Russian trade with Ethiopia in the 1st quarter of 2016
based on data from the Federal Customs Service of Russia
Russia's Trade with Ethiopia
In the 1st quarter of 2016, Russia's trade with Ethiopia totaled $7,848,754, up 7.71% ($561,765) from the 1st quarter of 2015.
Russia's exports to Ethiopia in the 1st quarter of 2016 totaled $4,475,365, up 107.83% ($2,322,036) from the 1st quarter of 2015.
Russia's imports from Ethiopia in the 1st quarter of 2016 were $3,373,389, down 34.29% ($1,760,271) from the 1st quarter of 2015.
Russia's trade with Ethiopia went from a deficit of $2,980,331 in the 1st quarter of 2015, to a surplus of $1,101,976 in the 1st quarter of 2016.
Ethiopia was Russia's 128th largest trading partner in the 1st quarter of 2016 (up from 129th in the 1st quarter of 2015), accounting for 0.0081% of Russia's total trade (up from 0.0055% in the 1st quarter of 2015).
Ethiopia was Russia's 125th largest export market in the 1st quarter of 2016 (up from 131st in the 1st quarter of 2015), accounting for 0.0073% of Russia's total exports (up from 0.0024% in the 1st quarter of 2015).
Ethiopia was Russia's 102nd largest supplier in the 1st quarter of 2016 (up from 103rd in the 1st quarter of 2015), accounting for 0.0094% of Russia's total imports (down from 0.0122% in the 1st quarter of 2015).
Russia's Exports to Ethiopia
The major share of Russian exports to Ethiopia in the 1st quarter of 2016 (and in the 1st quarter of 2015) was accounted for the following product types:
- Food products and agricultural raw materials (HS codes 01-24) - 79.92% of Russia's total exports to Ethiopia (0.00% in the 1st quarter of 2015);
- Wood and wood products (HS codes 44-49) - 18.07% of Russia's total exports to Ethiopia (59.00% in the 1st quarter of 2015);
- Chemical products (HS codes 28-40) - 1.69% of Russia's total exports to Ethiopia (0.25% in the 1st quarter of 2015);
- Machinery, equipment and vehicles (HS codes 84-90) - 0.31% of Russia's total exports to Ethiopia (36.93% in the 1st quarter of 2015);
- Metals and products from them (HS codes 72-83) - 0.00% of Russia's total exports to Ethiopia (2.22% in the 1st quarter of 2015).
The largest gains in Russia's exports to Ethiopia in the 1st quarter of 2016 over the 1st quarter of 2015 were recorded for the following product groups:
- Cereals (HS code 10) - an increase of $3,442,500;
- Wood and articles of wood; wood charcoal (HS code 44) - an increase of $204,373;
- Beverages, spirits and vinegar (HS code 22) - an increase of $134,430;
- 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 $62,800.
The largest declines in Russia's exports to Ethiopia in the 1st quarter of 2016 over the 1st quarter of 2015 were recorded for the following product groups:
- Paper and paperboard; articles of paper pulp, of paper or of paperboard (HS code 48) - a decrease of $666,120;
- 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 $459,471;
- Optical, photographic, cinematographic, measuring, checking, precision, medical or surgical instruments and apparatus; parts and accessories thereof (HS code 90) - a decrease of $190,082;
- Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof (HS code 84) - a decrease of $121,169;
- Articles of iron or steel (HS code 73) - a decrease of $47,509.
| HS code |
Name of product group | Value of exports in Q1 2016, US dollars ($) |
Percent share in total export in Q1 2016 |
Percent change in Q1 2016 over Q1 2015 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 10 | Cereals | 3,442,500 | 76.92 | ∞ |
| 22 | Beverages, spirits and vinegar | 134,430 | 3.00 | ∞ |
| 28 | Inorganic chemicals; organic or inorganic compounds of precious metals, of rare-earth metals,of radioactive elements or of isotopes | 62,800 | 1.40 | ∞ |
| 32 | Tanning or dyeing extracts; dyes, pigments, paints, varnishes, putty and mastics | 0 | 0.00 | -100.00 |
| 39 | Plastics and articles thereof | 0 | 0.00 | -100.00 |
| 40 | Rubber and articles thereof | 12,972 | 0.29 | 1,724.47 |
| 44 | Wood and articles of wood; wood charcoal | 369,499 | 8.26 | 123.77 |
| 48 | Paper and paperboard; articles of paper pulp, of paper or of paperboard | 439,305 | 9.82 | -60.26 |
| 73 | Articles of iron or steel | 0 | 0.00 | -100.00 |
| 83 | Miscellaneous articles of base metal | 0 | 0.00 | -100.00 |
| 84 | Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof | 8,382 | 0.19 | -93.53 |
| 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 | 5,477 | 0.12 | -98.82 |
| 87 | Vehicles other than railway or tramway rolling stock, and parts and accessories thereof | 0 | 0.00 | -100.00 |
| 90 | Optical, photographic, cinematographic, measuring, checking, precision, medical or surgical instruments and apparatus; parts and accessories thereof | 0 | 0.00 | -100.00 |
| 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 | -100.00 |
| SS | Classified | 0 | 0.00 | -100.00 |
Russia's Imports from Ethiopia
The major share of Russian imports from Ethiopia in the 1st quarter of 2016 (and in the 1st quarter of 2015) was accounted for the following product types:
- Food products and agricultural raw materials (HS codes 01-24) - 99.15% of Russia's total imports from Ethiopia (99.93% in the 1st quarter of 2015).
The largest gains in Russia's imports from Ethiopia in the 1st quarter of 2016 over the 1st quarter of 2015 were recorded for the following product groups:
- Live trees and other plants; bulbs, roots and the like; cut flowers and ornamental foliage (HS code 06) - an increase of $52,066;
- Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, knitted or crocheted (HS code 61) - an increase of $25,701;
- Lac; gums, resins and other vegetable saps and extracts (HS code 13) - an increase of $22,881.
The largest declines in Russia's imports from Ethiopia in the 1st quarter of 2016 over the 1st quarter of 2015 were recorded for the following product groups:
- Edible vegetables and certain roots and tubers (HS code 07) - a decrease of $1,278,248;
- Coffee, tea, maté and spices (HS code 09) - a decrease of $561,383;
- Edible fruit and nuts; peel of citrus fruit or melons (HS code 08) - a decrease of $25,650.
| HS code |
Name of product group | Value of imports in Q1 2016, US dollars ($) |
Percent share in total import in Q1 2016 |
Percent change in Q1 2016 over Q1 2015 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 06 | Live trees and other plants; bulbs, roots and the like; cut flowers and ornamental foliage | 475,820 | 14.11 | 12.29 |
| 07 | Edible vegetables and certain roots and tubers | 1,656,663 | 49.11 | -43.55 |
| 08 | Edible fruit and nuts; peel of citrus fruit or melons | 0 | 0.00 | -100.00 |
| 09 | Coffee, tea, maté and spices | 1,018,310 | 30.19 | -35.54 |
| 12 | Oil seeds and oleaginous fruits; miscellaneous grains, seeds and fruits; industrial or medicinal plants; straw and fodder | 170,602 | 5.06 | 3.05 |
| 13 | Lac; gums, resins and other vegetable saps and extracts | 23,255 | 0.69 | 6,117.91 |
| 61 | Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, knitted or crocheted | 28,729 | 0.85 | 848.78 |
| 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 | 10 | 0.00 | -98.57 |