Russian trade with South Africa in 2019
based on data from the Federal Customs Service of Russia
Russia’s Trade with South Africa
In 2019, Russia’s trade with South Africa totaled $1,107,639,644, up 3.63% ($38,840,270) from 2018.
Russia’s exports to South Africa in 2019 were $280,693,774, down 1.76% ($5,039,418) from 2018.
Russia’s imports from South Africa in 2019 totaled $826,945,870, up 5.60% ($43,879,688) from 2018.
Russia’s trade deficit with South Africa in 2019 was $546,252,096, a 9.84% increase ($48,919,106) over 2018.
South Africa was Russia’s 67th largest trading partner in 2019 (just as in 2018), accounting for 0.1662% of Russia’s total trade (up from 0.1553% in 2018).
South Africa was Russia’s 79th largest export market in 2019 (up from 85th in 2018), accounting for 0.0664% of Russia’s total exports (up from 0.0635% in 2018).
South Africa was Russia’s 46th largest supplier in 2019 (down from 44th in 2018), accounting for 0.3392% of Russia’s total imports (up from 0.3288% in 2018).
Russia’s Exports to South Africa
The major share of Russian exports to South Africa in 2019 (and in 2018) was accounted for the following product types:
- Food products and agricultural raw materials (HS codes 01-24) - 33.57% of Russia’s total exports to South Africa (54.48% in 2018);
- Chemical products (HS codes 28-40) - 33.23% of Russia’s total exports to South Africa (9.37% in 2018);
- Wood and wood products (HS codes 44-49) - 11.14% of Russia’s total exports to South Africa (19.73% in 2018);
- Metals and products from them (HS codes 72-83) - 10.33% of Russia’s total exports to South Africa (3.02% in 2018);
- Mineral products (HS codes 25-27) - 7.65% of Russia’s total exports to South Africa (9.23% in 2018);
- Machinery, equipment and vehicles (HS codes 84-90) - 3.74% of Russia’s total exports to South Africa (3.76% in 2018).
The largest gains in Russia’s exports to South Africa in 2019 over 2018 were recorded for the following product groups:
- Fertilizers (HS code 31) - an increase of $70,825,239;
- Iron and steel (HS code 72) - an increase of $20,868,168;
- 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 $3,415,011.
The largest declines in Russia’s exports to South Africa in 2019 over 2018 were recorded for the following product groups:
- Cereals (HS code 10) - a decrease of $59,942,896;
- Paper and paperboard; articles of paper pulp, of paper or of paperboard (HS code 48) - a decrease of $13,786,737;
- Pulp of wood or of other fibrous cellulosic material; waste and scrap of paper or paperboard (HS code 47) - a decrease of $11,129,584;
- Mineral fuels, mineral oils and products of their distillation; bituminous substances; mineral waxes (HS code 27) - a decrease of $4,950,233;
- 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 $3,962,656;
- Vehicles other than railway or tramway rolling stock, and parts and accessories thereof (HS code 87) - a decrease of $2,638,389;
- Optical, photographic, cinematographic, measuring, checking, precision, medical or surgical instruments and apparatus; parts and accessories thereof (HS code 90) - a decrease of $1,758,376;
- Fish and crustaceans, molluscs and other aquatic invertebrates (HS code 03) - a decrease of $1,090,525.
HS code |
Name of product group | Value of exports in 2019, US dollars ($) |
Percent share in total export | Value of exports in 2018, US dollars ($) |
Percent change in 2019 over 2018 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
02 | Meat and edible meat offal | 16,194 | 0.01 | 0 | ∞ |
03 | Fish and crustaceans, molluscs and other aquatic invertebrates | 0 | 0.00 | 1,090,525 | -100.00 |
07 | Edible vegetables and certain roots and tubers | 124,575 | 0.04 | 270,585 | -53.96 |
08 | Edible fruit and nuts; peel of citrus fruit or melons | 1,170 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
09 | Coffee, tea, maté and spices | 359,546 | 0.13 | 534,270 | -32.70 |
10 | Cereals | 92,735,540 | 33.04 | 152,678,436 | -39.26 |
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 | 41,191 | 0.01 | 70,065 | -41.21 |
18 | Cocoa and cocoa preparations | 0 | 0.00 | 209 | -100.00 |
19 | Preparations of cereals, flour, starch or milk; bakers’ wares | 7,103 | 0.00 | 100 | 7,003.00 |
21 | Miscellaneous edible preparations | 908,975 | 0.32 | 992,263 | -8.39 |
22 | Beverages, spirits and vinegar | 25,449 | 0.01 | 35,493 | -28.30 |
24 | Tobacco and manufactured tobacco substitutes | 0 | 0.00 | 1,422 | -100.00 |
25 | Salt; sulfur; earths and stone; plastering materials, lime and cement | 55,492 | 0.02 | 22 | 252,136.36 |
27 | Mineral fuels, mineral oils and products of their distillation; bituminous substances; mineral waxes | 21,426,470 | 7.63 | 26,376,703 | -18.77 |
28 | Inorganic chemicals; organic or inorganic compounds of precious metals, of rare-earth metals,of radioactive elements or of isotopes | 6,003,490 | 2.14 | 9,966,146 | -39.76 |
29 | Organic chemicals | 150,235 | 0.05 | 142,544 | 5.40 |
30 | Pharmaceutical products | 3,808 | 0.00 | 8,600 | -55.72 |
31 | Fertilizers | 77,030,448 | 27.44 | 6,205,209 | 1,141.38 |
32 | Tanning or dyeing extracts; dyes, pigments, paints, varnishes, putty and mastics | 3,941 | 0.00 | 4,677 | -15.74 |
33 | Essential oils and resinoids; perfumery, cosmetic or toilet preparations | 9,837 | 0.00 | 59,984 | -83.60 |
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 | 32,467 | 0.01 | 4,506 | 620.53 |
35 | Albuminoidal substances; modified starches; glues; enzymes | 39,051 | 0.01 | 7 | 557,771.43 |
36 | Explosives; pyrotechnic products; matches; pyrophoric alloys; certain combustible preparations | 0 | 0.00 | 93,378 | -100.00 |
37 | Photographic or cinematographic goods | 0 | 0.00 | 15 | -100.00 |
38 | Miscellaneous chemical products | 1,700,609 | 0.61 | 2,328,142 | -26.95 |
39 | Plastics and articles thereof | 3,358,696 | 1.20 | 2,554,463 | 31.48 |
40 | Rubber and articles thereof | 4,934,686 | 1.76 | 5,418,290 | -8.93 |
41 | Raw hides and skins (other than furskins) and leather | 0 | 0.00 | 267,045 | -100.00 |
42 | Articles of leather; saddlery and harness; travel goods, handbags and similar containers; articles of animal gut (other than silkworm gut) | 882 | 0.00 | 6,144 | -85.64 |
44 | Wood and articles of wood; wood charcoal | 3,352,832 | 1.19 | 3,515,768 | -4.63 |
47 | Pulp of wood or of other fibrous cellulosic material; waste and scrap of paper or paperboard | 4,842,992 | 1.73 | 15,972,576 | -69.68 |
48 | Paper and paperboard; articles of paper pulp, of paper or of paperboard | 23,078,457 | 8.22 | 36,865,194 | -37.40 |
49 | Printed books, newspapers, pictures and other products of the printing industry; manuscripts, typescripts and plans | 5,833 | 0.00 | 13,685 | -57.38 |
53 | Other vegetable textile fibers; paper yarn and woven fabric of paper yarn | 0 | 0.00 | 89 | -100.00 |
54 | Man-made filaments | 102,899 | 0.04 | 135,210 | -23.90 |
56 | Wadding, felt and nonwovens; special yarns, twine, cordage, ropes and cables and articles thereof | 93,577 | 0.03 | 210,866 | -55.62 |
58 | Special woven fabrics; tufted textile fabrics; lace, tapestries; trimmings; embroidery | 872 | 0.00 | 73 | 1,094.52 |
59 | Impregnated, coated, covered or laminated textile fabrics; textile articles of a kind suitable for industrial use | 1,454 | 0.00 | 5,100 | -71.49 |
61 | Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, knitted or crocheted | 10,770 | 0.00 | 5,459 | 97.29 |
62 | Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, not knitted or crocheted | 24,114 | 0.01 | 42,772 | -43.62 |
63 | Other made up textile articles; sets; worn clothing and worn textile articles; rags | 716 | 0.00 | 8,418 | -91.49 |
64 | Footwear, gaiters and the like; parts of such articles | 81,809 | 0.03 | 21,646 | 277.94 |
65 | Headgear and parts thereof | 110 | 0.00 | 1,896 | -94.20 |
68 | Articles of stone, plaster, cement, asbestos, mica or similar materials | 19,298 | 0.01 | 33,076 | -41.66 |
69 | Ceramic products | 2,448 | 0.00 | 38,058 | -93.57 |
70 | Glass and glassware | 24,835 | 0.01 | 39,535 | -37.18 |
71 | Natural or cultured pearls, precious or semi-precious stones,precious metals, metals clad with precious metal and articles thereof; imitation jewelry; coin | 31 | 0.00 | 875 | -96.46 |
72 | Iron and steel | 27,996,049 | 9.97 | 7,127,881 | 292.77 |
73 | Articles of iron or steel | 89,647 | 0.03 | 159,698 | -43.86 |
74 | Copper and articles thereof | 10,024 | 0.00 | 5,114 | 96.01 |
76 | Aluminum and articles thereof | 836,948 | 0.30 | 649,926 | 28.78 |
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 | 52,574 | 0.02 | 671,323 | -92.17 |
83 | Miscellaneous articles of base metal | 4,808 | 0.00 | 5,660 | -15.05 |
84 | Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof | 3,029,237 | 1.08 | 2,307,621 | 31.27 |
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 | 6,099,880 | 2.17 | 2,684,869 | 127.19 |
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 | 2,278 | -100.00 |
87 | Vehicles other than railway or tramway rolling stock, and parts and accessories thereof | 271,357 | 0.10 | 2,909,746 | -90.67 |
90 | Optical, photographic, cinematographic, measuring, checking, precision, medical or surgical instruments and apparatus; parts and accessories thereof | 1,094,141 | 0.39 | 2,852,517 | -61.64 |
91 | Clocks and watches and parts thereof | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
92 | Musical instruments; parts and accessories of such articles | 830 | 0.00 | 900 | -7.78 |
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 | 5,046 | 0.00 | 5,901 | -14.49 |
95 | Toys, games and sports requisites; parts and accessories thereof | 47,225 | 0.02 | 23,068 | 104.72 |
96 | Miscellaneous manufactured articles | 2,380 | 0.00 | 66,902 | -96.44 |
97 | Works of art, collectors’ pieces and antiques | 17,710 | 0.01 | 0 | ∞ |
SS | Classified | 522,055 | 0.19 | 240 249 | 117.30 |
Russia’s Imports from South Africa
The major share of Russian imports from South Africa in 2019 (and in 2018) was accounted for the following product types:
- Food products and agricultural raw materials (HS codes 01-24) - 32.04% of Russia’s total imports from South Africa (36.52% in 2018);
- Mineral products (HS codes 25-27) - 22.50% of Russia’s total imports from South Africa (31.19% in 2018);
- Machinery, equipment and vehicles (HS codes 84-90) - 20.53% of Russia’s total imports from South Africa (10.81% in 2018);
- Chemical products (HS codes 28-40) - 16.39% of Russia’s total imports from South Africa (15.32% in 2018);
- Precious metals and stones (HS code 71) - 5.65% of Russia’s total imports from South Africa (0.70% in 2018);
- Metals and products from them (HS codes 72-83) - 2.69% of Russia’s total imports from South Africa (5.25% in 2018).
The largest gains in Russia’s imports from South Africa in 2019 over 2018 were recorded for the following product groups:
- Vehicles other than railway or tramway rolling stock, and parts and accessories thereof (HS code 87) - an increase of $48,636,971;
- 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 $41,248,225;
- Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof (HS code 84) - an increase of $37,969,134;
- 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 $12,555,233;
- Rubber and articles thereof (HS code 40) - an increase of $4,308,316.
The largest declines in Russia’s imports from South Africa in 2019 over 2018 were recorded for the following product groups:
- Ores, slag and ash (HS code 26) - a decrease of $57,136,043;
- Iron and steel (HS code 72) - a decrease of $15,100,738;
- Edible fruit and nuts; peel of citrus fruit or melons (HS code 08) - a decrease of $12,990,148;
- Preparations of vegetables, fruit, nuts or other parts of plants (HS code 20) - a decrease of $10,306,426.
HS code |
Name of product group | Value of imports in 2019, US dollars ($) |
Percent share in total import | Value of imports in 2018, US dollars ($) |
Percent change in 2019 over 2018 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
01 | Live animals | 37,529 | 0.00 | 8,188 | 358.34 |
05 | Products of animal origin, not elsewhere specified or included | 12,601 | 0.00 | 17,415 | -27.64 |
06 | Live trees and other plants; bulbs, roots and the like; cut flowers and ornamental foliage | 447,751 | 0.05 | 483,205 | -7.34 |
07 | Edible vegetables and certain roots and tubers | 671,190 | 0.08 | 771,662 | -13.02 |
08 | Edible fruit and nuts; peel of citrus fruit or melons | 218,262,256 | 26.39 | 231,252,404 | -5.62 |
09 | Coffee, tea, maté and spices | 4,970 | 0.00 | 42,182 | -88.22 |
10 | Cereals | 2,240,287 | 0.27 | 1,211,387 | 84.94 |
11 | Products of the milling industry; malt; starches; inulin; wheat gluten | 0 | 0.00 | 3,777 | -100.00 |
12 | Oil seeds and oleaginous fruits; miscellaneous grains, seeds and fruits; industrial or medicinal plants; straw and fodder | 2,043,299 | 0.25 | 1,281,347 | 59.46 |
13 | Lac; gums, resins and other vegetable saps and extracts | 0 | 0.00 | 9,028 | -100.00 |
15 | Animal or vegetable fats and oils and their cleavage products prepared edible fats; animal or vegetable waxes | 100,465 | 0.01 | 130,076 | -22.76 |
18 | Cocoa and cocoa preparations | 5,841 | 0.00 | 8,518 | -31.43 |
19 | Preparations of cereals, flour, starch or milk; bakers’ wares | 411 | 0.00 | 350 | 17.43 |
20 | Preparations of vegetables, fruit, nuts or other parts of plants | 11,822,655 | 1.43 | 22,129,081 | -46.57 |
21 | Miscellaneous edible preparations | 61,269 | 0.01 | 168,366 | -63.61 |
22 | Beverages, spirits and vinegar | 29,098,082 | 3.52 | 28,281,032 | 2.89 |
23 | Residues and waste from the food industries; prepared animal feed | 0 | 0.00 | 58,310 | -100.00 |
24 | Tobacco and manufactured tobacco substitutes | 140,417 | 0.02 | 84,250 | 66.67 |
25 | Salt; sulfur; earths and stone; plastering materials, lime and cement | 3,149,554 | 0.38 | 4,009,198 | -21.44 |
26 | Ores, slag and ash | 182,542,705 | 22.07 | 239,678,748 | -23.84 |
27 | Mineral fuels, mineral oils and products of their distillation; bituminous substances; mineral waxes | 340,338 | 0.04 | 584,004 | -41.72 |
28 | Inorganic chemicals; organic or inorganic compounds of precious metals, of rare-earth metals,of radioactive elements or of isotopes | 113,438,711 | 13.72 | 100,883,478 | 12.45 |
29 | Organic chemicals | 4,420,326 | 0.53 | 4,757,622 | -7.09 |
30 | Pharmaceutical products | 208,387 | 0.03 | 75,566 | 175.77 |
31 | Fertilizers | 235,691 | 0.03 | 86,924 | 171.15 |
32 | Tanning or dyeing extracts; dyes, pigments, paints, varnishes, putty and mastics | 1,101,941 | 0.13 | 823,422 | 33.82 |
33 | Essential oils and resinoids; perfumery, cosmetic or toilet preparations | 909,768 | 0.11 | 649,424 | 40.09 |
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 | 1,212,579 | 0.15 | 1,080,560 | 12.22 |
35 | Albuminoidal substances; modified starches; glues; enzymes | 850,940 | 0.10 | 265,742 | 220.21 |
38 | Miscellaneous chemical products | 4,981,886 | 0.60 | 6,935,065 | -28.16 |
39 | Plastics and articles thereof | 1,179,432 | 0.14 | 1,705,988 | -30.87 |
40 | Rubber and articles thereof | 7,031,614 | 0.85 | 2,723,298 | 158.20 |
41 | Raw hides and skins (other than furskins) and leather | 13,773 | 0.00 | 17,828 | -22.75 |
42 | Articles of leather; saddlery and harness; travel goods, handbags and similar containers; articles of animal gut (other than silkworm gut) | 77,572 | 0.01 | 55,290 | 40.30 |
44 | Wood and articles of wood; wood charcoal | 29,483 | 0.00 | 44,217 | -33.32 |
45 | Cork and articles of cork | 82 | 0.00 | 2 | 4,000.00 |
46 | Manufactures of straw, of esparto or of other plaiting materials; basketware and wickerwork | 0 | 0.00 | 31 | -100.00 |
48 | Paper and paperboard; articles of paper pulp, of paper or of paperboard | 20,235 | 0.00 | 17,472 | 15.81 |
49 | Printed books, newspapers, pictures and other products of the printing industry; manuscripts, typescripts and plans | 61,073 | 0.01 | 63,869 | -4.38 |
50 | Silk | 0 | 0.00 | 954 | -100.00 |
51 | Wool, fine or coarse animal hair; horsehair yarn and woven fabric | 11,671 | 0.00 | 32,469 | -64.05 |
52 | Cotton | 0 | 0.00 | 183 | -100.00 |
54 | Man-made filaments | 186,233 | 0.02 | 694,280 | -73.18 |
58 | Special woven fabrics; tufted textile fabrics; lace, tapestries; trimmings; embroidery | 12,555 | 0.00 | 32,694 | -61.60 |
59 | Impregnated, coated, covered or laminated textile fabrics; textile articles of a kind suitable for industrial use | 105,777 | 0.01 | 39,876 | 165.26 |
61 | Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, knitted or crocheted | 25,758 | 0.00 | 9,767 | 163.72 |
62 | Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, not knitted or crocheted | 10,925 | 0.00 | 7,500 | 45.67 |
63 | Other made up textile articles; sets; worn clothing and worn textile articles; rags | 18,497 | 0.00 | 21,695 | -14.74 |
64 | Footwear, gaiters and the like; parts of such articles | 91,135 | 0.01 | 111,422 | -18.21 |
65 | Headgear and parts thereof | 1,616 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
68 | Articles of stone, plaster, cement, asbestos, mica or similar materials | 25,294 | 0.00 | 19,993 | 26.51 |
69 | Ceramic products | 115,826 | 0.01 | 33,521 | 245.53 |
70 | Glass and glassware | 257,271 | 0.03 | 128,649 | 99.98 |
71 | Natural or cultured pearls, precious or semi-precious stones,precious metals, metals clad with precious metal and articles thereof; imitation jewelry; coin | 46,755,395 | 5.65 | 5,507,170 | 748.99 |
72 | Iron and steel | 19,369,579 | 2.34 | 34,470,317 | -43.81 |
73 | Articles of iron or steel | 1,168,430 | 0.14 | 1,829,836 | -36.15 |
74 | Copper and articles thereof | 73,272 | 0.01 | 544,917 | -86.55 |
76 | Aluminum and articles thereof | 528,218 | 0.06 | 2,191,425 | -75.90 |
79 | Zinc and articles thereof | 72,273 | 0.01 | 549,323 | -86.84 |
81 | Other base metals; cermets; articles thereof | 424,344 | 0.05 | 717,077 | -40.82 |
82 | Tools, implements, cutlery, spoons and forks, of base metal; parts thereof of base metal | 606,437 | 0.07 | 760,560 | -20.26 |
83 | Miscellaneous articles of base metal | 41,650 | 0.01 | 70,603 | -41.01 |
84 | Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof | 56,643,286 | 6.85 | 18,674,152 | 203.32 |
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 | 3,149,451 | 0.38 | 4,315,609 | -27.02 |
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 | 2,040,137 | 0.25 | 819,045 | 149.09 |
87 | Vehicles other than railway or tramway rolling stock, and parts and accessories thereof | 106,957,194 | 12.93 | 58,320,223 | 83.40 |
90 | Optical, photographic, cinematographic, measuring, checking, precision, medical or surgical instruments and apparatus; parts and accessories thereof | 993,343 | 0.12 | 2,533,748 | -60.80 |
91 | Clocks and watches and parts thereof | 0 | 0.00 | 200 | -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 | 42,774 | 0.01 | 74,825 | -42.83 |
95 | Toys, games and sports requisites; parts and accessories thereof | 12,036 | 0.00 | 8,930 | 34.78 |
96 | Miscellaneous manufactured articles | 127,974 | 0.02 | 107,981 | 18.52 |
SS | Classified | 322,406 | 0.04 | 38 912 | 728.55 |