Russian trade with South Africa in 2016
based on data from the Federal Customs Service of Russia
Russia’s Trade with South Africa
In 2016, Russia’s trade with South Africa was $717,657,597, down 14.34% ($120,152,323) from 2015.
Russia’s exports to South Africa in 2016 were $196,584,094, down 27.47% ($74,459,805) from 2015.
Russia’s imports from South Africa in 2016 were $521,073,503, down 8.06% ($45,692,518) from 2015.
Russia’s trade deficit with South Africa in 2016 was $324,489,409, a 9.73% increase ($28,767,287) over 2015.
South Africa was Russia’s 68th largest trading partner in 2016 (down from 67th in 2015), accounting for 0.1534% of Russia’s total trade (down from 0.1592% in 2015).
South Africa was Russia’s 82nd largest export market in 2016 (down from 76th in 2015), accounting for 0.0689% of Russia’s total exports (down from 0.0789% in 2015).
South Africa was Russia’s 48th largest supplier in 2016 (down from 47th in 2015), accounting for 0.2859% of Russia’s total imports (down from 0.3103% in 2015).
Russia’s Exports to South Africa
The major share of Russian exports to South Africa in 2016 (and in 2015) was accounted for the following product types:
- Food products and agricultural raw materials (HS codes 01-24) - 61.46% of Russia’s total exports to South Africa (63.93% in 2015);
- Chemical products (HS codes 28-40) - 11.66% of Russia’s total exports to South Africa (19.23% in 2015);
- Metals and products from them (HS codes 72-83) - 8.47% of Russia’s total exports to South Africa (2.89% in 2015);
- Machinery, equipment and vehicles (HS codes 84-90) - 7.06% of Russia’s total exports to South Africa (3.85% in 2015);
- Mineral products (HS codes 25-27) - 6.01% of Russia’s total exports to South Africa (6.06% in 2015);
- Wood and wood products (HS codes 44-49) - 3.86% of Russia’s total exports to South Africa (3.48% in 2015).
The largest gains in Russia’s exports to South Africa in 2016 over 2015 were recorded for the following product groups:
- Aluminum and articles thereof (HS code 76) - an increase of $7,014,139;
- Iron and steel (HS code 72) - an increase of $2,707,577;
- Optical, photographic, cinematographic, measuring, checking, precision, medical or surgical instruments and apparatus; parts and accessories thereof (HS code 90) - an increase of $2,265,057;
- 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 $1,906,040;
- 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) - an increase of $1,430,910;
- Wood and articles of wood; wood charcoal (HS code 44) - an increase of $1,120,178.
The largest declines in Russia’s exports to South Africa in 2016 over 2015 were recorded for the following product groups:
- Cereals (HS code 10) - a decrease of $52,721,950;
- Fertilizers (HS code 31) - a decrease of $28,449,481;
- Mineral fuels, mineral oils and products of their distillation; bituminous substances; mineral waxes (HS code 27) - a decrease of $3,505,723;
- Rubber and articles thereof (HS code 40) - a decrease of $2,007,224;
- Paper and paperboard; articles of paper pulp, of paper or of paperboard (HS code 48) - a decrease of $1,701,905;
- Pulp of wood or of other fibrous cellulosic material; waste and scrap of paper or paperboard (HS code 47) - a decrease of $1,244,168;
- Ores, slag and ash (HS code 26) - a decrease of $1,153,767;
- Tools, implements, cutlery, spoons and forks, of base metal; parts thereof of base metal (HS code 82) - a decrease of $937,872;
- Miscellaneous chemical products (HS code 38) - a decrease of $903,111;
- Miscellaneous manufactured articles (HS code 96) - a decrease of $805,956.
HS code |
Name of product group | Value of exports in 2016, US dollars ($) |
Percent share in total export | Value of exports in 2015, US dollars ($) |
Percent change in 2016 over 2015 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
09 | Coffee, tea, maté and spices | 232,498 | 0.12 | 73,280 | 217.27 |
10 | Cereals | 119,041,841 | 60.56 | 171,763,791 | -30.69 |
11 | Products of the milling industry; malt; starches; inulin; wheat gluten | 21,518 | 0.01 | 0 | ∞ |
12 | Oil seeds and oleaginous fruits; miscellaneous grains, seeds and fruits; industrial or medicinal plants; straw and fodder | 8,250 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
19 | Preparations of cereals, flour, starch or milk; bakers’ wares | 25 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
21 | Miscellaneous edible preparations | 867,992 | 0.44 | 766,000 | 13.31 |
22 | Beverages, spirits and vinegar | 87,730 | 0.04 | 26,186 | 235.03 |
24 | Tobacco and manufactured tobacco substitutes | 564,678 | 0.29 | 641,171 | -11.93 |
25 | Salt; sulfur; earths and stone; plastering materials, lime and cement | 53,448 | 0.03 | 0 | ∞ |
26 | Ores, slag and ash | 912,183 | 0.46 | 2,065,950 | -55.85 |
27 | Mineral fuels, mineral oils and products of their distillation; bituminous substances; mineral waxes | 10,850,316 | 5.52 | 14,356,039 | -24.42 |
28 | Inorganic chemicals; organic or inorganic compounds of precious metals, of rare-earth metals,of radioactive elements or of isotopes | 2,732,393 | 1.39 | 826,353 | 230.66 |
29 | Organic chemicals | 94,617 | 0.05 | 300,688 | -68.53 |
30 | Pharmaceutical products | 11,808 | 0.01 | 0 | ∞ |
31 | Fertilizers | 10,518,992 | 5.35 | 38,968,473 | -73.01 |
32 | Tanning or dyeing extracts; dyes, pigments, paints, varnishes, putty and mastics | 3,926 | 0.00 | 5,805 | -32.37 |
33 | Essential oils and resinoids; perfumery, cosmetic or toilet preparations | 43,285 | 0.02 | 15,540 | 178.54 |
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 | 46,628 | 0.02 | 2,969 | 1,470.50 |
35 | Albuminoidal substances; modified starches; glues; enzymes | 0 | 0.00 | 2,746 | -100.00 |
38 | Miscellaneous chemical products | 1,486,005 | 0.76 | 2,389,116 | -37.80 |
39 | Plastics and articles thereof | 806,425 | 0.41 | 440,315 | 83.15 |
40 | Rubber and articles thereof | 7,168,431 | 3.65 | 9,175,655 | -21.88 |
42 | Articles of leather; saddlery and harness; travel goods, handbags and similar containers; articles of animal gut (other than silkworm gut) | 13,210 | 0.01 | 120 | 10,908.33 |
44 | Wood and articles of wood; wood charcoal | 2,068,222 | 1.05 | 948,044 | 118.16 |
47 | Pulp of wood or of other fibrous cellulosic material; waste and scrap of paper or paperboard | 2,360,097 | 1.20 | 3,604,265 | -34.52 |
48 | Paper and paperboard; articles of paper pulp, of paper or of paperboard | 3,161,773 | 1.61 | 4,863,678 | -34.99 |
49 | Printed books, newspapers, pictures and other products of the printing industry; manuscripts, typescripts and plans | 7,680 | 0.00 | 3,389 | 126.62 |
54 | Man-made filaments | 105,079 | 0.05 | 219,229 | -52.07 |
56 | Wadding, felt and nonwovens; special yarns, twine, cordage, ropes and cables and articles thereof | 791,385 | 0.40 | 209,290 | 278.13 |
59 | Impregnated, coated, covered or laminated textile fabrics; textile articles of a kind suitable for industrial use | 20 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
61 | Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, knitted or crocheted | 8,897 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
62 | Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, not knitted or crocheted | 32,636 | 0.02 | 20 | 163,080.00 |
63 | Other made up textile articles; sets; worn clothing and worn textile articles; rags | 3,582 | 0.00 | 300 | 1,094.00 |
64 | Footwear, gaiters and the like; parts of such articles | 29,557 | 0.02 | 33,602 | -12.04 |
65 | Headgear and parts thereof | 364 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
66 | Umbrellas, sun umbrellas, walking sticks, seatsticks, whips, riding-crops and parts thereof | 170 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
68 | Articles of stone, plaster, cement, asbestos, mica or similar materials | 31,239 | 0.02 | 55,816 | -44.03 |
69 | Ceramic products | 2,200 | 0.00 | 2,800 | -21.43 |
70 | Glass and glassware | 25,673 | 0.01 | 11,649 | 120.39 |
72 | Iron and steel | 6,003,841 | 3.05 | 3,296,264 | 82.14 |
73 | Articles of iron or steel | 71,327 | 0.04 | 21,975 | 224.58 |
74 | Copper and articles thereof | 1,690 | 0.00 | 12,718 | -86.71 |
76 | Aluminum and articles thereof | 10,146,338 | 5.16 | 3,132,199 | 223.94 |
78 | Lead and articles thereof | 39 | 0.00 | 15 | 160.00 |
82 | Tools, implements, cutlery, spoons and forks, of base metal; parts thereof of base metal | 431,881 | 0.22 | 1,369,753 | -68.47 |
83 | Miscellaneous articles of base metal | 2,868 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
84 | Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof | 937,944 | 0.48 | 1,327,346 | -29.34 |
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 | 4,082,817 | 2.08 | 2,651,907 | 53.96 |
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 | 2,621 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
87 | Vehicles other than railway or tramway rolling stock, and parts and accessories thereof | 203,495 | 0.10 | 67,782 | 200.22 |
90 | Optical, photographic, cinematographic, measuring, checking, precision, medical or surgical instruments and apparatus; parts and accessories thereof | 8,644,245 | 4.40 | 6,379,188 | 35.51 |
91 | Clocks and watches and parts thereof | 469 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
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 | 48,087 | 0.02 | 42,433 | 13.32 |
95 | Toys, games and sports requisites; parts and accessories thereof | 5,919 | 0.00 | 49,886 | -88.13 |
96 | Miscellaneous manufactured articles | 1,398 | 0.00 | 807,354 | -99.83 |
97 | Works of art, collectors’ pieces and antiques | 38,990 | 0.02 | 960 | 3,961.46 |
SS | Classified | 1,765,352 | 0.90 | 111 840 | 1,478.46 |
Russia’s Imports from South Africa
The major share of Russian imports from South Africa in 2016 (and in 2015) was accounted for the following product types:
- Food products and agricultural raw materials (HS codes 01-24) - 38.34% of Russia’s total imports from South Africa (42.20% in 2015);
- Mineral products (HS codes 25-27) - 28.98% of Russia’s total imports from South Africa (23.08% in 2015);
- Machinery, equipment and vehicles (HS codes 84-90) - 13.69% of Russia’s total imports from South Africa (21.71% in 2015);
- Metals and products from them (HS codes 72-83) - 10.68% of Russia’s total imports from South Africa (7.34% in 2015);
- Chemical products (HS codes 28-40) - 7.92% of Russia’s total imports from South Africa (5.26% in 2015).
The largest gains in Russia’s imports from South Africa in 2016 over 2015 were recorded for the following product groups:
- Ores, slag and ash (HS code 26) - an increase of $15,252,896;
- Iron and steel (HS code 72) - an increase of $13,911,938;
- 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 $10,050,588;
- Salt; sulfur; earths and stone; plastering materials, lime and cement (HS code 25) - an increase of $4,869,863;
- Beverages, spirits and vinegar (HS code 22) - an increase of $3,756,326.
The largest declines in Russia’s imports from South Africa in 2016 over 2015 were recorded for the following product groups:
- Vehicles other than railway or tramway rolling stock, and parts and accessories thereof (HS code 87) - a decrease of $44,444,171;
- Edible fruit and nuts; peel of citrus fruit or melons (HS code 08) - a decrease of $39,139,888;
- Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof (HS code 84) - a decrease of $5,545,434;
- Preparations of vegetables, fruit, nuts or other parts of plants (HS code 20) - a decrease of $4,772,462;
- 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 $2,579,500.
HS code |
Name of product group | Value of imports in 2016, US dollars ($) |
Percent share in total import | Value of imports in 2015, US dollars ($) |
Percent change in 2016 over 2015 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
01 | Live animals | 2,611 | 0.00 | 47,072 | -94.45 |
02 | Meat and edible meat offal | 0 | 0.00 | 109,524 | -100.00 |
03 | Fish and crustaceans, molluscs and other aquatic invertebrates | 109,200 | 0.02 | 59,400 | 83.84 |
05 | Products of animal origin, not elsewhere specified or included | 30,857 | 0.01 | 17,735 | 73.99 |
06 | Live trees and other plants; bulbs, roots and the like; cut flowers and ornamental foliage | 791,854 | 0.15 | 633,299 | 25.04 |
07 | Edible vegetables and certain roots and tubers | 69,587 | 0.01 | 113,979 | -38.95 |
08 | Edible fruit and nuts; peel of citrus fruit or melons | 158,835,826 | 30.48 | 197,975,714 | -19.77 |
09 | Coffee, tea, maté and spices | 114,259 | 0.02 | 172,893 | -33.91 |
10 | Cereals | 712,833 | 0.14 | 60,414 | 1,079.91 |
12 | Oil seeds and oleaginous fruits; miscellaneous grains, seeds and fruits; industrial or medicinal plants; straw and fodder | 779,069 | 0.15 | 575,716 | 35.32 |
15 | Animal or vegetable fats and oils and their cleavage products prepared edible fats; animal or vegetable waxes | 144,985 | 0.03 | 37,208 | 289.66 |
17 | Sugars and sugar confectionery | 1,757 | 0.00 | 1,990 | -11.71 |
18 | Cocoa and cocoa preparations | 2,756 | 0.00 | 2,205 | 24.99 |
19 | Preparations of cereals, flour, starch or milk; bakers’ wares | 811 | 0.00 | 72,574 | -98.88 |
20 | Preparations of vegetables, fruit, nuts or other parts of plants | 14,199,436 | 2.73 | 18,971,898 | -25.16 |
21 | Miscellaneous edible preparations | 132,169 | 0.03 | 249,473 | -47.02 |
22 | Beverages, spirits and vinegar | 23,331,277 | 4.48 | 19,574,951 | 19.19 |
23 | Residues and waste from the food industries; prepared animal feed | 67,002 | 0.01 | 14,801 | 352.69 |
24 | Tobacco and manufactured tobacco substitutes | 467,451 | 0.09 | 474,167 | -1.42 |
25 | Salt; sulfur; earths and stone; plastering materials, lime and cement | 15,022,676 | 2.88 | 10,152,813 | 47.97 |
26 | Ores, slag and ash | 135,115,743 | 25.93 | 119,862,847 | 12.73 |
27 | Mineral fuels, mineral oils and products of their distillation; bituminous substances; mineral waxes | 882,843 | 0.17 | 782,914 | 12.76 |
28 | Inorganic chemicals; organic or inorganic compounds of precious metals, of rare-earth metals,of radioactive elements or of isotopes | 27,012,584 | 5.18 | 16,961,996 | 59.25 |
29 | Organic chemicals | 2,724,377 | 0.52 | 2,885,654 | -5.59 |
30 | Pharmaceutical products | 32,410 | 0.01 | 21,451 | 51.09 |
31 | Fertilizers | 0 | 0.00 | 83,221 | -100.00 |
32 | Tanning or dyeing extracts; dyes, pigments, paints, varnishes, putty and mastics | 517,912 | 0.10 | 245,815 | 110.69 |
33 | Essential oils and resinoids; perfumery, cosmetic or toilet preparations | 419,491 | 0.08 | 376,970 | 11.28 |
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 | 183,242 | 0.04 | 116,301 | 57.56 |
35 | Albuminoidal substances; modified starches; glues; enzymes | 31,073 | 0.01 | 100,583 | -69.11 |
38 | Miscellaneous chemical products | 6,733,172 | 1.29 | 5,496,007 | 22.51 |
39 | Plastics and articles thereof | 1,321,271 | 0.25 | 1,731,878 | -23.71 |
40 | Rubber and articles thereof | 2,281,689 | 0.44 | 1,785,722 | 27.77 |
41 | Raw hides and skins (other than furskins) and leather | 18,099 | 0.00 | 15,692 | 15.34 |
42 | Articles of leather; saddlery and harness; travel goods, handbags and similar containers; articles of animal gut (other than silkworm gut) | 69,900 | 0.01 | 93,817 | -25.49 |
43 | Furskins and artificial fur; manufactures thereof | 0 | 0.00 | 75,641 | -100.00 |
44 | Wood and articles of wood; wood charcoal | 44,333 | 0.01 | 17,404 | 154.73 |
45 | Cork and articles of cork | 6 | 0.00 | 106 | -94.34 |
46 | Manufactures of straw, of esparto or of other plaiting materials; basketware and wickerwork | 0 | 0.00 | 6 | -100.00 |
48 | Paper and paperboard; articles of paper pulp, of paper or of paperboard | 43,954 | 0.01 | 178,288 | -75.35 |
49 | Printed books, newspapers, pictures and other products of the printing industry; manuscripts, typescripts and plans | 29,525 | 0.01 | 23,050 | 28.09 |
51 | Wool, fine or coarse animal hair; horsehair yarn and woven fabric | 52,995 | 0.01 | 71,714 | -26.10 |
52 | Cotton | 840 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
53 | Other vegetable textile fibers; paper yarn and woven fabric of paper yarn | 987 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
54 | Man-made filaments | 685,001 | 0.13 | 153,598 | 345.97 |
55 | Man-made staple fibers | 46,459 | 0.01 | 59,384 | -21.77 |
56 | Wadding, felt and nonwovens; special yarns, twine, cordage, ropes and cables and articles thereof | 153 | 0.00 | 5,442 | -97.19 |
57 | Carpets and other textile floor coverings | 0 | 0.00 | 17 | -100.00 |
58 | Special woven fabrics; tufted textile fabrics; lace, tapestries; trimmings; embroidery | 0 | 0.00 | 180 | -100.00 |
59 | Impregnated, coated, covered or laminated textile fabrics; textile articles of a kind suitable for industrial use | 31,184 | 0.01 | 22,504 | 38.57 |
61 | Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, knitted or crocheted | 1,217 | 0.00 | 16,616 | -92.68 |
62 | Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, not knitted or crocheted | 5,905 | 0.00 | 1,610 | 266.77 |
63 | Other made up textile articles; sets; worn clothing and worn textile articles; rags | 7,806 | 0.00 | 3,595 | 117.13 |
64 | Footwear, gaiters and the like; parts of such articles | 651 | 0.00 | 238 | 173.53 |
65 | Headgear and parts thereof | 144 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
67 | Prepared feathers and down and articles made of feathers or of down; artificial flowers; articles of human hair | 33 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
68 | Articles of stone, plaster, cement, asbestos, mica or similar materials | 61,338 | 0.01 | 127,530 | -51.90 |
69 | Ceramic products | 150,645 | 0.03 | 218,006 | -30.90 |
70 | Glass and glassware | 94,923 | 0.02 | 138,133 | -31.28 |
71 | Natural or cultured pearls, precious or semi-precious stones,precious metals, metals clad with precious metal and articles thereof; imitation jewelry; coin | 126,787 | 0.02 | 690,754 | -81.65 |
72 | Iron and steel | 47,655,467 | 9.15 | 33,743,529 | 41.23 |
73 | Articles of iron or steel | 2,199,892 | 0.42 | 2,167,741 | 1.48 |
74 | Copper and articles thereof | 13,843 | 0.00 | 14,378 | -3.72 |
76 | Aluminum and articles thereof | 3,271,580 | 0.63 | 3,485,698 | -6.14 |
79 | Zinc and articles thereof | 437,376 | 0.08 | 573,762 | -23.77 |
81 | Other base metals; cermets; articles thereof | 1,067,583 | 0.20 | 1,009,709 | 5.73 |
82 | Tools, implements, cutlery, spoons and forks, of base metal; parts thereof of base metal | 951,589 | 0.18 | 562,591 | 69.14 |
83 | Miscellaneous articles of base metal | 54,788 | 0.01 | 18,272 | 199.85 |
84 | Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof | 14,957,351 | 2.87 | 20,502,785 | -27.05 |
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 | 2,928,857 | 0.56 | 5,508,357 | -46.83 |
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 | 757,178 | 0.15 | 500,550 | 51.27 |
87 | Vehicles other than railway or tramway rolling stock, and parts and accessories thereof | 51,821,571 | 9.95 | 96,265,742 | -46.17 |
89 | Ships, boats and floating structures | 0 | 0.00 | 20,889 | -100.00 |
90 | Optical, photographic, cinematographic, measuring, checking, precision, medical or surgical instruments and apparatus; parts and accessories thereof | 868,444 | 0.17 | 260,063 | 233.94 |
91 | Clocks and watches and parts thereof | 0 | 0.00 | 592 | -100.00 |
92 | Musical instruments; parts and accessories of such articles | 992 | 0.00 | 1,184 | -16.22 |
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 | 75,362 | 0.01 | 56,845 | 32.57 |
95 | Toys, games and sports requisites; parts and accessories thereof | 1,606 | 0.00 | 559 | 187.30 |
96 | Miscellaneous manufactured articles | 64,323 | 0.01 | 88,145 | -27.03 |
SS | Classified | 400,593 | 0.08 | 302 120 | 32.59 |