Russian trade with Angola in 2015
May 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 Angola in 2015: exports, imports, products, dynamics.
Russia’s Trade with Angola
In 2015, Russia’s trade with Angola totaled $243,884,850, up 319.80% ($185,789,982) from 2014.
Russia’s exports to Angola in 2015 totaled $243,877,658, up 320.35% ($185,859,232) from 2014.
Russia’s imports from Angola in 2015 were $7,192, down 90.59% ($69,250) from 2014.
Russia’s trade surplus with Angola in 2015 was $243,870,466, a 320.89% increase ($185,928,482) over 2014.
Angola was Russia’s 92nd largest trading partner in 2015 (up from 125th in 2014), accounting for 0.0463% of Russia’s total trade (up from 0.0074% in 2014).
Angola was Russia’s 80th largest export market in 2015 (up from 110th in 2014), accounting for 0.0710% of Russia’s total exports (up from 0.0117% in 2014).
Angola was Russia’s 194th largest supplier in 2015 (down from 174th in 2014), accounting for 0.0000% of Russia’s total imports (just as in 2014).
Russia’s Exports to Angola
The major share of Russian exports to Angola in 2015 (and in 2014) was accounted for the following product types:
- Machinery, equipment and vehicles (HS codes 84-90) - 23.91% of Russia’s total exports to Angola (28.31% in 2014);
- Wood and wood products (HS codes 44-49) - 12.26% of Russia’s total exports to Angola (49.66% in 2014);
- Chemical products (HS codes 28-40) - 2.79% of Russia’s total exports to Angola (10.76% in 2014);
- Precious metals and stones (HS code 71) - 2.38% of Russia’s total exports to Angola (8.06% in 2014);
- Metals and products from them (HS codes 72-83) - 0.57% of Russia’s total exports to Angola (1.94% in 2014).
The largest gains in Russia’s exports to Angola in 2015 over 2014 were recorded for the following product groups:
- Optical, photographic, cinematographic, measuring, checking, precision, medical or surgical instruments and apparatus; parts and accessories thereof (HS code 90) - an increase of $17,757,149;
- Ships, boats and floating structures (HS code 89) - an increase of $13,333,528;
- 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) - an increase of $6,397,615;
- 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 (HS code 94) - an increase of $6,147,510;
- Vehicles other than railway or tramway rolling stock, and parts and accessories thereof (HS code 87) - an increase of $3,000,194;
- Explosives; pyrotechnic products; matches; pyrophoric alloys; certain combustible preparations (HS code 36) - an increase of $2,905,536;
- Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof (HS code 84) - an increase of $1,406,051;
- Printed books, newspapers, pictures and other products of the printing industry; manuscripts, typescripts and plans (HS code 49) - an increase of $1,269,822;
- 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) - an increase of $1,130,799.
The largest declines in Russia’s exports to Angola in 2015 over 2014 were recorded for the following product groups:
- Fertilizers (HS code 31) - a decrease of $946,853.
| HS code |
Name of product group | Value of exports in 2015, US dollars ($) |
Percent share in total export | Value of exports in 2014, US dollars ($) |
Percent change in 2015 over 2014 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 02 | Meat and edible meat offal | 6,609 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
| 05 | Products of animal origin, not elsewhere specified or included | 22,687 | 0.01 | 0 | ∞ |
| 27 | Mineral fuels, mineral oils and products of their distillation; bituminous substances; mineral waxes | 172,006 | 0.07 | 180,835 | -4.88 |
| 28 | Inorganic chemicals; organic or inorganic compounds of precious metals, of rare-earth metals,of radioactive elements or of isotopes | 237,131 | 0.10 | 351,481 | -32.53 |
| 29 | Organic chemicals | 0 | 0.00 | 189 | -100.00 |
| 30 | Pharmaceutical products | 880,000 | 0.36 | 1,268,895 | -30.65 |
| 31 | Fertilizers | 1,206,470 | 0.49 | 2,153,323 | -43.97 |
| 32 | Tanning or dyeing extracts; dyes, pigments, paints, varnishes, putty and mastics | 2 | 0.00 | 441 | -99.55 |
| 33 | Essential oils and resinoids; perfumery, cosmetic or toilet preparations | 0 | 0.00 | 1,388 | -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 | 1 | 0.00 | 26,012 | -100.00 |
| 35 | Albuminoidal substances; modified starches; glues; enzymes | 1,166 | 0.00 | 3,000 | -61.13 |
| 36 | Explosives; pyrotechnic products; matches; pyrophoric alloys; certain combustible preparations | 2,905,536 | 1.19 | 0 | ∞ |
| 38 | Miscellaneous chemical products | 129,742 | 0.05 | 491,317 | -73.59 |
| 39 | Plastics and articles thereof | 166,691 | 0.07 | 75,971 | 119.41 |
| 40 | Rubber and articles thereof | 1,268,344 | 0.52 | 1,871,803 | -32.24 |
| 42 | Articles of leather; saddlery and harness; travel goods, handbags and similar containers; articles of animal gut (other than silkworm gut) | 25,886 | 0.01 | 0 | ∞ |
| 44 | Wood and articles of wood; wood charcoal | 2,135 | 0.00 | 4,368 | -51.12 |
| 48 | Paper and paperboard; articles of paper pulp, of paper or of paperboard | 209,884 | 0.09 | 382,579 | -45.14 |
| 49 | Printed books, newspapers, pictures and other products of the printing industry; manuscripts, typescripts and plans | 29,696,640 | 12.18 | 28,426,818 | 4.47 |
| 52 | Cotton | 655 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
| 56 | Wadding, felt and nonwovens; special yarns, twine, cordage, ropes and cables and articles thereof | 189,061 | 0.08 | 1,039 | 18,096.44 |
| 58 | Special woven fabrics; tufted textile fabrics; lace, tapestries; trimmings; embroidery | 0 | 0.00 | 376 | -100.00 |
| 59 | Impregnated, coated, covered or laminated textile fabrics; textile articles of a kind suitable for industrial use | 951 | 0.00 | 464 | 104.96 |
| 61 | Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, knitted or crocheted | 8,539 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
| 62 | Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, not knitted or crocheted | 1,185 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
| 63 | Other made up textile articles; sets; worn clothing and worn textile articles; rags | 16,805 | 0.01 | 158 | 10,536.08 |
| 65 | Headgear and parts thereof | 1,038 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
| 68 | Articles of stone, plaster, cement, asbestos, mica or similar materials | 1,506 | 0.00 | 7,662 | -80.34 |
| 69 | Ceramic products | 52,310 | 0.02 | 58,410 | -10.44 |
| 70 | Glass and glassware | 1,115 | 0.00 | 46,269 | -97.59 |
| 71 | Natural or cultured pearls, precious or semi-precious stones,precious metals, metals clad with precious metal and articles thereof; imitation jewelry; coin | 5,808,864 | 2.38 | 4,678,065 | 24.17 |
| 72 | Iron and steel | 49,520 | 0.02 | 523,563 | -90.54 |
| 73 | Articles of iron or steel | 1,037,097 | 0.43 | 483,093 | 114.68 |
| 74 | Copper and articles thereof | 1,549 | 0.00 | 102,164 | -98.48 |
| 76 | Aluminum and articles thereof | 128,669 | 0.05 | 1,884 | 6,729.56 |
| 78 | Lead and articles thereof | 107 | 0.00 | 4 | 2,575.00 |
| 79 | Zinc and articles thereof | 1,654 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
| 82 | Tools, implements, cutlery, spoons and forks, of base metal; parts thereof of base metal | 113,706 | 0.05 | 10,933 | 940.03 |
| 83 | Miscellaneous articles of base metal | 49,546 | 0.02 | 2,417 | 1,949.90 |
| 84 | Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof | 7,695,202 | 3.16 | 6,289,151 | 22.36 |
| 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 | 8,931,208 | 3.66 | 2,533,593 | 252.51 |
| 87 | Vehicles other than railway or tramway rolling stock, and parts and accessories thereof | 5,814,069 | 2.38 | 2,813,875 | 106.62 |
| 89 | Ships, boats and floating structures | 13,333,528 | 5.47 | 0 | ∞ |
| 90 | Optical, photographic, cinematographic, measuring, checking, precision, medical or surgical instruments and apparatus; parts and accessories thereof | 22,543,587 | 9.24 | 4,786,438 | 370.99 |
| 91 | Clocks and watches and parts thereof | 495 | 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 | 6,515,193 | 2.67 | 367,683 | 1,671.96 |
| 95 | Toys, games and sports requisites; parts and accessories thereof | 9,380 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
| 96 | Miscellaneous manufactured articles | 1,115 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
| SS | Classified | 134,639,074 | 55.21 | 72 765 | 184,932.74 |
Russia’s Imports from Angola
The major share of Russian imports from Angola in 2015 (and in 2014) was accounted for the following product types:
- Machinery, equipment and vehicles (HS codes 84-90) - 100.00% of Russia’s total imports from Angola (71.59% in 2014);
- Mineral products (HS codes 25-27) - 0.00% of Russia’s total imports from Angola (28.41% in 2014).
The largest gains in Russia’s imports from Angola in 2015 over 2014 were recorded for the following product groups:
- Vehicles other than railway or tramway rolling stock, and parts and accessories thereof (HS code 87) - an increase of $7,192.
The largest declines in Russia’s imports from Angola in 2015 over 2014 were recorded for the following product groups:
- Optical, photographic, cinematographic, measuring, checking, precision, medical or surgical instruments and apparatus; parts and accessories thereof (HS code 90) - a decrease of $43,275;
- Salt; sulfur; earths and stone; plastering materials, lime and cement (HS code 25) - a decrease of $21,714;
- 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 $11,453.
| HS code |
Name of product group | Value of imports in 2015, US dollars ($) |
Percent share in total import | Value of imports in 2014, US dollars ($) |
Percent change in 2015 over 2014 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 25 | Salt; sulfur; earths and stone; plastering materials, lime and cement | 0 | 0.00 | 21,714 | -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 | 11,453 | -100.00 |
| 87 | Vehicles other than railway or tramway rolling stock, and parts and accessories thereof | 7,192 | 100.00 | 0 | ∞ |
| 90 | Optical, photographic, cinematographic, measuring, checking, precision, medical or surgical instruments and apparatus; parts and accessories thereof | 0 | 0.00 | 43,275 | -100.00 |