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Russian trade in goods with Kenya in Q1 2020

by Russian Foreign Trade
based on data from the Federal Customs Service of Russia
The Report on Russia’s foreign trade in goods with Kenya in the first quarter of 2020: exports, imports, products, dynamics.

Russia’s Trade with Kenya

In the 1st quarter of 2020, Russia’s trade with Kenya was $34,359,084, down 0.90% ($310,486) from the 1st quarter of 2019.

Russia’s exports to Kenya in the 1st quarter of 2020 totaled $14,717,838, up 100.41% ($7,373,847) from the 1st quarter of 2019.

Russia’s imports from Kenya in the 1st quarter of 2020 were $19,641,246, down 28.12% ($7,684,333) from the 1st quarter of 2019.

Russia’s trade deficit with Kenya in the 1st quarter of 2020 was $4,923,408, a 75.36% decrease ($15,058,180) over the 1st quarter of 2019.

Kenya was Russia’s 104th largest trading partner in the 1st quarter of 2020 (up from 107th in the 1st quarter of 2019), accounting for 0.0242% of Russia’s total trade (up from 0.0220% in the 1st quarter of 2019).

Kenya was Russia’s 105th largest export market in the 1st quarter of 2020 (up from 125th in the 1st quarter of 2019), accounting for 0.0165% of Russia’s total exports (up from 0.0070% in the 1st quarter of 2019).

Kenya was Russia’s 87th largest supplier in the 1st quarter of 2020 (down from 82nd in the 1st quarter of 2019), accounting for 0.0369% of Russia’s total imports (down from 0.0515% in the 1st quarter of 2019).

Russia’s Exports to Kenya

The major share of Russian exports to Kenya in the 1st quarter of 2020 (and in the 1st quarter of 2019) was accounted for the following product types:

  • Food products and agricultural raw materials (HS codes 01-24) - 54.09% of Russia’s total exports to Kenya (0.56% in the 1st quarter of 2019);
  • Wood and wood products (HS codes 44-49) - 29.64% of Russia’s total exports to Kenya (62.66% in the 1st quarter of 2019);
  • Chemical products (HS codes 28-40) - 9.38% of Russia’s total exports to Kenya (6.51% in the 1st quarter of 2019);
  • Mineral products (HS codes 25-27) - 4.16% of Russia’s total exports to Kenya (5.07% in the 1st quarter of 2019);
  • Metals and products from them (HS codes 72-83) - 2.45% of Russia’s total exports to Kenya (23.67% in the 1st quarter of 2019);
  • Machinery, equipment and vehicles (HS codes 84-90) - 0.10% of Russia’s total exports to Kenya (1.14% in the 1st quarter of 2019).

The largest gains in Russia’s exports to Kenya in the 1st quarter of 2020 over the 1st quarter of 2019 were recorded for the following product groups:

  • Cereals (HS code 10) - an increase of $7,961,000;
  • Fertilizers (HS code 31) - an increase of $583,773;
  • Mineral fuels, mineral oils and products of their distillation; bituminous substances; mineral waxes (HS code 27) - an increase of $213,607;
  • Organic chemicals (HS code 29) - an increase of $143,695;
  • 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 $122,643;
  • Aluminum and articles thereof (HS code 76) - an increase of $81,355;
  • Wood and articles of wood; wood charcoal (HS code 44) - an increase of $71,397.

The largest declines in Russia’s exports to Kenya in the 1st quarter of 2020 over the 1st quarter of 2019 were recorded for the following product groups:

  • Iron and steel (HS code 72) - a decrease of $1,454,521;
  • Paper and paperboard; articles of paper pulp, of paper or of paperboard (HS code 48) - a decrease of $318,940;
  • Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof (HS code 84) - a decrease of $61,115.
Russia’s exports to Kenya in the 1st quarter of 2020 by product groups
HS
code
Name of product group Value of exports
in Q1 2020,
US dollars ($)
Percent share in total export Value of exports
in Q1 2019,
US dollars ($)
Percent change
in Q1 2020
over Q1 2019
07 Edible vegetables and certain roots and tubers 0 0.00 41,412-100.00
10 Cereals 7,961,000 54.09 0
25 Salt; sulfur; earths and stone; plastering materials, lime and cement 25,896 0.18 0
27 Mineral fuels, mineral oils and products of their distillation; bituminous substances; mineral waxes 585,957 3.98 372,35057.37
28 Inorganic chemicals; organic or inorganic compounds of precious metals, of rare-earth metals,of radioactive elements or of isotopes 288,789 1.96 166,14673.82
29 Organic chemicals 178,564 1.21 34,869412.10
30 Pharmaceutical products 23,500 0.16 0
31 Fertilizers 836,603 5.68 252,830230.90
32 Tanning or dyeing extracts; dyes, pigments, paints, varnishes, putty and mastics 35,150 0.24 0
33 Essential oils and resinoids; perfumery, cosmetic or toilet preparations 5,984 0.04 0
38 Miscellaneous chemical products 693 0.00 3,620-80.86
39 Plastics and articles thereof 674 0.00 0
40 Rubber and articles thereof 9,915 0.07 20,762-52.24
44 Wood and articles of wood; wood charcoal 309,390 2.10 237,99330.00
47 Pulp of wood or of other fibrous cellulosic material; waste and scrap of paper or paperboard 8,279 0.06 0
48 Paper and paperboard; articles of paper pulp, of paper or of paperboard 4,044,482 27.48 4,363,422-7.31
59 Impregnated, coated, covered or laminated textile fabrics; textile articles of a kind suitable for industrial use 0 0.00 2-100.00
63 Other made up textile articles; sets; worn clothing and worn textile articles; rags 1,845 0.01 0
68 Articles of stone, plaster, cement, asbestos, mica or similar materials 26,236 0.18 28,112-6.67
72 Iron and steel 279,114 1.90 1,733,635-83.90
73 Articles of iron or steel 122 0.00 4,834-97.48
76 Aluminum and articles thereof 81,355 0.55 0
84 Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof 3,537 0.02 64,652-94.53
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 453 0.00 5,804-92.20
90 Optical, photographic, cinematographic, measuring, checking, precision, medical or surgical instruments and apparatus; parts and accessories thereof 10,074 0.07 13,548-25.64
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 226 0.00 0

Russia’s Imports from Kenya

The major share of Russian imports from Kenya in the 1st quarter of 2020 (and in the 1st quarter of 2019) was accounted for the following product types:

  • Food products and agricultural raw materials (HS codes 01-24) - 99.33% of Russia’s total imports from Kenya (99.57% in the 1st quarter of 2019).

The largest gains in Russia’s imports from Kenya in the 1st quarter of 2020 over the 1st quarter of 2019 were recorded for the following product groups:

  • No product groups with a substantial increase.

The largest declines in Russia’s imports from Kenya in the 1st quarter of 2020 over the 1st quarter of 2019 were recorded for the following product groups:

  • Tobacco and manufactured tobacco substitutes (HS code 24) - a decrease of $3,710,899;
  • Live trees and other plants; bulbs, roots and the like; cut flowers and ornamental foliage (HS code 06) - a decrease of $2,769,117;
  • Coffee, tea, maté and spices (HS code 09) - a decrease of $501,481;
  • Edible fruit and nuts; peel of citrus fruit or melons (HS code 08) - a decrease of $420,794;
  • Preparations of vegetables, fruit, nuts or other parts of plants (HS code 20) - a decrease of $305,055.
Russia’s imports from Kenya in the 1st quarter of 2020 by product groups
HS
code
Name of product group Value of imports in Q1 2020,
US dollars ($)
Percent share in total import Value of imports in Q1 2019,
US dollars ($)
Percent change
in Q1 2020
over Q1 2019
01 Live animals 0 0.00 208-100.00
03 Fish and crustaceans, molluscs and other aquatic invertebrates 553 0.00 11,958-95.38
06 Live trees and other plants; bulbs, roots and the like; cut flowers and ornamental foliage 5,954,917 30.32 8,724,034-31.74
07 Edible vegetables and certain roots and tubers 147,811 0.75 119,98223.19
08 Edible fruit and nuts; peel of citrus fruit or melons 1,485,761 7.56 1,906,555-22.07
09 Coffee, tea, maté and spices 11,610,329 59.11 12,111,810-4.14
12 Oil seeds and oleaginous fruits; miscellaneous grains, seeds and fruits; industrial or medicinal plants; straw and fodder 189,542 0.97 196,577-3.58
13 Lac; gums, resins and other vegetable saps and extracts 351 0.00 0
15 Animal or vegetable fats and oils and their cleavage products prepared edible fats; animal or vegetable waxes 161 0.00 0
20 Preparations of vegetables, fruit, nuts or other parts of plants 14,779 0.08 319,834-95.38
24 Tobacco and manufactured tobacco substitutes 105,930 0.54 3,816,829-97.22
42 Articles of leather; saddlery and harness; travel goods, handbags and similar containers; articles of animal gut (other than silkworm gut) 455 0.00 2,707-83.19
61 Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, knitted or crocheted 5,499 0.03 4,56420.49
62 Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, not knitted or crocheted 116,520 0.59 101,91514.33
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 1,037 0.01 0
95 Toys, games and sports requisites; parts and accessories thereof 7,601 0.04 8,606-11.68
Russian foreign trade statistics
Source: Federal Customs Service of Russia