Russian trade with Malawi in 2019
based on data from the Federal Customs Service of Russia
Russia’s Trade with Malawi
In 2019, Russia’s trade with Malawi was $69,590,742, down 18.56% ($15,863,703) from 2018.
Russia’s exports to Malawi in 2019 were $5,317,047, down 53.61% ($6,144,349) from 2018.
Russia’s imports from Malawi in 2019 were $64,273,695, down 13.14% ($9,719,354) from 2018.
Russia’s trade deficit with Malawi in 2019 was $58,956,648, a 5.72% decrease ($3,575,005) over 2018.
Malawi was Russia’s 127th largest trading partner in 2019 (down from 125th in 2018), accounting for 0.0104% of Russia’s total trade (down from 0.0124% in 2018).
Malawi was Russia’s 158th largest export market in 2019 (down from 151st in 2018), accounting for 0.0013% of Russia’s total exports (down from 0.0025% in 2018).
Malawi was Russia’s 93rd largest supplier in 2019 (down from 89th in 2018), accounting for 0.0264% of Russia’s total imports (down from 0.0311% in 2018).
Russia’s Exports to Malawi
The major share of Russian exports to Malawi in 2019 (and in 2018) was accounted for the following product types:
- Food products and agricultural raw materials (HS codes 01-24) - 99.66% of Russia’s total exports to Malawi (98.91% in 2018);
- Wood and wood products (HS codes 44-49) - 0.00% of Russia’s total exports to Malawi (1.09% in 2018).
The largest gains in Russia’s exports to Malawi in 2019 over 2018 were recorded for the following product groups:
- Animal or vegetable fats and oils and their cleavage products prepared edible fats; animal or vegetable waxes (HS code 15) - an increase of $350,418;
- Edible vegetables and certain roots and tubers (HS code 07) - an increase of $149,781.
The largest declines in Russia’s exports to Malawi in 2019 over 2018 were recorded for the following product groups:
- Cereals (HS code 10) - a decrease of $6,537,767;
- Wood and articles of wood; wood charcoal (HS code 44) - a decrease of $124,865.
| HS code |
Name of product group | Value of exports in 2019, US dollars ($) |
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 | 149,781 | 2.82 | 0 | ∞ |
| 10 | Cereals | 4,798,764 | 90.25 | 11,336,531 | -57.67 |
| 15 | Animal or vegetable fats and oils and their cleavage products prepared edible fats; animal or vegetable waxes | 350,418 | 6.59 | 0 | ∞ |
| 39 | Plastics and articles thereof | 5,420 | 0.10 | 0 | ∞ |
| 40 | Rubber and articles thereof | 200 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
| 44 | Wood and articles of wood; wood charcoal | 0 | 0.00 | 124,865 | -100.00 |
| 48 | Paper and paperboard; articles of paper pulp, of paper or of paperboard | 122 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
| 63 | Other made up textile articles; sets; worn clothing and worn textile articles; rags | 39 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
| 73 | Articles of iron or steel | 584 | 0.01 | 0 | ∞ |
| 84 | Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof | 11,719 | 0.22 | 0 | ∞ |
Russia’s Imports from Malawi
The major share of Russian imports from Malawi in 2019 (and in 2018) was accounted for the following product types:
- Food products and agricultural raw materials (HS codes 01-24) - 100.00% of Russia’s total imports from Malawi (99.98% in 2018).
The largest gains in Russia’s imports from Malawi in 2019 over 2018 were recorded for the following product groups:
- No product groups with a substantial increase.
The largest declines in Russia’s imports from Malawi in 2019 over 2018 were recorded for the following product groups:
- Tobacco and manufactured tobacco substitutes (HS code 24) - a decrease of $8,989,725;
- Coffee, tea, maté and spices (HS code 09) - a decrease of $728,852.
| HS code |
Name of product group | Value of imports in 2019, US dollars ($) |
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 | 23 | 0.00 | 8 | 187.50 |
| 08 | Edible fruit and nuts; peel of citrus fruit or melons | 47,154 | 0.07 | 0 | ∞ |
| 09 | Coffee, tea, maté and spices | 925,624 | 1.44 | 1,654,476 | -44.05 |
| 17 | Sugars and sugar confectionery | 0 | 0.00 | 33,739 | -100.00 |
| 24 | Tobacco and manufactured tobacco substitutes | 63,298,111 | 98.48 | 72,287,836 | -12.44 |
| 40 | Rubber and articles thereof | 53 | 0.00 | 6 | 783.33 |
| 61 | Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, knitted or crocheted | 0 | 0.00 | 16,661 | -100.00 |
| 73 | Articles of iron or steel | 0 | 0.00 | 4 | -100.00 |
| 84 | Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof | 378 | 0.00 | 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 | 2,291 | 0.00 | 319 | 618.18 |
| 87 | Vehicles other than railway or tramway rolling stock, and parts and accessories thereof | 61 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |