Russian trade in goods with Ghana in Q1 2018
based on data from the Federal Customs Service of Russia
Russia’s Trade with Ghana
In the 1st quarter of 2018, Russia’s trade with Ghana was $46,800,594, down 34.88% ($25,071,500) from the 1st quarter of 2017.
Russia’s exports to Ghana in the 1st quarter of 2018 were $24,590,132, down 56.13% ($31,459,691) from the 1st quarter of 2017.
Russia’s imports from Ghana in the 1st quarter of 2018 totaled $22,210,462, up 40.37% ($6,388,191) from the 1st quarter of 2017.
Russia’s trade surplus with Ghana in the 1st quarter of 2018 was $2,379,670, a 94.08% decrease ($37,847,882) over the 1st quarter of 2017.
Ghana was Russia’s 96th largest trading partner in the 1st quarter of 2018 (down from 90th in the 1st quarter of 2017), accounting for 0.0297% of Russia’s total trade (down from 0.0559% in the 1st quarter of 2017).
Ghana was Russia’s 100th largest export market in the 1st quarter of 2018 (down from 80th in the 1st quarter of 2017), accounting for 0.0239% of Russia’s total exports (down from 0.0673% in the 1st quarter of 2017).
Ghana was Russia’s 84th largest supplier in the 1st quarter of 2018 (up from 89th in the 1st quarter of 2017), accounting for 0.0407% of Russia’s total imports (up from 0.0350% in the 1st quarter of 2017).
Russia’s Exports to Ghana
The major share of Russian exports to Ghana 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) - 58.33% of Russia’s total exports to Ghana (3.57% in the 1st quarter of 2017);
- Chemical products (HS codes 28-40) - 21.99% of Russia’s total exports to Ghana (5.66% in the 1st quarter of 2017);
- Wood and wood products (HS codes 44-49) - 10.08% of Russia’s total exports to Ghana (5.57% in the 1st quarter of 2017);
- Mineral products (HS codes 25-27) - 6.88% of Russia’s total exports to Ghana (84.93% in the 1st quarter of 2017);
- Machinery, equipment and vehicles (HS codes 84-90) - 2.71% of Russia’s total exports to Ghana (0.22% in the 1st quarter of 2017).
The largest gains in Russia’s exports to Ghana in the 1st quarter of 2018 over the 1st quarter of 2017 were recorded for the following product groups:
- Cereals (HS code 10) - an increase of $12,161,165;
- Fertilizers (HS code 31) - an increase of $2,148,822;
- 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 $333,163;
- Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof (HS code 84) - an increase of $233,487;
- Meat and edible meat offal (HS code 02) - an increase of $181,391.
The largest declines in Russia’s exports to Ghana in the 1st quarter of 2018 over the 1st quarter of 2017 were recorded for the following product groups:
- Mineral fuels, mineral oils and products of their distillation; bituminous substances; mineral waxes (HS code 27) - a decrease of $45,913,950;
- Paper and paperboard; articles of paper pulp, of paper or of paperboard (HS code 48) - a decrease of $644,499.
| HS code |
Name of product group | Value of exports in Q1 2018, US dollars ($) |
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 | 245,685 | 1.00 | 64,294 | 282.13 |
| 10 | Cereals | 14,098,361 | 57.33 | 1,937,196 | 627.77 |
| 27 | Mineral fuels, mineral oils and products of their distillation; bituminous substances; mineral waxes | 1,691,647 | 6.88 | 47,605,597 | -96.45 |
| 28 | Inorganic chemicals; organic or inorganic compounds of precious metals, of rare-earth metals,of radioactive elements or of isotopes | 4,665 | 0.02 | 0 | ∞ |
| 29 | Organic chemicals | 26,341 | 0.11 | 0 | ∞ |
| 31 | Fertilizers | 5,322,167 | 21.64 | 3,173,345 | 67.71 |
| 32 | Tanning or dyeing extracts; dyes, pigments, paints, varnishes, putty and mastics | 52,101 | 0.21 | 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 | 132 | -100.00 |
| 38 | Miscellaneous chemical products | 0 | 0.00 | 311 | -100.00 |
| 39 | Plastics and articles thereof | 1,205 | 0.00 | 418 | 188.28 |
| 40 | Rubber and articles thereof | 0 | 0.00 | 839 | -100.00 |
| 48 | Paper and paperboard; articles of paper pulp, of paper or of paperboard | 2,479,602 | 10.08 | 3,124,101 | -20.63 |
| 56 | Wadding, felt and nonwovens; special yarns, twine, cordage, ropes and cables and articles thereof | 0 | 0.00 | 15 | -100.00 |
| 63 | Other made up textile articles; sets; worn clothing and worn textile articles; rags | 677 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
| 73 | Articles of iron or steel | 0 | 0.00 | 793 | -100.00 |
| 74 | Copper and articles thereof | 199 | 0.00 | 1,239 | -83.94 |
| 82 | Tools, implements, cutlery, spoons and forks, of base metal; parts thereof of base metal | 0 | 0.00 | 120 | -100.00 |
| 83 | Miscellaneous articles of base metal | 0 | 0.00 | 8,389 | -100.00 |
| 84 | Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof | 244,263 | 0.99 | 10,776 | 2,166.73 |
| 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 | 417,876 | 1.70 | 84,713 | 393.28 |
| 87 | Vehicles other than railway or tramway rolling stock, and parts and accessories thereof | 0 | 0.00 | 29,700 | -100.00 |
| 90 | Optical, photographic, cinematographic, measuring, checking, precision, medical or surgical instruments and apparatus; parts and accessories thereof | 5,343 | 0.02 | 0 | ∞ |
| 95 | Toys, games and sports requisites; parts and accessories thereof | 0 | 0.00 | 7,845 | -100.00 |
Russia’s Imports from Ghana
The major share of Russian imports from Ghana 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) - 99.41% of Russia’s total imports from Ghana (99.77% in the 1st quarter of 2017).
The largest gains in Russia’s imports from Ghana 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) - an increase of $6,227,747;
- Wood and articles of wood; wood charcoal (HS code 44) - an increase of $96,317.
The largest declines in Russia’s imports from Ghana in the 1st quarter of 2018 over the 1st quarter of 2017 were recorded for the following product groups:
- No product groups with a substantial decrease.
| HS code |
Name of product group | Value of imports in Q1 2018, US dollars ($) |
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 | 1,167 | 0.01 | 2,289 | -49.02 |
| 08 | Edible fruit and nuts; peel of citrus fruit or melons | 91,830 | 0.41 | 35,097 | 161.65 |
| 15 | Animal or vegetable fats and oils and their cleavage products prepared edible fats; animal or vegetable waxes | 9,137 | 0.04 | 0 | ∞ |
| 18 | Cocoa and cocoa preparations | 21,976,847 | 98.95 | 15,749,100 | 39.54 |
| 20 | Preparations of vegetables, fruit, nuts or other parts of plants | 783 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
| 39 | Plastics and articles thereof | 0 | 0.00 | 5 | -100.00 |
| 44 | Wood and articles of wood; wood charcoal | 130,626 | 0.59 | 34,309 | 280.73 |
| 73 | Articles of iron or steel | 0 | 0.00 | 1,471 | -100.00 |
| 83 | Miscellaneous articles of base metal | 3 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
| 87 | Vehicles other than railway or tramway rolling stock, and parts and accessories thereof | 69 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |