Russian trade in goods with Nigeria in Q2 2021
based on data from the Federal Customs Service of Russia
Russia’s Trade with Nigeria
In the 2nd quarter of 2021, Russia’s trade with Nigeria totaled $181,464,396, up 68.07% ($73,496,311) from the 2nd quarter of 2020.
Russia’s exports to Nigeria in the 2nd quarter of 2021 totaled $170,001,720, up 77.83% ($74,404,361) from the 2nd quarter of 2020.
Russia’s imports from Nigeria in the 2nd quarter of 2021 were $11,462,676, down 7.34% ($908,050) from the 2nd quarter of 2020.
Russia’s trade surplus with Nigeria in the 2nd quarter of 2021 was $158,539,044, a 90.49% increase ($75,312,411) over the 2nd quarter of 2020.
Nigeria was Russia’s 77th largest trading partner in the 2nd quarter of 2021 (down from 75th in the 2nd quarter of 2020), accounting for 0.0959% of Russia’s total trade (up from 0.0885% in the 2nd quarter of 2020).
Nigeria was Russia’s 63rd largest export market in the 2nd quarter of 2021 (up from 66th in the 2nd quarter of 2020), accounting for 0.1478% of Russia’s total exports (up from 0.1367% in the 2nd quarter of 2020).
Nigeria was Russia’s 102nd largest supplier in the 2nd quarter of 2021 (down from 92nd in the 2nd quarter of 2020), accounting for 0.0154% of Russia’s total imports (down from 0.0237% in the 2nd quarter of 2020).
Russia’s Exports to Nigeria
The major share of Russian exports to Nigeria in the 2nd quarter of 2021 (and in the 2nd quarter of 2020) was accounted for the following product types:
- Mineral products (HS codes 25-27) - 61.06% of Russia’s total exports to Nigeria (10.95% in the 2nd quarter of 2020);
- Chemical products (HS codes 28-40) - 20.07% of Russia’s total exports to Nigeria (25.15% in the 2nd quarter of 2020);
- Food products and agricultural raw materials (HS codes 01-24) - 17.94% of Russia’s total exports to Nigeria (40.02% in the 2nd quarter of 2020);
- Wood and wood products (HS codes 44-49) - 0.80% of Russia’s total exports to Nigeria (1.03% in the 2nd quarter of 2020);
- Metals and products from them (HS codes 72-83) - 0.03% of Russia’s total exports to Nigeria (22.41% in the 2nd quarter of 2020).
The largest gains in Russia’s exports to Nigeria in the 2nd quarter of 2021 over the 2nd quarter of 2020 were recorded for the following product groups:
- Mineral fuels, mineral oils and products of their distillation; bituminous substances; mineral waxes (HS code 27) - an increase of $93,751,101;
- Fertilizers (HS code 31) - an increase of $11,251,005;
- Products of the milling industry; malt; starches; inulin; wheat gluten (HS code 11) - an increase of $2,622,288;
- Fish and crustaceans, molluscs and other aquatic invertebrates (HS code 03) - an increase of $2,376,272.
The largest declines in Russia’s exports to Nigeria 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) - a decrease of $21,364,959;
- Cereals (HS code 10) - a decrease of $12,759,661;
- Pharmaceutical products (HS code 30) - a decrease of $1,940,000.
| HS code |
Name of product group | Value of exports in Q2 2021, US dollars ($) |
Percent share in total export | Value of exports in Q2 2020, US dollars ($) |
Percent change in Q2 2021 over Q2 2020 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 03 | Fish and crustaceans, molluscs and other aquatic invertebrates | 2,560,309 | 1.51 | 184,037 | 1,291.19 |
| 10 | Cereals | 25,163,616 | 14.80 | 37,923,277 | -33.65 |
| 11 | Products of the milling industry; malt; starches; inulin; wheat gluten | 2,622,288 | 1.54 | 0 | ∞ |
| 21 | Miscellaneous edible preparations | 151,600 | 0.09 | 152,516 | -0.60 |
| 25 | Salt; sulfur; earths and stone; plastering materials, lime and cement | 662 | 0.00 | 409,652 | -99.84 |
| 27 | Mineral fuels, mineral oils and products of their distillation; bituminous substances; mineral waxes | 103,809,358 | 61.06 | 10,058,257 | 932.08 |
| 28 | Inorganic chemicals; organic or inorganic compounds of precious metals, of rare-earth metals,of radioactive elements or of isotopes | 1,731,452 | 1.02 | 1,346,893 | 28.55 |
| 29 | Organic chemicals | 536,458 | 0.32 | 302,757 | 77.19 |
| 30 | Pharmaceutical products | 0 | 0.00 | 1,940,000 | -100.00 |
| 31 | Fertilizers | 29,886,887 | 17.58 | 18,635,882 | 60.37 |
| 32 | Tanning or dyeing extracts; dyes, pigments, paints, varnishes, putty and mastics | 1,600,348 | 0.94 | 1,556,074 | 2.85 |
| 33 | Essential oils and resinoids; perfumery, cosmetic or toilet preparations | 127,216 | 0.07 | 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 | 728 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
| 38 | Miscellaneous chemical products | 162,866 | 0.10 | 224,724 | -27.53 |
| 39 | Plastics and articles thereof | 56,251 | 0.03 | 1,495 | 3,662.61 |
| 40 | Rubber and articles thereof | 19,002 | 0.01 | 33,302 | -42.94 |
| 42 | Articles of leather; saddlery and harness; travel goods, handbags and similar containers; articles of animal gut (other than silkworm gut) | 0 | 0.00 | 356 | -100.00 |
| 44 | Wood and articles of wood; wood charcoal | 83,217 | 0.05 | 154 | 53,937.01 |
| 47 | Pulp of wood or of other fibrous cellulosic material; waste and scrap of paper or paperboard | 359,610 | 0.21 | 129,175 | 178.39 |
| 48 | Paper and paperboard; articles of paper pulp, of paper or of paperboard | 917,179 | 0.54 | 858,533 | 6.83 |
| 49 | Printed books, newspapers, pictures and other products of the printing industry; manuscripts, typescripts and plans | 99 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
| 61 | Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, knitted or crocheted | 0 | 0.00 | 831 | -100.00 |
| 63 | Other made up textile articles; sets; worn clothing and worn textile articles; rags | 318 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
| 65 | Headgear and parts thereof | 0 | 0.00 | 145 | -100.00 |
| 68 | Articles of stone, plaster, cement, asbestos, mica or similar materials | 1,140 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
| 72 | Iron and steel | 0 | 0.00 | 21,364,959 | -100.00 |
| 73 | Articles of iron or steel | 15,642 | 0.01 | 54,918 | -71.52 |
| 76 | Aluminum and articles thereof | 0 | 0.00 | 265 | -100.00 |
| 82 | Tools, implements, cutlery, spoons and forks, of base metal; parts thereof of base metal | 40,459 | 0.02 | 353 | 11,361.47 |
| 83 | Miscellaneous articles of base metal | 0 | 0.00 | 78 | -100.00 |
| 84 | Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof | 46,426 | 0.03 | 248,644 | -81.33 |
| 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 | 5,121 | 0.00 | 3,297 | 55.32 |
| 87 | Vehicles other than railway or tramway rolling stock, and parts and accessories thereof | 18,654 | 0.01 | 252 | 7,302.38 |
| 90 | Optical, photographic, cinematographic, measuring, checking, precision, medical or surgical instruments and apparatus; parts and accessories thereof | 53,580 | 0.03 | 88,729 | -39.61 |
| 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 | 31,234 | 0.02 | 2,649 | 1,079.09 |
| 96 | Miscellaneous manufactured articles | 0 | 0.00 | 5 | -100.00 |
| SS | Classified | 0 | 0.00 | 75 150 | -100.00 |
Russia’s Imports from Nigeria
The major share of Russian imports from Nigeria 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) - 99.38% of Russia’s total imports from Nigeria (99.34% in the 2nd quarter of 2020).
The largest gains in Russia’s imports from Nigeria in the 2nd quarter of 2021 over the 2nd quarter of 2020 were recorded for the following product groups:
- Edible fruit and nuts; peel of citrus fruit or melons (HS code 08) - an increase of $264,837;
- Coffee, tea, maté and spices (HS code 09) - an increase of $69,413;
- Rubber and articles thereof (HS code 40) - an increase of $44,755.
The largest declines in Russia’s imports from Nigeria in the 2nd quarter of 2021 over the 2nd quarter of 2020 were recorded for the following product groups:
- Cocoa and cocoa preparations (HS code 18) - a decrease of $1,037,290;
- Oil seeds and oleaginous fruits; miscellaneous grains, seeds and fruits; industrial or medicinal plants; straw and fodder (HS code 12) - a decrease of $225,186;
- Raw hides and skins (other than furskins) and leather (HS code 41) - a decrease of $77,578.
| HS code |
Name of product group | Value of imports in Q2 2021, US dollars ($) |
Percent share in total import | Value of imports in Q2 2020, US dollars ($) |
Percent change in Q2 2021 over Q2 2020 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 07 | Edible vegetables and certain roots and tubers | 15,999 | 0.14 | 0 | ∞ |
| 08 | Edible fruit and nuts; peel of citrus fruit or melons | 264,837 | 2.31 | 0 | ∞ |
| 09 | Coffee, tea, maté and spices | 339,209 | 2.96 | 269,796 | 25.73 |
| 11 | Products of the milling industry; malt; starches; inulin; wheat gluten | 4,804 | 0.04 | 1,057 | 354.49 |
| 12 | Oil seeds and oleaginous fruits; miscellaneous grains, seeds and fruits; industrial or medicinal plants; straw and fodder | 1,341,936 | 11.71 | 1,567,122 | -14.37 |
| 15 | Animal or vegetable fats and oils and their cleavage products prepared edible fats; animal or vegetable waxes | 4,527 | 0.04 | 300 | 1,409.00 |
| 18 | Cocoa and cocoa preparations | 9,413,182 | 82.12 | 10,450,472 | -9.93 |
| 19 | Preparations of cereals, flour, starch or milk; bakers’ wares | 4,245 | 0.04 | 185 | 2,194.59 |
| 20 | Preparations of vegetables, fruit, nuts or other parts of plants | 1,013 | 0.01 | 342 | 196.20 |
| 21 | Miscellaneous edible preparations | 1,681 | 0.01 | 0 | ∞ |
| 33 | Essential oils and resinoids; perfumery, cosmetic or toilet preparations | 7,073 | 0.06 | 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 | 316 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
| 40 | Rubber and articles thereof | 44,755 | 0.39 | 0 | ∞ |
| 41 | Raw hides and skins (other than furskins) and leather | 0 | 0.00 | 77,578 | -100.00 |
| 63 | Other made up textile articles; sets; worn clothing and worn textile articles; rags | 834 | 0.01 | 0 | ∞ |
| 67 | Prepared feathers and down and articles made of feathers or of down; artificial flowers; articles of human hair | 18,265 | 0.16 | 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 | 3,874 | -100.00 |