Russian trade with Malawi in 2020
based on data from the Federal Customs Service of Russia
Russia’s Trade with Malawi
In 2020, Russia’s trade with Malawi totaled $75,736,763, up 8.83% ($6,146,021) from 2019.
Russia’s exports to Malawi in 2020 totaled $11,639,821, up 118.92% ($6,322,774) from 2019.
Russia’s imports from Malawi in 2020 were $64,096,942, down 0.28% ($176,753) from 2019.
Russia’s trade deficit with Malawi in 2020 was $52,457,121, a 11.02% decrease ($6,499,527) over 2019.
Malawi was Russia’s 126th largest trading partner in 2020 (up from 127th in 2019), accounting for 0.0133% of Russia’s total trade (up from 0.0104% in 2019).
Malawi was Russia’s 144th largest export market in 2020 (up from 158th in 2019), accounting for 0.0035% of Russia’s total exports (up from 0.0013% in 2019).
Malawi was Russia’s 92nd largest supplier in 2020 (up from 93rd in 2019), accounting for 0.0277% of Russia’s total imports (up from 0.0264% in 2019).
Russia’s Exports to Malawi
The major share of Russian exports to Malawi in 2020 (and in 2019) was accounted for the following product types:
- Food products and agricultural raw materials (HS codes 01-24) - 98.69% of Russia’s total exports to Malawi (99.66% in 2019);
- Wood and wood products (HS codes 44-49) - 1.24% of Russia’s total exports to Malawi (0.00% in 2019).
The largest gains in Russia’s exports to Malawi in 2020 over 2019 were recorded for the following product groups:
- Cereals (HS code 10) - an increase of $6,688,715;
- Wood and articles of wood; wood charcoal (HS code 44) - an increase of $144,896.
The largest declines in Russia’s exports to Malawi in 2020 over 2019 were recorded for the following product groups:
- Animal or vegetable fats and oils and their cleavage products prepared edible fats; animal or vegetable waxes (HS code 15) - a decrease of $350,418;
- Edible vegetables and certain roots and tubers (HS code 07) - a decrease of $149,781.
| HS code |
Name of product group | Value of exports in 2020, US dollars ($) |
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 | 0 | 0.00 | 149,781 | -100.00 |
| 10 | Cereals | 11,487,479 | 98.69 | 4,798,764 | 139.38 |
| 15 | Animal or vegetable fats and oils and their cleavage products prepared edible fats; animal or vegetable waxes | 0 | 0.00 | 350,418 | -100.00 |
| 39 | Plastics and articles thereof | 5,256 | 0.05 | 5,420 | -3.03 |
| 40 | Rubber and articles thereof | 0 | 0.00 | 200 | -100.00 |
| 44 | Wood and articles of wood; wood charcoal | 144,896 | 1.24 | 0 | ∞ |
| 48 | Paper and paperboard; articles of paper pulp, of paper or of paperboard | 0 | 0.00 | 122 | -100.00 |
| 63 | Other made up textile articles; sets; worn clothing and worn textile articles; rags | 0 | 0.00 | 39 | -100.00 |
| 73 | Articles of iron or steel | 262 | 0.00 | 584 | -55.14 |
| 84 | Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof | 1,928 | 0.02 | 11,719 | -83.55 |
Russia’s Imports from Malawi
The major share of Russian imports from Malawi in 2020 (and in 2019) was accounted for the following product types:
- Food products and agricultural raw materials (HS codes 01-24) - 99.96% of Russia’s total imports from Malawi (100.00% in 2019).
The largest gains in Russia’s imports from Malawi in 2020 over 2019 were recorded for the following product groups:
- Sugars and sugar confectionery (HS code 17) - an increase of $476,903.
The largest declines in Russia’s imports from Malawi in 2020 over 2019 were recorded for the following product groups:
- Coffee, tea, maté and spices (HS code 09) - a decrease of $328,183;
- Tobacco and manufactured tobacco substitutes (HS code 24) - a decrease of $303,205.
| HS code |
Name of product group | Value of imports in 2020, US dollars ($) |
Percent share in total import | Value of imports in 2019, US dollars ($) |
Percent change in 2020 over 2019 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 06 | Live trees and other plants; bulbs, roots and the like; cut flowers and ornamental foliage | 0 | 0.00 | 23 | -100.00 |
| 08 | Edible fruit and nuts; peel of citrus fruit or melons | 0 | 0.00 | 47,154 | -100.00 |
| 09 | Coffee, tea, maté and spices | 597,441 | 0.93 | 925,624 | -35.46 |
| 17 | Sugars and sugar confectionery | 476,903 | 0.74 | 0 | ∞ |
| 24 | Tobacco and manufactured tobacco substitutes | 62,994,906 | 98.28 | 63,298,111 | -0.48 |
| 39 | Plastics and articles thereof | 90 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
| 40 | Rubber and articles thereof | 0 | 0.00 | 53 | -100.00 |
| 44 | Wood and articles of wood; wood charcoal | 6,736 | 0.01 | 0 | ∞ |
| 46 | Manufactures of straw, of esparto or of other plaiting materials; basketware and wickerwork | 617 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
| 66 | Umbrellas, sun umbrellas, walking sticks, seatsticks, whips, riding-crops and parts thereof | 30 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
| 83 | Miscellaneous articles of base metal | 49 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
| 84 | Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof | 1,653 | 0.00 | 378 | 337.30 |
| 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 | 14,598 | 0.02 | 2,291 | 537.19 |
| 87 | Vehicles other than railway or tramway rolling stock, and parts and accessories thereof | 0 | 0.00 | 61 | -100.00 |
| 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 | 3,919 | 0.01 | 0 | ∞ |