -47.79 |
| 49 | Printed books, newspapers, pictures and other products of the printing industry; manuscripts, typescripts and plans | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
| 63 | Other made up textile articles; sets; worn clothing and worn textile articles; rags | 1,650 | 0.00 | 90,524 | -98.18 |
| 68 | Articles of stone, plaster, cement, asbestos, mica or similar materials | 8,734 | 0.01 | 0 | ∞ |
| 70 | Glass and glassware | 1,054 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
| 72 | Iron and steel | 2,439,069 | 4.06 | 5,321,796 | -54.17 |
| 73 | Articles of iron or steel | 45,251 | 0.08 | 24,142 | 87.44 |
| 83 | Miscellaneous articles of base metal | 33 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
| 84 | Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof | 338,308 | 0.56 | 1,402,960 | -75.89 |
| 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 | 14,550 | 0.02 | 163,114 | -91.08 |
| 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 | 0 | 0.00 | 4,790 | -100.00 |
| 87 | Vehicles other than railway or tramway rolling stock, and parts and accessories thereof | 2,018,698 | 3.36 | 61,956 | 3,158.28 |
| 90 | Optical, photographic, cinematographic, measuring, checking, precision, medical or surgical instruments and apparatus; parts and accessories thereof | 60,266 | 0.10 | 126,934 | -52.52 |
| 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 | 95,449 | -100.00 |
| 95 | Toys, games and sports requisites; parts and accessories thereof | 5,460 | 0.01 | 84,009 | -93.50 |
Russia’s Imports from Ghana
The major share of Russian imports from Ghana in 2014 (and in 2013) was accounted for the following product types:
- Food products and agricultural raw materials (HS codes 01-24) - 98.34% of Russia’s total imports from Ghana (97.58% in 2013);
- Wood and wood products (HS codes 44-49) - 1.62% of Russia’s total imports from Ghana (2.36% in 2013).
The largest gains in Russia’s imports from Ghana in 2014 over 2013 were recorded for the following product groups:
- Cocoa and cocoa preparations (HS code 18) - an increase of $9,826,367.
The largest declines in Russia’s imports from Ghana in 2014 over 2013 were recorded for the following product groups:
- Edible fruit and nuts; peel of citrus fruit or melons (HS code 08) - a decrease of $589,396;
- Wood and articles of wood; wood charcoal (HS code 44) - a decrease of $548,515.
| HS code |
Name of product group | Value of imports in 2014, US dollars ($) |
Percent share in total import | Value of imports in 2013, US dollars ($) |
Percent change in 2014 over 2013 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 03 | Fish and crustaceans, molluscs and other aquatic invertebrates | 0 | 0.00 | 2,350 | -100.00 |
| 06 | Live trees and other plants; bulbs, roots and the like; cut flowers and ornamental foliage | 7,904 | 0.01 | 12,024 | -34.26 |
| 07 | Edible vegetables and certain roots and tubers | 558 | 0.00 | 1,029 | -45.77 |
| 08 | Edible fruit and nuts; peel of citrus fruit or melons | 189,727 | 0.18 | 779,123 | -75.65 |
| 15 | Animal or vegetable fats and oils and their cleavage products prepared edible fats; animal or vegetable waxes | 31,014 | 0.03 | 0 | ∞ |
| 18 | Cocoa and cocoa preparations | 100,784,456 | 98.12 | 90,958,089 | 10.80 |
| 20 | Preparations of vegetables, fruit, nuts or other parts of plants | 1,105 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
| 25 | Salt; sulfur; earths and stone; plastering materials, lime and cement | 0 | 0.00 | 5,740 | -100.00 |
| 33 | Essential oils and resinoids; perfumery, cosmetic or toilet preparations | 0 | 0.00 | 2,000 | -100.00 |
| 42 | Articles of leather; saddlery and harness; travel goods, handbags and similar containers; articles of animal gut (other than silkworm gut) | 0 | 0.00 | 2,935 | -100.00 |
| 44 | Wood and articles of wood; wood charcoal | 1,668,400 | 1.62 | 2,216,915 | -24.74 |
| 46 | Manufactures of straw, of esparto or of other plaiting materials; basketware and wickerwork | 0 | 0.00 | 54 | -100.00 |
| 73 | Articles of iron or steel | 11 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
| 83 | Miscellaneous articles of base metal | 315 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
| 84 | Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof | 907 | 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 | 5,558 | 0.01 | 24,242 | -77.07 |
| 92 | Musical instruments; parts and accessories of such articles | 27,838 | 0.03 | 21,366 | 30.29 |