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Russian trade with Zimbabwe in 2017

by Russian Foreign Trade
based on data from the Federal Customs Service of Russia
The Report on Russia’s foreign trade in goods with Zimbabwe in 2017: exports, imports, products, dynamics.

Russia’s Trade with Zimbabwe

In 2017, Russia’s trade with Zimbabwe was $53,070,136, down 20.81% ($13,944,504) from 2016.

Russia’s exports to Zimbabwe in 2017 were $2,482,226, down 71.14% ($6,117,779) from 2016.

Russia’s imports from Zimbabwe in 2017 were $50,587,910, down 13.40% ($7,826,725) from 2016.

Russia’s trade deficit with Zimbabwe in 2017 was $48,105,684, a 3.43% decrease ($1,708,946) over 2016.

Zimbabwe was Russia’s 129th largest trading partner in 2017 (down from 120th in 2016), accounting for 0.0091% of Russia’s total trade (down from 0.0143% in 2016).

Zimbabwe was Russia’s 162nd largest export market in 2017 (down from 145th in 2016), accounting for 0.0007% of Russia’s total exports (down from 0.0030% in 2016).

Zimbabwe was Russia’s 91st largest supplier in 2017 (down from 89th in 2016), accounting for 0.0223% of Russia’s total imports (down from 0.0320% in 2016).

Russia’s Exports to Zimbabwe

The major share of Russian exports to Zimbabwe in 2017 (and in 2016) was accounted for the following product types:

  • Wood and wood products (HS codes 44-49) - 52.85% of Russia’s total exports to Zimbabwe (0.56% in 2016);
  • Chemical products (HS codes 28-40) - 22.53% of Russia’s total exports to Zimbabwe (0.15% in 2016);
  • Food products and agricultural raw materials (HS codes 01-24) - 22.13% of Russia’s total exports to Zimbabwe (98.74% in 2016);
  • Machinery, equipment and vehicles (HS codes 84-90) - 2.48% of Russia’s total exports to Zimbabwe (0.47% in 2016).

The largest gains in Russia’s exports to Zimbabwe in 2017 over 2016 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) - an increase of $1,311,480;
  • Fertilizers (HS code 31) - an increase of $536,507;
  • 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;
  • Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof (HS code 84) - an increase of $20,183;
  • Plastics and articles thereof (HS code 39) - an increase of $15,316.

The largest declines in Russia’s exports to Zimbabwe in 2017 over 2016 were recorded for the following product groups:

  • Cereals (HS code 10) - a decrease of $8,108,407;
  • Paper and paperboard; articles of paper pulp, of paper or of paperboard (HS code 48) - a decrease of $47,674;
  • Preparations of meat, of fish or of crustaceans, molluscs or other aquatic invertebrates (HS code 16) - a decrease of $29,783;
  • 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 $13,096.
Russia’s exports to Zimbabwe in 2017 by product groups
HS
code
Name of product group Value of exports
in 2017,
US dollars ($)
Percent share in total export Value of exports
in 2016,
US dollars ($)
Percent change
in 2017
over 2016
07 Edible vegetables and certain roots and tubers 102,170 4.12 0
10 Cereals 353,158 14.23 8,461,565-95.83
15 Animal or vegetable fats and oils and their cleavage products prepared edible fats; animal or vegetable waxes 94,031 3.79 0
16 Preparations of meat, of fish or of crustaceans, molluscs or other aquatic invertebrates 0 0.00 29,783-100.00
28 Inorganic chemicals; organic or inorganic compounds of precious metals, of rare-earth metals,of radioactive elements or of isotopes 0 0.00 13,096-100.00
30 Pharmaceutical products 7,376 0.30 0
31 Fertilizers 536,507 21.61 0
39 Plastics and articles thereof 15,339 0.62 2366,591.30
48 Paper and paperboard; articles of paper pulp, of paper or of paperboard 187 0.01 47,861-99.61
49 Printed books, newspapers, pictures and other products of the printing industry; manuscripts, typescripts and plans 1,311,678 52.84 198662,363.64
63 Other made up textile articles; sets; worn clothing and worn textile articles; rags 110 0.00 0
68 Articles of stone, plaster, cement, asbestos, mica or similar materials 0 0.00 7,358-100.00
84 Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof 45,333 1.83 25,15080.25
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 1,792 0.07 315,680.65
90 Optical, photographic, cinematographic, measuring, checking, precision, medical or surgical instruments and apparatus; parts and accessories thereof 14,545 0.59 14,940-2.64

Russia’s Imports from Zimbabwe

The major share of Russian imports from Zimbabwe in 2017 (and in 2016) was accounted for the following product types:

  • Food products and agricultural raw materials (HS codes 01-24) - 99.44% of Russia’s total imports from Zimbabwe (99.94% in 2016).

The largest gains in Russia’s imports from Zimbabwe in 2017 over 2016 were recorded for the following product groups:

  • Coffee, tea, maté and spices (HS code 09) - an increase of $1,764,115;
  • Edible fruit and nuts; peel of citrus fruit or melons (HS code 08) - an increase of $718,551;
  • Miscellaneous edible preparations (HS code 21) - an increase of $226,320;
  • Ores, slag and ash (HS code 26) - an increase of $210,276.

The largest declines in Russia’s imports from Zimbabwe in 2017 over 2016 were recorded for the following product groups:

  • Tobacco and manufactured tobacco substitutes (HS code 24) - a decrease of $10,770,232.
Russia’s imports from Zimbabwe in 2017 by product groups
HS
code
Name of product group Value of imports in 2017,
US dollars ($)
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 131,591 0.26 156,577-15.96
07 Edible vegetables and certain roots and tubers 16,620 0.03 11,02850.71
08 Edible fruit and nuts; peel of citrus fruit or melons 1,364,050 2.70 645,499111.32
09 Coffee, tea, maté and spices 3,473,975 6.87 1,709,860103.17
12 Oil seeds and oleaginous fruits; miscellaneous grains, seeds and fruits; industrial or medicinal plants; straw and fodder 2,096 0.00 5,766-63.65
15 Animal or vegetable fats and oils and their cleavage products prepared edible fats; animal or vegetable waxes 7,272 0.01 1,496386.10
21 Miscellaneous edible preparations 226,320 0.45 0
24 Tobacco and manufactured tobacco substitutes 45,081,184 89.11 55,851,416-19.28
25 Salt; sulfur; earths and stone; plastering materials, lime and cement 35,154 0.07 16,358114.90
26 Ores, slag and ash 210,276 0.42 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 0.07 16,635121.79
73 Articles of iron or steel 2 0.00 0
83 Miscellaneous articles of base metal 192 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 2,226 0.00 0
Russian foreign trade statistics
Source: Federal Customs Service of Russia