Russian trade in goods with Cote d’Ivoire in Q1 2018
based on data from the Federal Customs Service of Russia
Russia’s Trade with Cote d’Ivoire
In the 1st quarter of 2018, Russia’s trade with Cote d’Ivoire was $46,781,360, down 25.88% ($16,337,012) from the 1st quarter of 2017.
Russia’s exports to Cote d’Ivoire in the 1st quarter of 2018 were $7,747,697, down 59.49% ($11,378,124) from the 1st quarter of 2017.
Russia’s imports from Cote d’Ivoire in the 1st quarter of 2018 were $39,033,663, down 11.27% ($4,958,888) from the 1st quarter of 2017.
Russia’s trade deficit with Cote d’Ivoire in the 1st quarter of 2018 was $31,285,966, a 25.81% increase ($6,419,236) over the 1st quarter of 2017.
Cote d’Ivoire was Russia’s 97th largest trading partner in the 1st quarter of 2018 (down from 92nd in the 1st quarter of 2017), accounting for 0.0297% of Russia’s total trade (down from 0.0491% in the 1st quarter of 2017).
Cote d’Ivoire was Russia’s 120th largest export market in the 1st quarter of 2018 (down from 100th in the 1st quarter of 2017), accounting for 0.0075% of Russia’s total exports (down from 0.0229% in the 1st quarter of 2017).
Cote d’Ivoire was Russia’s 75th largest supplier in the 1st quarter of 2018 (down from 69th in the 1st quarter of 2017), accounting for 0.0715% of Russia’s total imports (down from 0.0973% in the 1st quarter of 2017).
Russia’s Exports to Cote d’Ivoire
The major share of Russian exports to Cote d’Ivoire in the 1st quarter of 2018 (and in the 1st quarter of 2017) was accounted for the following product types:
- Metals and products from them (HS codes 72-83) - 31.86% of Russia’s total exports to Cote d’Ivoire (3.35% in the 1st quarter of 2017);
- Wood and wood products (HS codes 44-49) - 28.07% of Russia’s total exports to Cote d’Ivoire (5.96% in the 1st quarter of 2017);
- Chemical products (HS codes 28-40) - 27.54% of Russia’s total exports to Cote d’Ivoire (46.31% in the 1st quarter of 2017);
- Food products and agricultural raw materials (HS codes 01-24) - 8.21% of Russia’s total exports to Cote d’Ivoire (39.04% in the 1st quarter of 2017);
- Mineral products (HS codes 25-27) - 4.24% of Russia’s total exports to Cote d’Ivoire (2.59% in the 1st quarter of 2017);
- Machinery, equipment and vehicles (HS codes 84-90) - 0.01% of Russia’s total exports to Cote d’Ivoire (2.76% in the 1st quarter of 2017).
The largest gains in Russia’s exports to Cote d’Ivoire in the 1st quarter of 2018 over the 1st quarter of 2017 were recorded for the following product groups:
- Iron and steel (HS code 72) - an increase of $1,825,352;
- Paper and paperboard; articles of paper pulp, of paper or of paperboard (HS code 48) - an increase of $1,022,691;
- Animal or vegetable fats and oils and their cleavage products prepared edible fats; animal or vegetable waxes (HS code 15) - an increase of $492,775;
- Miscellaneous edible preparations (HS code 21) - an increase of $31,684.
The largest declines in Russia’s exports to Cote d’Ivoire in the 1st quarter of 2018 over the 1st quarter of 2017 were recorded for the following product groups:
- Cereals (HS code 10) - a decrease of $7,337,047;
- Fertilizers (HS code 31) - a decrease of $6,352,718;
- Vehicles other than railway or tramway rolling stock, and parts and accessories thereof (HS code 87) - a decrease of $455,917;
- Pharmaceutical products (HS code 30) - a decrease of $362,284;
- Mineral fuels, mineral oils and products of their distillation; bituminous substances; mineral waxes (HS code 27) - a decrease of $166,215;
- 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) - a decrease of $71,591;
- 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 $24,092.
| HS code |
Name of product group | Value of exports in Q1 2018, US dollars ($) |
Percent share in total export | Value of exports in Q1 2017, US dollars ($) |
Percent change in Q1 2018 over Q1 2017 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 02 | Meat and edible meat offal | 0 | 0.00 | 17,475 | -100.00 |
| 05 | Products of animal origin, not elsewhere specified or included | 19,250 | 0.25 | 19,152 | 0.51 |
| 10 | Cereals | 0 | 0.00 | 7,337,047 | -100.00 |
| 15 | Animal or vegetable fats and oils and their cleavage products prepared edible fats; animal or vegetable waxes | 585,473 | 7.56 | 92,698 | 531.59 |
| 21 | Miscellaneous edible preparations | 31,684 | 0.41 | 0 | ∞ |
| 27 | Mineral fuels, mineral oils and products of their distillation; bituminous substances; mineral waxes | 328,475 | 4.24 | 494,690 | -33.60 |
| 28 | Inorganic chemicals; organic or inorganic compounds of precious metals, of rare-earth metals,of radioactive elements or of isotopes | 49,317 | 0.64 | 73,409 | -32.82 |
| 30 | Pharmaceutical products | 169,504 | 2.19 | 531,788 | -68.13 |
| 31 | Fertilizers | 1,897,406 | 24.49 | 8,250,124 | -77.00 |
| 39 | Plastics and articles thereof | 17,550 | 0.23 | 1,800 | 875.00 |
| 42 | Articles of leather; saddlery and harness; travel goods, handbags and similar containers; articles of animal gut (other than silkworm gut) | 0 | 0.00 | 90 | -100.00 |
| 44 | Wood and articles of wood; wood charcoal | 58,084 | 0.75 | 44,708 | 29.92 |
| 48 | Paper and paperboard; articles of paper pulp, of paper or of paperboard | 2,116,417 | 27.32 | 1,093,726 | 93.51 |
| 49 | Printed books, newspapers, pictures and other products of the printing industry; manuscripts, typescripts and plans | 0 | 0.00 | 1,100 | -100.00 |
| 61 | Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, knitted or crocheted | 0 | 0.00 | 400 | -100.00 |
| 63 | Other made up textile articles; sets; worn clothing and worn textile articles; rags | 816 | 0.01 | 0 | ∞ |
| 65 | Headgear and parts thereof | 0 | 0.00 | 75 | -100.00 |
| 72 | Iron and steel | 2,465,161 | 31.82 | 639,809 | 285.30 |
| 73 | Articles of iron or steel | 3,132 | 0.04 | 0 | ∞ |
| 82 | Tools, implements, cutlery, spoons and forks, of base metal; parts thereof of base metal | 0 | 0.00 | 20 | -100.00 |
| 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 | 71,591 | -100.00 |
| 87 | Vehicles other than railway or tramway rolling stock, and parts and accessories thereof | 0 | 0.00 | 455,917 | -100.00 |
| 90 | Optical, photographic, cinematographic, measuring, checking, precision, medical or surgical instruments and apparatus; parts and accessories thereof | 496 | 0.01 | 177 | 180.23 |
| 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 | 4,932 | 0.06 | 0 | ∞ |
| 96 | Miscellaneous manufactured articles | 0 | 0.00 | 25 | -100.00 |
Russia’s Imports from Cote d’Ivoire
The major share of Russian imports from Cote d’Ivoire in the 1st quarter of 2018 (and in the 1st quarter of 2017) was accounted for the following product types:
- Food products and agricultural raw materials (HS codes 01-24) - 97.45% of Russia’s total imports from Cote d’Ivoire (98.08% in the 1st quarter of 2017);
- Chemical products (HS codes 28-40) - 2.20% of Russia’s total imports from Cote d’Ivoire (1.84% in the 1st quarter of 2017).
The largest gains in Russia’s imports from Cote d’Ivoire in the 1st quarter of 2018 over the 1st quarter of 2017 were recorded for the following product groups:
- Edible fruit and nuts; peel of citrus fruit or melons (HS code 08) - an increase of $210,536.
The largest declines in Russia’s imports from Cote d’Ivoire in the 1st quarter of 2018 over the 1st quarter of 2017 were recorded for the following product groups:
- Cocoa and cocoa preparations (HS code 18) - a decrease of $5,311,552.
| HS code |
Name of product group | Value of imports in Q1 2018, US dollars ($) |
Percent share in total import | Value of imports in Q1 2017, US dollars ($) |
Percent change in Q1 2018 over Q1 2017 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 06 | Live trees and other plants; bulbs, roots and the like; cut flowers and ornamental foliage | 542 | 0.00 | 781 | -30.60 |
| 08 | Edible fruit and nuts; peel of citrus fruit or melons | 1,071,803 | 2.75 | 861,267 | 24.44 |
| 15 | Animal or vegetable fats and oils and their cleavage products prepared edible fats; animal or vegetable waxes | 0 | 0.00 | 5,346 | -100.00 |
| 18 | Cocoa and cocoa preparations | 36,967,793 | 94.71 | 42,279,345 | -12.56 |
| 25 | Salt; sulfur; earths and stone; plastering materials, lime and cement | 99,840 | 0.26 | 0 | ∞ |
| 32 | Tanning or dyeing extracts; dyes, pigments, paints, varnishes, putty and mastics | 100,660 | 0.26 | 0 | ∞ |
| 33 | Essential oils and resinoids; perfumery, cosmetic or toilet preparations | 5,299 | 0.01 | 220 | 2,308.64 |
| 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 | 248 | 0.00 | 10 | 2,380.00 |
| 40 | Rubber and articles thereof | 750,960 | 1.92 | 807,124 | -6.96 |
| 44 | Wood and articles of wood; wood charcoal | 36,518 | 0.09 | 38,458 | -5.04 |