Russian trade with Zimbabwe in 2016
based on data from the Federal Customs Service of Russia
Russia’s Trade with Zimbabwe
In 2016, Russia’s trade with Zimbabwe totaled $67,014,640, up 47.67% ($21,632,149) from 2015.
Russia’s exports to Zimbabwe in 2016 totaled $8,600,005, up 178.50% ($5,511,988) from 2015.
Russia’s imports from Zimbabwe in 2016 totaled $58,414,635, up 38.11% ($16,120,161) from 2015.
Russia’s trade deficit with Zimbabwe in 2016 was $49,814,630, a 27.06% increase ($10,608,173) over 2015.
Zimbabwe was Russia’s 120th largest trading partner in 2016 (up from 132nd in 2015), accounting for 0.0143% of Russia’s total trade (up from 0.0086% in 2015).
Zimbabwe was Russia’s 145th largest export market in 2016 (up from 159th in 2015), accounting for 0.0030% of Russia’s total exports (up from 0.0009% in 2015).
Zimbabwe was Russia’s 89th largest supplier in 2016 (up from 98th in 2015), accounting for 0.0320% of Russia’s total imports (up from 0.0232% in 2015).
Russia’s Exports to Zimbabwe
The major share of Russian exports to Zimbabwe in 2016 (and in 2015) was accounted for the following product types:
- Food products and agricultural raw materials (HS codes 01-24) - 98.74% of Russia’s total exports to Zimbabwe (27.28% in 2015);
- Wood and wood products (HS codes 44-49) - 0.56% of Russia’s total exports to Zimbabwe (64.14% in 2015);
- Machinery, equipment and vehicles (HS codes 84-90) - 0.47% of Russia’s total exports to Zimbabwe (8.41% in 2015).
The largest gains in Russia’s exports to Zimbabwe in 2016 over 2015 were recorded for the following product groups:
- Cereals (HS code 10) - an increase of $7,619,108;
- Preparations of meat, of fish or of crustaceans, molluscs or other aquatic invertebrates (HS code 16) - an increase of $29,783.
The largest declines in Russia’s exports to Zimbabwe in 2016 over 2015 were recorded for the following product groups:
- Printed books, newspapers, pictures and other products of the printing industry; manuscripts, typescripts and plans (HS code 49) - a decrease of $1,836,302;
- Vehicles other than railway or tramway rolling stock, and parts and accessories thereof (HS code 87) - a decrease of $109,867;
- Paper and paperboard; articles of paper pulp, of paper or of paperboard (HS code 48) - a decrease of $96,413;
- 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 $80,047;
- Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof (HS code 84) - a decrease of $29,763.
| HS code |
Name of product group | Value of exports in 2016, US dollars ($) |
Percent share in total export | Value of exports in 2015, US dollars ($) |
Percent change in 2016 over 2015 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 10 | Cereals | 8,461,565 | 98.39 | 842,457 | 904.39 |
| 16 | Preparations of meat, of fish or of crustaceans, molluscs or other aquatic invertebrates | 29,783 | 0.35 | 0 | ∞ |
| 28 | Inorganic chemicals; organic or inorganic compounds of precious metals, of rare-earth metals,of radioactive elements or of isotopes | 13,096 | 0.15 | 0 | ∞ |
| 39 | Plastics and articles thereof | 23 | 0.00 | 70 | -67.14 |
| 40 | Rubber and articles thereof | 0 | 0.00 | 1,091 | -100.00 |
| 48 | Paper and paperboard; articles of paper pulp, of paper or of paperboard | 47,861 | 0.56 | 144,274 | -66.83 |
| 49 | Printed books, newspapers, pictures and other products of the printing industry; manuscripts, typescripts and plans | 198 | 0.00 | 1,836,500 | -99.99 |
| 68 | Articles of stone, plaster, cement, asbestos, mica or similar materials | 7,358 | 0.09 | 99 | 7,332.32 |
| 70 | Glass and glassware | 0 | 0.00 | 203 | -100.00 |
| 73 | Articles of iron or steel | 0 | 0.00 | 3,551 | -100.00 |
| 83 | Miscellaneous articles of base metal | 0 | 0.00 | 16 | -100.00 |
| 84 | Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof | 25,150 | 0.29 | 54,913 | -54.20 |
| 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 | 31 | 0.00 | 80,078 | -99.96 |
| 87 | Vehicles other than railway or tramway rolling stock, and parts and accessories thereof | 0 | 0.00 | 109,867 | -100.00 |
| 90 | Optical, photographic, cinematographic, measuring, checking, precision, medical or surgical instruments and apparatus; parts and accessories thereof | 14,940 | 0.17 | 14,898 | 0.28 |
Russia’s Imports from Zimbabwe
The major share of Russian imports from Zimbabwe in 2016 (and in 2015) was accounted for the following product types:
- Food products and agricultural raw materials (HS codes 01-24) - 99.94% of Russia’s total imports from Zimbabwe (99.69% in 2015).
The largest gains in Russia’s imports from Zimbabwe in 2016 over 2015 were recorded for the following product groups:
- Tobacco and manufactured tobacco substitutes (HS code 24) - an increase of $14,892,470;
- Coffee, tea, maté and spices (HS code 09) - an increase of $1,022,562;
- Edible fruit and nuts; peel of citrus fruit or melons (HS code 08) - an increase of $264,830.
The largest declines in Russia’s imports from Zimbabwe in 2016 over 2015 were recorded for the following product groups:
- No product groups with a substantial decrease.
| HS code |
Name of product group | Value of imports in 2016, US dollars ($) |
Percent share in total import | Value of imports in 2015, US dollars ($) |
Percent change in 2016 over 2015 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 06 | Live trees and other plants; bulbs, roots and the like; cut flowers and ornamental foliage | 156,577 | 0.27 | 125,581 | 24.68 |
| 07 | Edible vegetables and certain roots and tubers | 11,028 | 0.02 | 10,625 | 3.79 |
| 08 | Edible fruit and nuts; peel of citrus fruit or melons | 645,499 | 1.11 | 380,669 | 69.57 |
| 09 | Coffee, tea, maté and spices | 1,709,860 | 2.93 | 687,298 | 148.78 |
| 12 | Oil seeds and oleaginous fruits; miscellaneous grains, seeds and fruits; industrial or medicinal plants; straw and fodder | 5,766 | 0.01 | 1,859 | 210.17 |
| 15 | Animal or vegetable fats and oils and their cleavage products prepared edible fats; animal or vegetable waxes | 1,496 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
| 24 | Tobacco and manufactured tobacco substitutes | 55,851,416 | 95.61 | 40,958,946 | 36.36 |
| 25 | Salt; sulfur; earths and stone; plastering materials, lime and cement | 16,358 | 0.03 | 64,692 | -74.71 |
| 42 | Articles of leather; saddlery and harness; travel goods, handbags and similar containers; articles of animal gut (other than silkworm gut) | 16,635 | 0.03 | 53,405 | -68.85 |
| 68 | Articles of stone, plaster, cement, asbestos, mica or similar materials | 0 | 0.00 | 308 | -100.00 |
| 97 | Works of art, collectors’ pieces and antiques | 0 | 0.00 | 11,091 | -100.00 |