Russian trade with Kenya in 2020
February 14, 2021
by Russian Foreign Trade
based on data from the Federal Customs Service of Russia
based on data from the Federal Customs Service of Russia
The Report on Russia’s foreign trade in goods with Kenya in 2020: exports, imports, products, dynamics.
Russia’s Trade with Kenya
In 2020, Russia’s trade with Kenya totaled $322,694,267, up 27.05% ($68,708,913) from 2019.
Russia’s exports to Kenya in 2020 totaled $234,928,071, up 46.87% ($74,968,000) from 2019.
Russia’s imports from Kenya in 2020 were $87,766,196, down 6.66% ($6,259,087) from 2019.
Russia’s trade surplus with Kenya in 2020 was $147,161,875, a 123.19% increase ($81,227,087) over 2019.
Kenya was Russia’s 85th largest trading partner in 2020 (up from 95th in 2019), accounting for 0.0568% of Russia’s total trade (up from 0.0381% in 2019).
Kenya was Russia’s 82nd largest export market in 2020 (up from 91st in 2019), accounting for 0.0698% of Russia’s total exports (up from 0.0378% in 2019).
Kenya was Russia’s 87th largest supplier in 2020 (just as in 2019), accounting for 0.0379% of Russia’s total imports (down from 0.0386% in 2019).
Russia’s Exports to Kenya
The major share of Russian exports to Kenya in 2020 (and in 2019) was accounted for the following product types:
- Food products and agricultural raw materials (HS codes 01-24) - 53.49% of Russia’s total exports to Kenya (64.05% in 2019);
- Metals and products from them (HS codes 72-83) - 22.26% of Russia’s total exports to Kenya (10.29% in 2019);
- Chemical products (HS codes 28-40) - 14.38% of Russia’s total exports to Kenya (10.76% in 2019);
- Wood and wood products (HS codes 44-49) - 7.03% of Russia’s total exports to Kenya (11.15% in 2019);
- Mineral products (HS codes 25-27) - 1.43% of Russia’s total exports to Kenya (2.69% in 2019);
- Machinery, equipment and vehicles (HS codes 84-90) - 1.35% of Russia’s total exports to Kenya (1.00% in 2019).
The largest gains in Russia’s exports to Kenya in 2020 over 2019 were recorded for the following product groups:
- Iron and steel (HS code 72) - an increase of $32,979,707;
- Cereals (HS code 10) - an increase of $24,282,830;
- Fertilizers (HS code 31) - an increase of $15,611,331;
- Aluminum and articles thereof (HS code 76) - an increase of $2,884,463;
- Vehicles other than railway or tramway rolling stock, and parts and accessories thereof (HS code 87) - an increase of $2,376,654;
- Wood and articles of wood; wood charcoal (HS code 44) - an increase of $984,355.
The largest declines in Russia’s exports to Kenya in 2020 over 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 $2,325,104;
- Beverages, spirits and vinegar (HS code 22) - a decrease of $1,041,593;
- Mineral fuels, mineral oils and products of their distillation; bituminous substances; mineral waxes (HS code 27) - a decrease of $990,164.
| HS code |
Name of product group | Value of exports in 2020, US dollars ($) |
Percent share in total export | Value of exports in 2019, US dollars ($) |
Percent change in 2020 over 2019 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 07 | Edible vegetables and certain roots and tubers | 52,292 | 0.02 | 221,668 | -76.41 |
| 10 | Cereals | 125,477,021 | 53.41 | 101,194,191 | 24.00 |
| 21 | Miscellaneous edible preparations | 139,956 | 0.06 | 0 | ∞ |
| 22 | Beverages, spirits and vinegar | 0 | 0.00 | 1,041,593 | -100.00 |
| 25 | Salt; sulfur; earths and stone; plastering materials, lime and cement | 51,440 | 0.02 | 0 | ∞ |
| 27 | Mineral fuels, mineral oils and products of their distillation; bituminous substances; mineral waxes | 3,311,934 | 1.41 | 4,302,098 | -23.02 |
| 28 | Inorganic chemicals; organic or inorganic compounds of precious metals, of rare-earth metals,of radioactive elements or of isotopes | 1,232,666 | 0.52 | 580,553 | 112.33 |
| 29 | Organic chemicals | 446,232 | 0.19 | 289,267 | 54.26 |
| 30 | Pharmaceutical products | 82,939 | 0.04 | 26,276 | 215.65 |
| 31 | Fertilizers | 31,659,940 | 13.48 | 16,048,609 | 97.28 |
| 32 | Tanning or dyeing extracts; dyes, pigments, paints, varnishes, putty and mastics | 70,150 | 0.03 | 111,900 | -37.31 |
| 33 | Essential oils and resinoids; perfumery, cosmetic or toilet preparations | 25,039 | 0.01 | 0 | ∞ |
| 38 | Miscellaneous chemical products | 14,450 | 0.01 | 29,110 | -50.36 |
| 39 | Plastics and articles thereof | 169,450 | 0.07 | 23,590 | 618.31 |
| 40 | Rubber and articles thereof | 70,802 | 0.03 | 95,043 | -25.51 |
| 44 | Wood and articles of wood; wood charcoal | 3,258,947 | 1.39 | 2,274,592 | 43.28 |
| 47 | Pulp of wood or of other fibrous cellulosic material; waste and scrap of paper or paperboard | 55,628 | 0.02 | 37,223 | 49.45 |
| 48 | Paper and paperboard; articles of paper pulp, of paper or of paperboard | 13,192,534 | 5.62 | 15,517,638 | -14.98 |
| 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 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
| 59 | Impregnated, coated, covered or laminated textile fabrics; textile articles of a kind suitable for industrial use | 15 | 0.00 | 2 | 650.00 |
| 63 | Other made up textile articles; sets; worn clothing and worn textile articles; rags | 39,556 | 0.02 | 0 | ∞ |
| 68 | Articles of stone, plaster, cement, asbestos, mica or similar materials | 59,704 | 0.03 | 69,579 | -14.19 |
| 70 | Glass and glassware | 1,052 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
| 72 | Iron and steel | 49,322,783 | 20.99 | 16,343,076 | 201.80 |
| 73 | Articles of iron or steel | 3,328 | 0.00 | 8,442 | -60.58 |
| 74 | Copper and articles thereof | 6 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
| 76 | Aluminum and articles thereof | 2,957,185 | 1.26 | 72,722 | 3,966.42 |
| 82 | Tools, implements, cutlery, spoons and forks, of base metal; parts thereof of base metal | 0 | 0.00 | 18,778 | -100.00 |
| 83 | Miscellaneous articles of base metal | 8,099 | 0.00 | 14,342 | -43.53 |
| 84 | Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof | 730,291 | 0.31 | 1,284,078 | -43.13 |
| 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 | 4,963 | 0.00 | 219,713 | -97.74 |
| 87 | Vehicles other than railway or tramway rolling stock, and parts and accessories thereof | 2,381,113 | 1.01 | 4,459 | 53,300.16 |
| 90 | Optical, photographic, cinematographic, measuring, checking, precision, medical or surgical instruments and apparatus; parts and accessories thereof | 51,327 | 0.02 | 85,939 | -40.28 |
| 92 | Musical instruments; parts and accessories of such articles | 2,739 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
| 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 | 44,300 | 0.02 | 30,138 | 46.99 |
| 95 | Toys, games and sports requisites; parts and accessories thereof | 4,381 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
| SS | Classified | 0 | 0.00 | 15 442 | -100.00 |
Russia’s Imports from Kenya
The major share of Russian imports from Kenya in 2020 (and in 2019) was accounted for the following product types:
- Food products and agricultural raw materials (HS codes 01-24) - 99.27% of Russia’s total imports from Kenya (99.45% in 2019).
The largest gains in Russia’s imports from Kenya in 2020 over 2019 were recorded for the following product groups:
- Coffee, tea, maté and spices (HS code 09) - an increase of $5,487,431;
- Edible fruit and nuts; peel of citrus fruit or melons (HS code 08) - an increase of $4,858,393.
The largest declines in Russia’s imports from Kenya in 2020 over 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 $11,439,206;
- Tobacco and manufactured tobacco substitutes (HS code 24) - a decrease of $4,098,857;
- Preparations of vegetables, fruit, nuts or other parts of plants (HS code 20) - a decrease of $1,332,289.
| HS code |
Name of product group | Value of imports in 2020, US dollars ($) |
Percent share in total import | Value of imports in 2019, US dollars ($) |
Percent change in 2020 over 2019 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01 | Live animals | 0 | 0.00 | 208 | -100.00 |
| 03 | Fish and crustaceans, molluscs and other aquatic invertebrates | 3,269 | 0.00 | 18,180 | -82.02 |
| 06 | Live trees and other plants; bulbs, roots and the like; cut flowers and ornamental foliage | 14,162,462 | 16.14 | 25,601,668 | -44.68 |
| 07 | Edible vegetables and certain roots and tubers | 817,209 | 0.93 | 787,744 | 3.74 |
| 08 | Edible fruit and nuts; peel of citrus fruit or melons | 14,784,238 | 16.85 | 9,925,845 | 48.95 |
| 09 | Coffee, tea, maté and spices | 55,327,536 | 63.04 | 49,840,105 | 11.01 |
| 12 | Oil seeds and oleaginous fruits; miscellaneous grains, seeds and fruits; industrial or medicinal plants; straw and fodder | 892,878 | 1.02 | 772,605 | 15.57 |
| 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 | 8,300 | 0.01 | 3,978 | 108.65 |
| 20 | Preparations of vegetables, fruit, nuts or other parts of plants | 839,978 | 0.96 | 2,172,267 | -61.33 |
| 24 | Tobacco and manufactured tobacco substitutes | 288,940 | 0.33 | 4,387,797 | -93.41 |
| 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) | 4,858 | 0.01 | 3,582 | 35.62 |
| 46 | Manufactures of straw, of esparto or of other plaiting materials; basketware and wickerwork | 9,863 | 0.01 | 0 | ∞ |
| 61 | Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, knitted or crocheted | 156,103 | 0.18 | 30,637 | 409.52 |
| 62 | Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, not knitted or crocheted | 426,306 | 0.49 | 465,934 | -8.51 |
| 64 | Footwear, gaiters and the like; parts of such articles | 18,135 | 0.02 | 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 | 17,132 | 0.02 | 5,819 | 194.41 |
| 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 | 0.00 | 272 | 281.25 |
| 95 | Toys, games and sports requisites; parts and accessories thereof | 7,601 | 0.01 | 8,606 | -11.68 |