Russian trade with Zimbabwe in 2018
based on data from the Federal Customs Service of Russia
Russia’s Trade with Zimbabwe
In 2018, Russia’s trade with Zimbabwe was $45,844,646, down 13.61% ($7,225,490) from 2017.
Russia’s exports to Zimbabwe in 2018 totaled $9,711,029, up 291.22% ($7,228,803) from 2017.
Russia’s imports from Zimbabwe in 2018 were $36,133,617, down 28.57% ($14,454,293) from 2017.
Russia’s trade deficit with Zimbabwe in 2018 was $26,422,588, a 45.07% decrease ($21,683,096) over 2017.
Zimbabwe was Russia’s 135th largest trading partner in 2018 (down from 129th in 2017), accounting for 0.0067% of Russia’s total trade (down from 0.0091% in 2017).
Zimbabwe was Russia’s 156th largest export market in 2018 (up from 162nd in 2017), accounting for 0.0022% of Russia’s total exports (up from 0.0007% in 2017).
Zimbabwe was Russia’s 98th largest supplier in 2018 (down from 91st in 2017), accounting for 0.0152% of Russia’s total imports (down from 0.0223% in 2017).
Russia’s Exports to Zimbabwe
The major share of Russian exports to Zimbabwe in 2018 (and in 2017) was accounted for the following product types:
- Food products and agricultural raw materials (HS codes 01-24) - 54.70% of Russia’s total exports to Zimbabwe (22.13% in 2017);
- Chemical products (HS codes 28-40) - 29.03% of Russia’s total exports to Zimbabwe (22.53% in 2017);
- Wood and wood products (HS codes 44-49) - 8.62% of Russia’s total exports to Zimbabwe (52.85% in 2017);
- Machinery, equipment and vehicles (HS codes 84-90) - 7.64% of Russia’s total exports to Zimbabwe (2.48% in 2017).
The largest gains in Russia’s exports to Zimbabwe in 2018 over 2017 were recorded for the following product groups:
- Cereals (HS code 10) - an increase of $4,958,704;
- Fertilizers (HS code 31) - an increase of $2,267,071;
- Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof (HS code 84) - an increase of $556,771;
- 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) - an increase of $135,795.
The largest declines in Russia’s exports to Zimbabwe in 2018 over 2017 were recorded for the following product groups:
- Printed books, newspapers, pictures and other products of the printing industry; manuscripts, typescripts and plans (HS code 49) - a decrease of $474,411;
- Edible vegetables and certain roots and tubers (HS code 07) - a decrease of $102,170;
- Animal or vegetable fats and oils and their cleavage products prepared edible fats; animal or vegetable waxes (HS code 15) - a decrease of $94,031.
| HS code |
Name of product group | Value of exports in 2018, US dollars ($) |
Percent share in total export | Value of exports in 2017, US dollars ($) |
Percent change in 2018 over 2017 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 07 | Edible vegetables and certain roots and tubers | 0 | 0.00 | 102,170 | -100.00 |
| 10 | Cereals | 5,311,862 | 54.70 | 353,158 | 1,404.10 |
| 15 | Animal or vegetable fats and oils and their cleavage products prepared edible fats; animal or vegetable waxes | 0 | 0.00 | 94,031 | -100.00 |
| 30 | Pharmaceutical products | 15,138 | 0.16 | 7,376 | 105.23 |
| 31 | Fertilizers | 2,803,578 | 28.87 | 536,507 | 422.56 |
| 39 | Plastics and articles thereof | 502 | 0.01 | 15,339 | -96.73 |
| 48 | Paper and paperboard; articles of paper pulp, of paper or of paperboard | 0 | 0.00 | 187 | -100.00 |
| 49 | Printed books, newspapers, pictures and other products of the printing industry; manuscripts, typescripts and plans | 837,267 | 8.62 | 1,311,678 | -36.17 |
| 63 | Other made up textile articles; sets; worn clothing and worn textile articles; rags | 0 | 0.00 | 110 | -100.00 |
| 73 | Articles of iron or steel | 477 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
| 83 | Miscellaneous articles of base metal | 9 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
| 84 | Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof | 602,104 | 6.20 | 45,333 | 1,228.18 |
| 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 | 137,587 | 1.42 | 1,792 | 7,577.85 |
| 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 | 2,216 | 0.02 | 0 | ∞ |
| 90 | Optical, photographic, cinematographic, measuring, checking, precision, medical or surgical instruments and apparatus; parts and accessories thereof | 289 | 0.00 | 14,545 | -98.01 |
Russia’s Imports from Zimbabwe
The major share of Russian imports from Zimbabwe in 2018 (and in 2017) was accounted for the following product types:
- Food products and agricultural raw materials (HS codes 01-24) - 99.48% of Russia’s total imports from Zimbabwe (99.44% in 2017).
The largest gains in Russia’s imports from Zimbabwe in 2018 over 2017 were recorded for the following product groups:
- Coffee, tea, maté and spices (HS code 09) - an increase of $762,881.
The largest declines in Russia’s imports from Zimbabwe in 2018 over 2017 were recorded for the following product groups:
- Tobacco and manufactured tobacco substitutes (HS code 24) - a decrease of $15,053,482;
- Ores, slag and ash (HS code 26) - a decrease of $210,266;
- Edible fruit and nuts; peel of citrus fruit or melons (HS code 08) - a decrease of $174,321.
| HS code |
Name of product group | Value of imports in 2018, US dollars ($) |
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 | 94,259 | 0.26 | 131,591 | -28.37 |
| 07 | Edible vegetables and certain roots and tubers | 30,447 | 0.08 | 16,620 | 83.19 |
| 08 | Edible fruit and nuts; peel of citrus fruit or melons | 1,189,729 | 3.29 | 1,364,050 | -12.78 |
| 09 | Coffee, tea, maté and spices | 4,236,856 | 11.73 | 3,473,975 | 21.96 |
| 11 | Products of the milling industry; malt; starches; inulin; wheat gluten | 11,695 | 0.03 | 0 | ∞ |
| 12 | Oil seeds and oleaginous fruits; miscellaneous grains, seeds and fruits; industrial or medicinal plants; straw and fodder | 11,046 | 0.03 | 2,096 | 427.00 |
| 15 | Animal or vegetable fats and oils and their cleavage products prepared edible fats; animal or vegetable waxes | 19,091 | 0.05 | 7,272 | 162.53 |
| 21 | Miscellaneous edible preparations | 325,000 | 0.90 | 226,320 | 43.60 |
| 24 | Tobacco and manufactured tobacco substitutes | 30,027,702 | 83.10 | 45,081,184 | -33.39 |
| 25 | Salt; sulfur; earths and stone; plastering materials, lime and cement | 137,554 | 0.38 | 35,154 | 291.29 |
| 26 | Ores, slag and ash | 10 | 0.00 | 210,276 | -100.00 |
| 33 | Essential oils and resinoids; perfumery, cosmetic or toilet preparations | 6,671 | 0.02 | 0 | ∞ |
| 39 | Plastics and articles thereof | 0 | 0.00 | 57 | -100.00 |
| 41 | Raw hides and skins (other than furskins) and leather | 42,730 | 0.12 | 0 | ∞ |
| 42 | Articles of leather; saddlery and harness; travel goods, handbags and similar containers; articles of animal gut (other than silkworm gut) | 0 | 0.00 | 36,895 | -100.00 |
| 73 | Articles of iron or steel | 1 | 0.00 | 2 | -50.00 |
| 82 | Tools, implements, cutlery, spoons and forks, of base metal; parts thereof of base metal | 826 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
| 83 | Miscellaneous articles of base metal | 0 | 0.00 | 192 | -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 | 0 | 0.00 | 2,226 | -100.00 |