Russian trade in goods with Nigeria in Q1 2018
based on data from the Federal Customs Service of Russia
Russia’s Trade with Nigeria
In the 1st quarter of 2018, Russia’s trade with Nigeria was $72,398,743, down 14.98% ($12,757,250) from the 1st quarter of 2017.
Russia’s exports to Nigeria in the 1st quarter of 2018 totaled $67,876,728, up 5.37% ($3,459,205) from the 1st quarter of 2017.
Russia’s imports from Nigeria in the 1st quarter of 2018 were $4,522,015, down 78.20% ($16,216,455) from the 1st quarter of 2017.
Russia’s trade surplus with Nigeria in the 1st quarter of 2018 was $63,354,713, a 45.05% increase ($19,675,660) over the 1st quarter of 2017.
Nigeria was Russia’s 89th largest trading partner in the 1st quarter of 2018 (down from 85th in the 1st quarter of 2017), accounting for 0.0459% of Russia’s total trade (down from 0.0662% in the 1st quarter of 2017).
Nigeria was Russia’s 77th largest export market in the 1st quarter of 2018 (down from 76th in the 1st quarter of 2017), accounting for 0.0659% of Russia’s total exports (down from 0.0773% in the 1st quarter of 2017).
Nigeria was Russia’s 110th largest supplier in the 1st quarter of 2018 (down from 83rd in the 1st quarter of 2017), accounting for 0.0083% of Russia’s total imports (down from 0.0459% in the 1st quarter of 2017).
Russia’s Exports to Nigeria
The major share of Russian exports to Nigeria 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) - 51.15% of Russia’s total exports to Nigeria (67.11% in the 1st quarter of 2017);
- Mineral products (HS codes 25-27) - 35.71% of Russia’s total exports to Nigeria (12.25% in the 1st quarter of 2017);
- Chemical products (HS codes 28-40) - 9.27% of Russia’s total exports to Nigeria (15.83% in the 1st quarter of 2017);
- Wood and wood products (HS codes 44-49) - 2.73% of Russia’s total exports to Nigeria (1.80% in the 1st quarter of 2017);
- Machinery, equipment and vehicles (HS codes 84-90) - 1.11% of Russia’s total exports to Nigeria (0.21% in the 1st quarter of 2017);
- Metals and products from them (HS codes 72-83) - 0.01% of Russia’s total exports to Nigeria (2.80% in the 1st quarter of 2017).
The largest gains in Russia’s exports to Nigeria 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) - an increase of $16,403,498;
- Fish and crustaceans, molluscs and other aquatic invertebrates (HS code 03) - an increase of $3,265,404;
- Pharmaceutical products (HS code 30) - an increase of $2,984,733;
- Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof (HS code 84) - an increase of $552,738;
- Paper and paperboard; articles of paper pulp, of paper or of paperboard (HS code 48) - an increase of $513,385.
The largest declines in Russia’s exports to Nigeria 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 $11,800,841;
- Fertilizers (HS code 31) - a decrease of $7,001,043;
- Iron and steel (HS code 72) - a decrease of $1,798,435.
| HS code |
Name of product group | Value of exports in Q1 2018, US dollars ($) |
Percent share in total export | Value of exports in Q1 2017, US dollars ($) |
Percent change in Q1 2018 over Q1 2017 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 03 | Fish and crustaceans, molluscs and other aquatic invertebrates | 3,402,886 | 5.01 | 137,482 | 2,375.15 |
| 10 | Cereals | 31,290,185 | 46.10 | 43,091,026 | -27.39 |
| 21 | Miscellaneous edible preparations | 27,189 | 0.04 | 0 | ∞ |
| 25 | Salt; sulfur; earths and stone; plastering materials, lime and cement | 0 | 0.00 | 57,567 | -100.00 |
| 27 | Mineral fuels, mineral oils and products of their distillation; bituminous substances; mineral waxes | 24,236,864 | 35.71 | 7,833,366 | 209.41 |
| 28 | Inorganic chemicals; organic or inorganic compounds of precious metals, of rare-earth metals,of radioactive elements or of isotopes | 465,225 | 0.69 | 323,543 | 43.79 |
| 29 | Organic chemicals | 347,458 | 0.51 | 423,188 | -17.90 |
| 30 | Pharmaceutical products | 4,787,629 | 7.05 | 1,802,896 | 165.55 |
| 31 | Fertilizers | 0 | 0.00 | 7,001,043 | -100.00 |
| 32 | Tanning or dyeing extracts; dyes, pigments, paints, varnishes, putty and mastics | 638,317 | 0.94 | 624,551 | 2.20 |
| 33 | Essential oils and resinoids; perfumery, cosmetic or toilet preparations | 255 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
| 38 | Miscellaneous chemical products | 40,328 | 0.06 | 875 | 4,508.91 |
| 39 | Plastics and articles thereof | 11,700 | 0.02 | 16,803 | -30.37 |
| 40 | Rubber and articles thereof | 177 | 0.00 | 7,059 | -97.49 |
| 44 | Wood and articles of wood; wood charcoal | 81,631 | 0.12 | 87,594 | -6.81 |
| 47 | Pulp of wood or of other fibrous cellulosic material; waste and scrap of paper or paperboard | 263,711 | 0.39 | 77,251 | 241.37 |
| 48 | Paper and paperboard; articles of paper pulp, of paper or of paperboard | 1,505,972 | 2.22 | 992,587 | 51.72 |
| 63 | Other made up textile articles; sets; worn clothing and worn textile articles; rags | 19,433 | 0.03 | 0 | ∞ |
| 72 | Iron and steel | 0 | 0.00 | 1,798,435 | -100.00 |
| 73 | Articles of iron or steel | 4,863 | 0.01 | 4,043 | 20.28 |
| 74 | Copper and articles thereof | 78 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
| 84 | Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof | 637,504 | 0.94 | 84,766 | 652.08 |
| 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 | 3,393 | 0.00 | 22,789 | -85.11 |
| 86 | Railway or tramway locomotives, rolling-stock and parts thereof; railway or tramway track fixtures and fittings and parts thereof; mechanical (including electro-mechanical) traffic signalling equipment of all kinds | 0 | 0.00 | 4,127 | -100.00 |
| 90 | Optical, photographic, cinematographic, measuring, checking, precision, medical or surgical instruments and apparatus; parts and accessories thereof | 111,080 | 0.16 | 26,532 | 318.66 |
| 96 | Miscellaneous manufactured articles | 850 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
Russia’s Imports from Nigeria
The major share of Russian imports from Nigeria 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) - 94.14% of Russia’s total imports from Nigeria (98.51% in the 1st quarter of 2017);
- Chemical products (HS codes 28-40) - 5.69% of Russia’s total imports from Nigeria (1.34% in the 1st quarter of 2017).
The largest gains in Russia’s imports from Nigeria 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 Nigeria in the 1st quarter of 2018 over the 1st quarter of 2017 were recorded for the following product groups:
- Oil seeds and oleaginous fruits; miscellaneous grains, seeds and fruits; industrial or medicinal plants; straw and fodder (HS code 12) - a decrease of $11,821,263;
- Cocoa and cocoa preparations (HS code 18) - a decrease of $4,296,168;
- Coffee, tea, maté and spices (HS code 09) - a decrease of $60,927;
- Wood and articles of wood; wood charcoal (HS code 44) - a decrease of $29,502;
- Rubber and articles thereof (HS code 40) - a decrease of $24,102.
| HS code |
Name of product group | Value of imports in Q1 2018, US dollars ($) |
Percent share in total import | Value of imports in Q1 2017, US dollars ($) |
Percent change in Q1 2018 over Q1 2017 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 03 | Fish and crustaceans, molluscs and other aquatic invertebrates | 0 | 0.00 | 2,345 | -100.00 |
| 07 | Edible vegetables and certain roots and tubers | 5,288 | 0.12 | 14,712 | -64.06 |
| 08 | Edible fruit and nuts; peel of citrus fruit or melons | 1,079 | 0.02 | 181 | 496.13 |
| 09 | Coffee, tea, maté and spices | 37,845 | 0.84 | 98,772 | -61.68 |
| 11 | Products of the milling industry; malt; starches; inulin; wheat gluten | 6,171 | 0.14 | 50 | 12,242.00 |
| 12 | Oil seeds and oleaginous fruits; miscellaneous grains, seeds and fruits; industrial or medicinal plants; straw and fodder | 245,261 | 5.42 | 12,066,524 | -97.97 |
| 15 | Animal or vegetable fats and oils and their cleavage products prepared edible fats; animal or vegetable waxes | 4,040 | 0.09 | 171 | 2,262.57 |
| 18 | Cocoa and cocoa preparations | 3,951,247 | 87.38 | 8,247,415 | -52.09 |
| 19 | Preparations of cereals, flour, starch or milk; bakers’ wares | 2,341 | 0.05 | 0 | ∞ |
| 20 | Preparations of vegetables, fruit, nuts or other parts of plants | 2,003 | 0.04 | 0 | ∞ |
| 22 | Beverages, spirits and vinegar | 1,685 | 0.04 | 0 | ∞ |
| 26 | Ores, slag and ash | 0 | 0.00 | 782 | -100.00 |
| 33 | Essential oils and resinoids; perfumery, cosmetic or toilet preparations | 3,618 | 0.08 | 132 | 2,640.91 |
| 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 | 219 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
| 40 | Rubber and articles thereof | 253,492 | 5.61 | 277,594 | -8.68 |
| 42 | Articles of leather; saddlery and harness; travel goods, handbags and similar containers; articles of animal gut (other than silkworm gut) | 1,393 | 0.03 | 0 | ∞ |
| 44 | Wood and articles of wood; wood charcoal | 0 | 0.00 | 29,502 | -100.00 |
| 63 | Other made up textile articles; sets; worn clothing and worn textile articles; rags | 682 | 0.02 | 0 | ∞ |
| 67 | Prepared feathers and down and articles made of feathers or of down; artificial flowers; articles of human hair | 5,651 | 0.12 | 290 | 1,848.62 |