Russian trade in goods with Tanzania in Q1 2020
based on data from the Federal Customs Service of Russia
Russia’s Trade with Tanzania
In the 1st quarter of 2020, Russia’s trade with Tanzania totaled $41,707,171, up 69.52% ($17,103,515) from the 1st quarter of 2019.
Russia’s exports to Tanzania in the 1st quarter of 2020 totaled $38,049,089, up 103.15% ($19,319,873) from the 1st quarter of 2019.
Russia’s imports from Tanzania in the 1st quarter of 2020 were $3,658,082, down 37.73% ($2,216,358) from the 1st quarter of 2019.
Russia’s trade surplus with Tanzania in the 1st quarter of 2020 was $34,391,007, a 167.53% increase ($21,536,231) over the 1st quarter of 2019.
Tanzania was Russia’s 100th largest trading partner in the 1st quarter of 2020 (up from 113th in the 1st quarter of 2019), accounting for 0.0293% of Russia’s total trade (up from 0.0156% in the 1st quarter of 2019).
Tanzania was Russia’s 86th largest export market in the 1st quarter of 2020 (up from 104th in the 1st quarter of 2019), accounting for 0.0428% of Russia’s total exports (up from 0.0179% in the 1st quarter of 2019).
Tanzania was Russia’s 110th largest supplier in the 1st quarter of 2020 (down from 102nd in the 1st quarter of 2019), accounting for 0.0069% of Russia’s total imports (down from 0.0111% in the 1st quarter of 2019).
Russia’s Exports to Tanzania
The major share of Russian exports to Tanzania 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) - 90.92% of Russia’s total exports to Tanzania (76.62% in the 1st quarter of 2019);
- Chemical products (HS codes 28-40) - 4.27% of Russia’s total exports to Tanzania (8.73% in the 1st quarter of 2019);
- Wood and wood products (HS codes 44-49) - 3.59% of Russia’s total exports to Tanzania (13.31% in the 1st quarter of 2019);
- Mineral products (HS codes 25-27) - 0.98% of Russia’s total exports to Tanzania (1.14% in the 1st quarter of 2019).
The largest gains in Russia’s exports to Tanzania 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 $20,166,971;
- Miscellaneous edible preparations (HS code 21) - an increase of $254,998;
- Mineral fuels, mineral oils and products of their distillation; bituminous substances; mineral waxes (HS code 27) - an increase of $145,106.
The largest declines in Russia’s exports to Tanzania in the 1st quarter of 2020 over the 1st quarter of 2019 were recorded for the following product groups:
- Paper and paperboard; articles of paper pulp, of paper or of paperboard (HS code 48) - a decrease of $1,115,592;
- Beverages, spirits and vinegar (HS code 22) - a decrease of $215,914.
| HS code |
Name of product group | Value of exports in Q1 2020, US dollars ($) |
Percent share in total export | Value of exports in Q1 2019, US dollars ($) |
Percent change in Q1 2020 over Q1 2019 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 02 | Meat and edible meat offal | 35,934 | 0.09 | 0 | ∞ |
| 10 | Cereals | 34,301,965 | 90.15 | 14,134,994 | 142.67 |
| 21 | Miscellaneous edible preparations | 254,998 | 0.67 | 0 | ∞ |
| 22 | Beverages, spirits and vinegar | 0 | 0.00 | 215,914 | -100.00 |
| 25 | Salt; sulfur; earths and stone; plastering materials, lime and cement | 15,399 | 0.04 | 0 | ∞ |
| 27 | Mineral fuels, mineral oils and products of their distillation; bituminous substances; mineral waxes | 357,691 | 0.94 | 212,585 | 68.26 |
| 28 | Inorganic chemicals; organic or inorganic compounds of precious metals, of rare-earth metals,of radioactive elements or of isotopes | 254,560 | 0.67 | 187,286 | 35.92 |
| 31 | Fertilizers | 1,367,274 | 3.59 | 1,446,711 | -5.49 |
| 32 | Tanning or dyeing extracts; dyes, pigments, paints, varnishes, putty and mastics | 3,680 | 0.01 | 0 | ∞ |
| 39 | Plastics and articles thereof | 674 | 0.00 | 200 | 237.00 |
| 44 | Wood and articles of wood; wood charcoal | 0 | 0.00 | 11,806 | -100.00 |
| 48 | Paper and paperboard; articles of paper pulp, of paper or of paperboard | 1,365,285 | 3.59 | 2,480,877 | -44.97 |
| 63 | Other made up textile articles; sets; worn clothing and worn textile articles; rags | 8,537 | 0.02 | 428 | 1,894.63 |
| 73 | Articles of iron or steel | 122 | 0.00 | 2,000 | -93.90 |
| 84 | Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof | 60,160 | 0.16 | 26,270 | 129.01 |
| 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 | 22,810 | 0.06 | 10,145 | 124.84 |
Russia’s Imports from Tanzania
The major share of Russian imports from Tanzania 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) - 99.52% of Russia’s total imports from Tanzania (99.96% in the 1st quarter of 2019).
The largest gains in Russia’s imports from Tanzania in the 1st quarter of 2020 over the 1st quarter of 2019 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 $965,201;
- Coffee, tea, maté and spices (HS code 09) - an increase of $188,998;
- Miscellaneous edible preparations (HS code 21) - an increase of $66,443.
The largest declines in Russia’s imports from Tanzania 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 $3,344,303;
- Edible fruit and nuts; peel of citrus fruit or melons (HS code 08) - a decrease of $95,520.
| HS code |
Name of product group | Value of imports in Q1 2020, US dollars ($) |
Percent share in total import | Value of imports in Q1 2019, US dollars ($) |
Percent change in Q1 2020 over Q1 2019 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 06 | Live trees and other plants; bulbs, roots and the like; cut flowers and ornamental foliage | 9,236 | 0.25 | 9,064 | 1.90 |
| 07 | Edible vegetables and certain roots and tubers | 1,776 | 0.05 | 455 | 290.33 |
| 08 | Edible fruit and nuts; peel of citrus fruit or melons | 0 | 0.00 | 95,520 | -100.00 |
| 09 | Coffee, tea, maté and spices | 1,208,896 | 33.05 | 1,019,898 | 18.53 |
| 11 | Products of the milling industry; malt; starches; inulin; wheat gluten | 0 | 0.00 | 2,391 | -100.00 |
| 12 | Oil seeds and oleaginous fruits; miscellaneous grains, seeds and fruits; industrial or medicinal plants; straw and fodder | 1,019,366 | 27.87 | 54,165 | 1,781.96 |
| 15 | Animal or vegetable fats and oils and their cleavage products prepared edible fats; animal or vegetable waxes | 0 | 0.00 | 10,194 | -100.00 |
| 18 | Cocoa and cocoa preparations | 0 | 0.00 | 505 | -100.00 |
| 21 | Miscellaneous edible preparations | 79,099 | 2.16 | 12,656 | 524.99 |
| 23 | Residues and waste from the food industries; prepared animal feed | 0 | 0.00 | 947 | -100.00 |
| 24 | Tobacco and manufactured tobacco substitutes | 1,321,988 | 36.14 | 4,666,291 | -71.67 |
| 38 | Miscellaneous chemical products | 0 | 0.00 | 1,670 | -100.00 |
| 44 | Wood and articles of wood; wood charcoal | 1,744 | 0.05 | 211 | 726.54 |
| 73 | Articles of iron or steel | 0 | 0.00 | 473 | -100.00 |
| 84 | Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof | 2,356 | 0.06 | 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 | 6,662 | 0.18 | 0 | ∞ |
| 90 | Optical, photographic, cinematographic, measuring, checking, precision, medical or surgical instruments and apparatus; parts and accessories thereof | 6,959 | 0.19 | 0 | ∞ |