Russian trade with Mozambique in 2015
based on data from the Federal Customs Service of Russia
Russia’s Trade with Mozambique
In 2015, Russia’s trade with Mozambique totaled $109,739,954, up 18.46% ($17,101,188) from 2014.
Russia’s exports to Mozambique in 2015 totaled $64,515,550, up 18.00% ($9,839,643) from 2014.
Russia’s imports from Mozambique in 2015 totaled $45,224,404, up 19.13% ($7,261,545) from 2014.
Russia’s trade surplus with Mozambique in 2015 was $19,291,146, a 15.43% increase ($2,578,098) over 2014.
Mozambique was Russia’s 111th largest trading partner in 2015 (up from 112th in 2014), accounting for 0.0209% of Russia’s total trade (up from 0.0118% in 2014).
Mozambique was Russia’s 107th largest export market in 2015 (up from 112th in 2014), accounting for 0.0188% of Russia’s total exports (up from 0.0110% in 2014).
Mozambique was Russia’s 96th largest supplier in 2015 (just as in 2014), accounting for 0.0248% of Russia’s total imports (up from 0.0133% in 2014).
Russia’s Exports to Mozambique
The major share of Russian exports to Mozambique in 2015 (and in 2014) was accounted for the following product types:
- Food products and agricultural raw materials (HS codes 01-24) - 68.65% of Russia’s total exports to Mozambique (69.39% in 2014);
- Chemical products (HS codes 28-40) - 28.53% of Russia’s total exports to Mozambique (28.89% in 2014);
- Mineral products (HS codes 25-27) - 1.92% of Russia’s total exports to Mozambique (1.40% in 2014).
The largest gains in Russia’s exports to Mozambique in 2015 over 2014 were recorded for the following product groups:
- Cereals (HS code 10) - an increase of $6,339,782;
- Fertilizers (HS code 31) - an increase of $2,610,380;
- Mineral fuels, mineral oils and products of their distillation; bituminous substances; mineral waxes (HS code 27) - an increase of $474,812;
- Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof (HS code 84) - an increase of $345,604.
The largest declines in Russia’s exports to Mozambique in 2015 over 2014 were recorded for the following product groups:
- No product groups with a substantial decrease.
| HS code |
Name of product group | Value of exports in 2015, US dollars ($) |
Percent share in total export | Value of exports in 2014, US dollars ($) |
Percent change in 2015 over 2014 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 02 | Meat and edible meat offal | 8,519 | 0.01 | 0 | ∞ |
| 10 | Cereals | 44,276,760 | 68.63 | 37,936,978 | 16.71 |
| 22 | Beverages, spirits and vinegar | 2,100 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
| 27 | Mineral fuels, mineral oils and products of their distillation; bituminous substances; mineral waxes | 1,237,590 | 1.92 | 762,778 | 62.25 |
| 31 | Fertilizers | 18,406,724 | 28.53 | 15,796,344 | 16.53 |
| 38 | Miscellaneous chemical products | 0 | 0.00 | 768 | -100.00 |
| 44 | Wood and articles of wood; wood charcoal | 71,269 | 0.11 | 0 | ∞ |
| 47 | Pulp of wood or of other fibrous cellulosic material; waste and scrap of paper or paperboard | 0 | 0.00 | 58,465 | -100.00 |
| 48 | Paper and paperboard; articles of paper pulp, of paper or of paperboard | 100,389 | 0.16 | 0 | ∞ |
| 63 | Other made up textile articles; sets; worn clothing and worn textile articles; rags | 430 | 0.00 | 45,655 | -99.06 |
| 73 | Articles of iron or steel | 0 | 0.00 | 1,236 | -100.00 |
| 84 | Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof | 347,247 | 0.54 | 1,643 | 21,034.94 |
| 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 | 52,002 | 0.08 | 35,801 | 45.25 |
| 90 | Optical, photographic, cinematographic, measuring, checking, precision, medical or surgical instruments and apparatus; parts and accessories thereof | 12,520 | 0.02 | 35,196 | -64.43 |
| 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 | 1,043 | -100.00 |
Russia’s Imports from Mozambique
The major share of Russian imports from Mozambique in 2015 (and in 2014) was accounted for the following product types:
- Food products and agricultural raw materials (HS codes 01-24) - 99.43% of Russia’s total imports from Mozambique (100.00% in 2014).
The largest gains in Russia’s imports from Mozambique in 2015 over 2014 were recorded for the following product groups:
- Tobacco and manufactured tobacco substitutes (HS code 24) - an increase of $7,444,320;
- 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 $258,224;
- Coffee, tea, maté and spices (HS code 09) - an increase of $161,047.
The largest declines in Russia’s imports from Mozambique in 2015 over 2014 were recorded for the following product groups:
- Edible fruit and nuts; peel of citrus fruit or melons (HS code 08) - a decrease of $521,421.
| HS code |
Name of product group | Value of imports in 2015, US dollars ($) |
Percent share in total import | Value of imports in 2014, US dollars ($) |
Percent change in 2015 over 2014 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 07 | Edible vegetables and certain roots and tubers | 0 | 0.00 | 4 | -100.00 |
| 08 | Edible fruit and nuts; peel of citrus fruit or melons | 139,595 | 0.31 | 661,016 | -78.88 |
| 09 | Coffee, tea, maté and spices | 161,047 | 0.36 | 0 | ∞ |
| 12 | Oil seeds and oleaginous fruits; miscellaneous grains, seeds and fruits; industrial or medicinal plants; straw and fodder | 0 | 0.00 | 79,800 | -100.00 |
| 24 | Tobacco and manufactured tobacco substitutes | 44,665,538 | 98.76 | 37,221,218 | 20.00 |
| 28 | Inorganic chemicals; organic or inorganic compounds of precious metals, of rare-earth metals,of radioactive elements or of isotopes | 258,224 | 0.57 | 0 | ∞ |
| 44 | Wood and articles of wood; wood charcoal | 0 | 0.00 | 445 | -100.00 |
| 73 | Articles of iron or steel | 0 | 0.00 | 58 | -100.00 |
| 84 | Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof | 0 | 0.00 | 173 | -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 | 145 | -100.00 |