Russian trade in goods with Kenya in Q2 2021
August 15, 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 the second quarter of 2021: exports, imports, products, dynamics.
Russia’s Trade with Kenya
In the 2nd quarter of 2021, Russia’s trade with Kenya totaled $87,564,820, up 4.37% ($3,669,980) from the 2nd quarter of 2020.
Russia’s exports to Kenya in the 2nd quarter of 2021 were $51,807,610, down 10.88% ($6,322,481) from the 2nd quarter of 2020.
Russia’s imports from Kenya in the 2nd quarter of 2021 totaled $35,757,210, up 38.78% ($9,992,461) from the 2nd quarter of 2020.
Russia’s trade surplus with Kenya in the 2nd quarter of 2021 was $16,050,400, a 50.41% decrease ($16,314,942) over the 2nd quarter of 2020.
Kenya was Russia’s 91st largest trading partner in the 2nd quarter of 2021 (down from 83rd in the 2nd quarter of 2020), accounting for 0.0463% of Russia’s total trade (down from 0.0688% in the 2nd quarter of 2020).
Kenya was Russia’s 91st largest export market in the 2nd quarter of 2021 (down from 78th in the 2nd quarter of 2020), accounting for 0.0450% of Russia’s total exports (down from 0.0831% in the 2nd quarter of 2020).
Kenya was Russia’s 81st largest supplier in the 2nd quarter of 2021 (just as in the 2nd quarter of 2020), accounting for 0.0482% of Russia’s total imports (down from 0.0495% in the 2nd quarter of 2020).
Russia’s Exports to Kenya
The major share of Russian exports to Kenya in the 2nd quarter of 2021 (and in the 2nd quarter of 2020) was accounted for the following product types:
- Metals and products from them (HS codes 72-83) - 56.37% of Russia’s total exports to Kenya (43.41% in the 2nd quarter of 2020);
- Food products and agricultural raw materials (HS codes 01-24) - 26.11% of Russia’s total exports to Kenya (37.07% in the 2nd quarter of 2020);
- Wood and wood products (HS codes 44-49) - 11.04% of Russia’s total exports to Kenya (10.24% in the 2nd quarter of 2020);
- Chemical products (HS codes 28-40) - 2.99% of Russia’s total exports to Kenya (4.16% in the 2nd quarter of 2020);
- Mineral products (HS codes 25-27) - 2.41% of Russia’s total exports to Kenya (0.95% in the 2nd quarter of 2020);
- Machinery, equipment and vehicles (HS codes 84-90) - 0.51% of Russia’s total exports to Kenya (4.16% in the 2nd quarter of 2020).
The largest gains in Russia’s exports to Kenya in the 2nd quarter of 2021 over the 2nd quarter of 2020 were recorded for the following product groups:
- Iron and steel (HS code 72) - an increase of $3,090,603;
- Aluminum and articles thereof (HS code 76) - an increase of $882,472;
- Mineral fuels, mineral oils and products of their distillation; bituminous substances; mineral waxes (HS code 27) - an increase of $726,225;
- Organic chemicals (HS code 29) - an increase of $454,977;
- Tanning or dyeing extracts; dyes, pigments, paints, varnishes, putty and mastics (HS code 32) - an increase of $335,798.
The largest declines in Russia’s exports to Kenya in the 2nd quarter of 2021 over the 2nd quarter of 2020 were recorded for the following product groups:
- Cereals (HS code 10) - a decrease of $7,989,871;
- Vehicles other than railway or tramway rolling stock, and parts and accessories thereof (HS code 87) - a decrease of $2,301,213;
- Fertilizers (HS code 31) - a decrease of $1,205,997;
- 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 $307,989;
- Wood and articles of wood; wood charcoal (HS code 44) - a decrease of $259,742.
| HS code |
Name of product group | Value of exports in Q2 2021, US dollars ($) |
Percent share in total export | Value of exports in Q2 2020, US dollars ($) |
Percent change in Q2 2021 over Q2 2020 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 04 | Dairy produce; birds eggs; natural honey; edible products of animal origin, not elsewhere specified or included | 691 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
| 07 | Edible vegetables and certain roots and tubers | 0 | 0.00 | 52,292 | -100.00 |
| 10 | Cereals | 13,438,250 | 25.94 | 21,428,121 | -37.29 |
| 21 | Miscellaneous edible preparations | 78,808 | 0.15 | 66,044 | 19.33 |
| 22 | Beverages, spirits and vinegar | 8,168 | 0.02 | 0 | ∞ |
| 25 | Salt; sulfur; earths and stone; plastering materials, lime and cement | 0 | 0.00 | 25,544 | -100.00 |
| 27 | Mineral fuels, mineral oils and products of their distillation; bituminous substances; mineral waxes | 1,250,062 | 2.41 | 523,837 | 138.64 |
| 28 | Inorganic chemicals; organic or inorganic compounds of precious metals, of rare-earth metals,of radioactive elements or of isotopes | 313,738 | 0.61 | 621,727 | -49.54 |
| 29 | Organic chemicals | 454,977 | 0.88 | 0 | ∞ |
| 30 | Pharmaceutical products | 0 | 0.00 | 43,600 | -100.00 |
| 31 | Fertilizers | 368,793 | 0.71 | 1,574,790 | -76.58 |
| 32 | Tanning or dyeing extracts; dyes, pigments, paints, varnishes, putty and mastics | 335,798 | 0.65 | 0 | ∞ |
| 33 | Essential oils and resinoids; perfumery, cosmetic or toilet preparations | 8,957 | 0.02 | 0 | ∞ |
| 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 | 18 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
| 38 | Miscellaneous chemical products | 1,029 | 0.00 | 13,757 | -92.52 |
| 39 | Plastics and articles thereof | 30,031 | 0.06 | 162,191 | -81.48 |
| 40 | Rubber and articles thereof | 36,809 | 0.07 | 3,868 | 851.63 |
| 42 | Articles of leather; saddlery and harness; travel goods, handbags and similar containers; articles of animal gut (other than silkworm gut) | 6,614 | 0.01 | 0 | ∞ |
| 44 | Wood and articles of wood; wood charcoal | 776,705 | 1.50 | 1,036,447 | -25.06 |
| 47 | Pulp of wood or of other fibrous cellulosic material; waste and scrap of paper or paperboard | 119,612 | 0.23 | 0 | ∞ |
| 48 | Paper and paperboard; articles of paper pulp, of paper or of paperboard | 4,823,101 | 9.31 | 4,914,179 | -1.85 |
| 56 | Wadding, felt and nonwovens; special yarns, twine, cordage, ropes and cables and articles thereof | 0 | 0.00 | 5,809 | -100.00 |
| 59 | Impregnated, coated, covered or laminated textile fabrics; textile articles of a kind suitable for industrial use | 0 | 0.00 | 15 | -100.00 |
| 68 | Articles of stone, plaster, cement, asbestos, mica or similar materials | 9,180 | 0.02 | 6,429 | 42.79 |
| 69 | Ceramic products | 2,083 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
| 70 | Glass and glassware | 1,254 | 0.00 | 574 | 118.47 |
| 72 | Iron and steel | 27,804,941 | 53.67 | 24,714,338 | 12.51 |
| 73 | Articles of iron or steel | 760 | 0.00 | 1,476 | -48.51 |
| 74 | Copper and articles thereof | 29 | 0.00 | 6 | 383.33 |
| 76 | Aluminum and articles thereof | 1,395,140 | 2.69 | 512,668 | 172.13 |
| 83 | Miscellaneous articles of base metal | 3,973 | 0.01 | 5,422 | -26.72 |
| 84 | Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof | 123,665 | 0.24 | 29,709 | 316.25 |
| 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 | 48,359 | 0.09 | 3,597 | 1,244.43 |
| 87 | Vehicles other than railway or tramway rolling stock, and parts and accessories thereof | 79,900 | 0.15 | 2,381,113 | -96.64 |
| 90 | Optical, photographic, cinematographic, measuring, checking, precision, medical or surgical instruments and apparatus; parts and accessories thereof | 10,842 | 0.02 | 2,538 | 327.19 |
| 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 | 99,823 | 0.19 | 0 | ∞ |
| SS | Classified | 175,500 | 0.34 | 0 | ∞ |
Russia’s Imports from Kenya
The major share of Russian imports from Kenya in the 2nd quarter of 2021 (and in the 2nd quarter of 2020) was accounted for the following product types:
- Food products and agricultural raw materials (HS codes 01-24) - 99.06% of Russia’s total imports from Kenya (99.61% in the 2nd quarter of 2020).
The largest gains in Russia’s imports from Kenya in the 2nd quarter of 2021 over the 2nd quarter of 2020 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) - an increase of $9,033,251;
- Edible fruit and nuts; peel of citrus fruit or melons (HS code 08) - an increase of $1,081,539;
- Edible vegetables and certain roots and tubers (HS code 07) - an increase of $253,664;
- Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, not knitted or crocheted (HS code 62) - an increase of $149,722.
The largest declines in Russia’s imports from Kenya in the 2nd quarter of 2021 over the 2nd quarter of 2020 were recorded for the following product groups:
- Coffee, tea, maté and spices (HS code 09) - a decrease of $820,216.
| HS code |
Name of product group | Value of imports in Q2 2021, US dollars ($) |
Percent share in total import | Value of imports in Q2 2020, US dollars ($) |
Percent change in Q2 2021 over Q2 2020 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 03 | Fish and crustaceans, molluscs and other aquatic invertebrates | 7,076 | 0.02 | 0 | ∞ |
| 06 | Live trees and other plants; bulbs, roots and the like; cut flowers and ornamental foliage | 10,981,976 | 30.71 | 1,948,725 | 463.55 |
| 07 | Edible vegetables and certain roots and tubers | 353,612 | 0.99 | 99,948 | 253.80 |
| 08 | Edible fruit and nuts; peel of citrus fruit or melons | 8,144,225 | 22.78 | 7,062,686 | 15.31 |
| 09 | Coffee, tea, maté and spices | 15,064,243 | 42.13 | 15,884,459 | -5.16 |
| 12 | Oil seeds and oleaginous fruits; miscellaneous grains, seeds and fruits; industrial or medicinal plants; straw and fodder | 592,774 | 1.66 | 525,690 | 12.76 |
| 13 | Lac; gums, resins and other vegetable saps and extracts | 74,179 | 0.21 | 0 | ∞ |
| 15 | Animal or vegetable fats and oils and their cleavage products prepared edible fats; animal or vegetable waxes | 1,202 | 0.00 | 382 | 214.66 |
| 20 | Preparations of vegetables, fruit, nuts or other parts of plants | 95,224 | 0.27 | 126,607 | -24.79 |
| 24 | Tobacco and manufactured tobacco substitutes | 106,326 | 0.30 | 16,800 | 532.89 |
| 42 | Articles of leather; saddlery and harness; travel goods, handbags and similar containers; articles of animal gut (other than silkworm gut) | 2,684 | 0.01 | 0 | ∞ |
| 46 | Manufactures of straw, of esparto or of other plaiting materials; basketware and wickerwork | 21,757 | 0.06 | 6,244 | 248.45 |
| 61 | Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, knitted or crocheted | 122,768 | 0.34 | 38,021 | 222.90 |
| 62 | Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, not knitted or crocheted | 187,777 | 0.53 | 38,055 | 393.44 |
| 65 | Headgear and parts thereof | 1,376 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
| 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 | 17,132 | -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 | 11 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |