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Russian trade in goods with Mozambique in Q1 2019

by Russian Foreign Trade
based on data from the Federal Customs Service of Russia
The Report on Russia’s foreign trade in goods with Mozambique in the first quarter of 2019: exports, imports, products, dynamics.

Russia’s Trade with Mozambique

In the 1st quarter of 2019, Russia’s trade with Mozambique totaled $24,285,756, up 89.78% ($11,489,278) from the 1st quarter of 2018.

Russia’s exports to Mozambique in the 1st quarter of 2019 totaled $18,520,937, up 158.81% ($11,364,875) from the 1st quarter of 2018.

Russia’s imports from Mozambique in the 1st quarter of 2019 totaled $5,764,819, up 2.21% ($124,403) from the 1st quarter of 2018.

Russia’s trade surplus with Mozambique in the 1st quarter of 2019 was $12,756,118, a 741.63% increase ($11,240,472) over the 1st quarter of 2018.

Mozambique was Russia’s 114th largest trading partner in the 1st quarter of 2019 (up from 128th in the 1st quarter of 2018), accounting for 0.0154% of Russia’s total trade (up from 0.0081% in the 1st quarter of 2018).

Mozambique was Russia’s 106th largest export market in the 1st quarter of 2019 (up from 122nd in the 1st quarter of 2018), accounting for 0.0177% of Russia’s total exports (up from 0.0069% in the 1st quarter of 2018).

Mozambique was Russia’s 103rd largest supplier in the 1st quarter of 2019 (down from 102nd in the 1st quarter of 2018), accounting for 0.0109% of Russia’s total imports (up from 0.0103% in the 1st quarter of 2018).

Russia’s Exports to Mozambique

The major share of Russian exports to Mozambique 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) - 84.04% of Russia’s total exports to Mozambique (81.56% in the 1st quarter of 2018);
  • Chemical products (HS codes 28-40) - 13.35% of Russia’s total exports to Mozambique (11.60% in the 1st quarter of 2018);
  • Mineral products (HS codes 25-27) - 2.53% of Russia’s total exports to Mozambique (6.79% in the 1st quarter of 2018).

The largest gains in Russia’s exports to Mozambique in the 1st quarter of 2019 over the 1st quarter of 2018 were recorded for the following product groups:

  • Cereals (HS code 10) - an increase of $9,504,139;
  • Fertilizers (HS code 31) - an increase of $1,641,890;
  • Meat and edible meat offal (HS code 02) - an increase of $206,499;
  • Salt; sulfur; earths and stone; plastering materials, lime and cement (HS code 25) - an increase of $75,748.

The largest declines in Russia’s exports to Mozambique 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 $93,194.
Russia’s exports to Mozambique in the 1st quarter of 2019 by product groups
HS
code
Name of product group Value of exports
in Q1 2019,
US dollars ($)
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 290,188 1.57 83,689246.75
05 Products of animal origin, not elsewhere specified or included 50,194 0.27 0
10 Cereals 15,225,409 82.21 5,721,270166.12
21 Miscellaneous edible preparations 0 0.00 31,470-100.00
25 Salt; sulfur; earths and stone; plastering materials, lime and cement 75,748 0.41 0
27 Mineral fuels, mineral oils and products of their distillation; bituminous substances; mineral waxes 392,950 2.12 486,144-19.17
31 Fertilizers 2,471,715 13.35 829,825197.86
63 Other made up textile articles; sets; worn clothing and worn textile articles; rags 9,733 0.05 3762,488.56
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 5,000 0.03 1064,616.98
90 Optical, photographic, cinematographic, measuring, checking, precision, medical or surgical instruments and apparatus; parts and accessories thereof 0 0.00 3,182-100.00

Russia’s Imports from Mozambique

The major share of Russian imports from Mozambique 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) - 99.11% of Russia’s total imports from Mozambique (100.00% in the 1st quarter of 2018).

The largest gains in Russia’s imports from Mozambique 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 $90,037;
  • Salt; sulfur; earths and stone; plastering materials, lime and cement (HS code 25) - an increase of $49,810.

The largest declines in Russia’s imports from Mozambique in the 1st quarter of 2019 over the 1st quarter of 2018 were recorded for the following product groups:

  • No product groups with a substantial decrease.
Russia’s imports from Mozambique in the 1st quarter of 2019 by product groups
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
07 Edible vegetables and certain roots and tubers 0 0.00 50-100.00
08 Edible fruit and nuts; peel of citrus fruit or melons 350,874 6.09 367,847-4.61
24 Tobacco and manufactured tobacco substitutes 5,362,556 93.02 5,272,5191.71
25 Salt; sulfur; earths and stone; plastering materials, lime and cement 49,810 0.86 0
71 Natural or cultured pearls, precious or semi-precious stones,precious metals, metals clad with precious metal and articles thereof; imitation jewelry; coin 800 0.01 0
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 779 0.01 0
Russian foreign trade statistics
Source: Federal Customs Service of Russia