Russian trade with Malawi in 2018
based on data from the Federal Customs Service of Russia
Russia’s Trade with Malawi
In 2018, Russia’s trade with Malawi totaled $85,454,445, up 13.51% ($10,169,921) from 2017.
Russia’s exports to Malawi in 2018 totaled $11,461,396, up 16.31% ($1,607,423) from 2017.
Russia’s imports from Malawi in 2018 totaled $73,993,049, up 13.09% ($8,562,498) from 2017.
Russia’s trade deficit with Malawi in 2018 was $62,531,653, a 12.51% increase ($6,955,075) over 2017.
Malawi was Russia’s 125th largest trading partner in 2018 (down from 121st in 2017), accounting for 0.0124% of Russia’s total trade (down from 0.0129% in 2017).
Malawi was Russia’s 151st largest export market in 2018 (down from 146th in 2017), accounting for 0.0025% of Russia’s total exports (down from 0.0028% in 2017).
Malawi was Russia’s 89th largest supplier in 2018 (just as in 2017), accounting for 0.0311% of Russia’s total imports (up from 0.0288% in 2017).
Russia’s Exports to Malawi
The major share of Russian exports to Malawi in 2018 (and in 2017) was accounted for the following product types:
- Food products and agricultural raw materials (HS codes 01-24) - 98.91% of Russia’s total exports to Malawi (98.39% in 2017);
- Wood and wood products (HS codes 44-49) - 1.09% of Russia’s total exports to Malawi (1.61% in 2017).
The largest gains in Russia’s exports to Malawi in 2018 over 2017 were recorded for the following product groups:
- Cereals (HS code 10) - an increase of $1,641,267.
The largest declines in Russia’s exports to Malawi in 2018 over 2017 were recorded for the following product groups:
- No product groups with a substantial decrease.
| HS code |
Name of product group | Value of exports in 2018, US dollars ($) |
Percent share in total export | Value of exports in 2017, US dollars ($) |
Percent change in 2018 over 2017 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 10 | Cereals | 11,336,531 | 98.91 | 9,695,264 | 16.93 |
| 44 | Wood and articles of wood; wood charcoal | 124,865 | 1.09 | 158,709 | -21.32 |
Russia’s Imports from Malawi
The major share of Russian imports from Malawi in 2018 (and in 2017) was accounted for the following product types:
- Food products and agricultural raw materials (HS codes 01-24) - 99.98% of Russia’s total imports from Malawi (99.97% in 2017).
The largest gains in Russia’s imports from Malawi in 2018 over 2017 were recorded for the following product groups:
- Tobacco and manufactured tobacco substitutes (HS code 24) - an increase of $7,827,214;
- Coffee, tea, maté and spices (HS code 09) - an increase of $808,585.
The largest declines in Russia’s imports from Malawi in 2018 over 2017 were recorded for the following product groups:
- No product groups with a substantial decrease.
| HS code |
Name of product group | Value of imports in 2018, US dollars ($) |
Percent share in total import | Value of imports in 2017, US dollars ($) |
Percent change in 2018 over 2017 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 06 | Live trees and other plants; bulbs, roots and the like; cut flowers and ornamental foliage | 8 | 0.00 | 49 | -83.67 |
| 08 | Edible fruit and nuts; peel of citrus fruit or melons | 0 | 0.00 | 66,958 | -100.00 |
| 09 | Coffee, tea, maté and spices | 1,654,476 | 2.24 | 845,891 | 95.59 |
| 11 | Products of the milling industry; malt; starches; inulin; wheat gluten | 0 | 0.00 | 8,897 | -100.00 |
| 17 | Sugars and sugar confectionery | 33,739 | 0.05 | 30,400 | 10.98 |
| 24 | Tobacco and manufactured tobacco substitutes | 72,287,836 | 97.70 | 64,460,622 | 12.14 |
| 39 | Plastics and articles thereof | 0 | 0.00 | 47 | -100.00 |
| 40 | Rubber and articles thereof | 6 | 0.00 | 408 | -98.53 |
| 61 | Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, knitted or crocheted | 16,661 | 0.02 | 17,036 | -2.20 |
| 73 | Articles of iron or steel | 4 | 0.00 | 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 | 319 | 0.00 | 29 | 1,000.00 |
| 90 | Optical, photographic, cinematographic, measuring, checking, precision, medical or surgical instruments and apparatus; parts and accessories thereof | 0 | 0.00 | 25 | -100.00 |