Russian trade in goods with Tanzania in Q4 2018
based on data from the Federal Customs Service of Russia
Russia’s Trade with Tanzania
In the 4th quarter of 2018, Russia’s trade with Tanzania was $47,146,077, down 4.93% ($2,446,268) from the 4th quarter of 2017.
Russia’s exports to Tanzania in the 4th quarter of 2018 were $42,248,403, down 4.47% ($1,975,173) from the 4th quarter of 2017.
Russia’s imports from Tanzania in the 4th quarter of 2018 were $4,897,674, down 8.77% ($471,095) from the 4th quarter of 2017.
Russia’s trade surplus with Tanzania in the 4th quarter of 2018 was $37,350,729, a 3.87% decrease ($1,504,078) over the 4th quarter of 2017.
Tanzania was Russia’s 108th largest trading partner in the 4th quarter of 2018 (down from 100th in the 4th quarter of 2017), accounting for 0.0252% of Russia’s total trade (down from 0.0297% in the 4th quarter of 2017).
Tanzania was Russia’s 92nd largest export market in the 4th quarter of 2018 (down from 90th in the 4th quarter of 2017), accounting for 0.0339% of Russia’s total exports (down from 0.0430% in the 4th quarter of 2017).
Tanzania was Russia’s 112th largest supplier in the 4th quarter of 2018 (down from 104th in the 4th quarter of 2017), accounting for 0.0079% of Russia’s total imports (down from 0.0084% in the 4th quarter of 2017).
Russia’s Exports to Tanzania
The major share of Russian exports to Tanzania in the 4th quarter of 2018 (and in the 4th quarter of 2017) was accounted for the following product types:
- Food products and agricultural raw materials (HS codes 01-24) - 69.87% of Russia’s total exports to Tanzania (88.46% in the 4th quarter of 2017);
- Chemical products (HS codes 28-40) - 21.34% of Russia’s total exports to Tanzania (4.67% in the 4th quarter of 2017);
- Wood and wood products (HS codes 44-49) - 6.95% of Russia’s total exports to Tanzania (0.08% in the 4th quarter of 2017);
- Mineral products (HS codes 25-27) - 1.77% of Russia’s total exports to Tanzania (2.44% in the 4th quarter of 2017);
- Machinery, equipment and vehicles (HS codes 84-90) - 0.07% of Russia’s total exports to Tanzania (4.23% in the 4th quarter of 2017).
The largest gains in Russia’s exports to Tanzania in the 4th quarter of 2018 over the 4th quarter of 2017 were recorded for the following product groups:
- Fertilizers (HS code 31) - an increase of $7,322,194;
- Paper and paperboard; articles of paper pulp, of paper or of paperboard (HS code 48) - an increase of $2,909,333;
- Products of the milling industry; malt; starches; inulin; wheat gluten (HS code 11) - an increase of $1,554,212.
The largest declines in Russia’s exports to Tanzania in the 4th quarter of 2018 over the 4th quarter of 2017 were recorded for the following product groups:
- Cereals (HS code 10) - a decrease of $10,906,720;
- 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 $1,500,479;
- 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 $338,260;
- Optical, photographic, cinematographic, measuring, checking, precision, medical or surgical instruments and apparatus; parts and accessories thereof (HS code 90) - a decrease of $301,030;
- Animal or vegetable fats and oils and their cleavage products prepared edible fats; animal or vegetable waxes (HS code 15) - a decrease of $192,341;
- Salt; sulfur; earths and stone; plastering materials, lime and cement (HS code 25) - a decrease of $181,540;
- Mineral fuels, mineral oils and products of their distillation; bituminous substances; mineral waxes (HS code 27) - a decrease of $148,111.
| HS code |
Name of product group | Value of exports in Q4 2018, US dollars ($) |
Percent share in total export | Value of exports in Q4 2017, US dollars ($) |
Percent change in Q4 2018 over Q4 2017 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 10 | Cereals | 27,810,743 | 65.83 | 38,717,463 | -28.17 |
| 11 | Products of the milling industry; malt; starches; inulin; wheat gluten | 1,554,212 | 3.68 | 0 | ∞ |
| 15 | Animal or vegetable fats and oils and their cleavage products prepared edible fats; animal or vegetable waxes | 0 | 0.00 | 192,341 | -100.00 |
| 21 | Miscellaneous edible preparations | 0 | 0.00 | 107,813 | -100.00 |
| 22 | Beverages, spirits and vinegar | 154,174 | 0.36 | 102,730 | 50.08 |
| 25 | Salt; sulfur; earths and stone; plastering materials, lime and cement | 50,600 | 0.12 | 232,140 | -78.20 |
| 27 | Mineral fuels, mineral oils and products of their distillation; bituminous substances; mineral waxes | 698,739 | 1.65 | 846,850 | -17.49 |
| 28 | Inorganic chemicals; organic or inorganic compounds of precious metals, of rare-earth metals,of radioactive elements or of isotopes | 196,346 | 0.46 | 534,606 | -63.27 |
| 29 | Organic chemicals | 0 | 0.00 | 14,550 | -100.00 |
| 31 | Fertilizers | 8,786,718 | 20.80 | 1,464,524 | 499.97 |
| 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 | 3,174 | -100.00 |
| 38 | Miscellaneous chemical products | 0 | 0.00 | 1,666 | -100.00 |
| 39 | Plastics and articles thereof | 280 | 0.00 | 41,646 | -99.33 |
| 40 | Rubber and articles thereof | 32,926 | 0.08 | 6,280 | 424.30 |
| 44 | Wood and articles of wood; wood charcoal | 11,806 | 0.03 | 23,422 | -49.59 |
| 48 | Paper and paperboard; articles of paper pulp, of paper or of paperboard | 2,922,557 | 6.92 | 13,224 | 22,000.40 |
| 63 | Other made up textile articles; sets; worn clothing and worn textile articles; rags | 0 | 0.00 | 536 | -100.00 |
| 73 | Articles of iron or steel | 0 | 0.00 | 47,885 | -100.00 |
| 84 | Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof | 10,300 | 0.02 | 52,215 | -80.27 |
| 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 | 17,642 | 0.04 | 1,518,121 | -98.84 |
| 90 | Optical, photographic, cinematographic, measuring, checking, precision, medical or surgical instruments and apparatus; parts and accessories thereof | 1,360 | 0.00 | 302,390 | -99.55 |
Russia’s Imports from Tanzania
The major share of Russian imports from Tanzania in the 4th quarter of 2018 (and in the 4th 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 imports from Tanzania (100.00% in the 4th quarter of 2017).
The largest gains in Russia’s imports from Tanzania in the 4th quarter of 2018 over the 4th quarter of 2017 were recorded for the following product groups:
- Tobacco and manufactured tobacco substitutes (HS code 24) - an increase of $325,307;
- Edible vegetables and certain roots and tubers (HS code 07) - an increase of $40,260.
The largest declines in Russia’s imports from Tanzania in the 4th quarter of 2018 over the 4th quarter of 2017 were recorded for the following product groups:
- Coffee, tea, maté and spices (HS code 09) - a decrease of $854,861.
| HS code |
Name of product group | Value of imports in Q4 2018, US dollars ($) |
Percent share in total import | Value of imports in Q4 2017, US dollars ($) |
Percent change in Q4 2018 over Q4 2017 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 03 | Fish and crustaceans, molluscs and other aquatic invertebrates | 5,530 | 0.11 | 0 | ∞ |
| 06 | Live trees and other plants; bulbs, roots and the like; cut flowers and ornamental foliage | 5,495 | 0.11 | 7,687 | -28.52 |
| 07 | Edible vegetables and certain roots and tubers | 41,162 | 0.84 | 902 | 4,463.41 |
| 08 | Edible fruit and nuts; peel of citrus fruit or melons | 100,294 | 2.05 | 100,132 | 0.16 |
| 09 | Coffee, tea, maté and spices | 979,876 | 20.01 | 1,834,737 | -46.59 |
| 12 | Oil seeds and oleaginous fruits; miscellaneous grains, seeds and fruits; industrial or medicinal plants; straw and fodder | 196,513 | 4.01 | 182,774 | 7.52 |
| 18 | Cocoa and cocoa preparations | 960 | 0.02 | 0 | ∞ |
| 24 | Tobacco and manufactured tobacco substitutes | 3,567,844 | 72.85 | 3,242,537 | 10.03 |