Russian trade with Kenya 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 Kenya in 2017: exports, imports, products, dynamics.
Russia’s Trade with Kenya
In 2017, Russia’s trade with Kenya totaled $338,767,336, up 26.44% ($70,846,674) from 2016.
Russia’s exports to Kenya in 2017 totaled $201,754,170, up 54.76% ($71,389,646) from 2016.
Russia’s imports from Kenya in 2017 were $137,013,166, down 0.39% ($542,972) from 2016.
Russia’s trade balance with Kenya went from a deficit of $7,191,614 in 2016, to a surplus of $64,741,004 in 2017.
Kenya was Russia’s 87th largest trading partner in 2017 (up from 88th in 2016), accounting for 0.0580% of Russia’s total trade (up from 0.0573% in 2016).
Kenya was Russia’s 87th largest export market in 2017 (up from 93rd in 2016), accounting for 0.0565% of Russia’s total exports (up from 0.0457% in 2016).
Kenya was Russia’s 77th largest supplier in 2017 (just as in 2016), accounting for 0.0604% of Russia’s total imports (down from 0.0755% in 2016).
Russia’s Exports to Kenya
The major share of Russian exports to Kenya in 2017 (and in 2016) was accounted for the following product types:
- Food products and agricultural raw materials (HS codes 01-24) - 60.77% of Russia’s total exports to Kenya (55.34% in 2016);
- Metals and products from them (HS codes 72-83) - 17.78% of Russia’s total exports to Kenya (19.78% in 2016);
- Chemical products (HS codes 28-40) - 4.89% of Russia’s total exports to Kenya (12.91% in 2016);
- Wood and wood products (HS codes 44-49) - 4.80% of Russia’s total exports to Kenya (7.46% in 2016);
- Mineral products (HS codes 25-27) - 2.07% of Russia’s total exports to Kenya (4.17% in 2016).
The largest gains in Russia’s exports to Kenya in 2017 over 2016 were recorded for the following product groups:
- Cereals (HS code 10) - an increase of $50,208,076;
- Iron and steel (HS code 72) - an increase of $10,614,661;
- Wood and articles of wood; wood charcoal (HS code 44) - an increase of $814,243.
The largest declines in Russia’s exports to Kenya in 2017 over 2016 were recorded for the following product groups:
- Fertilizers (HS code 31) - a decrease of $3,595,052;
- Organic chemicals (HS code 29) - a decrease of $2,935,550;
- Mineral fuels, mineral oils and products of their distillation; bituminous substances; mineral waxes (HS code 27) - a decrease of $1,177,774;
- Inorganic chemicals; organic or inorganic compounds of precious metals, of rare-earth metals,of radioactive elements or of isotopes (HS code 28) - a decrease of $710,141;
- Paper and paperboard; articles of paper pulp, of paper or of paperboard (HS code 48) - a decrease of $655,510.
| HS code |
Name of product group | Value of exports in 2017, US dollars ($) |
Percent share in total export | Value of exports in 2016, US dollars ($) |
Percent change in 2017 over 2016 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 02 | Meat and edible meat offal | 3,131 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
| 03 | Fish and crustaceans, molluscs and other aquatic invertebrates | 0 | 0.00 | 774 | -100.00 |
| 10 | Cereals | 122,230,430 | 60.58 | 72,022,354 | 69.71 |
| 22 | Beverages, spirits and vinegar | 381,858 | 0.19 | 122,263 | 212.33 |
| 25 | Salt; sulfur; earths and stone; plastering materials, lime and cement | 48,956 | 0.02 | 125,782 | -61.08 |
| 27 | Mineral fuels, mineral oils and products of their distillation; bituminous substances; mineral waxes | 4,132,488 | 2.05 | 5,310,262 | -22.18 |
| 28 | Inorganic chemicals; organic or inorganic compounds of precious metals, of rare-earth metals,of radioactive elements or of isotopes | 1,249,160 | 0.62 | 1,959,301 | -36.24 |
| 29 | Organic chemicals | 259,755 | 0.13 | 3,195,305 | -91.87 |
| 30 | Pharmaceutical products | 9,380 | 0.00 | 1,680 | 458.33 |
| 31 | Fertilizers | 7,302,011 | 3.62 | 10,897,063 | -32.99 |
| 32 | Tanning or dyeing extracts; dyes, pigments, paints, varnishes, putty and mastics | 0 | 0.00 | 204,000 | -100.00 |
| 38 | Miscellaneous chemical products | 61,288 | 0.03 | 3,000 | 1,942.93 |
| 39 | Plastics and articles thereof | 62,433 | 0.03 | 2,844 | 2,095.25 |
| 40 | Rubber and articles thereof | 930,054 | 0.46 | 560,787 | 65.85 |
| 44 | Wood and articles of wood; wood charcoal | 2,077,685 | 1.03 | 1,263,442 | 64.45 |
| 47 | Pulp of wood or of other fibrous cellulosic material; waste and scrap of paper or paperboard | 369,584 | 0.18 | 570,680 | -35.24 |
| 48 | Paper and paperboard; articles of paper pulp, of paper or of paperboard | 7,233,914 | 3.59 | 7,889,424 | -8.31 |
| 49 | Printed books, newspapers, pictures and other products of the printing industry; manuscripts, typescripts and plans | 863 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
| 54 | Man-made filaments | 22,182 | 0.01 | 0 | ∞ |
| 63 | Other made up textile articles; sets; worn clothing and worn textile articles; rags | 60,558 | 0.03 | 13,608 | 345.02 |
| 68 | Articles of stone, plaster, cement, asbestos, mica or similar materials | 0 | 0.00 | 10,472 | -100.00 |
| 72 | Iron and steel | 27,593,841 | 13.68 | 16,979,180 | 62.52 |
| 73 | Articles of iron or steel | 9,633 | 0.00 | 14,607 | -34.05 |
| 76 | Aluminum and articles thereof | 8,252,618 | 4.09 | 8,780,808 | -6.02 |
| 82 | Tools, implements, cutlery, spoons and forks, of base metal; parts thereof of base metal | 0 | 0.00 | 8,607 | -100.00 |
| 83 | Miscellaneous articles of base metal | 8,173 | 0.00 | 1,970 | 314.87 |
| 84 | Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof | 293,739 | 0.15 | 231,424 | 26.93 |
| 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 | 133,671 | 0.07 | 9,718 | 1,275.50 |
| 87 | Vehicles other than railway or tramway rolling stock, and parts and accessories thereof | 139,109 | 0.07 | 135,858 | 2.39 |
| 90 | Optical, photographic, cinematographic, measuring, checking, precision, medical or surgical instruments and apparatus; parts and accessories thereof | 31,025 | 0.02 | 20,449 | 51.72 |
| 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 | 10,082 | 0.00 | 12,550 | -19.67 |
| 96 | Miscellaneous manufactured articles | 75 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
| SS | Classified | 18,846,474 | 9.34 | 16 312 | 115,437.48 |
Russia’s Imports from Kenya
The major share of Russian imports from Kenya in 2017 (and in 2016) was accounted for the following product types:
- Food products and agricultural raw materials (HS codes 01-24) - 99.55% of Russia’s total imports from Kenya (99.75% in 2016).
The largest gains in Russia’s imports from Kenya in 2017 over 2016 were recorded for the following product groups:
- Edible fruit and nuts; peel of citrus fruit or melons (HS code 08) - an increase of $4,519,999;
- Live trees and other plants; bulbs, roots and the like; cut flowers and ornamental foliage (HS code 06) - an increase of $1,664,036;
- Preparations of vegetables, fruit, nuts or other parts of plants (HS code 20) - an increase of $492,777.
The largest declines in Russia’s imports from Kenya in 2017 over 2016 were recorded for the following product groups:
- Coffee, tea, maté and spices (HS code 09) - a decrease of $7,777,109.
| HS code |
Name of product group | Value of imports in 2017, US dollars ($) |
Percent share in total import | Value of imports in 2016, US dollars ($) |
Percent change in 2017 over 2016 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01 | Live animals | 1,157 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
| 03 | Fish and crustaceans, molluscs and other aquatic invertebrates | 2,314 | 0.00 | 5,309 | -56.41 |
| 06 | Live trees and other plants; bulbs, roots and the like; cut flowers and ornamental foliage | 53,569,035 | 39.10 | 51,904,999 | 3.21 |
| 07 | Edible vegetables and certain roots and tubers | 165,619 | 0.12 | 160,160 | 3.41 |
| 08 | Edible fruit and nuts; peel of citrus fruit or melons | 7,399,455 | 5.40 | 2,879,456 | 156.97 |
| 09 | Coffee, tea, maté and spices | 70,745,713 | 51.63 | 78,522,822 | -9.90 |
| 11 | Products of the milling industry; malt; starches; inulin; wheat gluten | 251 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
| 12 | Oil seeds and oleaginous fruits; miscellaneous grains, seeds and fruits; industrial or medicinal plants; straw and fodder | 238,897 | 0.17 | 310,575 | -23.08 |
| 13 | Lac; gums, resins and other vegetable saps and extracts | 0 | 0.00 | 840 | -100.00 |
| 15 | Animal or vegetable fats and oils and their cleavage products prepared edible fats; animal or vegetable waxes | 12,990 | 0.01 | 11,191 | 16.08 |
| 20 | Preparations of vegetables, fruit, nuts or other parts of plants | 840,848 | 0.61 | 348,071 | 141.57 |
| 24 | Tobacco and manufactured tobacco substitutes | 3,416,646 | 2.49 | 3,073,114 | 11.18 |
| 27 | Mineral fuels, mineral oils and products of their distillation; bituminous substances; mineral waxes | 4 | 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 | 0 | 0.00 | 328 | -100.00 |
| 39 | Plastics and articles thereof | 129 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
| 40 | Rubber and articles thereof | 1,091 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
| 42 | Articles of leather; saddlery and harness; travel goods, handbags and similar containers; articles of animal gut (other than silkworm gut) | 438 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
| 44 | Wood and articles of wood; wood charcoal | 638 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
| 49 | Printed books, newspapers, pictures and other products of the printing industry; manuscripts, typescripts and plans | 60 | 0.00 | 108 | -44.44 |
| 61 | Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, knitted or crocheted | 4,849 | 0.00 | 13,504 | -64.09 |
| 62 | Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, not knitted or crocheted | 562,148 | 0.41 | 322,572 | 74.27 |
| 63 | Other made up textile articles; sets; worn clothing and worn textile articles; rags | 473 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
| 65 | Headgear and parts thereof | 12 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
| 73 | Articles of iron or steel | 2,582 | 0.00 | 40 | 6,355.00 |
| 76 | Aluminum and articles thereof | 709 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
| 82 | Tools, implements, cutlery, spoons and forks, of base metal; parts thereof of base metal | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
| 84 | Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof | 1,148 | 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 | 602 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
| 87 | Vehicles other than railway or tramway rolling stock, and parts and accessories thereof | 68 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
| 90 | Optical, photographic, cinematographic, measuring, checking, precision, medical or surgical instruments and apparatus; parts and accessories thereof | 11 | 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 | 0 | 0.00 | 3,000 | -100.00 |
| 95 | Toys, games and sports requisites; parts and accessories thereof | 45,260 | 0.03 | 49 | 92,267.35 |
| 96 | Miscellaneous manufactured articles | 19 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |