Russian trade in goods with Kenya in Q1 2021
based on data from the Federal Customs Service of Russia
Russia’s Trade with Kenya
In the 1st quarter of 2021, Russia’s trade with Kenya totaled $138,389,713, up 302.77% ($104,030,629) from the 1st quarter of 2020.
Russia’s exports to Kenya in the 1st quarter of 2021 totaled $102,114,703, up 593.82% ($87,396,865) from the 1st quarter of 2020.
Russia’s imports from Kenya in the 1st quarter of 2021 totaled $36,275,010, up 84.69% ($16,633,764) from the 1st quarter of 2020.
Russia’s trade balance with Kenya went from a deficit of $4,923,408 in the 1st quarter of 2020, to a surplus of $65,839,693 in the 1st quarter of 2021.
Kenya was Russia’s 76th largest trading partner in the 1st quarter of 2021 (up from 104th in the 1st quarter of 2020), accounting for 0.0895% of Russia’s total trade (up from 0.0242% in the 1st quarter of 2020).
Kenya was Russia’s 73rd largest export market in the 1st quarter of 2021 (up from 105th in the 1st quarter of 2020), accounting for 0.1107% of Russia’s total exports (up from 0.0165% in the 1st quarter of 2020).
Kenya was Russia’s 79th largest supplier in the 1st quarter of 2021 (up from 87th in the 1st quarter of 2020), accounting for 0.0582% of Russia’s total imports (up from 0.0369% in the 1st quarter of 2020).
Russia’s Exports to Kenya
The major share of Russian exports to Kenya in the 1st quarter of 2021 (and in the 1st quarter of 2020) was accounted for the following product types:
- Food products and agricultural raw materials (HS codes 01-24) - 41.69% of Russia’s total exports to Kenya (54.09% in the 1st quarter of 2020);
- Metals and products from them (HS codes 72-83) - 36.74% of Russia’s total exports to Kenya (2.45% in the 1st quarter of 2020);
- Chemical products (HS codes 28-40) - 15.01% of Russia’s total exports to Kenya (9.38% in the 1st quarter of 2020);
- Mineral products (HS codes 25-27) - 3.03% of Russia’s total exports to Kenya (4.16% in the 1st quarter of 2020);
- Wood and wood products (HS codes 44-49) - 2.91% of Russia’s total exports to Kenya (29.64% in the 1st quarter of 2020).
The largest gains in Russia’s exports to Kenya in the 1st quarter of 2021 over the 1st quarter of 2020 were recorded for the following product groups:
- Iron and steel (HS code 72) - an increase of $34,174,475;
- Cereals (HS code 10) - an increase of $33,765,065;
- Fertilizers (HS code 31) - an increase of $13,491,034;
- Aluminum and articles thereof (HS code 76) - an increase of $2,980,004;
- Mineral fuels, mineral oils and products of their distillation; bituminous substances; mineral waxes (HS code 27) - an increase of $2,503,902;
- Animal or vegetable fats and oils and their cleavage products prepared edible fats; animal or vegetable waxes (HS code 15) - an increase of $702,696;
- Wood and articles of wood; wood charcoal (HS code 44) - an increase of $423,182.
The largest declines in Russia’s exports to Kenya in the 1st quarter of 2021 over the 1st quarter of 2020 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 $1,808,130.
| HS code |
Name of product group | Value of exports in Q1 2021, US dollars ($) |
Percent share in total export | Value of exports in Q1 2020, US dollars ($) |
Percent change in Q1 2021 over Q1 2020 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 10 | Cereals | 41,726,065 | 40.86 | 7,961,000 | 424.13 |
| 15 | Animal or vegetable fats and oils and their cleavage products prepared edible fats; animal or vegetable waxes | 702,696 | 0.69 | 0 | ∞ |
| 21 | Miscellaneous edible preparations | 49,052 | 0.05 | 0 | ∞ |
| 22 | Beverages, spirits and vinegar | 90,126 | 0.09 | 0 | ∞ |
| 25 | Salt; sulfur; earths and stone; plastering materials, lime and cement | 0 | 0.00 | 25,896 | -100.00 |
| 27 | Mineral fuels, mineral oils and products of their distillation; bituminous substances; mineral waxes | 3,089,859 | 3.03 | 585,957 | 427.32 |
| 28 | Inorganic chemicals; organic or inorganic compounds of precious metals, of rare-earth metals,of radioactive elements or of isotopes | 585,651 | 0.57 | 288,789 | 102.80 |
| 29 | Organic chemicals | 216,438 | 0.21 | 178,564 | 21.21 |
| 30 | Pharmaceutical products | 108,348 | 0.11 | 23,500 | 361.06 |
| 31 | Fertilizers | 14,327,637 | 14.03 | 836,603 | 1,612.60 |
| 32 | Tanning or dyeing extracts; dyes, pigments, paints, varnishes, putty and mastics | 0 | 0.00 | 35,150 | -100.00 |
| 33 | Essential oils and resinoids; perfumery, cosmetic or toilet preparations | 0 | 0.00 | 5,984 | -100.00 |
| 38 | Miscellaneous chemical products | 65,868 | 0.06 | 693 | 9,404.76 |
| 39 | Plastics and articles thereof | 18,239 | 0.02 | 674 | 2,606.08 |
| 40 | Rubber and articles thereof | 8,363 | 0.01 | 9,915 | -15.65 |
| 44 | Wood and articles of wood; wood charcoal | 732,572 | 0.72 | 309,390 | 136.78 |
| 47 | Pulp of wood or of other fibrous cellulosic material; waste and scrap of paper or paperboard | 0 | 0.00 | 8,279 | -100.00 |
| 48 | Paper and paperboard; articles of paper pulp, of paper or of paperboard | 2,236,352 | 2.19 | 4,044,482 | -44.71 |
| 63 | Other made up textile articles; sets; worn clothing and worn textile articles; rags | 0 | 0.00 | 1,845 | -100.00 |
| 68 | Articles of stone, plaster, cement, asbestos, mica or similar materials | 13,606 | 0.01 | 26,236 | -48.14 |
| 72 | Iron and steel | 34,453,589 | 33.74 | 279,114 | 12,243.91 |
| 73 | Articles of iron or steel | 2,816 | 0.00 | 122 | 2,208.20 |
| 76 | Aluminum and articles thereof | 3,061,359 | 3.00 | 81,355 | 3,662.96 |
| 83 | Miscellaneous articles of base metal | 590 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
| 84 | Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof | 165,409 | 0.16 | 3,537 | 4,576.53 |
| 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 | 131,224 | 0.13 | 453 | 28,867.77 |
| 90 | Optical, photographic, cinematographic, measuring, checking, precision, medical or surgical instruments and apparatus; parts and accessories thereof | 10,844 | 0.01 | 10,074 | 7.64 |
| 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 | 226 | -100.00 |
| SS | Classified | 318,000 | 0.31 | 0 | ∞ |
Russia’s Imports from Kenya
The major share of Russian imports from Kenya in the 1st quarter of 2021 (and in the 1st quarter of 2020) was accounted for the following product types:
- Food products and agricultural raw materials (HS codes 01-24) - 99.22% of Russia’s total imports from Kenya (99.33% in the 1st quarter of 2020).
The largest gains in Russia’s imports from Kenya in the 1st quarter of 2021 over the 1st quarter of 2020 were recorded for the following product groups:
- Coffee, tea, maté and spices (HS code 09) - an increase of $7,621,627;
- Live trees and other plants; bulbs, roots and the like; cut flowers and ornamental foliage (HS code 06) - an increase of $5,514,593;
- Edible fruit and nuts; peel of citrus fruit or melons (HS code 08) - an increase of $2,782,092;
- Edible vegetables and certain roots and tubers (HS code 07) - an increase of $321,604;
- Preparations of vegetables, fruit, nuts or other parts of plants (HS code 20) - an increase of $188,981;
- Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, knitted or crocheted (HS code 61) - an increase of $157,275;
- Oil seeds and oleaginous fruits; miscellaneous grains, seeds and fruits; industrial or medicinal plants; straw and fodder (HS code 12) - an increase of $157,274.
The largest declines in Russia’s imports from Kenya in the 1st quarter of 2021 over the 1st quarter of 2020 were recorded for the following product groups:
- No product groups with a substantial decrease.
| HS code |
Name of product group | Value of imports in Q1 2021, US dollars ($) |
Percent share in total import | Value of imports in Q1 2020, US dollars ($) |
Percent change in Q1 2021 over Q1 2020 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 03 | Fish and crustaceans, molluscs and other aquatic invertebrates | 0 | 0.00 | 553 | -100.00 |
| 06 | Live trees and other plants; bulbs, roots and the like; cut flowers and ornamental foliage | 11,469,510 | 31.62 | 5,954,917 | 92.61 |
| 07 | Edible vegetables and certain roots and tubers | 469,415 | 1.29 | 147,811 | 217.58 |
| 08 | Edible fruit and nuts; peel of citrus fruit or melons | 4,267,853 | 11.77 | 1,485,761 | 187.25 |
| 09 | Coffee, tea, maté and spices | 19,231,956 | 53.02 | 11,610,329 | 65.65 |
| 12 | Oil seeds and oleaginous fruits; miscellaneous grains, seeds and fruits; industrial or medicinal plants; straw and fodder | 346,816 | 0.96 | 189,542 | 82.98 |
| 13 | Lac; gums, resins and other vegetable saps and extracts | 0 | 0.00 | 351 | -100.00 |
| 15 | Animal or vegetable fats and oils and their cleavage products prepared edible fats; animal or vegetable waxes | 1,212 | 0.00 | 161 | 652.80 |
| 20 | Preparations of vegetables, fruit, nuts or other parts of plants | 203,760 | 0.56 | 14,779 | 1,278.71 |
| 24 | Tobacco and manufactured tobacco substitutes | 0 | 0.00 | 105,930 | -100.00 |
| 42 | Articles of leather; saddlery and harness; travel goods, handbags and similar containers; articles of animal gut (other than silkworm gut) | 0 | 0.00 | 455 | -100.00 |
| 54 | Man-made filaments | 25 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
| 61 | Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, knitted or crocheted | 162,774 | 0.45 | 5,499 | 2,860.07 |
| 62 | Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, not knitted or crocheted | 117,279 | 0.32 | 116,520 | 0.65 |
| 71 | Natural or cultured pearls, precious or semi-precious stones,precious metals, metals clad with precious metal and articles thereof; imitation jewelry; coin | 196 | 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 | 34 | 0.00 | 1,037 | -96.72 |
| 95 | Toys, games and sports requisites; parts and accessories thereof | 4,180 | 0.01 | 7,601 | -45.01 |