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Russian trade in goods with South Africa 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 South Africa in the first quarter of 2019: exports, imports, products, dynamics.

Russia’s Trade with South Africa

In the 1st quarter of 2019, Russia’s trade with South Africa totaled $203,097,937, up 27.17% ($43,395,438) from the 1st quarter of 2018.

Russia’s exports to South Africa in the 1st quarter of 2019 totaled $40,178,181, up 44.75% ($12,421,374) from the 1st quarter of 2018.

Russia’s imports from South Africa in the 1st quarter of 2019 totaled $162,919,756, up 23.47% ($30,974,064) from the 1st quarter of 2018.

Russia’s trade deficit with South Africa in the 1st quarter of 2019 was $122,741,575, a 17.81% increase ($18,552,690) over the 1st quarter of 2018.

South Africa was Russia’s 71st largest trading partner in the 1st quarter of 2019 (up from 76th in the 1st quarter of 2018), accounting for 0.1290% of Russia’s total trade (up from 0.1013% in the 1st quarter of 2018).

South Africa was Russia’s 88th largest export market in the 1st quarter of 2019 (up from 95th in the 1st quarter of 2018), accounting for 0.0385% of Russia’s total exports (up from 0.0269% in the 1st quarter of 2018).

South Africa was Russia’s 45th largest supplier in the 1st quarter of 2019 (up from 52nd in the 1st quarter of 2018), accounting for 0.3071% of Russia’s total imports (up from 0.2416% in the 1st quarter of 2018).

Russia’s Exports to South Africa

The major share of Russian exports to South Africa in the 1st quarter of 2019 (and in the 1st quarter of 2018) was accounted for the following product types:

  • Metals and products from them (HS codes 72-83) - 28.51% of Russia’s total exports to South Africa (4.89% in the 1st quarter of 2018);
  • Mineral products (HS codes 25-27) - 25.75% of Russia’s total exports to South Africa (7.64% in the 1st quarter of 2018);
  • Wood and wood products (HS codes 44-49) - 20.81% of Russia’s total exports to South Africa (49.31% in the 1st quarter of 2018);
  • Chemical products (HS codes 28-40) - 15.14% of Russia’s total exports to South Africa (21.81% in the 1st quarter of 2018);
  • Machinery, equipment and vehicles (HS codes 84-90) - 7.88% of Russia’s total exports to South Africa (12.87% in the 1st quarter of 2018);
  • Food products and agricultural raw materials (HS codes 01-24) - 1.32% of Russia’s total exports to South Africa (2.40% in the 1st quarter of 2018).

The largest gains in Russia’s exports to South Africa 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 $10,111,563;
  • Mineral fuels, mineral oils and products of their distillation; bituminous substances; mineral waxes (HS code 27) - an increase of $8,226,950;
  • 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 $1,807,130;
  • Fertilizers (HS code 31) - an increase of $1,110,066;
  • Plastics and articles thereof (HS code 39) - an increase of $210,621;
  • Rubber and articles thereof (HS code 40) - an increase of $141,737.

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

  • Pulp of wood or of other fibrous cellulosic material; waste and scrap of paper or paperboard (HS code 47) - a decrease of $3,496,627;
  • Vehicles other than railway or tramway rolling stock, and parts and accessories thereof (HS code 87) - a decrease of $1,885,865;
  • Paper and paperboard; articles of paper pulp, of paper or of paperboard (HS code 48) - a decrease of $1,462,692;
  • 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 $1,328,655;
  • Wood and articles of wood; wood charcoal (HS code 44) - a decrease of $368,286;
  • Optical, photographic, cinematographic, measuring, checking, precision, medical or surgical instruments and apparatus; parts and accessories thereof (HS code 90) - a decrease of $258,501;
  • Cereals (HS code 10) - a decrease of $243,868;
  • Tools, implements, cutlery, spoons and forks, of base metal; parts thereof of base metal (HS code 82) - a decrease of $121,349.
Russia’s exports to South Africa in the 1st quarter of 2019 by product groups
HS
code
Name of product group Value of exports
in Q1 2019,
US dollars ($)
Percent share in total export Value of exports
in Q1 2018,
US dollars ($)
Percent change
in Q1 2019
over Q1 2018
07 Edible vegetables and certain roots and tubers 107,195 0.27 41,550157.99
08 Edible fruit and nuts; peel of citrus fruit or melons 1,170 0.00 0
09 Coffee, tea, maté and spices 206,109 0.51 137,05050.39
10 Cereals 0 0.00 243,868-100.00
11 Products of the milling industry; malt; starches; inulin; wheat gluten 913 0.00 0
12 Oil seeds and oleaginous fruits; miscellaneous grains, seeds and fruits; industrial or medicinal plants; straw and fodder 8,770 0.02 33,679-73.96
21 Miscellaneous edible preparations 197,923 0.49 202,432-2.23
22 Beverages, spirits and vinegar 6,347 0.02 8,392-24.37
25 Salt; sulfur; earths and stone; plastering materials, lime and cement 2 0.00 0
27 Mineral fuels, mineral oils and products of their distillation; bituminous substances; mineral waxes 10,347,150 25.75 2,120,200388.03
28 Inorganic chemicals; organic or inorganic compounds of precious metals, of rare-earth metals,of radioactive elements or of isotopes 658,667 1.64 1,987,322-66.86
29 Organic chemicals 0 0.00 43,443-100.00
30 Pharmaceutical products 70 0.00 0
31 Fertilizers 2,733,628 6.80 1,623,56268.37
32 Tanning or dyeing extracts; dyes, pigments, paints, varnishes, putty and mastics 0 0.00 2,152-100.00
33 Essential oils and resinoids; perfumery, cosmetic or toilet preparations 1,831 0.00 0
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 0 0.00 2,188-100.00
36 Explosives; pyrotechnic products; matches; pyrophoric alloys; certain combustible preparations 0 0.00 18,330-100.00
38 Miscellaneous chemical products 606,311 1.51 643,845-5.83
39 Plastics and articles thereof 776,850 1.93 566,22937.20
40 Rubber and articles thereof 1,307,237 3.25 1,165,50012.16
41 Raw hides and skins (other than furskins) and leather 0 0.00 50,966-100.00
42 Articles of leather; saddlery and harness; travel goods, handbags and similar containers; articles of animal gut (other than silkworm gut) 846 0.00 1,908-55.66
44 Wood and articles of wood; wood charcoal 552,910 1.38 921,196-39.98
47 Pulp of wood or of other fibrous cellulosic material; waste and scrap of paper or paperboard 1,305,979 3.25 4,802,606-72.81
48 Paper and paperboard; articles of paper pulp, of paper or of paperboard 6,500,302 16.18 7,962,994-18.37
49 Printed books, newspapers, pictures and other products of the printing industry; manuscripts, typescripts and plans 1,281 0.00 89742.81
54 Man-made filaments 0 0.00 26,226-100.00
56 Wadding, felt and nonwovens; special yarns, twine, cordage, ropes and cables and articles thereof 14,678 0.04 16,928-13.29
58 Special woven fabrics; tufted textile fabrics; lace, tapestries; trimmings; embroidery 597 0.00 73717.81
59 Impregnated, coated, covered or laminated textile fabrics; textile articles of a kind suitable for industrial use 251 0.00 13684.56
61 Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, knitted or crocheted 3,553 0.01 2,29954.55
62 Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, not knitted or crocheted 13,121 0.03 13,313-1.44
63 Other made up textile articles; sets; worn clothing and worn textile articles; rags 359 0.00 7,727-95.35
64 Footwear, gaiters and the like; parts of such articles 28,222 0.07 16,64069.60
65 Headgear and parts thereof 83 0.00 1,669-95.03
68 Articles of stone, plaster, cement, asbestos, mica or similar materials 6,053 0.02 13,007-53.46
69 Ceramic products 146 0.00 2,220-93.42
70 Glass and glassware 11,106 0.03 18,871-41.15
71 Natural or cultured pearls, precious or semi-precious stones,precious metals, metals clad with precious metal and articles thereof; imitation jewelry; coin 4 0.00 0
72 Iron and steel 11,224,373 27.94 1,112,810908.65
73 Articles of iron or steel 59,702 0.15 48,65822.70
74 Copper and articles thereof 4,558 0.01 1,574189.58
76 Aluminum and articles thereof 156,551 0.39 67,936130.44
81 Other base metals; cermets; articles thereof 48 0.00 0
82 Tools, implements, cutlery, spoons and forks, of base metal; parts thereof of base metal 4,371 0.01 125,720-96.52
83 Miscellaneous articles of base metal 3,250 0.01 775319.35
84 Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof 550,903 1.37 614,540-10.36
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 2,415,001 6.01 607,871297.29
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 0 0.00 2,200-100.00
87 Vehicles other than railway or tramway rolling stock, and parts and accessories thereof 19,905 0.05 1,905,770-98.96
90 Optical, photographic, cinematographic, measuring, checking, precision, medical or surgical instruments and apparatus; parts and accessories thereof 182,124 0.45 440,625-58.67
91 Clocks and watches and parts thereof 0 0.00 0
92 Musical instruments; parts and accessories of such articles 0 0.00 300-100.00
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 2,850 0.01 302843.71
95 Toys, games and sports requisites; parts and accessories thereof 31,602 0.08 8,066291.79
96 Miscellaneous manufactured articles 214 0.00 63,218-99.66
SS Classified 123,065 0.31 57 024115.81

Russia’s Imports from South Africa

The major share of Russian imports from South Africa in the 1st quarter of 2019 (and in the 1st quarter of 2018) was accounted for the following product types:

  • Chemical products (HS codes 28-40) - 28.54% of Russia’s total imports from South Africa (15.85% in the 1st quarter of 2018);
  • Mineral products (HS codes 25-27) - 26.34% of Russia’s total imports from South Africa (38.00% in the 1st quarter of 2018);
  • Machinery, equipment and vehicles (HS codes 84-90) - 20.76% of Russia’s total imports from South Africa (16.44% in the 1st quarter of 2018);
  • Food products and agricultural raw materials (HS codes 01-24) - 15.62% of Russia’s total imports from South Africa (22.60% in the 1st quarter of 2018);
  • Precious metals and stones (HS code 71) - 5.02% of Russia’s total imports from South Africa (0.01% in the 1st quarter of 2018);
  • Metals and products from them (HS codes 72-83) - 3.56% of Russia’s total imports from South Africa (6.90% in the 1st quarter of 2018).

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

  • 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 $23,552,313;
  • Vehicles other than railway or tramway rolling stock, and parts and accessories thereof (HS code 87) - an increase of $10,227,848;
  • Natural or cultured pearls, precious or semi-precious stones,precious metals, metals clad with precious metal and articles thereof; imitation jewelry; coin (HS code 71) - an increase of $8,163,815;
  • Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof (HS code 84) - an increase of $2,232,533;
  • Miscellaneous chemical products (HS code 38) - an increase of $1,116,240;
  • Cereals (HS code 10) - an increase of $514,989.

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

  • Ores, slag and ash (HS code 26) - a decrease of $7,302,384;
  • Edible fruit and nuts; peel of citrus fruit or melons (HS code 08) - a decrease of $3,659,885;
  • Preparations of vegetables, fruit, nuts or other parts of plants (HS code 20) - a decrease of $2,188,910;
  • Iron and steel (HS code 72) - a decrease of $1,303,400;
  • Copper and articles thereof (HS code 74) - a decrease of $538,668;
  • Other base metals; cermets; articles thereof (HS code 81) - a decrease of $530,418.
Russia’s imports from South Africa in the 1st quarter of 2019 by product groups
HS
code
Name of product group Value of imports in Q1 2019,
US dollars ($)
Percent share in total import Value of imports in Q1 2018,
US dollars ($)
Percent change
in Q1 2019
over Q1 2018
06 Live trees and other plants; bulbs, roots and the like; cut flowers and ornamental foliage 76,405 0.05 113,061-32.42
07 Edible vegetables and certain roots and tubers 282,945 0.17 81,748246.12
08 Edible fruit and nuts; peel of citrus fruit or melons 18,674,902 11.46 22,334,787-16.39
09 Coffee, tea, maté and spices 714 0.00 0
10 Cereals 514,989 0.32 0
11 Products of the milling industry; malt; starches; inulin; wheat gluten 0 0.00 1,815-100.00
12 Oil seeds and oleaginous fruits; miscellaneous grains, seeds and fruits; industrial or medicinal plants; straw and fodder 758,784 0.47 343,864120.66
15 Animal or vegetable fats and oils and their cleavage products prepared edible fats; animal or vegetable waxes 30,844 0.02 66,357-53.52
20 Preparations of vegetables, fruit, nuts or other parts of plants 1,347,527 0.83 3,536,437-61.90
21 Miscellaneous edible preparations 649 0.00 6,844-90.52
22 Beverages, spirits and vinegar 3,740,463 2.30 3,299,57913.36
23 Residues and waste from the food industries; prepared animal feed 0 0.00 33,011-100.00
24 Tobacco and manufactured tobacco substitutes 14,042 0.01 0
25 Salt; sulfur; earths and stone; plastering materials, lime and cement 823,990 0.51 690,40119.35
26 Ores, slag and ash 41,964,870 25.76 49,267,254-14.82
27 Mineral fuels, mineral oils and products of their distillation; bituminous substances; mineral waxes 128,699 0.08 177,105-27.33
28 Inorganic chemicals; organic or inorganic compounds of precious metals, of rare-earth metals,of radioactive elements or of isotopes 41,160,144 25.26 17,607,831133.76
29 Organic chemicals 1,275,717 0.78 1,202,0566.13
30 Pharmaceutical products 25,771 0.02 22,66913.68
31 Fertilizers 62,605 0.04 27,253129.72
32 Tanning or dyeing extracts; dyes, pigments, paints, varnishes, putty and mastics 197,205 0.12 100,32196.57
33 Essential oils and resinoids; perfumery, cosmetic or toilet preparations 471,075 0.29 130,817260.10
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 216,072 0.13 27,994671.85
35 Albuminoidal substances; modified starches; glues; enzymes 286,712 0.18 25,0711,043.60
38 Miscellaneous chemical products 1,202,082 0.74 85,8421,300.34
39 Plastics and articles thereof 341,516 0.21 493,882-30.85
40 Rubber and articles thereof 1,261,071 0.77 1,191,6765.82
41 Raw hides and skins (other than furskins) and leather 2,870 0.00 6,468-55.63
42 Articles of leather; saddlery and harness; travel goods, handbags and similar containers; articles of animal gut (other than silkworm gut) 11,867 0.01 7,58056.56
44 Wood and articles of wood; wood charcoal 5,735 0.00 33,327-82.79
45 Cork and articles of cork 0 0.00 1-100.00
48 Paper and paperboard; articles of paper pulp, of paper or of paperboard 3,051 0.00 504505.36
49 Printed books, newspapers, pictures and other products of the printing industry; manuscripts, typescripts and plans 8,058 0.00 30,957-73.97
51 Wool, fine or coarse animal hair; horsehair yarn and woven fabric 1,012 0.00 0
54 Man-made filaments 83,735 0.05 24,168246.47
58 Special woven fabrics; tufted textile fabrics; lace, tapestries; trimmings; embroidery 3,966 0.00 2791,321.51
59 Impregnated, coated, covered or laminated textile fabrics; textile articles of a kind suitable for industrial use 50,523 0.03 0
62 Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, not knitted or crocheted 378 0.00 2,044-81.51
63 Other made up textile articles; sets; worn clothing and worn textile articles; rags 8,903 0.01 0
64 Footwear, gaiters and the like; parts of such articles 51,840 0.03 0
68 Articles of stone, plaster, cement, asbestos, mica or similar materials 1,213 0.00 8,954-86.45
69 Ceramic products 0 0.00 19,511-100.00
70 Glass and glassware 10,932 0.01 89,272-87.75
71 Natural or cultured pearls, precious or semi-precious stones,precious metals, metals clad with precious metal and articles thereof; imitation jewelry; coin 8,175,716 5.02 11,90168,597.72
72 Iron and steel 4,951,453 3.04 6,254,853-20.84
73 Articles of iron or steel 224,427 0.14 671,413-66.57
74 Copper and articles thereof 2,579 0.00 541,247-99.52
76 Aluminum and articles thereof 333,233 0.20 581,103-42.66
79 Zinc and articles thereof 0 0.00 248,359-100.00
81 Other base metals; cermets; articles thereof 75,332 0.05 605,750-87.56
82 Tools, implements, cutlery, spoons and forks, of base metal; parts thereof of base metal 198,467 0.12 181,8299.15
83 Miscellaneous articles of base metal 11,694 0.01 21,620-45.91
84 Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof 6,079,770 3.73 3,847,23758.03
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 634,983 0.39 630,8540.65
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 239,856 0.15 217,14310.46
87 Vehicles other than railway or tramway rolling stock, and parts and accessories thereof 26,686,153 16.38 16,458,30562.14
90 Optical, photographic, cinematographic, measuring, checking, precision, medical or surgical instruments and apparatus; parts and accessories thereof 178,435 0.11 539,659-66.94
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 2,758 0.00 32,848-91.60
95 Toys, games and sports requisites; parts and accessories thereof 652 0.00 56615.19
96 Miscellaneous manufactured articles 20,372 0.01 10,26598.46
Russian foreign trade statistics
Source: Federal Customs Service of Russia