Russian trade in goods with Kenya in Q4 2020
based on data from the Federal Customs Service of Russia
Russia’s Trade with Kenya
In the 4th quarter of 2020, Russia’s trade with Kenya totaled $105,062,518, up 44.01% ($32,106,035) from the 4th quarter of 2019.
Russia’s exports to Kenya in the 4th quarter of 2020 totaled $85,420,288, up 59.20% ($31,764,569) from the 4th quarter of 2019.
Russia’s imports from Kenya in the 4th quarter of 2020 totaled $19,642,230, up 1.77% ($341,466) from the 4th quarter of 2019.
Russia’s trade surplus with Kenya in the 4th quarter of 2020 was $65,778,058, a 91.47% increase ($31,423,103) over the 4th quarter of 2019.
Kenya was Russia’s 86th largest trading partner in the 4th quarter of 2020 (up from 91st in the 4th quarter of 2019), accounting for 0.0648% of Russia’s total trade (up from 0.0406% in the 4th quarter of 2019).
Kenya was Russia’s 77th largest export market in the 4th quarter of 2020 (up from 82nd in the 4th quarter of 2019), accounting for 0.0905% of Russia’s total exports (up from 0.0480% in the 4th quarter of 2019).
Kenya was Russia’s 91st largest supplier in the 4th quarter of 2020 (up from 92nd in the 4th quarter of 2019), accounting for 0.0290% of Russia’s total imports (up from 0.0284% in the 4th quarter of 2019).
Russia’s Exports to Kenya
The major share of Russian exports to Kenya in the 4th quarter of 2020 (and in the 4th quarter of 2019) was accounted for the following product types:
- Food products and agricultural raw materials (HS codes 01-24) - 54.92% of Russia’s total exports to Kenya (50.57% in the 4th quarter of 2019);
- Chemical products (HS codes 28-40) - 25.45% of Russia’s total exports to Kenya (23.06% in the 4th quarter of 2019);
- Metals and products from them (HS codes 72-83) - 14.25% of Russia’s total exports to Kenya (10.80% in the 4th quarter of 2019);
- Wood and wood products (HS codes 44-49) - 3.72% of Russia’s total exports to Kenya (10.13% in the 4th quarter of 2019);
- Mineral products (HS codes 25-27) - 0.84% of Russia’s total exports to Kenya (4.68% in the 4th quarter of 2019).
The largest gains in Russia’s exports to Kenya in the 4th quarter of 2020 over the 4th quarter of 2019 were recorded for the following product groups:
- Cereals (HS code 10) - an increase of $20,523,497;
- Fertilizers (HS code 31) - an increase of $9,399,999;
- Iron and steel (HS code 72) - an increase of $5,029,337;
- Aluminum and articles thereof (HS code 76) - an increase of $1,345,625;
- Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof (HS code 84) - an increase of $402,812;
- Wood and articles of wood; wood charcoal (HS code 44) - an increase of $270,137.
The largest declines in Russia’s exports to Kenya in the 4th quarter of 2020 over the 4th 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 $2,548,962;
- Mineral fuels, mineral oils and products of their distillation; bituminous substances; mineral waxes (HS code 27) - a decrease of $1,789,840;
- Beverages, spirits and vinegar (HS code 22) - a decrease of $735,686.
| HS code |
Name of product group | Value of exports in Q4 2020, US dollars ($) |
Percent share in total export | Value of exports in Q4 2019, US dollars ($) |
Percent change in Q4 2020 over Q4 2019 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 07 | Edible vegetables and certain roots and tubers | 0 | 0.00 | 53,161 | -100.00 |
| 10 | Cereals | 46,870,316 | 54.87 | 26,346,819 | 77.90 |
| 21 | Miscellaneous edible preparations | 43,651 | 0.05 | 0 | ∞ |
| 22 | Beverages, spirits and vinegar | 0 | 0.00 | 735,686 | -100.00 |
| 27 | Mineral fuels, mineral oils and products of their distillation; bituminous substances; mineral waxes | 720,712 | 0.84 | 2,510,552 | -71.29 |
| 28 | Inorganic chemicals; organic or inorganic compounds of precious metals, of rare-earth metals,of radioactive elements or of isotopes | 155,340 | 0.18 | 133,981 | 15.94 |
| 29 | Organic chemicals | 174,778 | 0.20 | 170,731 | 2.37 |
| 30 | Pharmaceutical products | 14,039 | 0.02 | 10,604 | 32.39 |
| 31 | Fertilizers | 21,288,016 | 24.92 | 11,888,017 | 79.07 |
| 32 | Tanning or dyeing extracts; dyes, pigments, paints, varnishes, putty and mastics | 35,000 | 0.04 | 73,000 | -52.05 |
| 33 | Essential oils and resinoids; perfumery, cosmetic or toilet preparations | 9,009 | 0.01 | 0 | ∞ |
| 39 | Plastics and articles thereof | 4,568 | 0.01 | 19,989 | -77.15 |
| 40 | Rubber and articles thereof | 56,659 | 0.07 | 74,281 | -23.72 |
| 44 | Wood and articles of wood; wood charcoal | 1,012,883 | 1.19 | 742,746 | 36.37 |
| 47 | Pulp of wood or of other fibrous cellulosic material; waste and scrap of paper or paperboard | 38,412 | 0.04 | 15,423 | 149.06 |
| 48 | Paper and paperboard; articles of paper pulp, of paper or of paperboard | 2,128,958 | 2.49 | 4,677,920 | -54.49 |
| 63 | Other made up textile articles; sets; worn clothing and worn textile articles; rags | 5,583 | 0.01 | 0 | ∞ |
| 68 | Articles of stone, plaster, cement, asbestos, mica or similar materials | 13,328 | 0.02 | 13,408 | -0.60 |
| 70 | Glass and glassware | 478 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
| 72 | Iron and steel | 10,749,492 | 12.58 | 5,720,155 | 87.92 |
| 73 | Articles of iron or steel | 1,129 | 0.00 | 3 | 37,533.33 |
| 76 | Aluminum and articles thereof | 1,418,347 | 1.66 | 72,722 | 1,850.37 |
| 83 | Miscellaneous articles of base metal | 2,677 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
| 84 | Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof | 636,572 | 0.75 | 233,760 | 172.32 |
| 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 | 270 | 0.00 | 113,119 | -99.76 |
| 90 | Optical, photographic, cinematographic, measuring, checking, precision, medical or surgical instruments and apparatus; parts and accessories thereof | 22,998 | 0.03 | 19,504 | 17.91 |
| 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 | 12,692 | 0.01 | 30,138 | -57.89 |
| 95 | Toys, games and sports requisites; parts and accessories thereof | 4,381 | 0.01 | 0 | ∞ |
Russia’s Imports from Kenya
The major share of Russian imports from Kenya in the 4th quarter of 2020 (and in the 4th quarter of 2019) was accounted for the following product types:
- Food products and agricultural raw materials (HS codes 01-24) - 98.50% of Russia’s total imports from Kenya (99.25% in the 4th quarter of 2019);
- Textiles, textile products and footwear (HS codes 50-67) - 1.47% of Russia’s total imports from Kenya (0.72% in the 4th quarter of 2019).
The largest gains in Russia’s imports from Kenya in the 4th quarter of 2020 over the 4th quarter of 2019 were recorded for the following product groups:
- Edible fruit and nuts; peel of citrus fruit or melons (HS code 08) - an increase of $1,389,632;
- Coffee, tea, maté and spices (HS code 09) - an increase of $933,365;
- Tobacco and manufactured tobacco substitutes (HS code 24) - an increase of $129,644;
- Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, knitted or crocheted (HS code 61) - an increase of $72,740;
- Edible vegetables and certain roots and tubers (HS code 07) - an increase of $61,101.
The largest declines in Russia’s imports from Kenya in the 4th quarter of 2020 over the 4th 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 $1,860,987;
- Preparations of vegetables, fruit, nuts or other parts of plants (HS code 20) - a decrease of $341,311;
- Oil seeds and oleaginous fruits; miscellaneous grains, seeds and fruits; industrial or medicinal plants; straw and fodder (HS code 12) - a decrease of $124,669.
| HS code |
Name of product group | Value of imports in Q4 2020, US dollars ($) |
Percent share in total import | Value of imports in Q4 2019, US dollars ($) |
Percent change in Q4 2020 over Q4 2019 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 03 | Fish and crustaceans, molluscs and other aquatic invertebrates | 2,715 | 0.01 | 0 | ∞ |
| 06 | Live trees and other plants; bulbs, roots and the like; cut flowers and ornamental foliage | 3,042,589 | 15.49 | 4,903,576 | -37.95 |
| 07 | Edible vegetables and certain roots and tubers | 383,412 | 1.95 | 322,311 | 18.96 |
| 08 | Edible fruit and nuts; peel of citrus fruit or melons | 1,699,352 | 8.65 | 309,720 | 448.67 |
| 09 | Coffee, tea, maté and spices | 13,414,741 | 68.30 | 12,481,376 | 7.48 |
| 12 | Oil seeds and oleaginous fruits; miscellaneous grains, seeds and fruits; industrial or medicinal plants; straw and fodder | 125,484 | 0.64 | 250,153 | -49.84 |
| 15 | Animal or vegetable fats and oils and their cleavage products prepared edible fats; animal or vegetable waxes | 4,433 | 0.02 | 2,290 | 93.58 |
| 20 | Preparations of vegetables, fruit, nuts or other parts of plants | 508,972 | 2.59 | 850,283 | -40.14 |
| 24 | Tobacco and manufactured tobacco substitutes | 166,210 | 0.85 | 36,566 | 354.55 |
| 25 | Salt; sulfur; earths and stone; plastering materials, lime and cement | 0 | 0.00 | 15 | -100.00 |
| 42 | Articles of leather; saddlery and harness; travel goods, handbags and similar containers; articles of animal gut (other than silkworm gut) | 2,543 | 0.01 | 0 | ∞ |
| 46 | Manufactures of straw, of esparto or of other plaiting materials; basketware and wickerwork | 3,619 | 0.02 | 0 | ∞ |
| 61 | Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, knitted or crocheted | 93,187 | 0.47 | 20,447 | 355.75 |
| 62 | Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, not knitted or crocheted | 176,838 | 0.90 | 117,915 | 49.97 |
| 64 | Footwear, gaiters and the like; parts of such articles | 18,135 | 0.09 | 0 | ∞ |
| 65 | Headgear and parts thereof | 0 | 0.00 | 21 | -100.00 |
| 71 | Natural or cultured pearls, precious or semi-precious stones,precious metals, metals clad with precious metal and articles thereof; imitation jewelry; coin | 0 | 0.00 | 5,819 | -100.00 |
| 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 | 272 | -100.00 |