Russian trade with Nigeria in 2016
based on data from the Federal Customs Service of Russia
Russia’s Trade with Nigeria
In 2016, Russia’s trade with Nigeria totaled $394,460,393, up 28.22% ($86,825,465) from 2015.
Russia’s exports to Nigeria in 2016 totaled $379,873,866, up 33.31% ($94,912,050) from 2015.
Russia’s imports from Nigeria in 2016 were $14,586,527, down 35.67% ($8,086,585) from 2015.
Russia’s trade surplus with Nigeria in 2016 was $365,287,339, a 39.27% increase ($102,998,635) over 2015.
Nigeria was Russia’s 80th largest trading partner in 2016 (up from 86th in 2015), accounting for 0.0843% of Russia’s total trade (up from 0.0585% in 2015).
Nigeria was Russia’s 68th largest export market in 2016 (up from 73rd in 2015), accounting for 0.1331% of Russia’s total exports (up from 0.0829% in 2015).
Nigeria was Russia’s 109th largest supplier in 2016 (down from 102nd in 2015), accounting for 0.0080% of Russia’s total imports (down from 0.0124% in 2015).
Russia’s Exports to Nigeria
The major share of Russian exports to Nigeria in 2016 (and in 2015) was accounted for the following product types:
- Food products and agricultural raw materials (HS codes 01-24) - 67.01% of Russia’s total exports to Nigeria (64.20% in 2015);
- Mineral products (HS codes 25-27) - 8.29% of Russia’s total exports to Nigeria (10.98% in 2015);
- Chemical products (HS codes 28-40) - 4.05% of Russia’s total exports to Nigeria (13.84% in 2015);
- Wood and wood products (HS codes 44-49) - 2.06% of Russia’s total exports to Nigeria (4.98% in 2015);
- Machinery, equipment and vehicles (HS codes 84-90) - 1.96% of Russia’s total exports to Nigeria (0.96% in 2015);
- Metals and products from them (HS codes 72-83) - 1.15% of Russia’s total exports to Nigeria (5.02% in 2015).
The largest gains in Russia’s exports to Nigeria in 2016 over 2015 were recorded for the following product groups:
- Cereals (HS code 10) - an increase of $74,149,699;
- Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof (HS code 84) - an increase of $4,733,870;
- Organic chemicals (HS code 29) - an increase of $3,102,492.
The largest declines in Russia’s exports to Nigeria in 2016 over 2015 were recorded for the following product groups:
- Fertilizers (HS code 31) - a decrease of $25,824,420;
- Iron and steel (HS code 72) - a decrease of $8,401,782;
- Paper and paperboard; articles of paper pulp, of paper or of paperboard (HS code 48) - a decrease of $6,529,585;
- Fish and crustaceans, molluscs and other aquatic invertebrates (HS code 03) - a decrease of $3,614,505;
- Pharmaceutical products (HS code 30) - a decrease of $2,386,570;
- Articles of iron or steel (HS code 73) - a decrease of $1,600,921.
HS code |
Name of product group | Value of exports in 2016, US dollars ($) |
Percent share in total export | Value of exports in 2015, US dollars ($) |
Percent change in 2016 over 2015 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
03 | Fish and crustaceans, molluscs and other aquatic invertebrates | 8,757,001 | 2.31 | 12,371,506 | -29.22 |
10 | Cereals | 244,537,825 | 64.37 | 170,388,126 | 43.52 |
21 | Miscellaneous edible preparations | 501,358 | 0.13 | 0 | ∞ |
22 | Beverages, spirits and vinegar | 695,906 | 0.18 | 31,195 | 2,130.83 |
24 | Tobacco and manufactured tobacco substitutes | 71,234 | 0.02 | 152,764 | -53.37 |
25 | Salt; sulfur; earths and stone; plastering materials, lime and cement | 21,611 | 0.01 | 0 | ∞ |
27 | Mineral fuels, mineral oils and products of their distillation; bituminous substances; mineral waxes | 31,487,182 | 8.29 | 31,280,132 | 0.66 |
28 | Inorganic chemicals; organic or inorganic compounds of precious metals, of rare-earth metals,of radioactive elements or of isotopes | 1,107,982 | 0.29 | 1,020,139 | 8.61 |
29 | Organic chemicals | 3,498,700 | 0.92 | 396,208 | 783.05 |
30 | Pharmaceutical products | 4,218,453 | 1.11 | 6,605,023 | -36.13 |
31 | Fertilizers | 4,354,556 | 1.15 | 30,178,976 | -85.57 |
32 | Tanning or dyeing extracts; dyes, pigments, paints, varnishes, putty and mastics | 440,533 | 0.12 | 10,782 | 3,985.82 |
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 | 43,120 | 0.01 | 0 | ∞ |
35 | Albuminoidal substances; modified starches; glues; enzymes | 15,012 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
38 | Miscellaneous chemical products | 1,487,357 | 0.39 | 1,057,294 | 40.68 |
39 | Plastics and articles thereof | 195,976 | 0.05 | 159,014 | 23.24 |
40 | Rubber and articles thereof | 14,419 | 0.00 | 22,539 | -36.03 |
44 | Wood and articles of wood; wood charcoal | 271,048 | 0.07 | 334,662 | -19.01 |
47 | Pulp of wood or of other fibrous cellulosic material; waste and scrap of paper or paperboard | 1,223,989 | 0.32 | 1,002,984 | 22.03 |
48 | Paper and paperboard; articles of paper pulp, of paper or of paperboard | 6,316,835 | 1.66 | 12,846,420 | -50.83 |
49 | Printed books, newspapers, pictures and other products of the printing industry; manuscripts, typescripts and plans | 2,366 | 0.00 | 67 | 3,431.34 |
52 | Cotton | 458 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
53 | Other vegetable textile fibers; paper yarn and woven fabric of paper yarn | 255 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
55 | Man-made staple fibers | 297 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
56 | Wadding, felt and nonwovens; special yarns, twine, cordage, ropes and cables and articles thereof | 7,333 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
59 | Impregnated, coated, covered or laminated textile fabrics; textile articles of a kind suitable for industrial use | 49,022 | 0.01 | 0 | ∞ |
63 | Other made up textile articles; sets; worn clothing and worn textile articles; rags | 57,629 | 0.02 | 13 | 443,200.00 |
68 | Articles of stone, plaster, cement, asbestos, mica or similar materials | 2,091 | 0.00 | 31,297 | -93.32 |
70 | Glass and glassware | 2,054 | 0.00 | 10 | 20,440.00 |
72 | Iron and steel | 4,057,687 | 1.07 | 12,459,469 | -67.43 |
73 | Articles of iron or steel | 152,729 | 0.04 | 1,753,650 | -91.29 |
76 | Aluminum and articles thereof | 2,535 | 0.00 | 8,388 | -69.78 |
80 | Tin and articles thereof | 464 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
82 | Tools, implements, cutlery, spoons and forks, of base metal; parts thereof of base metal | 161,389 | 0.04 | 69,579 | 131.95 |
84 | Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof | 7,144,941 | 1.88 | 2,411,071 | 196.34 |
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 | 111,718 | 0.03 | 79,063 | 41.30 |
86 | Railway or tramway locomotives, rolling-stock and parts thereof; railway or tramway track fixtures and fittings and parts thereof; mechanical (including electro-mechanical) traffic signalling equipment of all kinds | 53,964 | 0.01 | 5,535 | 874.96 |
87 | Vehicles other than railway or tramway rolling stock, and parts and accessories thereof | 70,214 | 0.02 | 152,446 | -53.94 |
89 | Ships, boats and floating structures | 33,000 | 0.01 | 0 | ∞ |
90 | Optical, photographic, cinematographic, measuring, checking, precision, medical or surgical instruments and apparatus; parts and accessories thereof | 46,608 | 0.01 | 91,334 | -48.97 |
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 | 421 | 0.00 | 155 | 171.61 |
96 | Miscellaneous manufactured articles | 41,891 | 0.01 | 0 | ∞ |
SS | Classified | 58,614,703 | 15.43 | 41 975 | 139,541.94 |
Russia’s Imports from Nigeria
The major share of Russian imports from Nigeria in 2016 (and in 2015) was accounted for the following product types:
- Food products and agricultural raw materials (HS codes 01-24) - 89.43% of Russia’s total imports from Nigeria (95.78% in 2015);
- Chemical products (HS codes 28-40) - 7.53% of Russia’s total imports from Nigeria (4.11% in 2015);
- Mineral products (HS codes 25-27) - 1.97% of Russia’s total imports from Nigeria (0.00% in 2015).
The largest gains in Russia’s imports from Nigeria in 2016 over 2015 were recorded for the following product groups:
- Oil seeds and oleaginous fruits; miscellaneous grains, seeds and fruits; industrial or medicinal plants; straw and fodder (HS code 12) - an increase of $667,315;
- Ores, slag and ash (HS code 26) - an increase of $286,765;
- Rubber and articles thereof (HS code 40) - an increase of $203,433;
- Wood and articles of wood; wood charcoal (HS code 44) - an increase of $129,102.
The largest declines in Russia’s imports from Nigeria in 2016 over 2015 were recorded for the following product groups:
- Cocoa and cocoa preparations (HS code 18) - a decrease of $9,115,265;
- Coffee, tea, maté and spices (HS code 09) - a decrease of $242,580.
HS code |
Name of product group | Value of imports in 2016, US dollars ($) |
Percent share in total import | Value of imports in 2015, US dollars ($) |
Percent change in 2016 over 2015 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
03 | Fish and crustaceans, molluscs and other aquatic invertebrates | 7,756 | 0.05 | 6,302 | 23.07 |
04 | Dairy produce; birds eggs; natural honey; edible products of animal origin, not elsewhere specified or included | 86 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
07 | Edible vegetables and certain roots and tubers | 28,040 | 0.19 | 22,798 | 22.99 |
08 | Edible fruit and nuts; peel of citrus fruit or melons | 3,767 | 0.03 | 4,921 | -23.45 |
09 | Coffee, tea, maté and spices | 356,912 | 2.45 | 599,492 | -40.46 |
11 | Products of the milling industry; malt; starches; inulin; wheat gluten | 10,390 | 0.07 | 14,009 | -25.83 |
12 | Oil seeds and oleaginous fruits; miscellaneous grains, seeds and fruits; industrial or medicinal plants; straw and fodder | 3,006,326 | 20.61 | 2,339,011 | 28.53 |
13 | Lac; gums, resins and other vegetable saps and extracts | 19,850 | 0.14 | 11,812 | 68.05 |
15 | Animal or vegetable fats and oils and their cleavage products prepared edible fats; animal or vegetable waxes | 5,127 | 0.04 | 1,802 | 184.52 |
18 | Cocoa and cocoa preparations | 9,591,386 | 65.76 | 18,706,651 | -48.73 |
19 | Preparations of cereals, flour, starch or milk; bakers’ wares | 8,903 | 0.06 | 3,980 | 123.69 |
20 | Preparations of vegetables, fruit, nuts or other parts of plants | 2,636 | 0.02 | 0 | ∞ |
21 | Miscellaneous edible preparations | 775 | 0.01 | 0 | ∞ |
22 | Beverages, spirits and vinegar | 3,339 | 0.02 | 4,738 | -29.53 |
26 | Ores, slag and ash | 286,765 | 1.97 | 0 | ∞ |
33 | Essential oils and resinoids; perfumery, cosmetic or toilet preparations | 15,136 | 0.10 | 26,351 | -42.56 |
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 | 733 | 0.01 | 22,026 | -96.67 |
39 | Plastics and articles thereof | 0 | 0.00 | 4,757 | -100.00 |
40 | Rubber and articles thereof | 1,081,797 | 7.42 | 878,364 | 23.16 |
44 | Wood and articles of wood; wood charcoal | 129,102 | 0.89 | 0 | ∞ |
55 | Man-made staple fibers | 924 | 0.01 | 0 | ∞ |
61 | Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, knitted or crocheted | 0 | 0.00 | 185 | -100.00 |
62 | Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, not knitted or crocheted | 0 | 0.00 | 1,739 | -100.00 |
63 | Other made up textile articles; sets; worn clothing and worn textile articles; rags | 1,601 | 0.01 | 0 | ∞ |
67 | Prepared feathers and down and articles made of feathers or of down; artificial flowers; articles of human hair | 24,793 | 0.17 | 24,113 | 2.82 |
84 | Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof | 72 | 0.00 | 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 | 14 | 0.00 | 61 | -77.05 |
87 | Vehicles other than railway or tramway rolling stock, and parts and accessories thereof | 297 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |