Russian trade in goods with Zimbabwe in Q3 2017
based on data from the Federal Customs Service of Russia
Russia’s Trade with Zimbabwe
In the 3rd quarter of 2017, Russia’s trade with Zimbabwe was $12,067,543, down 14.06% ($1,973,661) from the 3rd quarter of 2016.
Russia’s exports to Zimbabwe in the 3rd quarter of 2017 totaled $1,101,141, up ∞% ($1,101,141) from the 3rd quarter of 2016.
Russia’s imports from Zimbabwe in the 3rd quarter of 2017 were $10,966,402, down 21.90% ($3,074,802) from the 3rd quarter of 2016.
Russia’s trade deficit with Zimbabwe in the 3rd quarter of 2017 was $9,865,261, a 29.74% decrease ($4,175,943) over the 3rd quarter of 2016.
Zimbabwe was Russia’s 131st largest trading partner in the 3rd quarter of 2017 (down from 130th in the 3rd quarter of 2016), accounting for 0.0083% of Russia’s total trade (down from 0.0115% in the 3rd quarter of 2016).
Zimbabwe was Russia’s 148th largest export market in the 3rd quarter of 2017 (there were no Russia’s exports to Zimbabwe in the 3rd quarter of 2016), accounting for 0.0013% of Russia’s total exports.
Zimbabwe was Russia’s 95th largest supplier in the 3rd quarter of 2017 (down from 90th in the 3rd quarter of 2016), accounting for 0.0180% of Russia’s total imports (down from 0.0281% in the 3rd quarter of 2016).
Russia’s Exports to Zimbabwe
The major share of Russian exports to Zimbabwe in the 3rd quarter of 2017 (and in the 3rd quarter of 2016) was accounted for the following product types:
- Food products and agricultural raw materials (HS codes 01-24) - 49.89% of Russia’s total exports to Zimbabwe (0.00% in the 3rd quarter of 2016);
- Chemical products (HS codes 28-40) - 25.98% of Russia’s total exports to Zimbabwe (0.00% in the 3rd quarter of 2016);
- Wood and wood products (HS codes 44-49) - 24.12% of Russia’s total exports to Zimbabwe (0.00% in the 3rd quarter of 2016).
The largest gains in Russia’s exports to Zimbabwe in the 3rd quarter of 2017 over the 3rd quarter of 2016 were recorded for the following product groups:
- Cereals (HS code 10) - an increase of $353,158;
- Fertilizers (HS code 31) - an increase of $284,118;
- Printed books, newspapers, pictures and other products of the printing industry; manuscripts, typescripts and plans (HS code 49) - an increase of $265,602;
- Edible vegetables and certain roots and tubers (HS code 07) - an increase of $102,170;
- Animal or vegetable fats and oils and their cleavage products prepared edible fats; animal or vegetable waxes (HS code 15) - an increase of $94,031.
The largest declines in Russia’s exports to Zimbabwe in the 3rd quarter of 2017 over the 3rd quarter of 2016 were recorded for the following product groups:
- No product groups with a substantial decrease.
| HS code |
Name of product group | Value of exports in Q3 2017, US dollars ($) |
Percent share in total export | Value of exports in Q3 2016, US dollars ($) |
Percent change in Q3 2017 over Q3 2016 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 07 | Edible vegetables and certain roots and tubers | 102,170 | 9.28 | 0 | ∞ |
| 10 | Cereals | 353,158 | 32.07 | 0 | ∞ |
| 15 | Animal or vegetable fats and oils and their cleavage products prepared edible fats; animal or vegetable waxes | 94,031 | 8.54 | 0 | ∞ |
| 30 | Pharmaceutical products | 1,953 | 0.18 | 0 | ∞ |
| 31 | Fertilizers | 284,118 | 25.80 | 0 | ∞ |
| 49 | Printed books, newspapers, pictures and other products of the printing industry; manuscripts, typescripts and plans | 265,602 | 24.12 | 0 | ∞ |
| 63 | Other made up textile articles; sets; worn clothing and worn textile articles; rags | 109 | 0.01 | 0 | ∞ |
Russia’s Imports from Zimbabwe
The major share of Russian imports from Zimbabwe in the 3rd quarter of 2017 (and in the 3rd quarter of 2016) was accounted for the following product types:
- Food products and agricultural raw materials (HS codes 01-24) - 99.64% of Russia’s total imports from Zimbabwe (99.97% in the 3rd quarter of 2016).
The largest gains in Russia’s imports from Zimbabwe in the 3rd quarter of 2017 over the 3rd quarter of 2016 were recorded for the following product groups:
- Edible fruit and nuts; peel of citrus fruit or melons (HS code 08) - an increase of $442,553;
- Coffee, tea, maté and spices (HS code 09) - an increase of $325,735.
The largest declines in Russia’s imports from Zimbabwe in the 3rd quarter of 2017 over the 3rd quarter of 2016 were recorded for the following product groups:
- Tobacco and manufactured tobacco substitutes (HS code 24) - a decrease of $3,868,318.
| HS code |
Name of product group | Value of imports in Q3 2017, US dollars ($) |
Percent share in total import | Value of imports in Q3 2016, US dollars ($) |
Percent change in Q3 2017 over Q3 2016 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 06 | Live trees and other plants; bulbs, roots and the like; cut flowers and ornamental foliage | 23,385 | 0.21 | 34,943 | -33.08 |
| 07 | Edible vegetables and certain roots and tubers | 11,081 | 0.10 | 8,336 | 32.93 |
| 08 | Edible fruit and nuts; peel of citrus fruit or melons | 462,625 | 4.22 | 20,072 | 2,204.83 |
| 09 | Coffee, tea, maté and spices | 955,143 | 8.71 | 629,408 | 51.75 |
| 12 | Oil seeds and oleaginous fruits; miscellaneous grains, seeds and fruits; industrial or medicinal plants; straw and fodder | 0 | 0.00 | 803 | -100.00 |
| 24 | Tobacco and manufactured tobacco substitutes | 9,474,414 | 86.39 | 13,342,732 | -28.99 |
| 25 | Salt; sulfur; earths and stone; plastering materials, lime and cement | 2,750 | 0.03 | 0 | ∞ |
| 39 | Plastics and articles thereof | 57 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
| 42 | Articles of leather; saddlery and harness; travel goods, handbags and similar containers; articles of animal gut (other than silkworm gut) | 36,895 | 0.34 | 4,910 | 651.43 |
| 73 | Articles of iron or steel | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
| 83 | Miscellaneous articles of base metal | 41 | 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 | 11 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |