Russian trade with Nigeria in 2014
based on data from the Federal Customs Service of Russia
Russia’s Trade with Nigeria
In 2014, Russia’s trade with Nigeria totaled $368,143,252, up 23.08% ($69,030,069) from 2013.
Russia’s exports to Nigeria in 2014 totaled $351,617,063, up 31.26% ($83,735,274) from 2013.
Russia’s imports from Nigeria in 2014 were $16,526,189, down 47.08% ($14,705,205) from 2013.
Russia’s trade surplus with Nigeria in 2014 was $335,090,874, a 41.60% increase ($98,440,479) over 2013.
Nigeria was Russia’s 90th largest trading partner in 2014 (up from 93rd in 2013), accounting for 0.0470% of Russia’s total trade (up from 0.0355% in 2013).
Nigeria was Russia’s 76th largest export market in 2014 (up from 80th in 2013), accounting for 0.0708% of Russia’s total exports (up from 0.0508% in 2013).
Nigeria was Russia’s 107th largest supplier in 2014 (down from 100th in 2013), accounting for 0.0058% of Russia’s total imports (down from 0.0099% in 2013).
Russia’s Exports to Nigeria
The major share of Russian exports to Nigeria in 2014 (and in 2013) was accounted for the following product types:
- Food products and agricultural raw materials (HS codes 01-24) - 58.75% of Russia’s total exports to Nigeria (23.10% in 2013);
- Chemical products (HS codes 28-40) - 22.43% of Russia’s total exports to Nigeria (54.34% in 2013);
- Metals and products from them (HS codes 72-83) - 8.38% of Russia’s total exports to Nigeria (12.68% in 2013);
- Mineral products (HS codes 25-27) - 6.61% of Russia’s total exports to Nigeria (7.65% in 2013);
- Wood and wood products (HS codes 44-49) - 3.22% of Russia’s total exports to Nigeria (1.75% in 2013).
The largest gains in Russia’s exports to Nigeria in 2014 over 2013 were recorded for the following product groups:
- Cereals (HS code 10) - an increase of $134,033,043;
- Fish and crustaceans, molluscs and other aquatic invertebrates (HS code 03) - an increase of $10,454,132;
- Paper and paperboard; articles of paper pulp, of paper or of paperboard (HS code 48) - an increase of $5,373,116;
- Mineral fuels, mineral oils and products of their distillation; bituminous substances; mineral waxes (HS code 27) - an increase of $2,911,909;
- Pharmaceutical products (HS code 30) - an increase of $1,609,707;
- Pulp of wood or of other fibrous cellulosic material; waste and scrap of paper or paperboard (HS code 47) - an increase of $1,286,161;
- 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 $1,168,058.
The largest declines in Russia’s exports to Nigeria in 2014 over 2013 were recorded for the following product groups:
- Fertilizers (HS code 31) - a decrease of $69,883,219;
- Iron and steel (HS code 72) - a decrease of $5,210,221.
HS code |
Name of product group | Value of exports in 2014, US dollars ($) |
Percent share in total export | Value of exports in 2013, US dollars ($) |
Percent change in 2014 over 2013 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
03 | Fish and crustaceans, molluscs and other aquatic invertebrates | 22,199,565 | 6.31 | 11,745,433 | 89.01 |
10 | Cereals | 184,130,263 | 52.37 | 50,097,220 | 267.55 |
22 | Beverages, spirits and vinegar | 53,131 | 0.02 | 28,120 | 88.94 |
24 | Tobacco and manufactured tobacco substitutes | 194,800 | 0.06 | 0 | ∞ |
25 | Salt; sulfur; earths and stone; plastering materials, lime and cement | 0 | 0.00 | 174,983 | -100.00 |
27 | Mineral fuels, mineral oils and products of their distillation; bituminous substances; mineral waxes | 23,235,176 | 6.61 | 20,323,267 | 14.33 |
28 | Inorganic chemicals; organic or inorganic compounds of precious metals, of rare-earth metals,of radioactive elements or of isotopes | 1,404,775 | 0.40 | 236,717 | 493.44 |
29 | Organic chemicals | 240,336 | 0.07 | 370,652 | -35.16 |
30 | Pharmaceutical products | 4,890,522 | 1.39 | 3,280,815 | 49.06 |
31 | Fertilizers | 71,656,964 | 20.38 | 141,540,183 | -49.37 |
32 | Tanning or dyeing extracts; dyes, pigments, paints, varnishes, putty and mastics | 0 | 0.00 | 451 | -100.00 |
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 | 50,000 | 0.01 | 86 | 58,039.53 |
38 | Miscellaneous chemical products | 356,512 | 0.10 | 64,716 | 450.89 |
39 | Plastics and articles thereof | 226,885 | 0.06 | 68,593 | 230.77 |
40 | Rubber and articles thereof | 36,592 | 0.01 | 12 | 304,833.33 |
44 | Wood and articles of wood; wood charcoal | 474,354 | 0.13 | 500,759 | -5.27 |
47 | Pulp of wood or of other fibrous cellulosic material; waste and scrap of paper or paperboard | 1,579,720 | 0.45 | 293,559 | 438.13 |
48 | Paper and paperboard; articles of paper pulp, of paper or of paperboard | 9,272,118 | 2.64 | 3,899,002 | 137.81 |
49 | Printed books, newspapers, pictures and other products of the printing industry; manuscripts, typescripts and plans | 125 | 0.00 | 1,929 | -93.52 |
56 | Wadding, felt and nonwovens; special yarns, twine, cordage, ropes and cables and articles thereof | 0 | 0.00 | 779,352 | -100.00 |
61 | Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, knitted or crocheted | 0 | 0.00 | 463 | -100.00 |
63 | Other made up textile articles; sets; worn clothing and worn textile articles; rags | 23,875 | 0.01 | 69,214 | -65.51 |
65 | Headgear and parts thereof | 439 | 0.00 | 920 | -52.28 |
69 | Ceramic products | 22,635 | 0.01 | 24,184 | -6.41 |
70 | Glass and glassware | 5 | 0.00 | 913 | -99.45 |
72 | Iron and steel | 27,530,924 | 7.83 | 32,741,145 | -15.91 |
73 | Articles of iron or steel | 1,827,165 | 0.52 | 1,144,796 | 59.61 |
74 | Copper and articles thereof | 472 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
76 | Aluminum and articles thereof | 31,492 | 0.01 | 66,028 | -52.31 |
82 | Tools, implements, cutlery, spoons and forks, of base metal; parts thereof of base metal | 36,922 | 0.01 | 5,367 | 587.94 |
83 | Miscellaneous articles of base metal | 47,443 | 0.01 | 695 | 6,726.33 |
84 | Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof | 1,109,921 | 0.32 | 82,697 | 1,242.15 |
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 | 173,132 | 0.05 | 138,323 | 25.17 |
90 | Optical, photographic, cinematographic, measuring, checking, precision, medical or surgical instruments and apparatus; parts and accessories thereof | 513,415 | 0.15 | 178,461 | 187.69 |
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 | 11,121 | 0.00 | 21,527 | -48.34 |
95 | Toys, games and sports requisites; parts and accessories thereof | 0 | 0.00 | 1,200 | -100.00 |
96 | Miscellaneous manufactured articles | 64 | 0.00 | 7 | 814.29 |
SS | Classified | 286,200 | 0.08 | 0 | ∞ |
Russia’s Imports from Nigeria
The major share of Russian imports from Nigeria in 2014 (and in 2013) was accounted for the following product types:
- Food products and agricultural raw materials (HS codes 01-24) - 95.92% of Russia’s total imports from Nigeria (96.00% in 2013);
- Chemical products (HS codes 28-40) - 3.90% of Russia’s total imports from Nigeria (3.54% in 2013).
The largest gains in Russia’s imports from Nigeria in 2014 over 2013 were recorded for the following product groups:
- Coffee, tea, maté and spices (HS code 09) - an increase of $125,984;
- 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 (HS code 34) - an increase of $119,218.
The largest declines in Russia’s imports from Nigeria in 2014 over 2013 were recorded for the following product groups:
- Cocoa and cocoa preparations (HS code 18) - a decrease of $13,386,026;
- Oil seeds and oleaginous fruits; miscellaneous grains, seeds and fruits; industrial or medicinal plants; straw and fodder (HS code 12) - a decrease of $798,888;
- Rubber and articles thereof (HS code 40) - a decrease of $581,093;
- Edible fruit and nuts; peel of citrus fruit or melons (HS code 08) - a decrease of $57,318.
HS code |
Name of product group | Value of imports in 2014, US dollars ($) |
Percent share in total import | Value of imports in 2013, US dollars ($) |
Percent change in 2014 over 2013 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
01 | Live animals | 0 | 0.00 | 300 | -100.00 |
03 | Fish and crustaceans, molluscs and other aquatic invertebrates | 12,011 | 0.07 | 25,112 | -52.17 |
07 | Edible vegetables and certain roots and tubers | 21,536 | 0.13 | 6,594 | 226.60 |
08 | Edible fruit and nuts; peel of citrus fruit or melons | 2,228 | 0.01 | 59,546 | -96.26 |
09 | Coffee, tea, maté and spices | 466,820 | 2.82 | 340,836 | 36.96 |
11 | Products of the milling industry; malt; starches; inulin; wheat gluten | 7,754 | 0.05 | 3,742 | 107.22 |
12 | Oil seeds and oleaginous fruits; miscellaneous grains, seeds and fruits; industrial or medicinal plants; straw and fodder | 1,846,364 | 11.17 | 2,645,252 | -30.20 |
13 | Lac; gums, resins and other vegetable saps and extracts | 4,822 | 0.03 | 29,899 | -83.87 |
15 | Animal or vegetable fats and oils and their cleavage products prepared edible fats; animal or vegetable waxes | 1,801 | 0.01 | 1,073 | 67.85 |
18 | Cocoa and cocoa preparations | 13,474,542 | 81.53 | 26,860,568 | -49.84 |
19 | Preparations of cereals, flour, starch or milk; bakers’ wares | 3,624 | 0.02 | 743 | 387.75 |
20 | Preparations of vegetables, fruit, nuts or other parts of plants | 708 | 0.00 | 752 | -5.85 |
21 | Miscellaneous edible preparations | 6,120 | 0.04 | 9,030 | -32.23 |
22 | Beverages, spirits and vinegar | 3,380 | 0.02 | 0 | ∞ |
33 | Essential oils and resinoids; perfumery, cosmetic or toilet preparations | 367 | 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 | 119,218 | 0.72 | 0 | ∞ |
39 | Plastics and articles thereof | 21 | 0.00 | 171 | -87.72 |
40 | Rubber and articles thereof | 524,878 | 3.18 | 1,105,971 | -52.54 |
42 | Articles of leather; saddlery and harness; travel goods, handbags and similar containers; articles of animal gut (other than silkworm gut) | 0 | 0.00 | 456 | -100.00 |
44 | Wood and articles of wood; wood charcoal | 12,662 | 0.08 | 59,841 | -78.84 |
52 | Cotton | 0 | 0.00 | 48,522 | -100.00 |
55 | Man-made staple fibers | 0 | 0.00 | 195 | -100.00 |
67 | Prepared feathers and down and articles made of feathers or of down; artificial flowers; articles of human hair | 16,532 | 0.10 | 1,561 | 959.06 |
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 | 1,347 | -100.00 |
73 | Articles of iron or steel | 0 | 0.00 | 7,606 | -100.00 |
84 | Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof | 0 | 0.00 | 19,742 | -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 | 297 | 0.00 | 1,837 | -83.83 |
91 | Clocks and watches and parts thereof | 0 | 0.00 | 45 | -100.00 |
96 | Miscellaneous manufactured articles | 504 | 0.00 | 653 | -22.82 |