Russian trade with Ethiopia in 2017
February 15, 2018
by Russian Foreign Trade
based on data from the Federal Customs Service of Russia
based on data from the Federal Customs Service of Russia
The Report on Russia’s foreign trade in goods with Ethiopia in 2017: exports, imports, products, dynamics.
Russia’s Trade with Ethiopia
In 2017, Russia’s trade with Ethiopia was $89,093,303, down 58.58% ($126,016,677) from 2016.
Russia’s exports to Ethiopia in 2017 were $61,427,671, down 68.42% ($133,060,135) from 2016.
Russia’s imports from Ethiopia in 2017 totaled $27,665,632, up 34.15% ($7,043,458) from 2016.
Russia’s trade surplus with Ethiopia in 2017 was $33,762,039, a 80.58% decrease ($140,103,593) over 2016.
Ethiopia was Russia’s 115th largest trading partner in 2017 (down from 96th in 2016), accounting for 0.0153% of Russia’s total trade (down from 0.0460% in 2016).
Ethiopia was Russia’s 110th largest export market in 2017 (down from 83rd in 2016), accounting for 0.0172% of Russia’s total exports (down from 0.0681% in 2016).
Ethiopia was Russia’s 97th largest supplier in 2017 (up from 102nd in 2016), accounting for 0.0122% of Russia’s total imports (up from 0.0113% in 2016).
Russia’s Exports to Ethiopia
The major share of Russian exports to Ethiopia in 2017 (and in 2016) was accounted for the following product types:
- Machinery, equipment and vehicles (HS codes 84-90) - 79.87% of Russia’s total exports to Ethiopia (5.89% in 2016);
- Food products and agricultural raw materials (HS codes 01-24) - 14.76% of Russia’s total exports to Ethiopia (9.35% in 2016);
- Wood and wood products (HS codes 44-49) - 4.47% of Russia’s total exports to Ethiopia (0.78% in 2016);
- Chemical products (HS codes 28-40) - 0.68% of Russia’s total exports to Ethiopia (5.03% in 2016).
The largest gains in Russia’s exports to Ethiopia in 2017 over 2016 were recorded for the following product groups:
- Vehicles other than railway or tramway rolling stock, and parts and accessories thereof (HS code 87) - an increase of $34,024,328;
- 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 $3,864,534;
- Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof (HS code 84) - an increase of $1,804,739;
- Paper and paperboard; articles of paper pulp, of paper or of paperboard (HS code 48) - an increase of $1,191,205;
- Animal or vegetable fats and oils and their cleavage products prepared edible fats; animal or vegetable waxes (HS code 15) - an increase of $520,953.
The largest declines in Russia’s exports to Ethiopia in 2017 over 2016 were recorded for the following product groups:
- Cereals (HS code 10) - a decrease of $9,798,008;
- Fertilizers (HS code 31) - a decrease of $9,506,000;
- Optical, photographic, cinematographic, measuring, checking, precision, medical or surgical instruments and apparatus; parts and accessories thereof (HS code 90) - a decrease of $2,093,943;
- Iron and steel (HS code 72) - a decrease of $699,556.
| HS code |
Name of product group | Value of exports in 2017, US dollars ($) |
Percent share in total export | Value of exports in 2016, US dollars ($) |
Percent change in 2017 over 2016 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 10 | Cereals | 8,004,740 | 13.03 | 17,802,748 | -55.04 |
| 15 | Animal or vegetable fats and oils and their cleavage products prepared edible fats; animal or vegetable waxes | 520,953 | 0.85 | 0 | ∞ |
| 22 | Beverages, spirits and vinegar | 538,233 | 0.88 | 390,494 | 37.83 |
| 28 | Inorganic chemicals; organic or inorganic compounds of precious metals, of rare-earth metals,of radioactive elements or of isotopes | 33,061 | 0.05 | 97,700 | -66.16 |
| 29 | Organic chemicals | 412 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
| 30 | Pharmaceutical products | 12,472 | 0.02 | 22,440 | -44.42 |
| 31 | Fertilizers | 0 | 0.00 | 9,506,000 | -100.00 |
| 32 | Tanning or dyeing extracts; dyes, pigments, paints, varnishes, putty and mastics | 0 | 0.00 | 2,800 | -100.00 |
| 33 | Essential oils and resinoids; perfumery, cosmetic or toilet preparations | 512 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
| 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 | 7,416 | 0.01 | 0 | ∞ |
| 38 | Miscellaneous chemical products | 13,465 | 0.02 | 1,540 | 774.35 |
| 39 | Plastics and articles thereof | 121,024 | 0.20 | 29,551 | 309.54 |
| 40 | Rubber and articles thereof | 227,601 | 0.37 | 113,010 | 101.40 |
| 44 | Wood and articles of wood; wood charcoal | 1,064,114 | 1.73 | 1,069,749 | -0.53 |
| 47 | Pulp of wood or of other fibrous cellulosic material; waste and scrap of paper or paperboard | 51,945 | 0.08 | 0 | ∞ |
| 48 | Paper and paperboard; articles of paper pulp, of paper or of paperboard | 1,630,510 | 2.65 | 439,305 | 271.16 |
| 59 | Impregnated, coated, covered or laminated textile fabrics; textile articles of a kind suitable for industrial use | 58,910 | 0.10 | 0 | ∞ |
| 63 | Other made up textile articles; sets; worn clothing and worn textile articles; rags | 180 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
| 68 | Articles of stone, plaster, cement, asbestos, mica or similar materials | 50 | 0.00 | 7,707 | -99.35 |
| 69 | Ceramic products | 384 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
| 70 | Glass and glassware | 4,473 | 0.01 | 1,728 | 158.85 |
| 72 | Iron and steel | 15,082 | 0.02 | 714,638 | -97.89 |
| 73 | Articles of iron or steel | 41,875 | 0.07 | 25,124 | 66.67 |
| 74 | Copper and articles thereof | 11,917 | 0.02 | 2,695 | 342.19 |
| 76 | Aluminum and articles thereof | 1,379 | 0.00 | 8,309 | -83.40 |
| 82 | Tools, implements, cutlery, spoons and forks, of base metal; parts thereof of base metal | 1,148 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
| 83 | Miscellaneous articles of base metal | 2,250 | 0.00 | 5,979 | -62.37 |
| 84 | Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof | 2,361,110 | 3.84 | 556,371 | 324.38 |
| 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 | 4,206,308 | 6.85 | 341,774 | 1,130.73 |
| 87 | Vehicles other than railway or tramway rolling stock, and parts and accessories thereof | 42,265,641 | 68.81 | 8,241,313 | 412.85 |
| 90 | Optical, photographic, cinematographic, measuring, checking, precision, medical or surgical instruments and apparatus; parts and accessories thereof | 228,682 | 0.37 | 2,322,625 | -90.15 |
| 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 | 284 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
| 96 | Miscellaneous manufactured articles | 1,540 | 0.00 | 1,970 | -21.83 |
| SS | Classified | 0 | 0.00 | 152 782 236 | -100.00 |
Russia’s Imports from Ethiopia
The major share of Russian imports from Ethiopia in 2017 (and in 2016) was accounted for the following product types:
- Food products and agricultural raw materials (HS codes 01-24) - 98.15% of Russia’s total imports from Ethiopia (98.57% in 2016);
- Textiles, textile products and footwear (HS codes 50-67) - 1.71% of Russia’s total imports from Ethiopia (1.05% in 2016).
The largest gains in Russia’s imports from Ethiopia in 2017 over 2016 were recorded for the following product groups:
- Coffee, tea, maté and spices (HS code 09) - an increase of $4,636,752;
- Edible vegetables and certain roots and tubers (HS code 07) - an increase of $2,458,371;
- Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, knitted or crocheted (HS code 61) - an increase of $169,848;
- Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, not knitted or crocheted (HS code 62) - an increase of $146,363.
The largest declines in Russia’s imports from Ethiopia in 2017 over 2016 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) - a decrease of $404,946.
| HS code |
Name of product group | Value of imports in 2017, US dollars ($) |
Percent share in total import | Value of imports in 2016, US dollars ($) |
Percent change in 2017 over 2016 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 06 | Live trees and other plants; bulbs, roots and the like; cut flowers and ornamental foliage | 1,983,927 | 7.17 | 2,388,873 | -16.95 |
| 07 | Edible vegetables and certain roots and tubers | 8,553,210 | 30.92 | 6,094,839 | 40.34 |
| 08 | Edible fruit and nuts; peel of citrus fruit or melons | 22,361 | 0.08 | 958 | 2,234.13 |
| 09 | Coffee, tea, maté and spices | 15,713,499 | 56.80 | 11,076,747 | 41.86 |
| 12 | Oil seeds and oleaginous fruits; miscellaneous grains, seeds and fruits; industrial or medicinal plants; straw and fodder | 756,186 | 2.73 | 689,612 | 9.65 |
| 13 | Lac; gums, resins and other vegetable saps and extracts | 124,249 | 0.45 | 75,640 | 64.26 |
| 39 | Plastics and articles thereof | 26 | 0.00 | 4 | 550.00 |
| 41 | Raw hides and skins (other than furskins) and leather | 38,583 | 0.14 | 78,256 | -50.70 |
| 53 | Other vegetable textile fibers; paper yarn and woven fabric of paper yarn | 0 | 0.00 | 61,952 | -100.00 |
| 61 | Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, knitted or crocheted | 316,283 | 1.14 | 146,435 | 115.99 |
| 62 | Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, not knitted or crocheted | 152,345 | 0.55 | 5,982 | 2,446.72 |
| 65 | Headgear and parts thereof | 4,000 | 0.01 | 1,838 | 117.63 |
| 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 | 49 | 0.00 | 30 | 63.33 |
| 90 | Optical, photographic, cinematographic, measuring, checking, precision, medical or surgical instruments and apparatus; parts and accessories thereof | 914 | 0.00 | 1,008 | -9.33 |