Russian trade in goods with Tanzania in Q1 2018
based on data from the Federal Customs Service of Russia
Russia’s Trade with Tanzania
In the 1st quarter of 2018, Russia’s trade with Tanzania totaled $43,811,462, up 26.01% ($9,044,141) from the 1st quarter of 2017.
Russia’s exports to Tanzania in the 1st quarter of 2018 totaled $40,865,823, up 70.02% ($16,829,861) from the 1st quarter of 2017.
Russia’s imports from Tanzania in the 1st quarter of 2018 were $2,945,639, down 72.55% ($7,785,720) from the 1st quarter of 2017.
Russia’s trade surplus with Tanzania in the 1st quarter of 2018 was $37,920,184, a 185.02% increase ($24,615,581) over the 1st quarter of 2017.
Tanzania was Russia’s 101st largest trading partner in the 1st quarter of 2018 (up from 104th in the 1st quarter of 2017), accounting for 0.0278% of Russia’s total trade (up from 0.0270% in the 1st quarter of 2017).
Tanzania was Russia’s 86th largest export market in the 1st quarter of 2018 (up from 93rd in the 1st quarter of 2017), accounting for 0.0397% of Russia’s total exports (up from 0.0288% in the 1st quarter of 2017).
Tanzania was Russia’s 115th largest supplier in the 1st quarter of 2018 (down from 92nd in the 1st quarter of 2017), accounting for 0.0054% of Russia’s total imports (down from 0.0237% in the 1st quarter of 2017).
Russia’s Exports to Tanzania
The major share of Russian exports to Tanzania 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) - 91.88% of Russia’s total exports to Tanzania (84.48% in the 1st quarter of 2017);
- Chemical products (HS codes 28-40) - 4.39% of Russia’s total exports to Tanzania (10.59% in the 1st quarter of 2017);
- Mineral products (HS codes 25-27) - 1.71% of Russia’s total exports to Tanzania (1.41% in the 1st quarter of 2017);
- Metals and products from them (HS codes 72-83) - 1.48% of Russia’s total exports to Tanzania (0.00% in the 1st quarter of 2017);
- Wood and wood products (HS codes 44-49) - 0.51% of Russia’s total exports to Tanzania (3.30% in the 1st quarter of 2017).
The largest gains in Russia’s exports to Tanzania 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 $17,328,676;
- Aluminum and articles thereof (HS code 76) - an increase of $595,951;
- Inorganic chemicals; organic or inorganic compounds of precious metals, of rare-earth metals,of radioactive elements or of isotopes (HS code 28) - an increase of $434,475;
- Mineral fuels, mineral oils and products of their distillation; bituminous substances; mineral waxes (HS code 27) - an increase of $366,273.
The largest declines in Russia’s exports to Tanzania in the 1st quarter of 2018 over the 1st quarter of 2017 were recorded for the following product groups:
- Fertilizers (HS code 31) - a decrease of $1,244,580;
- Paper and paperboard; articles of paper pulp, of paper or of paperboard (HS code 48) - a decrease of $572,729.
| HS code |
Name of product group | Value of exports in Q1 2018, US dollars ($) |
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 | 74,928 | -100.00 |
| 10 | Cereals | 37,351,244 | 91.40 | 20,022,568 | 86.55 |
| 16 | Preparations of meat, of fish or of crustaceans, molluscs or other aquatic invertebrates | 0 | 0.00 | 2,509 | -100.00 |
| 22 | Beverages, spirits and vinegar | 197,129 | 0.48 | 204,883 | -3.78 |
| 25 | Salt; sulfur; earths and stone; plastering materials, lime and cement | 0 | 0.00 | 5,573 | -100.00 |
| 27 | Mineral fuels, mineral oils and products of their distillation; bituminous substances; mineral waxes | 698,826 | 1.71 | 332,553 | 110.14 |
| 28 | Inorganic chemicals; organic or inorganic compounds of precious metals, of rare-earth metals,of radioactive elements or of isotopes | 480,637 | 1.18 | 46,162 | 941.20 |
| 31 | Fertilizers | 1,254,450 | 3.07 | 2,499,030 | -49.80 |
| 33 | Essential oils and resinoids; perfumery, cosmetic or toilet preparations | 320 | 0.00 | 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 | 7,719 | 0.02 | 0 | ∞ |
| 39 | Plastics and articles thereof | 49,284 | 0.12 | 0 | ∞ |
| 42 | Articles of leather; saddlery and harness; travel goods, handbags and similar containers; articles of animal gut (other than silkworm gut) | 87 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
| 44 | Wood and articles of wood; wood charcoal | 12,556 | 0.03 | 22,887 | -45.14 |
| 48 | Paper and paperboard; articles of paper pulp, of paper or of paperboard | 196,766 | 0.48 | 769,495 | -74.43 |
| 49 | Printed books, newspapers, pictures and other products of the printing industry; manuscripts, typescripts and plans | 5 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
| 52 | Cotton | 29 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
| 56 | Wadding, felt and nonwovens; special yarns, twine, cordage, ropes and cables and articles thereof | 53 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
| 63 | Other made up textile articles; sets; worn clothing and worn textile articles; rags | 458 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
| 73 | Articles of iron or steel | 10,524 | 0.03 | 700 | 1,403.43 |
| 76 | Aluminum and articles thereof | 595,951 | 1.46 | 0 | ∞ |
| 84 | Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof | 3,890 | 0.01 | 38,407 | -89.87 |
| 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 | 5,600 | 0.01 | 0 | ∞ |
| 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 | 295 | 0.00 | 16,267 | -98.19 |
Russia’s Imports from Tanzania
The major share of Russian imports from Tanzania 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) - 99.92% of Russia’s total imports from Tanzania (100.00% in the 1st quarter of 2017).
The largest gains in Russia’s imports from Tanzania in the 1st quarter of 2018 over the 1st quarter of 2017 were recorded for the following product groups:
- Edible vegetables and certain roots and tubers (HS code 07) - an increase of $100,185.
The largest declines in Russia’s imports from Tanzania 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 $5,293,942;
- Coffee, tea, maté and spices (HS code 09) - a decrease of $1,788,525;
- Oil seeds and oleaginous fruits; miscellaneous grains, seeds and fruits; industrial or medicinal plants; straw and fodder (HS code 12) - a decrease of $797,014.
| HS code |
Name of product group | Value of imports in Q1 2018, US dollars ($) |
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 | 7,309 | 0.25 | 8,110 | -9.88 |
| 07 | Edible vegetables and certain roots and tubers | 100,188 | 3.40 | 3 | 3,339,500.00 |
| 08 | Edible fruit and nuts; peel of citrus fruit or melons | 0 | 0.00 | 7,863 | -100.00 |
| 09 | Coffee, tea, maté and spices | 1,151,062 | 39.08 | 2,939,587 | -60.84 |
| 12 | Oil seeds and oleaginous fruits; miscellaneous grains, seeds and fruits; industrial or medicinal plants; straw and fodder | 53,974 | 1.83 | 850,988 | -93.66 |
| 24 | Tobacco and manufactured tobacco substitutes | 1,630,866 | 55.37 | 6,924,808 | -76.45 |
| 44 | Wood and articles of wood; wood charcoal | 2,240 | 0.08 | 0 | ∞ |