Russian trade with Zimbabwe in 2014
based on data from the Federal Customs Service of Russia
Russia’s Trade with Zimbabwe
In 2014, Russia’s trade with Zimbabwe totaled $42,136,996, up 71.43% ($17,557,806) from 2013.
Russia’s exports to Zimbabwe in 2014 totaled $9,128,594, up 96.78% ($4,489,655) from 2013.
Russia’s imports from Zimbabwe in 2014 totaled $33,008,402, up 65.54% ($13,068,151) from 2013.
Russia’s trade deficit with Zimbabwe in 2014 was $23,879,808, a 56.06% increase ($8,578,496) over 2013.
Zimbabwe was Russia’s 133rd largest trading partner in 2014 (up from 141st in 2013), accounting for 0.0054% of Russia’s total trade (up from 0.0029% in 2013).
Zimbabwe was Russia’s 140th largest export market in 2014 (up from 152nd in 2013), accounting for 0.0018% of Russia’s total exports (up from 0.0009% in 2013).
Zimbabwe was Russia’s 100th largest supplier in 2014 (up from 108th in 2013), accounting for 0.0115% of Russia’s total imports (up from 0.0063% in 2013).
Russia’s Exports to Zimbabwe
The major share of Russian exports to Zimbabwe in 2014 (and in 2013) was accounted for the following product types:
- Food products and agricultural raw materials (HS codes 01-24) - 78.74% of Russia’s total exports to Zimbabwe (18.78% in 2013);
- Wood and wood products (HS codes 44-49) - 19.84% of Russia’s total exports to Zimbabwe (0.00% in 2013);
- Machinery, equipment and vehicles (HS codes 84-90) - 1.08% of Russia’s total exports to Zimbabwe (22.44% in 2013);
- Chemical products (HS codes 28-40) - 0.34% of Russia’s total exports to Zimbabwe (58.76% in 2013).
The largest gains in Russia’s exports to Zimbabwe in 2014 over 2013 were recorded for the following product groups:
- Cereals (HS code 10) - an increase of $6,316,259;
- Printed books, newspapers, pictures and other products of the printing industry; manuscripts, typescripts and plans (HS code 49) - an increase of $1,504,900;
- Paper and paperboard; articles of paper pulp, of paper or of paperboard (HS code 48) - an increase of $305,959;
- Vehicles other than railway or tramway rolling stock, and parts and accessories thereof (HS code 87) - an increase of $67,323.
The largest declines in Russia’s exports to Zimbabwe in 2014 over 2013 were recorded for the following product groups:
- Fertilizers (HS code 31) - a decrease of $2,691,240;
- Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof (HS code 84) - a decrease of $767,765;
- Optical, photographic, cinematographic, measuring, checking, precision, medical or surgical instruments and apparatus; parts and accessories thereof (HS code 90) - a decrease of $247,466.
| HS code |
Name of product group | Value of exports in 2014, US dollars ($) |
Percent share in total export | Value of exports in 2013, US dollars ($) |
Percent change in 2014 over 2013 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 10 | Cereals | 7,187,459 | 78.74 | 871,200 | 725.01 |
| 31 | Fertilizers | 31,251 | 0.34 | 2,722,491 | -98.85 |
| 39 | Plastics and articles thereof | 0 | 0.00 | 1,425 | -100.00 |
| 40 | Rubber and articles thereof | 0 | 0.00 | 1,854 | -100.00 |
| 48 | Paper and paperboard; articles of paper pulp, of paper or of paperboard | 305,959 | 3.35 | 0 | ∞ |
| 49 | Printed books, newspapers, pictures and other products of the printing industry; manuscripts, typescripts and plans | 1,504,900 | 16.49 | 0 | ∞ |
| 73 | Articles of iron or steel | 0 | 0.00 | 836 | -100.00 |
| 84 | Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof | 12,649 | 0.14 | 780,414 | -98.38 |
| 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 | 6,600 | 0.07 | 800 | 725.00 |
| 87 | Vehicles other than railway or tramway rolling stock, and parts and accessories thereof | 79,776 | 0.87 | 12,453 | 540.62 |
| 90 | Optical, photographic, cinematographic, measuring, checking, precision, medical or surgical instruments and apparatus; parts and accessories thereof | 0 | 0.00 | 247,466 | -100.00 |
Russia’s Imports from Zimbabwe
The major share of Russian imports from Zimbabwe in 2014 (and in 2013) was accounted for the following product types:
- Food products and agricultural raw materials (HS codes 01-24) - 98.86% of Russia’s total imports from Zimbabwe (97.90% in 2013);
- Mineral products (HS codes 25-27) - 1.13% of Russia’s total imports from Zimbabwe (2.01% in 2013).
The largest gains in Russia’s imports from Zimbabwe in 2014 over 2013 were recorded for the following product groups:
- Tobacco and manufactured tobacco substitutes (HS code 24) - an increase of $13,278,461;
- Salt; sulfur; earths and stone; plastering materials, lime and cement (HS code 25) - an increase of $167,279;
- Coffee, tea, maté and spices (HS code 09) - an increase of $150,913.
The largest declines in Russia’s imports from Zimbabwe 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 $311,824;
- Ores, slag and ash (HS code 26) - a decrease of $194,250.
| HS code |
Name of product group | Value of imports in 2014, US dollars ($) |
Percent share in total import | Value of imports in 2013, US dollars ($) |
Percent change in 2014 over 2013 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 06 | Live trees and other plants; bulbs, roots and the like; cut flowers and ornamental foliage | 270,258 | 0.82 | 261,653 | 3.29 |
| 07 | Edible vegetables and certain roots and tubers | 18,883 | 0.06 | 30,571 | -38.23 |
| 08 | Edible fruit and nuts; peel of citrus fruit or melons | 976,598 | 2.96 | 1,288,422 | -24.20 |
| 09 | Coffee, tea, maté and spices | 204,432 | 0.62 | 53,519 | 281.98 |
| 12 | Oil seeds and oleaginous fruits; miscellaneous grains, seeds and fruits; industrial or medicinal plants; straw and fodder | 4,673 | 0.01 | 7,384 | -36.71 |
| 24 | Tobacco and manufactured tobacco substitutes | 31,157,954 | 94.39 | 17,879,493 | 74.27 |
| 25 | Salt; sulfur; earths and stone; plastering materials, lime and cement | 373,776 | 1.13 | 206,497 | 81.01 |
| 26 | Ores, slag and ash | 0 | 0.00 | 194,250 | -100.00 |
| 40 | Rubber and articles thereof | 745 | 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 | 4,886 | -100.00 |
| 46 | Manufactures of straw, of esparto or of other plaiting materials; basketware and wickerwork | 770 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
| 61 | Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, knitted or crocheted | 0 | 0.00 | 1,878 | -100.00 |
| 62 | Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, not knitted or crocheted | 0 | 0.00 | 9,917 | -100.00 |
| 68 | Articles of stone, plaster, cement, asbestos, mica or similar materials | 33 | 0.00 | 625 | -94.72 |
| 84 | Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof | 280 | 0.00 | 343 | -18.37 |
| 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 | 171 | -100.00 |
| 87 | Vehicles other than railway or tramway rolling stock, and parts and accessories thereof | 0 | 0.00 | 642 | -100.00 |