Russian trade with Tanzania in 2020
based on data from the Federal Customs Service of Russia
Russia’s Trade with Tanzania
In 2020, Russia’s trade with Tanzania totaled $216,832,838, up 29.17% ($48,966,508) from 2019.
Russia’s exports to Tanzania in 2020 totaled $177,780,410, up 35.60% ($46,675,215) from 2019.
Russia’s imports from Tanzania in 2020 totaled $39,052,428, up 6.23% ($2,291,293) from 2019.
Russia’s trade surplus with Tanzania in 2020 was $138,727,982, a 47.04% increase ($44,383,922) over 2019.
Tanzania was Russia’s 99th largest trading partner in 2020 (up from 104th in 2019), accounting for 0.0382% of Russia’s total trade (up from 0.0252% in 2019).
Tanzania was Russia’s 90th largest export market in 2020 (up from 96th in 2019), accounting for 0.0528% of Russia’s total exports (up from 0.0310% in 2019).
Tanzania was Russia’s 97th largest supplier in 2020 (up from 98th in 2019), accounting for 0.0169% of Russia’s total imports (up from 0.0151% in 2019).
Russia’s Exports to Tanzania
The major share of Russian exports to Tanzania in 2020 (and in 2019) was accounted for the following product types:
- Food products and agricultural raw materials (HS codes 01-24) - 88.65% of Russia’s total exports to Tanzania (80.56% in 2019);
- Chemical products (HS codes 28-40) - 5.81% of Russia’s total exports to Tanzania (9.45% in 2019);
- Wood and wood products (HS codes 44-49) - 2.16% of Russia’s total exports to Tanzania (7.42% in 2019);
- Mineral products (HS codes 25-27) - 1.66% of Russia’s total exports to Tanzania (2.26% in 2019);
- Metals and products from them (HS codes 72-83) - 1.64% of Russia’s total exports to Tanzania (0.01% in 2019).
The largest gains in Russia’s exports to Tanzania in 2020 over 2019 were recorded for the following product groups:
- Cereals (HS code 10) - an increase of $50,141,217;
- Aluminum and articles thereof (HS code 76) - an increase of $2,820,177;
- Miscellaneous edible preparations (HS code 21) - an increase of $2,333,380.
The largest declines in Russia’s exports to Tanzania 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 $5,825,030;
- Fertilizers (HS code 31) - a decrease of $1,729,564;
- Inorganic chemicals; organic or inorganic compounds of precious metals, of rare-earth metals,of radioactive elements or of isotopes (HS code 28) - a decrease of $790,617.
HS code |
Name of product group | Value of exports in 2020, US dollars ($) |
Percent share in total export | Value of exports in 2019, US dollars ($) |
Percent change in 2020 over 2019 |
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02 | Meat and edible meat offal | 35,934 | 0.02 | 0 | ∞ |
10 | Cereals | 154,878,723 | 87.12 | 104,737,506 | 47.87 |
21 | Miscellaneous edible preparations | 2,440,694 | 1.37 | 107,314 | 2,174.35 |
22 | Beverages, spirits and vinegar | 242,887 | 0.14 | 771,121 | -68.50 |
25 | Salt; sulfur; earths and stone; plastering materials, lime and cement | 21,881 | 0.01 | 284,707 | -92.31 |
27 | Mineral fuels, mineral oils and products of their distillation; bituminous substances; mineral waxes | 2,934,472 | 1.65 | 2,682,059 | 9.41 |
28 | Inorganic chemicals; organic or inorganic compounds of precious metals, of rare-earth metals,of radioactive elements or of isotopes | 978,181 | 0.55 | 1,768,798 | -44.70 |
29 | Organic chemicals | 778,446 | 0.44 | 324,915 | 139.58 |
30 | Pharmaceutical products | 0 | 0.00 | 41,195 | -100.00 |
31 | Fertilizers | 8,526,268 | 4.80 | 10,255,832 | -16.86 |
32 | Tanning or dyeing extracts; dyes, pigments, paints, varnishes, putty and mastics | 4,101 | 0.00 | 41 | 9,902.44 |
34 | Soap, organic surface-active agents, washing preparations, lubricating preparations, artificial waxes, prepared waxes, polishing or scouring preparations, candles and similar articles, modeling pastes, "dental waxes" and dental preparations with a basis of plaster | 0 | 0.00 | 31 | -100.00 |
38 | Miscellaneous chemical products | 27,740 | 0.02 | 27 | 102,640.74 |
39 | Plastics and articles thereof | 6,135 | 0.00 | 1,856 | 230.55 |
40 | Rubber and articles thereof | 0 | 0.00 | 285 | -100.00 |
42 | Articles of leather; saddlery and harness; travel goods, handbags and similar containers; articles of animal gut (other than silkworm gut) | 186 | 0.00 | 7 | 2,557.14 |
44 | Wood and articles of wood; wood charcoal | 0 | 0.00 | 64,934 | -100.00 |
48 | Paper and paperboard; articles of paper pulp, of paper or of paperboard | 3,832,188 | 2.16 | 9,657,218 | -60.32 |
49 | Printed books, newspapers, pictures and other products of the printing industry; manuscripts, typescripts and plans | 10,689 | 0.01 | 118 | 8,958.47 |
56 | Wadding, felt and nonwovens; special yarns, twine, cordage, ropes and cables and articles thereof | 0 | 0.00 | 27 | -100.00 |
59 | Impregnated, coated, covered or laminated textile fabrics; textile articles of a kind suitable for industrial use | 0 | 0.00 | 120 | -100.00 |
61 | Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, knitted or crocheted | 127 | 0.00 | 45 | 182.22 |
62 | Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, not knitted or crocheted | 0 | 0.00 | 136 | -100.00 |
63 | Other made up textile articles; sets; worn clothing and worn textile articles; rags | 9,168 | 0.01 | 4,482 | 104.55 |
64 | Footwear, gaiters and the like; parts of such articles | 0 | 0.00 | 121 | -100.00 |
65 | Headgear and parts thereof | 0 | 0.00 | 68 | -100.00 |
68 | Articles of stone, plaster, cement, asbestos, mica or similar materials | 0 | 0.00 | 19 | -100.00 |
70 | Glass and glassware | 0 | 0.00 | 7,650 | -100.00 |
72 | Iron and steel | 2,689 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
73 | Articles of iron or steel | 35,046 | 0.02 | 6,151 | 469.76 |
74 | Copper and articles thereof | 0 | 0.00 | 186 | -100.00 |
76 | Aluminum and articles thereof | 2,820,913 | 1.59 | 736 | 383,176.22 |
82 | Tools, implements, cutlery, spoons and forks, of base metal; parts thereof of base metal | 40,028 | 0.02 | 1,396 | 2,767.34 |
83 | Miscellaneous articles of base metal | 8,048 | 0.00 | 9,608 | -16.24 |
84 | Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof | 84,121 | 0.05 | 102,044 | -17.56 |
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 | 48,201 | 0.03 | 49,030 | -1.69 |
87 | Vehicles other than railway or tramway rolling stock, and parts and accessories thereof | 0 | 0.00 | 196,096 | -100.00 |
90 | Optical, photographic, cinematographic, measuring, checking, precision, medical or surgical instruments and apparatus; parts and accessories thereof | 10,061 | 0.01 | 15,962 | -36.97 |
91 | Clocks and watches and parts thereof | 0 | 0.00 | 75 | -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 | 0 | 0.00 | 13,149 | -100.00 |
96 | Miscellaneous manufactured articles | 11 | 0.00 | 130 | -91.54 |
SS | Classified | 3,472 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
Russia’s Imports from Tanzania
The major share of Russian imports from Tanzania in 2020 (and in 2019) was accounted for the following product types:
- Food products and agricultural raw materials (HS codes 01-24) - 99.95% of Russia’s total imports from Tanzania (99.98% in 2019).
The largest gains in Russia’s imports from Tanzania in 2020 over 2019 were recorded for the following product groups:
- Oil seeds and oleaginous fruits; miscellaneous grains, seeds and fruits; industrial or medicinal plants; straw and fodder (HS code 12) - an increase of $4,734,890;
- Coffee, tea, maté and spices (HS code 09) - an increase of $1,820,841;
- Edible vegetables and certain roots and tubers (HS code 07) - an increase of $298,656;
- Miscellaneous edible preparations (HS code 21) - an increase of $145,418.
The largest declines in Russia’s imports from Tanzania in 2020 over 2019 were recorded for the following product groups:
- Tobacco and manufactured tobacco substitutes (HS code 24) - a decrease of $4,638,614.
HS code |
Name of product group | Value of imports in 2020, US dollars ($) |
Percent share in total import | Value of imports in 2019, US dollars ($) |
Percent change in 2020 over 2019 |
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03 | Fish and crustaceans, molluscs and other aquatic invertebrates | 1,423 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
06 | Live trees and other plants; bulbs, roots and the like; cut flowers and ornamental foliage | 23,048 | 0.06 | 37,066 | -37.82 |
07 | Edible vegetables and certain roots and tubers | 301,355 | 0.77 | 2,699 | 11,065.43 |
08 | Edible fruit and nuts; peel of citrus fruit or melons | 366,323 | 0.94 | 419,763 | -12.73 |
09 | Coffee, tea, maté and spices | 6,723,651 | 17.22 | 4,902,810 | 37.14 |
11 | Products of the milling industry; malt; starches; inulin; wheat gluten | 0 | 0.00 | 2,391 | -100.00 |
12 | Oil seeds and oleaginous fruits; miscellaneous grains, seeds and fruits; industrial or medicinal plants; straw and fodder | 7,964,618 | 20.39 | 3,229,728 | 146.60 |
15 | Animal or vegetable fats and oils and their cleavage products prepared edible fats; animal or vegetable waxes | 0 | 0.00 | 10,194 | -100.00 |
18 | Cocoa and cocoa preparations | 998 | 0.00 | 1,008 | -0.99 |
21 | Miscellaneous edible preparations | 158,074 | 0.40 | 12,656 | 1,149.00 |
23 | Residues and waste from the food industries; prepared animal feed | 0 | 0.00 | 947 | -100.00 |
24 | Tobacco and manufactured tobacco substitutes | 23,494,706 | 60.16 | 28,133,320 | -16.49 |
38 | Miscellaneous chemical products | 0 | 0.00 | 1,670 | -100.00 |
44 | Wood and articles of wood; wood charcoal | 1,744 | 0.00 | 1,094 | 59.41 |
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 | 4,758 | -100.00 |
73 | Articles of iron or steel | 48 | 0.00 | 473 | -89.85 |
84 | Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof | 2,616 | 0.01 | 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 | 6,865 | 0.02 | 558 | 1,130.29 |
90 | Optical, photographic, cinematographic, measuring, checking, precision, medical or surgical instruments and apparatus; parts and accessories thereof | 6,959 | 0.02 | 0 | ∞ |