Russian trade with Ethiopia in 2019
February 14, 2020
by Russian Foreign Trade
based on data from the Federal Customs Service of Russia
based on data from the Federal Customs Service of Russia
The Report on Russia’s foreign trade in goods with Ethiopia in 2019: exports, imports, products, dynamics.
Russia’s Trade with Ethiopia
In 2019, Russia’s trade with Ethiopia was $67,889,738, down 38.05% ($41,696,331) from 2018.
Russia’s exports to Ethiopia in 2019 were $41,669,502, down 51.31% ($43,916,938) from 2018.
Russia’s imports from Ethiopia in 2019 totaled $26,220,236, up 9.25% ($2,220,607) from 2018.
Russia’s trade surplus with Ethiopia in 2019 was $15,449,266, a 74.91% decrease ($46,137,545) over 2018.
Ethiopia was Russia’s 129th largest trading partner in 2019 (down from 121st in 2018), accounting for 0.0102% of Russia’s total trade (down from 0.0159% in 2018).
Ethiopia was Russia’s 123rd largest export market in 2019 (down from 109th in 2018), accounting for 0.0099% of Russia’s total exports (down from 0.0190% in 2018).
Ethiopia was Russia’s 105th largest supplier in 2019 (up from 106th in 2018), accounting for 0.0108% of Russia’s total imports (up from 0.0101% in 2018).
Russia’s Exports to Ethiopia
The major share of Russian exports to Ethiopia in 2019 (and in 2018) was accounted for the following product types:
- Metals and products from them (HS codes 72-83) - 51.72% of Russia’s total exports to Ethiopia (18.85% in 2018);
- Food products and agricultural raw materials (HS codes 01-24) - 31.65% of Russia’s total exports to Ethiopia (56.24% in 2018);
- Wood and wood products (HS codes 44-49) - 8.51% of Russia’s total exports to Ethiopia (3.73% in 2018);
- Machinery, equipment and vehicles (HS codes 84-90) - 5.26% of Russia’s total exports to Ethiopia (7.60% in 2018);
- Chemical products (HS codes 28-40) - 0.98% of Russia’s total exports to Ethiopia (13.09% in 2018).
The largest gains in Russia’s exports to Ethiopia in 2019 over 2018 were recorded for the following product groups:
- Iron and steel (HS code 72) - an increase of $5,406,761;
- Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof (HS code 84) - an increase of $1,688,302;
- Paper and paperboard; articles of paper pulp, of paper or of paperboard (HS code 48) - an increase of $582,318;
- Rubber and articles thereof (HS code 40) - an increase of $230,865;
- Edible vegetables and certain roots and tubers (HS code 07) - an increase of $175,200.
The largest declines in Russia’s exports to Ethiopia in 2019 over 2018 were recorded for the following product groups:
- Cereals (HS code 10) - a decrease of $34,722,924;
- Fertilizers (HS code 31) - a decrease of $11,098,822;
- 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 $4,397,648;
- Vehicles other than railway or tramway rolling stock, and parts and accessories thereof (HS code 87) - a decrease of $1,652,628;
- Animal or vegetable fats and oils and their cleavage products prepared edible fats; animal or vegetable waxes (HS code 15) - a decrease of $261,933;
- Wood and articles of wood; wood charcoal (HS code 44) - a decrease of $224,889;
- Mineral fuels, mineral oils and products of their distillation; bituminous substances; mineral waxes (HS code 27) - a decrease of $149,955;
- Beverages, spirits and vinegar (HS code 22) - a decrease of $134,704.
| HS code |
Name of product group | Value of exports in 2019, US dollars ($) |
Percent share in total export | Value of exports in 2018, US dollars ($) |
Percent change in 2019 over 2018 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 07 | Edible vegetables and certain roots and tubers | 175,200 | 0.42 | 0 | ∞ |
| 10 | Cereals | 12,719,042 | 30.52 | 47,441,966 | -73.19 |
| 15 | Animal or vegetable fats and oils and their cleavage products prepared edible fats; animal or vegetable waxes | 0 | 0.00 | 261,933 | -100.00 |
| 22 | Beverages, spirits and vinegar | 294,735 | 0.71 | 429,439 | -31.37 |
| 27 | Mineral fuels, mineral oils and products of their distillation; bituminous substances; mineral waxes | 269,845 | 0.65 | 419,800 | -35.72 |
| 28 | Inorganic chemicals; organic or inorganic compounds of precious metals, of rare-earth metals,of radioactive elements or of isotopes | 1,960 | 0.00 | 45,924 | -95.73 |
| 29 | Organic chemicals | 1,076 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
| 30 | Pharmaceutical products | 133,017 | 0.32 | 42,633 | 212.00 |
| 31 | Fertilizers | 0 | 0.00 | 11,098,822 | -100.00 |
| 33 | Essential oils and resinoids; perfumery, cosmetic or toilet preparations | 4,324 | 0.01 | 3,646 | 18.60 |
| 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 | 1,924 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
| 38 | Miscellaneous chemical products | 715 | 0.00 | 572 | 25.00 |
| 39 | Plastics and articles thereof | 26,842 | 0.06 | 1,061 | 2,429.88 |
| 40 | Rubber and articles thereof | 240,319 | 0.58 | 9,454 | 2,441.98 |
| 44 | Wood and articles of wood; wood charcoal | 1,276,701 | 3.06 | 1,501,590 | -14.98 |
| 45 | Cork and articles of cork | 44 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
| 48 | Paper and paperboard; articles of paper pulp, of paper or of paperboard | 2,270,351 | 5.45 | 1,688,033 | 34.50 |
| 56 | Wadding, felt and nonwovens; special yarns, twine, cordage, ropes and cables and articles thereof | 32 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
| 59 | Impregnated, coated, covered or laminated textile fabrics; textile articles of a kind suitable for industrial use | 6,502 | 0.02 | 0 | ∞ |
| 63 | Other made up textile articles; sets; worn clothing and worn textile articles; rags | 16,033 | 0.04 | 874 | 1,734.44 |
| 68 | Articles of stone, plaster, cement, asbestos, mica or similar materials | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
| 70 | Glass and glassware | 173 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
| 72 | Iron and steel | 21,535,317 | 51.68 | 16,128,556 | 33.52 |
| 73 | Articles of iron or steel | 11,628 | 0.03 | 1,551 | 649.71 |
| 74 | Copper and articles thereof | 647 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
| 76 | Aluminum and articles thereof | 79 | 0.00 | 32 | 146.88 |
| 83 | Miscellaneous articles of base metal | 5,399 | 0.01 | 592 | 811.99 |
| 84 | Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof | 1,777,717 | 4.27 | 89,415 | 1,888.16 |
| 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 | 307,006 | 0.74 | 4,704,654 | -93.47 |
| 87 | Vehicles other than railway or tramway rolling stock, and parts and accessories thereof | 55,982 | 0.13 | 1,708,610 | -96.72 |
| 90 | Optical, photographic, cinematographic, measuring, checking, precision, medical or surgical instruments and apparatus; parts and accessories thereof | 52,752 | 0.13 | 5,327 | 890.28 |
| 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 | 10 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
| 96 | Miscellaneous manufactured articles | 589 | 0.00 | 1,956 | -69.89 |
| SS | Classified | 483,541 | 1.16 | 0 | ∞ |
Russia’s Imports from Ethiopia
The major share of Russian imports from Ethiopia in 2019 (and in 2018) was accounted for the following product types:
- Food products and agricultural raw materials (HS codes 01-24) - 91.24% of Russia’s total imports from Ethiopia (93.34% in 2018);
- Textiles, textile products and footwear (HS codes 50-67) - 8.39% of Russia’s total imports from Ethiopia (6.35% in 2018).
The largest gains in Russia’s imports from Ethiopia in 2019 over 2018 were recorded for the following product groups:
- Coffee, tea, maté and spices (HS code 09) - an increase of $4,372,658;
- Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, knitted or crocheted (HS code 61) - an increase of $695,499;
- Oil seeds and oleaginous fruits; miscellaneous grains, seeds and fruits; industrial or medicinal plants; straw and fodder (HS code 12) - an increase of $470,538.
The largest declines in Russia’s imports from Ethiopia in 2019 over 2018 were recorded for the following product groups:
- Edible vegetables and certain roots and tubers (HS code 07) - a decrease of $2,925,843;
- Live trees and other plants; bulbs, roots and the like; cut flowers and ornamental foliage (HS code 06) - a decrease of $299,047.
| HS code |
Name of product group | Value of imports in 2019, US dollars ($) |
Percent share in total import | Value of imports in 2018, US dollars ($) |
Percent change in 2019 over 2018 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 06 | Live trees and other plants; bulbs, roots and the like; cut flowers and ornamental foliage | 1,215,477 | 4.64 | 1,514,524 | -19.75 |
| 07 | Edible vegetables and certain roots and tubers | 4,475,074 | 17.07 | 7,400,917 | -39.53 |
| 08 | Edible fruit and nuts; peel of citrus fruit or melons | 0 | 0.00 | 19,073 | -100.00 |
| 09 | Coffee, tea, maté and spices | 16,817,181 | 64.14 | 12,444,523 | 35.14 |
| 12 | Oil seeds and oleaginous fruits; miscellaneous grains, seeds and fruits; industrial or medicinal plants; straw and fodder | 1,345,964 | 5.13 | 875,426 | 53.75 |
| 13 | Lac; gums, resins and other vegetable saps and extracts | 69,383 | 0.26 | 146,727 | -52.71 |
| 39 | Plastics and articles thereof | 0 | 0.00 | 3 | -100.00 |
| 41 | Raw hides and skins (other than furskins) and leather | 75,182 | 0.29 | 74,337 | 1.14 |
| 49 | Printed books, newspapers, pictures and other products of the printing industry; manuscripts, typescripts and plans | 1,000 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
| 61 | Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, knitted or crocheted | 1,329,194 | 5.07 | 633,695 | 109.75 |
| 62 | Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, not knitted or crocheted | 738,056 | 2.81 | 815,867 | -9.54 |
| 64 | Footwear, gaiters and the like; parts of such articles | 133,093 | 0.51 | 74,065 | 79.70 |
| 65 | Headgear and parts thereof | 0 | 0.00 | 57 | -100.00 |
| 84 | Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof | 0 | 0.00 | 393 | -100.00 |
| 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 | 546 | 0.00 | 22 | 2,381.82 |
| 87 | Vehicles other than railway or tramway rolling stock, and parts and accessories thereof | 156 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
| 90 | Optical, photographic, cinematographic, measuring, checking, precision, medical or surgical instruments and apparatus; parts and accessories thereof | 405 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
| 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 | 19,525 | 0.07 | 0 | ∞ |