Russian trade with Tanzania in 2017
based on data from the Federal Customs Service of Russia
Russia’s Trade with Tanzania
In 2017, Russia’s trade with Tanzania totaled $197,999,114, up 55.05% ($70,302,446) from 2016.
Russia’s exports to Tanzania in 2017 totaled $149,831,188, up 89.31% ($70,683,572) from 2016.
Russia’s imports from Tanzania in 2017 were $48,167,926, down 0.79% ($381,126) from 2016.
Russia’s trade surplus with Tanzania in 2017 was $101,663,262, a 232.25% increase ($71,064,698) over 2016.
Tanzania was Russia’s 101st largest trading partner in 2017 (up from 108th in 2016), accounting for 0.0339% of Russia’s total trade (up from 0.0273% in 2016).
Tanzania was Russia’s 90th largest export market in 2017 (up from 96th in 2016), accounting for 0.0420% of Russia’s total exports (up from 0.0277% in 2016).
Tanzania was Russia’s 93rd largest supplier in 2017 (down from 92nd in 2016), accounting for 0.0212% of Russia’s total imports (down from 0.0266% in 2016).
Russia’s Exports to Tanzania
The major share of Russian exports to Tanzania in 2017 (and in 2016) was accounted for the following product types:
- Food products and agricultural raw materials (HS codes 01-24) - 82.40% of Russia’s total exports to Tanzania (81.39% in 2016);
- Chemical products (HS codes 28-40) - 13.16% of Russia’s total exports to Tanzania (7.19% in 2016);
- Mineral products (HS codes 25-27) - 1.55% of Russia’s total exports to Tanzania (1.96% in 2016);
- Machinery, equipment and vehicles (HS codes 84-90) - 1.39% of Russia’s total exports to Tanzania (0.36% in 2016);
- Wood and wood products (HS codes 44-49) - 1.21% of Russia’s total exports to Tanzania (6.60% in 2016);
- Metals and products from them (HS codes 72-83) - 0.27% of Russia’s total exports to Tanzania (2.48% in 2016).
The largest gains in Russia’s exports to Tanzania in 2017 over 2016 were recorded for the following product groups:
- Cereals (HS code 10) - an increase of $59,630,697;
- Fertilizers (HS code 31) - an increase of $13,673,679;
- 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 $1,491,164;
- Mineral fuels, mineral oils and products of their distillation; bituminous substances; mineral waxes (HS code 27) - an increase of $585,732.
The largest declines in Russia’s exports to Tanzania in 2017 over 2016 were recorded for the following product groups:
- Paper and paperboard; articles of paper pulp, of paper or of paperboard (HS code 48) - a decrease of $3,371,264;
- Aluminum and articles thereof (HS code 76) - a decrease of $1,135,676;
- Beverages, spirits and vinegar (HS code 22) - a decrease of $649,615.
HS code |
Name of product group | Value of exports in 2017, US dollars ($) |
Percent share in total export | Value of exports in 2016, US dollars ($) |
Percent change in 2017 over 2016 |
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02 | Meat and edible meat offal | 74,928 | 0.05 | 313,850 | -76.13 |
10 | Cereals | 122,510,381 | 81.77 | 62,879,684 | 94.83 |
15 | Animal or vegetable fats and oils and their cleavage products prepared edible fats; animal or vegetable waxes | 192,341 | 0.13 | 0 | ∞ |
16 | Preparations of meat, of fish or of crustaceans, molluscs or other aquatic invertebrates | 2,509 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
21 | Miscellaneous edible preparations | 107,813 | 0.07 | 1,710 | 6,204.85 |
22 | Beverages, spirits and vinegar | 573,891 | 0.38 | 1,223,506 | -53.09 |
25 | Salt; sulfur; earths and stone; plastering materials, lime and cement | 245,622 | 0.16 | 59,083 | 315.72 |
27 | Mineral fuels, mineral oils and products of their distillation; bituminous substances; mineral waxes | 2,080,364 | 1.39 | 1,494,632 | 39.19 |
28 | Inorganic chemicals; organic or inorganic compounds of precious metals, of rare-earth metals,of radioactive elements or of isotopes | 801,955 | 0.54 | 562,553 | 42.56 |
29 | Organic chemicals | 43,759 | 0.03 | 14,596 | 199.80 |
31 | Fertilizers | 18,766,829 | 12.53 | 5,093,150 | 268.47 |
32 | Tanning or dyeing extracts; dyes, pigments, paints, varnishes, putty and mastics | 0 | 0.00 | 2,733 | -100.00 |
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 | 3,174 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
38 | Miscellaneous chemical products | 39,067 | 0.03 | 40 | 97,567.50 |
39 | Plastics and articles thereof | 59,196 | 0.04 | 14,712 | 302.37 |
40 | Rubber and articles thereof | 6,280 | 0.00 | 1,160 | 441.38 |
44 | Wood and articles of wood; wood charcoal | 79,715 | 0.05 | 122,723 | -35.04 |
48 | Paper and paperboard; articles of paper pulp, of paper or of paperboard | 1,727,507 | 1.15 | 5,098,771 | -66.12 |
49 | Printed books, newspapers, pictures and other products of the printing industry; manuscripts, typescripts and plans | 40 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
59 | Impregnated, coated, covered or laminated textile fabrics; textile articles of a kind suitable for industrial use | 0 | 0.00 | 1,611 | -100.00 |
61 | Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, knitted or crocheted | 1,594 | 0.00 | 1,076 | 48.14 |
63 | Other made up textile articles; sets; worn clothing and worn textile articles; rags | 1,072 | 0.00 | 660 | 62.42 |
65 | Headgear and parts thereof | 688 | 0.00 | 620 | 10.97 |
72 | Iron and steel | 0 | 0.00 | 429,823 | -100.00 |
73 | Articles of iron or steel | 51,730 | 0.03 | 30,779 | 68.07 |
76 | Aluminum and articles thereof | 358,583 | 0.24 | 1,494,259 | -76.00 |
80 | Tin and articles thereof | 0 | 0.00 | 36 | -100.00 |
82 | Tools, implements, cutlery, spoons and forks, of base metal; parts thereof of base metal | 856 | 0.00 | 8,176 | -89.53 |
83 | Miscellaneous articles of base metal | 0 | 0.00 | 37 | -100.00 |
84 | Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof | 240,362 | 0.16 | 135,025 | 78.01 |
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 | 1,541,921 | 1.03 | 50,757 | 2,937.85 |
87 | Vehicles other than railway or tramway rolling stock, and parts and accessories thereof | 0 | 0.00 | 97,535 | -100.00 |
90 | Optical, photographic, cinematographic, measuring, checking, precision, medical or surgical instruments and apparatus; parts and accessories thereof | 302,656 | 0.20 | 3,033 | 9,878.77 |
91 | Clocks and watches and parts thereof | 88 | 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 | 16,267 | 0.01 | 11,104 | 46.50 |
96 | Miscellaneous manufactured articles | 0 | 0.00 | 182 | -100.00 |
Russia’s Imports from Tanzania
The major share of Russian imports from Tanzania in 2017 (and in 2016) was accounted for the following product types:
- Food products and agricultural raw materials (HS codes 01-24) - 100.00% of Russia’s total imports from Tanzania (99.95% in 2016).
The largest gains in Russia’s imports from Tanzania in 2017 over 2016 were recorded for the following product groups:
- Oil seeds and oleaginous fruits; miscellaneous grains, seeds and fruits; industrial or medicinal plants; straw and fodder (HS code 12) - an increase of $1,480,486.
The largest declines in Russia’s imports from Tanzania in 2017 over 2016 were recorded for the following product groups:
- Tobacco and manufactured tobacco substitutes (HS code 24) - a decrease of $1,817,453.
HS code |
Name of product group | Value of imports in 2017, US dollars ($) |
Percent share in total import | Value of imports in 2016, US dollars ($) |
Percent change in 2017 over 2016 |
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01 | Live animals | 0 | 0.00 | 1,217 | -100.00 |
06 | Live trees and other plants; bulbs, roots and the like; cut flowers and ornamental foliage | 29,221 | 0.06 | 25,546 | 14.39 |
07 | Edible vegetables and certain roots and tubers | 1,330 | 0.00 | 100 | 1,230.00 |
08 | Edible fruit and nuts; peel of citrus fruit or melons | 431,895 | 0.90 | 487,661 | -11.44 |
09 | Coffee, tea, maté and spices | 10,527,521 | 21.86 | 10,499,806 | 0.26 |
12 | Oil seeds and oleaginous fruits; miscellaneous grains, seeds and fruits; industrial or medicinal plants; straw and fodder | 3,599,489 | 7.47 | 2,119,003 | 69.87 |
24 | Tobacco and manufactured tobacco substitutes | 33,576,337 | 69.71 | 35,393,790 | -5.13 |
26 | Ores, slag and ash | 0 | 0.00 | 14,871 | -100.00 |
43 | Furskins and artificial fur; manufactures thereof | 1,380 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
44 | Wood and articles of wood; wood charcoal | 0 | 0.00 | 697 | -100.00 |
83 | Miscellaneous articles of base metal | 0 | 0.00 | 5,869 | -100.00 |
84 | Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof | 159 | 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 | 0 | 0.00 | 492 | -100.00 |
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 | 594 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |