Russian trade with Kenya in the 1st quarter of 2016
based on data from the Federal Customs Service of Russia
Russia's Trade with Kenya
In the 1st quarter of 2016, Russia's trade with Kenya was $67,139,360, down 12.59% ($9,667,572) from the 1st quarter of 2015.
Russia's exports to Kenya in the 1st quarter of 2016 were $25,719,352, down 19.48% ($6,222,586) from the 1st quarter of 2015.
Russia's imports from Kenya in the 1st quarter of 2016 were $41,420,008, down 7.68% ($3,444,986) from the 1st quarter of 2015.
Russia's trade deficit with Kenya in the 1st quarter of 2016 was $15,700,656, a 21.49% increase ($2,777,600) over the 1st quarter of 2015.
Kenya was Russia's 84th largest trading partner in the 1st quarter of 2016 (just as in the 1st quarter of 2015), accounting for 0.0690% of Russia's total trade (up from 0.0581% in the 1st quarter of 2015).
Kenya was Russia's 93th largest export market in the 1st quarter of 2016 (down from 89th in the 1st quarter of 2015), accounting for 0.0419% of Russia's total exports (up from 0.0354% in the 1st quarter of 2015).
Kenya was Russia's 64th largest supplier in the 1st quarter of 2016 (just as in the 1st quarter of 2015), accounting for 0.1153% of Russia's total imports (up from 0.1067% in the 1st quarter of 2015).
Russia's Exports to Kenya
The major share of Russian exports to Kenya 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) - 39.65% of Russia's total exports to Kenya (33.46% in the 1st quarter of 2015);
- Chemical products (HS codes 28-40) - 34.12% of Russia's total exports to Kenya (3.74% in the 1st quarter of 2015);
- Metals and products from them (HS codes 72-83) - 13.13% of Russia's total exports to Kenya (53.35% in the 1st quarter of 2015);
- Wood and wood products (HS codes 44-49) - 9.35% of Russia's total exports to Kenya (8.54% in the 1st quarter of 2015);
- Mineral products (HS codes 25-27) - 3.69% of Russia's total exports to Kenya (0.70% in the 1st quarter of 2015).
The largest gains in Russia's exports to Kenya in the 1st quarter of 2016 over the 1st quarter of 2015 were recorded for the following product groups:
- Fertilizers (HS code 31) - an increase of $7,317,138;
- Mineral fuels, mineral oils and products of their distillation; bituminous substances; mineral waxes (HS code 27) - an increase of $833,337;
- Cereals (HS code 10) - an increase of $547,877;
- 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 $413,724;
- Wood and articles of wood; wood charcoal (HS code 44) - an increase of $136,007.
The largest declines in Russia's exports to Kenya in the 1st quarter of 2016 over the 1st quarter of 2015 were recorded for the following product groups:
- Iron and steel (HS code 72) - a decrease of $13,647,989;
- Edible vegetables and certain roots and tubers (HS code 07) - a decrease of $1,034,430;
- Paper and paperboard; articles of paper pulp, of paper or of paperboard (HS code 48) - a decrease of $432,976;
- Salt; sulfur; earths and stone; plastering materials, lime and cement (HS code 25) - a decrease of $107,786;
- Rubber and articles thereof (HS code 40) - a decrease of $89,806.
| HS code |
Name of product group | Value of exports in Q1 2016, US dollars ($) |
Percent share in total export in Q1 2016 |
Percent change in Q1 2016 over Q1 2015 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 07 | Edible vegetables and certain roots and tubers | 0 | 0.00 | -100.00 |
| 10 | Cereals | 10,197,491 | 39.65 | 5.68 |
| 16 | Preparations of meat, of fish or of crustaceans, molluscs or other aquatic invertebrates | 0 | 0.00 | -100.00 |
| 22 | Beverages, spirits and vinegar | 408 | 0.00 | -4.67 |
| 25 | Salt; sulfur; earths and stone; plastering materials, lime and cement | 0 | 0.00 | -100.00 |
| 27 | Mineral fuels, mineral oils and products of their distillation; bituminous substances; mineral waxes | 948,087 | 3.69 | 726.22 |
| 28 | Inorganic chemicals; organic or inorganic compounds of precious metals, of rare-earth metals,of radioactive elements or of isotopes | 475,836 | 1.85 | 666.09 |
| 29 | Organic chemicals | 0 | 0.00 | -100.00 |
| 31 | Fertilizers | 8,298,626 | 32.27 | 745.51 |
| 40 | Rubber and articles thereof | 0 | 0.00 | -100.00 |
| 44 | Wood and articles of wood; wood charcoal | 347,247 | 1.35 | 64.39 |
| 47 | Pulp of wood or of other fibrous cellulosic material; waste and scrap of paper or paperboard | 243,829 | 0.95 | -9.45 |
| 48 | Paper and paperboard; articles of paper pulp, of paper or of paperboard | 1,813,857 | 7.05 | -19.27 |
| 63 | Other made up textile articles; sets; worn clothing and worn textile articles; rags | 3,000 | 0.01 | 1,349.28 |
| 72 | Iron and steel | 2,190,508 | 8.52 | -86.17 |
| 73 | Articles of iron or steel | 205 | 0.00 | ∞ |
| 76 | Aluminum and articles thereof | 1,187,105 | 4.62 | -1.09 |
| 82 | Tools, implements, cutlery, spoons and forks, of base metal; parts thereof of base metal | 0 | 0.00 | -100.00 |
| 84 | Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof | 12,527 | 0.05 | ∞ |
| 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 | -100.00 |
| 87 | Vehicles other than railway or tramway rolling stock, and parts and accessories thereof | 626 | 0.00 | ∞ |
Russia's Imports from Kenya
The major share of Russian imports from Kenya 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) - 99.87% of Russia's total imports from Kenya (99.88% in the 1st quarter of 2015).
The largest gains in Russia's imports from Kenya 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 $4,433,432;
- Edible fruit and nuts; peel of citrus fruit or melons (HS code 08) - an increase of $464,946.
The largest declines in Russia's imports from Kenya in the 1st quarter of 2016 over the 1st quarter of 2015 were recorded for the following product groups:
- Coffee, tea, maté and spices (HS code 09) - a decrease of $8,094,250;
- Tobacco and manufactured tobacco substitutes (HS code 24) - a decrease of $246,806.
| HS code |
Name of product group | Value of imports in Q1 2016, US dollars ($) |
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 | 17,297,663 | 41.76 | 34.46 |
| 07 | Edible vegetables and certain roots and tubers | 20,674 | 0.05 | -8.00 |
| 08 | Edible fruit and nuts; peel of citrus fruit or melons | 565,403 | 1.37 | 462.83 |
| 09 | Coffee, tea, maté and spices | 21,796,570 | 52.62 | -27.08 |
| 12 | Oil seeds and oleaginous fruits; miscellaneous grains, seeds and fruits; industrial or medicinal plants; straw and fodder | 81,030 | 0.20 | 817.77 |
| 15 | Animal or vegetable fats and oils and their cleavage products prepared edible fats; animal or vegetable waxes | 6,007 | 0.01 | 383.66 |
| 20 | Preparations of vegetables, fruit, nuts or other parts of plants | 69,818 | 0.17 | -52.49 |
| 24 | Tobacco and manufactured tobacco substitutes | 1,529,508 | 3.69 | -13.89 |
| 39 | Plastics and articles thereof | 0 | 0.00 | -100.00 |
| 40 | Rubber and articles thereof | 0 | 0.00 | -100.00 |
| 42 | Articles of leather; saddlery and harness; travel goods, handbags and similar containers; articles of animal gut (other than silkworm gut) | 0 | 0.00 | -100.00 |
| 61 | Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, knitted or crocheted | 5,918 | 0.01 | -27.32 |
| 62 | Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, not knitted or crocheted | 47,417 | 0.11 | 174.88 |
| 82 | Tools, implements, cutlery, spoons and forks, of base metal; parts thereof of base metal | 0 | 0.00 | -100.00 |
| 95 | Toys, games and sports requisites; parts and accessories thereof | 0 | 0.00 | -100.00 |