Russian trade in goods with Kenya in Q2 2020
based on data from the Federal Customs Service of Russia
Russia’s Trade with Kenya
In the 2nd quarter of 2020, Russia’s trade with Kenya totaled $83,894,840, up 52.38% ($28,837,890) from the 2nd quarter of 2019.
Russia’s exports to Kenya in the 2nd quarter of 2020 totaled $58,130,091, up 119.09% ($31,597,760) from the 2nd quarter of 2019.
Russia’s imports from Kenya in the 2nd quarter of 2020 were $25,764,749, down 9.68% ($2,759,870) from the 2nd quarter of 2019.
Russia’s trade balance with Kenya went from a deficit of $1,992,288 in the 2nd quarter of 2019, to a surplus of $32,365,342 in the 2nd quarter of 2020.
Kenya was Russia’s 83rd largest trading partner in the 2nd quarter of 2020 (up from 93rd in the 2nd quarter of 2019), accounting for 0.0688% of Russia’s total trade (up from 0.0344% in the 2nd quarter of 2019).
Kenya was Russia’s 78th largest export market in the 2nd quarter of 2020 (up from 96th in the 2nd quarter of 2019), accounting for 0.0831% of Russia’s total exports (up from 0.0263% in the 2nd quarter of 2019).
Kenya was Russia’s 81st largest supplier in the 2nd quarter of 2020 (up from 83rd in the 2nd quarter of 2019), accounting for 0.0495% of Russia’s total imports (up from 0.0481% in the 2nd quarter of 2019).
Russia’s Exports to Kenya
The major share of Russian exports to Kenya in the 2nd quarter of 2020 (and in the 2nd quarter of 2019) was accounted for the following product types:
- Metals and products from them (HS codes 72-83) - 43.41% of Russia’s total exports to Kenya (16.44% in the 2nd quarter of 2019);
- Food products and agricultural raw materials (HS codes 01-24) - 37.07% of Russia’s total exports to Kenya (63.31% in the 2nd quarter of 2019);
- Wood and wood products (HS codes 44-49) - 10.24% of Russia’s total exports to Kenya (11.14% in the 2nd quarter of 2019);
- Chemical products (HS codes 28-40) - 4.16% of Russia’s total exports to Kenya (7.10% in the 2nd quarter of 2019);
- Machinery, equipment and vehicles (HS codes 84-90) - 4.16% of Russia’s total exports to Kenya (0.14% in the 2nd quarter of 2019);
- Mineral products (HS codes 25-27) - 0.95% of Russia’s total exports to Kenya (1.75% in the 2nd quarter of 2019).
The largest gains in Russia’s exports to Kenya in the 2nd quarter of 2020 over the 2nd quarter of 2019 were recorded for the following product groups:
- Iron and steel (HS code 72) - an increase of $20,361,802;
- Cereals (HS code 10) - an increase of $4,725,407;
- Paper and paperboard; articles of paper pulp, of paper or of paperboard (HS code 48) - an increase of $2,494,658;
- Vehicles other than railway or tramway rolling stock, and parts and accessories thereof (HS code 87) - an increase of $2,381,113;
- Aluminum and articles thereof (HS code 76) - an increase of $512,668;
- Wood and articles of wood; wood charcoal (HS code 44) - an increase of $499,279;
- 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 $496,388.
The largest declines in Russia’s exports to Kenya in the 2nd quarter of 2020 over the 2nd quarter of 2019 were recorded for the following product groups:
- No product groups with a substantial decrease.
| HS code |
Name of product group | Value of exports in Q2 2020, US dollars ($) |
Percent share in total export | Value of exports in Q2 2019, US dollars ($) |
Percent change in Q2 2020 over Q2 2019 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 07 | Edible vegetables and certain roots and tubers | 52,292 | 0.09 | 94,765 | -44.82 |
| 10 | Cereals | 21,428,121 | 36.86 | 16,702,714 | 28.29 |
| 21 | Miscellaneous edible preparations | 66,044 | 0.11 | 0 | ∞ |
| 25 | Salt; sulfur; earths and stone; plastering materials, lime and cement | 25,544 | 0.04 | 0 | ∞ |
| 27 | Mineral fuels, mineral oils and products of their distillation; bituminous substances; mineral waxes | 523,837 | 0.90 | 465,503 | 12.53 |
| 28 | Inorganic chemicals; organic or inorganic compounds of precious metals, of rare-earth metals,of radioactive elements or of isotopes | 621,727 | 1.07 | 125,339 | 396.04 |
| 29 | Organic chemicals | 0 | 0.00 | 38,384 | -100.00 |
| 30 | Pharmaceutical products | 43,600 | 0.08 | 15,672 | 178.20 |
| 31 | Fertilizers | 1,574,790 | 2.71 | 1,640,374 | -4.00 |
| 32 | Tanning or dyeing extracts; dyes, pigments, paints, varnishes, putty and mastics | 0 | 0.00 | 38,900 | -100.00 |
| 38 | Miscellaneous chemical products | 13,757 | 0.02 | 25,490 | -46.03 |
| 39 | Plastics and articles thereof | 162,191 | 0.28 | 0 | ∞ |
| 40 | Rubber and articles thereof | 3,868 | 0.01 | 0 | ∞ |
| 44 | Wood and articles of wood; wood charcoal | 1,036,447 | 1.78 | 537,168 | 92.95 |
| 48 | Paper and paperboard; articles of paper pulp, of paper or of paperboard | 4,914,179 | 8.45 | 2,419,521 | 103.11 |
| 49 | Printed books, newspapers, pictures and other products of the printing industry; manuscripts, typescripts and plans | 0 | 0.00 | 10 | -100.00 |
| 56 | Wadding, felt and nonwovens; special yarns, twine, cordage, ropes and cables and articles thereof | 5,809 | 0.01 | 0 | ∞ |
| 59 | Impregnated, coated, covered or laminated textile fabrics; textile articles of a kind suitable for industrial use | 15 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
| 68 | Articles of stone, plaster, cement, asbestos, mica or similar materials | 6,429 | 0.01 | 13,687 | -53.03 |
| 70 | Glass and glassware | 574 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
| 72 | Iron and steel | 24,714,338 | 42.52 | 4,352,536 | 467.81 |
| 73 | Articles of iron or steel | 1,476 | 0.00 | 2 | 73,700.00 |
| 74 | Copper and articles thereof | 6 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
| 76 | Aluminum and articles thereof | 512,668 | 0.88 | 0 | ∞ |
| 82 | Tools, implements, cutlery, spoons and forks, of base metal; parts thereof of base metal | 0 | 0.00 | 5,785 | -100.00 |
| 83 | Miscellaneous articles of base metal | 5,422 | 0.01 | 3,932 | 37.89 |
| 84 | Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof | 29,709 | 0.05 | 403 | 7,271.96 |
| 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 | 3,597 | 0.01 | 1,002 | 258.98 |
| 87 | Vehicles other than railway or tramway rolling stock, and parts and accessories thereof | 2,381,113 | 4.10 | 0 | ∞ |
| 90 | Optical, photographic, cinematographic, measuring, checking, precision, medical or surgical instruments and apparatus; parts and accessories thereof | 2,538 | 0.00 | 35,702 | -92.89 |
| SS | Classified | 0 | 0.00 | 15 442 | -100.00 |
Russia’s Imports from Kenya
The major share of Russian imports from Kenya in the 2nd quarter of 2020 (and in the 2nd quarter of 2019) was accounted for the following product types:
- Food products and agricultural raw materials (HS codes 01-24) - 99.61% of Russia’s total imports from Kenya (99.57% in the 2nd quarter of 2019).
The largest gains in Russia’s imports from Kenya in the 2nd quarter of 2020 over the 2nd quarter of 2019 were recorded for the following product groups:
- Coffee, tea, maté and spices (HS code 09) - an increase of $1,428,837;
- Edible fruit and nuts; peel of citrus fruit or melons (HS code 08) - an increase of $951,584;
- Oil seeds and oleaginous fruits; miscellaneous grains, seeds and fruits; industrial or medicinal plants; straw and fodder (HS code 12) - an increase of $234,915.
The largest declines in Russia’s imports from Kenya in the 2nd quarter of 2020 over the 2nd quarter of 2019 were recorded for the following product groups:
- Live trees and other plants; bulbs, roots and the like; cut flowers and ornamental foliage (HS code 06) - a decrease of $3,993,464;
- Preparations of vegetables, fruit, nuts or other parts of plants (HS code 20) - a decrease of $746,671;
- Tobacco and manufactured tobacco substitutes (HS code 24) - a decrease of $517,602;
- Edible vegetables and certain roots and tubers (HS code 07) - a decrease of $91,597;
- Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, not knitted or crocheted (HS code 62) - a decrease of $80,114.
| HS code |
Name of product group | Value of imports in Q2 2020, US dollars ($) |
Percent share in total import | Value of imports in Q2 2019, US dollars ($) |
Percent change in Q2 2020 over Q2 2019 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 03 | Fish and crustaceans, molluscs and other aquatic invertebrates | 0 | 0.00 | 1,076 | -100.00 |
| 06 | Live trees and other plants; bulbs, roots and the like; cut flowers and ornamental foliage | 1,948,725 | 7.56 | 5,942,189 | -67.21 |
| 07 | Edible vegetables and certain roots and tubers | 99,948 | 0.39 | 191,545 | -47.82 |
| 08 | Edible fruit and nuts; peel of citrus fruit or melons | 7,062,686 | 27.41 | 6,111,102 | 15.57 |
| 09 | Coffee, tea, maté and spices | 15,884,459 | 61.65 | 14,455,622 | 9.88 |
| 12 | Oil seeds and oleaginous fruits; miscellaneous grains, seeds and fruits; industrial or medicinal plants; straw and fodder | 525,690 | 2.04 | 290,775 | 80.79 |
| 15 | Animal or vegetable fats and oils and their cleavage products prepared edible fats; animal or vegetable waxes | 382 | 0.00 | 1,523 | -74.92 |
| 20 | Preparations of vegetables, fruit, nuts or other parts of plants | 126,607 | 0.49 | 873,278 | -85.50 |
| 24 | Tobacco and manufactured tobacco substitutes | 16,800 | 0.07 | 534,402 | -96.86 |
| 42 | Articles of leather; saddlery and harness; travel goods, handbags and similar containers; articles of animal gut (other than silkworm gut) | 0 | 0.00 | 875 | -100.00 |
| 46 | Manufactures of straw, of esparto or of other plaiting materials; basketware and wickerwork | 6,244 | 0.02 | 0 | ∞ |
| 61 | Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, knitted or crocheted | 38,021 | 0.15 | 4,063 | 835.79 |
| 62 | Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, not knitted or crocheted | 38,055 | 0.15 | 118,169 | -67.80 |
| 71 | Natural or cultured pearls, precious or semi-precious stones,precious metals, metals clad with precious metal and articles thereof; imitation jewelry; coin | 17,132 | 0.07 | 0 | ∞ |