Russian trade in goods with Kenya in Q1 2019
based on data from the Federal Customs Service of Russia
Russia’s Trade with Kenya
In the 1st quarter of 2019, Russia’s trade with Kenya was $34,669,570, down 35.33% ($18,940,333) from the 1st quarter of 2018.
Russia’s exports to Kenya in the 1st quarter of 2019 were $7,343,991, down 56.88% ($9,685,847) from the 1st quarter of 2018.
Russia’s imports from Kenya in the 1st quarter of 2019 were $27,325,579, down 25.30% ($9,254,486) from the 1st quarter of 2018.
Russia’s trade deficit with Kenya in the 1st quarter of 2019 was $19,981,588, a 2.21% increase ($431,361) over the 1st quarter of 2018.
Kenya was Russia’s 107th largest trading partner in the 1st quarter of 2019 (down from 94th in the 1st quarter of 2018), accounting for 0.0220% of Russia’s total trade (down from 0.0340% in the 1st quarter of 2018).
Kenya was Russia’s 125th largest export market in the 1st quarter of 2019 (down from 108th in the 1st quarter of 2018), accounting for 0.0070% of Russia’s total exports (down from 0.0165% in the 1st quarter of 2018).
Kenya was Russia’s 82nd largest supplier in the 1st quarter of 2019 (down from 79th in the 1st quarter of 2018), accounting for 0.0515% of Russia’s total imports (down from 0.0670% in the 1st quarter of 2018).
Russia’s Exports to Kenya
The major share of Russian exports to Kenya in the 1st quarter of 2019 (and in the 1st quarter of 2018) was accounted for the following product types:
- Wood and wood products (HS codes 44-49) - 62.66% of Russia’s total exports to Kenya (27.22% in the 1st quarter of 2018);
- Metals and products from them (HS codes 72-83) - 23.67% of Russia’s total exports to Kenya (23.18% in the 1st quarter of 2018);
- Chemical products (HS codes 28-40) - 6.51% of Russia’s total exports to Kenya (16.67% in the 1st quarter of 2018);
- Mineral products (HS codes 25-27) - 5.07% of Russia’s total exports to Kenya (5.50% in the 1st quarter of 2018);
- Machinery, equipment and vehicles (HS codes 84-90) - 1.14% of Russia’s total exports to Kenya (1.66% in the 1st quarter of 2018);
- Food products and agricultural raw materials (HS codes 01-24) - 0.56% of Russia’s total exports to Kenya (25.64% in the 1st quarter of 2018).
The largest gains in Russia’s exports to Kenya in the 1st quarter of 2019 over the 1st quarter of 2018 were recorded for the following product groups:
- Iron and steel (HS code 72) - an increase of $1,733,635;
- Paper and paperboard; articles of paper pulp, of paper or of paperboard (HS code 48) - an increase of $635,918;
- Edible vegetables and certain roots and tubers (HS code 07) - an increase of $41,412;
- Articles of stone, plaster, cement, asbestos, mica or similar materials (HS code 68) - an increase of $28,112.
The largest declines in Russia’s exports to Kenya in the 1st quarter of 2019 over the 1st quarter of 2018 were recorded for the following product groups:
- Aluminum and articles thereof (HS code 76) - a decrease of $3,947,425;
- Cereals (HS code 10) - a decrease of $3,907,200;
- Fertilizers (HS code 31) - a decrease of $2,135,560;
- Mineral fuels, mineral oils and products of their distillation; bituminous substances; mineral waxes (HS code 27) - a decrease of $564,650;
- Beverages, spirits and vinegar (HS code 22) - a decrease of $443,518;
- Wood and articles of wood; wood charcoal (HS code 44) - a decrease of $442,262;
- Pulp of wood or of other fibrous cellulosic material; waste and scrap of paper or paperboard (HS code 47) - a decrease of $228,244;
- Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof (HS code 84) - a decrease of $212,648;
- 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 $133,656;
- Miscellaneous chemical products (HS code 38) - a decrease of $64,379;
- Organic chemicals (HS code 29) - a decrease of $48,236.
| HS code |
Name of product group | Value of exports in Q1 2019, US dollars ($) |
Percent share in total export | Value of exports in Q1 2018, US dollars ($) |
Percent change in Q1 2019 over Q1 2018 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 07 | Edible vegetables and certain roots and tubers | 41,412 | 0.56 | 0 | ∞ |
| 09 | Coffee, tea, maté and spices | 0 | 0.00 | 11,805 | -100.00 |
| 10 | Cereals | 0 | 0.00 | 3,907,200 | -100.00 |
| 21 | Miscellaneous edible preparations | 0 | 0.00 | 4,163 | -100.00 |
| 22 | Beverages, spirits and vinegar | 0 | 0.00 | 443,518 | -100.00 |
| 27 | Mineral fuels, mineral oils and products of their distillation; bituminous substances; mineral waxes | 372,350 | 5.07 | 937,000 | -60.26 |
| 28 | Inorganic chemicals; organic or inorganic compounds of precious metals, of rare-earth metals,of radioactive elements or of isotopes | 166,146 | 2.26 | 299,802 | -44.58 |
| 29 | Organic chemicals | 34,869 | 0.47 | 83,105 | -58.04 |
| 31 | Fertilizers | 252,830 | 3.44 | 2,388,390 | -89.41 |
| 38 | Miscellaneous chemical products | 3,620 | 0.05 | 67,999 | -94.68 |
| 40 | Rubber and articles thereof | 20,762 | 0.28 | 0 | ∞ |
| 44 | Wood and articles of wood; wood charcoal | 237,993 | 3.24 | 680,255 | -65.01 |
| 47 | Pulp of wood or of other fibrous cellulosic material; waste and scrap of paper or paperboard | 0 | 0.00 | 228,244 | -100.00 |
| 48 | Paper and paperboard; articles of paper pulp, of paper or of paperboard | 4,363,422 | 59.41 | 3,727,504 | 17.06 |
| 59 | Impregnated, coated, covered or laminated textile fabrics; textile articles of a kind suitable for industrial use | 2 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
| 63 | Other made up textile articles; sets; worn clothing and worn textile articles; rags | 0 | 0.00 | 20,440 | -100.00 |
| 68 | Articles of stone, plaster, cement, asbestos, mica or similar materials | 28,112 | 0.38 | 0 | ∞ |
| 72 | Iron and steel | 1,733,635 | 23.61 | 0 | ∞ |
| 73 | Articles of iron or steel | 4,834 | 0.07 | 0 | ∞ |
| 76 | Aluminum and articles thereof | 0 | 0.00 | 3,947,425 | -100.00 |
| 84 | Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof | 64,652 | 0.88 | 277,300 | -76.69 |
| 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 | 5,804 | 0.08 | 1,940 | 199.18 |
| 87 | Vehicles other than railway or tramway rolling stock, and parts and accessories thereof | 0 | 0.00 | 225 | -100.00 |
| 90 | Optical, photographic, cinematographic, measuring, checking, precision, medical or surgical instruments and apparatus; parts and accessories thereof | 13,548 | 0.18 | 3,523 | 284.56 |
Russia’s Imports from Kenya
The major share of Russian imports from Kenya 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) - 99.57% of Russia’s total imports from Kenya (99.70% in the 1st quarter of 2018).
The largest gains in Russia’s imports from Kenya in the 1st quarter of 2019 over the 1st quarter of 2018 were recorded for the following product groups:
- Tobacco and manufactured tobacco substitutes (HS code 24) - an increase of $3,816,829;
- Oil seeds and oleaginous fruits; miscellaneous grains, seeds and fruits; industrial or medicinal plants; straw and fodder (HS code 12) - an increase of $87,520.
The largest declines in Russia’s imports from Kenya in the 1st quarter of 2019 over the 1st quarter of 2018 were recorded for the following product groups:
- Live trees and other plants; bulbs, roots and the like; cut flowers and ornamental foliage (HS code 06) - a decrease of $6,396,583;
- Coffee, tea, maté and spices (HS code 09) - a decrease of $5,705,475;
- Edible fruit and nuts; peel of citrus fruit or melons (HS code 08) - a decrease of $1,166,982.
| HS code |
Name of product group | Value of imports in Q1 2019, US dollars ($) |
Percent share in total import | Value of imports in Q1 2018, US dollars ($) |
Percent change in Q1 2019 over Q1 2018 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01 | Live animals | 208 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
| 03 | Fish and crustaceans, molluscs and other aquatic invertebrates | 11,958 | 0.04 | 0 | ∞ |
| 06 | Live trees and other plants; bulbs, roots and the like; cut flowers and ornamental foliage | 8,724,034 | 31.93 | 15,120,617 | -42.30 |
| 07 | Edible vegetables and certain roots and tubers | 119,982 | 0.44 | 46,895 | 155.85 |
| 08 | Edible fruit and nuts; peel of citrus fruit or melons | 1,906,555 | 6.98 | 3,073,537 | -37.97 |
| 09 | Coffee, tea, maté and spices | 12,111,810 | 44.32 | 17,817,285 | -32.02 |
| 12 | Oil seeds and oleaginous fruits; miscellaneous grains, seeds and fruits; industrial or medicinal plants; straw and fodder | 196,577 | 0.72 | 109,057 | 80.25 |
| 15 | Animal or vegetable fats and oils and their cleavage products prepared edible fats; animal or vegetable waxes | 0 | 0.00 | 14,240 | -100.00 |
| 20 | Preparations of vegetables, fruit, nuts or other parts of plants | 319,834 | 1.17 | 289,975 | 10.30 |
| 24 | Tobacco and manufactured tobacco substitutes | 3,816,829 | 13.97 | 0 | ∞ |
| 42 | Articles of leather; saddlery and harness; travel goods, handbags and similar containers; articles of animal gut (other than silkworm gut) | 2,707 | 0.01 | 0 | ∞ |
| 61 | Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, knitted or crocheted | 4,564 | 0.02 | 0 | ∞ |
| 62 | Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, not knitted or crocheted | 101,915 | 0.37 | 102,064 | -0.15 |
| 95 | Toys, games and sports requisites; parts and accessories thereof | 8,606 | 0.03 | 6,395 | 34.57 |