Russian trade in goods with Malawi in Q1 2018
based on data from the Federal Customs Service of Russia
Russia’s Trade with Malawi
In the 1st quarter of 2018, Russia’s trade with Malawi was $19,412,525, down 3.28% ($659,134) from the 1st quarter of 2017.
Russia’s exports to Malawi in the 1st quarter of 2018 totaled $1,316,000, up 3,581.12% ($1,280,250) from the 1st quarter of 2017.
Russia’s imports from Malawi in the 1st quarter of 2018 were $18,096,525, down 9.68% ($1,939,384) from the 1st quarter of 2017.
Russia’s trade deficit with Malawi in the 1st quarter of 2018 was $16,780,525, a 16.10% decrease ($3,219,634) over the 1st quarter of 2017.
Malawi was Russia’s 123rd largest trading partner in the 1st quarter of 2018 (down from 112th in the 1st quarter of 2017), accounting for 0.0123% of Russia’s total trade (down from 0.0156% in the 1st quarter of 2017).
Malawi was Russia’s 149th largest export market in the 1st quarter of 2018 (up from 179th in the 1st quarter of 2017), accounting for 0.0013% of Russia’s total exports (up from 0.0000% in the 1st quarter of 2017).
Malawi was Russia’s 88th largest supplier in the 1st quarter of 2018 (down from 84th in the 1st quarter of 2017), accounting for 0.0331% of Russia’s total imports (down from 0.0443% in the 1st quarter of 2017).
Russia’s Exports to Malawi
The major share of Russian exports to Malawi 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) - 100.00% of Russia’s total exports to Malawi (0.00% in the 1st quarter of 2017);
- Wood and wood products (HS codes 44-49) - 0.00% of Russia’s total exports to Malawi (100.00% in the 1st quarter of 2017).
The largest gains in Russia’s exports to Malawi 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 $1,316,000.
The largest declines in Russia’s exports to Malawi in the 1st quarter of 2018 over the 1st quarter of 2017 were recorded for the following product groups:
- Wood and articles of wood; wood charcoal (HS code 44) - a decrease of $35,750.
| HS code |
Name of product group | Value of exports in Q1 2018, US dollars ($) |
Percent share in total export | Value of exports in Q1 2017, US dollars ($) |
Percent change in Q1 2018 over Q1 2017 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 10 | Cereals | 1,316,000 | 100.00 | 0 | ∞ |
| 44 | Wood and articles of wood; wood charcoal | 0 | 0.00 | 35,750 | -100.00 |
Russia’s Imports from Malawi
The major share of Russian imports from Malawi 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) - 99.91% of Russia’s total imports from Malawi (100.00% in the 1st quarter of 2017).
The largest gains in Russia’s imports from Malawi 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 increase.
The largest declines in Russia’s imports from Malawi in the 1st quarter of 2018 over the 1st quarter of 2017 were recorded for the following product groups:
- Tobacco and manufactured tobacco substitutes (HS code 24) - a decrease of $1,870,232;
- Coffee, tea, maté and spices (HS code 09) - a decrease of $76,405.
| HS code |
Name of product group | Value of imports in Q1 2018, US dollars ($) |
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 | 0 | 0.00 | 18 | -100.00 |
| 09 | Coffee, tea, maté and spices | 0 | 0.00 | 76,405 | -100.00 |
| 11 | Products of the milling industry; malt; starches; inulin; wheat gluten | 0 | 0.00 | 8,897 | -100.00 |
| 24 | Tobacco and manufactured tobacco substitutes | 18,079,829 | 99.91 | 19,950,061 | -9.37 |
| 40 | Rubber and articles thereof | 5 | 0.00 | 339 | -98.53 |
| 61 | Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, knitted or crocheted | 16,661 | 0.09 | 0 | ∞ |
| 84 | Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof | 0 | 0.00 | 189 | -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 | 30 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |