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Russian trade with Ghana in the 1st quarter of 2016

by Russian Foreign Trade
based on data from the Federal Customs Service of Russia
The Report on Russia's foreign trade in goods with Ghana in the first quarter of 2016: exports, imports, products, dynamics.

Russia's Trade with Ghana

In the 1st quarter of 2016, Russia's trade with Ghana was $48,125,104, down 20.55% ($12,451,196) from the 1st quarter of 2015.

Russia's exports to Ghana in the 1st quarter of 2016 were $37,711,996, down 19.15% ($8,930,301) from the 1st quarter of 2015.

Russia's imports from Ghana in the 1st quarter of 2016 were $10,413,108, down 25.27% ($3,520,895) from the 1st quarter of 2015.

Russia's trade surplus with Ghana in the 1st quarter of 2016 was $27,298,888, a 16.54% decrease ($5,409,406) over the 1st quarter of 2015.

Ghana was Russia's 93th largest trading partner in the 1st quarter of 2016 (down from 87th in the 1st quarter of 2015), accounting for 0.0495% of Russia's total trade (up from 0.0458% in the 1st quarter of 2015).

Ghana was Russia's 84th largest export market in the 1st quarter of 2016 (down from 79th in the 1st quarter of 2015), accounting for 0.0615% of Russia's total exports (up from 0.0517% in the 1st quarter of 2015).

Ghana was Russia's 91st largest supplier in the 1st quarter of 2016 (down from 87th in the 1st quarter of 2015), accounting for 0.0290% of Russia's total imports (down from 0.0332% in the 1st quarter of 2015).

Russia's Exports to Ghana

The major share of Russian exports to Ghana in the 1st quarter of 2016 (and in the 1st quarter of 2015) was accounted for the following product types:

  • Mineral products (HS codes 25-27) - 55.74% of Russia's total exports to Ghana (57.32% in the 1st quarter of 2015);
  • Food products and agricultural raw materials (HS codes 01-24) - 21.50% of Russia's total exports to Ghana (20.96% in the 1st quarter of 2015);
  • Chemical products (HS codes 28-40) - 18.10% of Russia's total exports to Ghana (16.98% in the 1st quarter of 2015);
  • Wood and wood products (HS codes 44-49) - 3.59% of Russia's total exports to Ghana (4.22% in the 1st quarter of 2015).

The largest gains in Russia's exports to Ghana in the 1st quarter of 2016 over the 1st quarter of 2015 were recorded for the following product groups:

  • No such product groups.

The largest declines in Russia's exports to Ghana in the 1st quarter of 2016 over the 1st quarter of 2015 were recorded for the following product groups:

  • Mineral fuels, mineral oils and products of their distillation; bituminous substances; mineral waxes (HS code 27) - a decrease of $5,713,393;
  • Cereals (HS code 10) - a decrease of $1,794,722;
  • Fertilizers (HS code 31) - a decrease of $1,057,544;
  • Paper and paperboard; articles of paper pulp, of paper or of paperboard (HS code 48) - a decrease of $600,823.
Russia's exports to Ghana in the 1st quarter of 2016 by product groups
HS
code
Name of product group Value of exports
in Q1 2016,
US dollars ($)
Percent share
in total export
in Q1 2016
Percent change
in Q1 2016
over Q1 2015
02 Meat and edible meat offal 95,713 0.25
10 Cereals 7,981,278 21.16 -18.36
22 Beverages, spirits and vinegar 32,400 0.09
27 Mineral fuels, mineral oils and products of their distillation; bituminous substances; mineral waxes 21,020,093 55.74 -21.37
28 Inorganic chemicals; organic or inorganic compounds of precious metals, of rare-earth metals,of radioactive elements or of isotopes 0 0.00 -100.00
29 Organic chemicals 14,575 0.04
31 Fertilizers 6,800,387 18.03 -13.46
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 895 0.00
39 Plastics and articles thereof 8,281 0.02 4,578.53
40 Rubber and articles thereof 0 0.00 -100.00
44 Wood and articles of wood; wood charcoal 0 0.00 -100.00
48 Paper and paperboard; articles of paper pulp, of paper or of paperboard 1,353,215 3.59 -30.75
63 Other made up textile articles; sets; worn clothing and worn textile articles; rags 190 0.00 -52.50
73 Articles of iron or steel 62,644 0.17
84 Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof 192,793 0.51 68.70
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 85,632 0.23 86.04
87 Vehicles other than railway or tramway rolling stock, and parts and accessories thereof 63,900 0.17 -21.03
95 Toys, games and sports requisites; parts and accessories thereof 0 0.00 -100.00

Russia's Imports from Ghana

The major share of Russian imports from Ghana 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) - 98.36% of Russia's total imports from Ghana (98.98% in the 1st quarter of 2015);
  • Wood and wood products (HS codes 44-49) - 1.64% of Russia's total imports from Ghana (0.94% in the 1st quarter of 2015).

The largest gains in Russia's imports from Ghana in the 1st quarter of 2016 over the 1st quarter of 2015 were recorded for the following product groups:

  • Edible fruit and nuts; peel of citrus fruit or melons (HS code 08) - an increase of $123,393;
  • Animal or vegetable fats and oils and their cleavage products prepared edible fats; animal or vegetable waxes (HS code 15) - an increase of $49,440;
  • Wood and articles of wood; wood charcoal (HS code 44) - an increase of $39,937.

The largest declines in Russia's imports from Ghana in the 1st quarter of 2016 over the 1st quarter of 2015 were recorded for the following product groups:

  • Cocoa and cocoa preparations (HS code 18) - a decrease of $3,722,798.
Russia's imports from Ghana in the 1st quarter of 2016 by product groups
HS
code
Name of product group Value of imports
in Q1 2016,
US dollars ($)
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 2,102 0.02 68.84
08 Edible fruit and nuts; peel of citrus fruit or melons 123,393 1.18
15 Animal or vegetable fats and oils and their cleavage products prepared edible fats; animal or vegetable waxes 49,440 0.47
18 Cocoa and cocoa preparations 10,066,988 96.68 -27.00
20 Preparations of vegetables, fruit, nuts or other parts of plants 658 0.01 54.82
25 Salt; sulfur; earths and stone; plastering materials, lime and cement 0 0.00 -100.00
44 Wood and articles of wood; wood charcoal 170,360 1.64 30.62
46 Manufactures of straw, of esparto or of other plaiting materials; basketware and wickerwork 0 0.00 -100.00
49 Printed books, newspapers, pictures and other products of the printing industry; manuscripts, typescripts and plans 0 0.00 -100.00
67 Prepared feathers and down and articles made of feathers or of down; artificial flowers; articles of human hair 167 0.00
69 Ceramic products 0 0.00 -100.00
92 Musical instruments; parts and accessories of such articles 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
Russian foreign trade statistics
Source: Federal Customs Service of Russia