Russian trade in goods with Ghana in Q1 2019
based on data from the Federal Customs Service of Russia
Russia’s Trade with Ghana
In the 1st quarter of 2019, Russia’s trade with Ghana totaled $54,628,668, up 16.73% ($7,828,074) from the 1st quarter of 2018.
Russia’s exports to Ghana in the 1st quarter of 2019 totaled $32,597,710, up 32.56% ($8,007,578) from the 1st quarter of 2018.
Russia’s imports from Ghana in the 1st quarter of 2019 were $22,030,958, down 0.81% ($179,504) from the 1st quarter of 2018.
Russia’s trade surplus with Ghana in the 1st quarter of 2019 was $10,566,752, a 344.04% increase ($8,187,082) over the 1st quarter of 2018.
Ghana was Russia’s 95th largest trading partner in the 1st quarter of 2019 (up from 96th in the 1st quarter of 2018), accounting for 0.0347% of Russia’s total trade (up from 0.0297% in the 1st quarter of 2018).
Ghana was Russia’s 94th largest export market in the 1st quarter of 2019 (up from 100th in the 1st quarter of 2018), accounting for 0.0312% of Russia’s total exports (up from 0.0239% in the 1st quarter of 2018).
Ghana was Russia’s 86th largest supplier in the 1st quarter of 2019 (down from 84th in the 1st quarter of 2018), accounting for 0.0415% of Russia’s total imports (up from 0.0407% in the 1st quarter of 2018).
Russia’s Exports to Ghana
The major share of Russian exports to Ghana in the 1st quarter of 2019 (and in the 1st quarter of 2018) was accounted for the following product types:
- Food products and agricultural raw materials (HS codes 01-24) - 50.04% of Russia’s total exports to Ghana (58.33% in the 1st quarter of 2018);
- Chemical products (HS codes 28-40) - 34.71% of Russia’s total exports to Ghana (21.99% in the 1st quarter of 2018);
- Wood and wood products (HS codes 44-49) - 8.03% of Russia’s total exports to Ghana (10.08% in the 1st quarter of 2018);
- Machinery, equipment and vehicles (HS codes 84-90) - 5.53% of Russia’s total exports to Ghana (2.71% in the 1st quarter of 2018);
- Mineral products (HS codes 25-27) - 1.40% of Russia’s total exports to Ghana (6.88% in the 1st quarter of 2018).
The largest gains in Russia’s exports to Ghana in the 1st quarter of 2019 over the 1st quarter of 2018 were recorded for the following product groups:
- Fertilizers (HS code 31) - an increase of $5,463,247;
- Cereals (HS code 10) - an increase of $1,981,633;
- Vehicles other than railway or tramway rolling stock, and parts and accessories thereof (HS code 87) - an increase of $1,606,447;
- 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 $348,051;
- Paper and paperboard; articles of paper pulp, of paper or of paperboard (HS code 48) - an increase of $139,037.
The largest declines in Russia’s exports to Ghana in the 1st quarter of 2019 over the 1st quarter of 2018 were recorded for the following product groups:
- Mineral fuels, mineral oils and products of their distillation; bituminous substances; mineral waxes (HS code 27) - a decrease of $1,234,417;
- 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 $414,440.
| HS code |
Name of product group | Value of exports in Q1 2019, US dollars ($) |
Percent share in total export | Value of exports in Q1 2018, US dollars ($) |
Percent change in Q1 2019 over Q1 2018 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 02 | Meat and edible meat offal | 230,833 | 0.71 | 245,685 | -6.05 |
| 10 | Cereals | 16,079,994 | 49.33 | 14,098,361 | 14.06 |
| 27 | Mineral fuels, mineral oils and products of their distillation; bituminous substances; mineral waxes | 457,230 | 1.40 | 1,691,647 | -72.97 |
| 28 | Inorganic chemicals; organic or inorganic compounds of precious metals, of rare-earth metals,of radioactive elements or of isotopes | 352,716 | 1.08 | 4,665 | 7,460.90 |
| 29 | Organic chemicals | 109,128 | 0.33 | 26,341 | 314.29 |
| 31 | Fertilizers | 10,785,414 | 33.09 | 5,322,167 | 102.65 |
| 32 | Tanning or dyeing extracts; dyes, pigments, paints, varnishes, putty and mastics | 0 | 0.00 | 52,101 | -100.00 |
| 39 | Plastics and articles thereof | 21,630 | 0.07 | 1,205 | 1,695.02 |
| 40 | Rubber and articles thereof | 46,005 | 0.14 | 0 | ∞ |
| 48 | Paper and paperboard; articles of paper pulp, of paper or of paperboard | 2,618,639 | 8.03 | 2,479,602 | 5.61 |
| 59 | Impregnated, coated, covered or laminated textile fabrics; textile articles of a kind suitable for industrial use | 38 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
| 63 | Other made up textile articles; sets; worn clothing and worn textile articles; rags | 2,163 | 0.01 | 677 | 219.50 |
| 68 | Articles of stone, plaster, cement, asbestos, mica or similar materials | 69 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
| 70 | Glass and glassware | 201 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
| 73 | Articles of iron or steel | 22,284 | 0.07 | 0 | ∞ |
| 74 | Copper and articles thereof | 2 | 0.00 | 199 | -98.99 |
| 76 | Aluminum and articles thereof | 354 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
| 82 | Tools, implements, cutlery, spoons and forks, of base metal; parts thereof of base metal | 14,704 | 0.05 | 0 | ∞ |
| 83 | Miscellaneous articles of base metal | 411 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
| 84 | Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof | 190,942 | 0.59 | 244,263 | -21.83 |
| 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 | 3,436 | 0.01 | 417,876 | -99.18 |
| 87 | Vehicles other than railway or tramway rolling stock, and parts and accessories thereof | 1,606,447 | 4.93 | 0 | ∞ |
| 90 | Optical, photographic, cinematographic, measuring, checking, precision, medical or surgical instruments and apparatus; parts and accessories thereof | 1,146 | 0.00 | 5,343 | -78.55 |
| 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 | 53,924 | 0.17 | 0 | ∞ |
Russia’s Imports from Ghana
The major share of Russian imports from Ghana in the 1st quarter of 2019 (and in the 1st quarter of 2018) was accounted for the following product types:
- Food products and agricultural raw materials (HS codes 01-24) - 98.87% of Russia’s total imports from Ghana (99.41% in the 1st quarter of 2018);
- Wood and wood products (HS codes 44-49) - 1.12% of Russia’s total imports from Ghana (0.59% in the 1st quarter of 2018).
The largest gains in Russia’s imports from Ghana in the 1st quarter of 2019 over the 1st quarter of 2018 were recorded for the following product groups:
- Wood and articles of wood; wood charcoal (HS code 44) - an increase of $115,961.
The largest declines in Russia’s imports from Ghana in the 1st quarter of 2019 over the 1st quarter of 2018 were recorded for the following product groups:
- Cocoa and cocoa preparations (HS code 18) - a decrease of $296,797.
| HS code |
Name of product group | Value of imports in Q1 2019, US dollars ($) |
Percent share in total import | Value of imports in Q1 2018, US dollars ($) |
Percent change in Q1 2019 over Q1 2018 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 06 | Live trees and other plants; bulbs, roots and the like; cut flowers and ornamental foliage | 1,627 | 0.01 | 1,167 | 39.42 |
| 08 | Edible fruit and nuts; peel of citrus fruit or melons | 91,479 | 0.42 | 91,830 | -0.38 |
| 15 | Animal or vegetable fats and oils and their cleavage products prepared edible fats; animal or vegetable waxes | 9,876 | 0.04 | 9,137 | 8.09 |
| 18 | Cocoa and cocoa preparations | 21,680,050 | 98.41 | 21,976,847 | -1.35 |
| 20 | Preparations of vegetables, fruit, nuts or other parts of plants | 0 | 0.00 | 783 | -100.00 |
| 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 | 600 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
| 44 | Wood and articles of wood; wood charcoal | 246,587 | 1.12 | 130,626 | 88.77 |
| 71 | Natural or cultured pearls, precious or semi-precious stones,precious metals, metals clad with precious metal and articles thereof; imitation jewelry; coin | 739 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
| 83 | Miscellaneous articles of base metal | 0 | 0.00 | 3 | -100.00 |
| 87 | Vehicles other than railway or tramway rolling stock, and parts and accessories thereof | 0 | 0.00 | 69 | -100.00 |