Russian trade in goods with Tanzania in Q4 2019
based on data from the Federal Customs Service of Russia
Russia’s Trade with Tanzania
In the 4th quarter of 2019, Russia’s trade with Tanzania totaled $51,659,177, up 9.57% ($4,513,100) from the 4th quarter of 2018.
Russia’s exports to Tanzania in the 4th quarter of 2019 totaled $46,189,479, up 9.33% ($3,941,076) from the 4th quarter of 2018.
Russia’s imports from Tanzania in the 4th quarter of 2019 totaled $5,469,698, up 11.68% ($572,024) from the 4th quarter of 2018.
Russia’s trade surplus with Tanzania in the 4th quarter of 2019 was $40,719,781, a 9.02% increase ($3,369,052) over the 4th quarter of 2018.
Tanzania was Russia’s 101st largest trading partner in the 4th quarter of 2019 (up from 108th in the 4th quarter of 2018), accounting for 0.0287% of Russia’s total trade (up from 0.0252% in the 4th quarter of 2018).
Tanzania was Russia’s 86th largest export market in the 4th quarter of 2019 (up from 92nd in the 4th quarter of 2018), accounting for 0.0413% of Russia’s total exports (up from 0.0339% in the 4th quarter of 2018).
Tanzania was Russia’s 109th largest supplier in the 4th quarter of 2019 (up from 112th in the 4th quarter of 2018), accounting for 0.0080% of Russia’s total imports (up from 0.0079% in the 4th quarter of 2018).
Russia’s Exports to Tanzania
The major share of Russian exports to Tanzania in the 4th quarter of 2019 (and in the 4th quarter of 2018) was accounted for the following product types:
- Food products and agricultural raw materials (HS codes 01-24) - 85.67% of Russia’s total exports to Tanzania (69.87% in the 4th quarter of 2018);
- Chemical products (HS codes 28-40) - 5.82% of Russia’s total exports to Tanzania (21.34% in the 4th quarter of 2018);
- Wood and wood products (HS codes 44-49) - 5.61% of Russia’s total exports to Tanzania (6.95% in the 4th quarter of 2018);
- Mineral products (HS codes 25-27) - 2.54% of Russia’s total exports to Tanzania (1.77% in the 4th quarter of 2018).
The largest gains in Russia’s exports to Tanzania in the 4th quarter of 2019 over the 4th quarter of 2018 were recorded for the following product groups:
- Cereals (HS code 10) - an increase of $11,759,174;
- Mineral fuels, mineral oils and products of their distillation; bituminous substances; mineral waxes (HS code 27) - an increase of $474,826;
- Organic chemicals (HS code 29) - an increase of $309,195;
- 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 $284,429.
The largest declines in Russia’s exports to Tanzania in the 4th quarter of 2019 over the 4th quarter of 2018 were recorded for the following product groups:
- Fertilizers (HS code 31) - a decrease of $6,925,495;
- Products of the milling industry; malt; starches; inulin; wheat gluten (HS code 11) - a decrease of $1,554,212;
- Paper and paperboard; articles of paper pulp, of paper or of paperboard (HS code 48) - a decrease of $341,086;
- Beverages, spirits and vinegar (HS code 22) - a decrease of $154,174.
| HS code |
Name of product group | Value of exports in Q4 2019, US dollars ($) |
Percent share in total export | Value of exports in Q4 2018, US dollars ($) |
Percent change in Q4 2019 over Q4 2018 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 10 | Cereals | 39,569,917 | 85.67 | 27,810,743 | 42.28 |
| 11 | Products of the milling industry; malt; starches; inulin; wheat gluten | 0 | 0.00 | 1,554,212 | -100.00 |
| 22 | Beverages, spirits and vinegar | 0 | 0.00 | 154,174 | -100.00 |
| 25 | Salt; sulfur; earths and stone; plastering materials, lime and cement | 0 | 0.00 | 50,600 | -100.00 |
| 27 | Mineral fuels, mineral oils and products of their distillation; bituminous substances; mineral waxes | 1,173,565 | 2.54 | 698,739 | 67.95 |
| 28 | Inorganic chemicals; organic or inorganic compounds of precious metals, of rare-earth metals,of radioactive elements or of isotopes | 480,775 | 1.04 | 196,346 | 144.86 |
| 29 | Organic chemicals | 309,195 | 0.67 | 0 | ∞ |
| 30 | Pharmaceutical products | 36,575 | 0.08 | 0 | ∞ |
| 31 | Fertilizers | 1,861,223 | 4.03 | 8,786,718 | -78.82 |
| 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 | 12 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
| 39 | Plastics and articles thereof | 52 | 0.00 | 280 | -81.43 |
| 40 | Rubber and articles thereof | 114 | 0.00 | 32,926 | -99.65 |
| 44 | Wood and articles of wood; wood charcoal | 11,801 | 0.03 | 11,806 | -0.04 |
| 48 | Paper and paperboard; articles of paper pulp, of paper or of paperboard | 2,581,471 | 5.59 | 2,922,557 | -11.67 |
| 49 | Printed books, newspapers, pictures and other products of the printing industry; manuscripts, typescripts and plans | 118 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
| 59 | Impregnated, coated, covered or laminated textile fabrics; textile articles of a kind suitable for industrial use | 1 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
| 63 | Other made up textile articles; sets; worn clothing and worn textile articles; rags | 721 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
| 70 | Glass and glassware | 18 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
| 73 | Articles of iron or steel | 3,320 | 0.01 | 0 | ∞ |
| 74 | Copper and articles thereof | 179 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
| 76 | Aluminum and articles thereof | 687 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
| 82 | Tools, implements, cutlery, spoons and forks, of base metal; parts thereof of base metal | 974 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
| 83 | Miscellaneous articles of base metal | 15 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
| 84 | Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof | 71,742 | 0.16 | 10,300 | 596.52 |
| 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 | 20,874 | 0.05 | 17,642 | 18.32 |
| 87 | Vehicles other than railway or tramway rolling stock, and parts and accessories thereof | 51,096 | 0.11 | 0 | ∞ |
| 90 | Optical, photographic, cinematographic, measuring, checking, precision, medical or surgical instruments and apparatus; parts and accessories thereof | 15,034 | 0.03 | 1,360 | 1,005.44 |
Russia’s Imports from Tanzania
The major share of Russian imports from Tanzania in the 4th quarter of 2019 (and in the 4th quarter of 2018) was accounted for the following product types:
- Food products and agricultural raw materials (HS codes 01-24) - 99.99% of Russia’s total imports from Tanzania (100.00% in the 4th quarter of 2018).
The largest gains in Russia’s imports from Tanzania in the 4th quarter of 2019 over the 4th quarter of 2018 were recorded for the following product groups:
- Oil seeds and oleaginous fruits; miscellaneous grains, seeds and fruits; industrial or medicinal plants; straw and fodder (HS code 12) - an increase of $1,429,555.
The largest declines in Russia’s imports from Tanzania in the 4th quarter of 2019 over the 4th quarter of 2018 were recorded for the following product groups:
- Coffee, tea, maté and spices (HS code 09) - a decrease of $374,552;
- Tobacco and manufactured tobacco substitutes (HS code 24) - a decrease of $342,723;
- Edible fruit and nuts; peel of citrus fruit or melons (HS code 08) - a decrease of $100,294;
- Edible vegetables and certain roots and tubers (HS code 07) - a decrease of $38,918.
| HS code |
Name of product group | Value of imports in Q4 2019, US dollars ($) |
Percent share in total import | Value of imports in Q4 2018, US dollars ($) |
Percent change in Q4 2019 over Q4 2018 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 03 | Fish and crustaceans, molluscs and other aquatic invertebrates | 0 | 0.00 | 5,530 | -100.00 |
| 06 | Live trees and other plants; bulbs, roots and the like; cut flowers and ornamental foliage | 10,383 | 0.19 | 5,495 | 88.95 |
| 07 | Edible vegetables and certain roots and tubers | 2,244 | 0.04 | 41,162 | -94.55 |
| 08 | Edible fruit and nuts; peel of citrus fruit or melons | 0 | 0.00 | 100,294 | -100.00 |
| 09 | Coffee, tea, maté and spices | 605,324 | 11.07 | 979,876 | -38.22 |
| 12 | Oil seeds and oleaginous fruits; miscellaneous grains, seeds and fruits; industrial or medicinal plants; straw and fodder | 1,626,068 | 29.73 | 196,513 | 727.46 |
| 18 | Cocoa and cocoa preparations | 0 | 0.00 | 960 | -100.00 |
| 24 | Tobacco and manufactured tobacco substitutes | 3,225,121 | 58.96 | 3,567,844 | -9.61 |
| 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 | 558 | 0.01 | 0 | ∞ |