Russian trade in goods with Zimbabwe in Q3 2020
based on data from the Federal Customs Service of Russia
Russia’s Trade with Zimbabwe
In the 3rd quarter of 2020, Russia’s trade with Zimbabwe totaled $18,735,737, up 285.49% ($13,875,485) from the 3rd quarter of 2019.
Russia’s exports to Zimbabwe in the 3rd quarter of 2020 totaled $35,615, up 17.68% ($5,352) from the 3rd quarter of 2019.
Russia’s imports from Zimbabwe in the 3rd quarter of 2020 totaled $18,700,122, up 287.17% ($13,870,133) from the 3rd quarter of 2019.
Russia’s trade deficit with Zimbabwe in the 3rd quarter of 2020 was $18,664,507, a 288.87% increase ($13,864,781) over the 3rd quarter of 2019.
Zimbabwe was Russia’s 124th largest trading partner in the 3rd quarter of 2020 (up from 150th in the 3rd quarter of 2019), accounting for 0.0137% of Russia’s total trade (up from 0.0029% in the 3rd quarter of 2019).
Zimbabwe was Russia’s 179th largest export market in the 3rd quarter of 2020 (up from 181st in the 3rd quarter of 2019), accounting for 0.0000% of Russia’s total exports (just as in the 3rd quarter of 2019).
Zimbabwe was Russia’s 89th largest supplier in the 3rd quarter of 2020 (up from 110th in the 3rd quarter of 2019), accounting for 0.0323% of Russia’s total imports (up from 0.0077% in the 3rd quarter of 2019).
Russia’s Exports to Zimbabwe
The major share of Russian exports to Zimbabwe in the 3rd quarter of 2020 (and in the 3rd quarter of 2019) was accounted for the following product types:
- Machinery, equipment and vehicles (HS codes 84-90) - 35.65% of Russia’s total exports to Zimbabwe (17.27% in the 3rd quarter of 2019);
- Wood and wood products (HS codes 44-49) - 0.00% of Russia’s total exports to Zimbabwe (82.73% in the 3rd quarter of 2019).
The largest gains in Russia’s exports to Zimbabwe in the 3rd quarter of 2020 over the 3rd quarter of 2019 were recorded for the following product groups:
- Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof (HS code 84) - an increase of $4,239;
- Optical, photographic, cinematographic, measuring, checking, precision, medical or surgical instruments and apparatus; parts and accessories thereof (HS code 90) - an increase of $3,324;
- Works of art, collectors’ pieces and antiques (HS code 97) - an increase of $3,060.
The largest declines in Russia’s exports to Zimbabwe in the 3rd quarter of 2020 over the 3rd quarter of 2019 were recorded for the following product groups:
- Pulp of wood or of other fibrous cellulosic material; waste and scrap of paper or paperboard (HS code 47) - a decrease of $25,036.
| HS code |
Name of product group | Value of exports in Q3 2020, US dollars ($) |
Percent share in total export | Value of exports in Q3 2019, US dollars ($) |
Percent change in Q3 2020 over Q3 2019 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 47 | Pulp of wood or of other fibrous cellulosic material; waste and scrap of paper or paperboard | 0 | 0.00 | 25,036 | -100.00 |
| 84 | Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof | 4,239 | 11.90 | 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 | 860 | 2.41 | 954 | -9.85 |
| 90 | Optical, photographic, cinematographic, measuring, checking, precision, medical or surgical instruments and apparatus; parts and accessories thereof | 7,597 | 21.33 | 4,273 | 77.79 |
| 97 | Works of art, collectors’ pieces and antiques | 3,060 | 8.59 | 0 | ∞ |
| SS | Classified | 19,859 | 55.76 | 0 | ∞ |
Russia’s Imports from Zimbabwe
The major share of Russian imports from Zimbabwe in the 3rd quarter of 2020 (and in the 3rd quarter of 2019) 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 Zimbabwe (99.22% in the 3rd quarter of 2019).
The largest gains in Russia’s imports from Zimbabwe in the 3rd quarter of 2020 over the 3rd quarter of 2019 were recorded for the following product groups:
- Tobacco and manufactured tobacco substitutes (HS code 24) - an increase of $13,294,069;
- Coffee, tea, maté and spices (HS code 09) - an increase of $609,660.
The largest declines in Russia’s imports from Zimbabwe in the 3rd quarter of 2020 over the 3rd quarter of 2019 were recorded for the following product groups:
- No product groups with a substantial decrease.
| HS code |
Name of product group | Value of imports in Q3 2020, US dollars ($) |
Percent share in total import | Value of imports in Q3 2019, US dollars ($) |
Percent change in Q3 2020 over Q3 2019 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 06 | Live trees and other plants; bulbs, roots and the like; cut flowers and ornamental foliage | 14,030 | 0.08 | 19,084 | -26.48 |
| 07 | Edible vegetables and certain roots and tubers | 53,248 | 0.28 | 88,541 | -39.86 |
| 08 | Edible fruit and nuts; peel of citrus fruit or melons | 286,870 | 1.53 | 255,778 | 12.16 |
| 09 | Coffee, tea, maté and spices | 963,053 | 5.15 | 353,393 | 172.52 |
| 11 | Products of the milling industry; malt; starches; inulin; wheat gluten | 5,618 | 0.03 | 1,962 | 186.34 |
| 12 | Oil seeds and oleaginous fruits; miscellaneous grains, seeds and fruits; industrial or medicinal plants; straw and fodder | 12,904 | 0.07 | 556 | 2,220.86 |
| 15 | Animal or vegetable fats and oils and their cleavage products prepared edible fats; animal or vegetable waxes | 11,899 | 0.06 | 15,576 | -23.61 |
| 24 | Tobacco and manufactured tobacco substitutes | 17,351,674 | 92.79 | 4,057,605 | 327.63 |
| 25 | Salt; sulfur; earths and stone; plastering materials, lime and cement | 0 | 0.00 | 37,000 | -100.00 |
| 69 | Ceramic products | 800 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
| 84 | Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof | 26 | 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 | 0 | 0.00 | 494 | -100.00 |