Russian trade with Zimbabwe in 2017
based on data from the Federal Customs Service of Russia
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 $13,096.
HS code |
Name of product group | Value of exports in 2017, US dollars ($) |
Percent share in total export | Value of exports in 2016, US dollars ($) |
Percent change in 2017 over 2016 |
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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 | 23 | 66,591.30 |
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 | 198 | 662,363.64 |
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 | 25,150 | 80.25 |
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 | 31 | 5,680.65 |
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 $10,770,232.
HS code |
Name of product group | Value of imports in 2017, US dollars ($) |
Percent share in total import | Value of imports in 2016, US dollars ($) |
Percent change in 2017 over 2016 |
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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 | 11,028 | 50.71 |
08 | Edible fruit and nuts; peel of citrus fruit or melons | 1,364,050 | 2.70 | 645,499 | 111.32 |
09 | Coffee, tea, maté and spices | 3,473,975 | 6.87 | 1,709,860 | 103.17 |
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 | 1,496 | 386.10 |
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 | 16,358 | 114.90 |
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 | 16,635 | 121.79 |
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 | ∞ |