Russian trade with Malawi in 2015
based on data from the Federal Customs Service of Russia
Russia’s Trade with Malawi
In 2015, Russia’s trade with Malawi was $77,526,576, down 14.92% ($13,590,805) from 2014.
Russia’s exports to Malawi in 2015 totaled $20,877,679, up 19.26% ($3,372,339) from 2014.
Russia’s imports from Malawi in 2015 were $56,648,897, down 23.04% ($16,963,144) from 2014.
Russia’s trade deficit with Malawi in 2015 was $35,771,218, a 36.24% decrease ($20,335,483) over 2014.
Malawi was Russia’s 119th largest trading partner in 2015 (down from 114th in 2014), accounting for 0.0147% of Russia’s total trade (up from 0.0116% in 2014).
Malawi was Russia’s 133rd largest export market in 2015 (just as in 2014), accounting for 0.0061% of Russia’s total exports (up from 0.0035% in 2014).
Malawi was Russia’s 90th largest supplier in 2015 (down from 88th in 2014), accounting for 0.0310% of Russia’s total imports (up from 0.0257% in 2014).
Russia’s Exports to Malawi
The major share of Russian exports to Malawi in 2015 (and in 2014) was accounted for the following product types:
- Food products and agricultural raw materials (HS codes 01-24) - 99.79% of Russia’s total exports to Malawi (100.00% in 2014).
The largest gains in Russia’s exports to Malawi in 2015 over 2014 were recorded for the following product groups:
- Cereals (HS code 10) - an increase of $3,892,333.
The largest declines in Russia’s exports to Malawi in 2015 over 2014 were recorded for the following product groups:
- Edible vegetables and certain roots and tubers (HS code 07) - a decrease of $564,684.
| HS code |
Name of product group | Value of exports in 2015, US dollars ($) |
Percent share in total export | Value of exports in 2014, US dollars ($) |
Percent change in 2015 over 2014 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 07 | Edible vegetables and certain roots and tubers | 0 | 0.00 | 564,684 | -100.00 |
| 10 | Cereals | 20,832,893 | 99.79 | 16,940,560 | 22.98 |
| 30 | Pharmaceutical products | 10,985 | 0.05 | 0 | ∞ |
| 44 | Wood and articles of wood; wood charcoal | 11,383 | 0.05 | 0 | ∞ |
| 48 | Paper and paperboard; articles of paper pulp, of paper or of paperboard | 22,403 | 0.11 | 0 | ∞ |
| 63 | Other made up textile articles; sets; worn clothing and worn textile articles; rags | 0 | 0.00 | 96 | -100.00 |
| 90 | Optical, photographic, cinematographic, measuring, checking, precision, medical or surgical instruments and apparatus; parts and accessories thereof | 15 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
Russia’s Imports from Malawi
The major share of Russian imports from Malawi in 2015 (and in 2014) was accounted for the following product types:
- Food products and agricultural raw materials (HS codes 01-24) - 99.99% of Russia’s total imports from Malawi (100.00% in 2014).
The largest gains in Russia’s imports from Malawi in 2015 over 2014 were recorded for the following product groups:
- No product groups with a substantial increase.
The largest declines in Russia’s imports from Malawi in 2015 over 2014 were recorded for the following product groups:
- Tobacco and manufactured tobacco substitutes (HS code 24) - a decrease of $16,154,445;
- Coffee, tea, maté and spices (HS code 09) - a decrease of $775,611.
| HS code |
Name of product group | Value of imports in 2015, US dollars ($) |
Percent share in total import | Value of imports in 2014, US dollars ($) |
Percent change in 2015 over 2014 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 06 | Live trees and other plants; bulbs, roots and the like; cut flowers and ornamental foliage | 95 | 0.00 | 80 | 18.75 |
| 07 | Edible vegetables and certain roots and tubers | 0 | 0.00 | 7,291 | -100.00 |
| 08 | Edible fruit and nuts; peel of citrus fruit or melons | 0 | 0.00 | 29,768 | -100.00 |
| 09 | Coffee, tea, maté and spices | 465,896 | 0.82 | 1,241,507 | -62.47 |
| 11 | Products of the milling industry; malt; starches; inulin; wheat gluten | 88 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
| 24 | Tobacco and manufactured tobacco substitutes | 56,178,890 | 99.17 | 72,333,335 | -22.33 |
| 70 | Glass and glassware | 287 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
| 73 | Articles of iron or steel | 3,638 | 0.01 | 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 | 3 | 0.00 | 60 | -95.00 |