Russian trade in goods with Zimbabwe in Q3 2021
based on data from the Federal Customs Service of Russia
Russia’s Trade with Zimbabwe
In the 3rd quarter of 2021, Russia’s trade with Zimbabwe was $8,969,666, down 52.13% ($9,766,071) from the 3rd quarter of 2020.
Russia’s exports to Zimbabwe in the 3rd quarter of 2021 totaled $3,396,299, up 9,436.15% ($3,360,684) from the 3rd quarter of 2020.
Russia’s imports from Zimbabwe in the 3rd quarter of 2021 were $5,573,367, down 70.20% ($13,126,755) from the 3rd quarter of 2020.
Russia’s trade deficit with Zimbabwe in the 3rd quarter of 2021 was $2,177,068, a 88.34% decrease ($16,487,439) over the 3rd quarter of 2020.
Zimbabwe was Russia’s 144th largest trading partner in the 3rd quarter of 2021 (down from 124th in the 3rd quarter of 2020), accounting for 0.0043% of Russia’s total trade (down from 0.0137% in the 3rd quarter of 2020).
Zimbabwe was Russia’s 148th largest export market in the 3rd quarter of 2021 (up from 179th in the 3rd quarter of 2020), accounting for 0.0025% of Russia’s total exports (up from 0.0000% in the 3rd quarter of 2020).
Zimbabwe was Russia’s 110th largest supplier in the 3rd quarter of 2021 (down from 89th in the 3rd quarter of 2020), accounting for 0.0074% of Russia’s total imports (down from 0.0323% in the 3rd quarter of 2020).
Russia’s Exports to Zimbabwe
The major share of Russian exports to Zimbabwe in the 3rd quarter of 2021 (and in the 3rd quarter of 2020) was accounted for the following product types:
- Food products and agricultural raw materials (HS codes 01-24) - 81.94% of Russia’s total exports to Zimbabwe (0.00% in the 3rd quarter of 2020);
- Chemical products (HS codes 28-40) - 16.40% of Russia’s total exports to Zimbabwe (0.00% in the 3rd quarter of 2020);
- Machinery, equipment and vehicles (HS codes 84-90) - 1.65% of Russia’s total exports to Zimbabwe (35.65% in the 3rd quarter of 2020).
The largest gains in Russia’s exports to Zimbabwe in the 3rd quarter of 2021 over the 3rd quarter of 2020 were recorded for the following product groups:
- Cereals (HS code 10) - an increase of $2,782,815;
- Miscellaneous chemical products (HS code 38) - an increase of $294,605;
- Pharmaceutical products (HS code 30) - an increase of $255,994;
- Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof (HS code 84) - an increase of $26,714;
- Optical, photographic, cinematographic, measuring, checking, precision, medical or surgical instruments and apparatus; parts and accessories thereof (HS code 90) - an increase of $15,885.
The largest declines in Russia’s exports to Zimbabwe in the 3rd quarter of 2021 over the 3rd quarter of 2020 were recorded for the following product groups:
- No product groups with a substantial decrease.
| HS code |
Name of product group | Value of exports in Q3 2021, US dollars ($) |
Percent share in total export | Value of exports in Q3 2020, US dollars ($) |
Percent change in Q3 2021 over Q3 2020 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 10 | Cereals | 2,782,815 | 81.94 | 0 | ∞ |
| 30 | Pharmaceutical products | 255,994 | 7.54 | 0 | ∞ |
| 38 | Miscellaneous chemical products | 294,605 | 8.67 | 0 | ∞ |
| 40 | Rubber and articles thereof | 6,395 | 0.19 | 0 | ∞ |
| 73 | Articles of iron or steel | 94 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
| 82 | Tools, implements, cutlery, spoons and forks, of base metal; parts thereof of base metal | 308 | 0.01 | 0 | ∞ |
| 84 | Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof | 30,953 | 0.91 | 4,239 | 630.20 |
| 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 | 1,455 | 0.04 | 860 | 69.19 |
| 90 | Optical, photographic, cinematographic, measuring, checking, precision, medical or surgical instruments and apparatus; parts and accessories thereof | 23,482 | 0.69 | 7,597 | 209.10 |
| 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 | 198 | 0.01 | 0 | ∞ |
| 97 | Works of art, collectors’ pieces and antiques | 0 | 0.00 | 3,060 | -100.00 |
| SS | Classified | 0 | 0.00 | 19 859 | -100.00 |
Russia’s Imports from Zimbabwe
The major share of Russian imports from Zimbabwe in the 3rd quarter of 2021 (and in the 3rd quarter of 2020) was accounted for the following product types:
- Food products and agricultural raw materials (HS codes 01-24) - 98.99% of Russia’s total imports from Zimbabwe (100.00% in the 3rd quarter of 2020).
The largest gains in Russia’s imports from Zimbabwe in the 3rd quarter of 2021 over the 3rd quarter of 2020 were recorded for the following product groups:
- Articles of stone, plaster, cement, asbestos, mica or similar materials (HS code 68) - an increase of $39,561;
- Raw hides and skins (other than furskins) and leather (HS code 41) - an increase of $16,738.
The largest declines in Russia’s imports from Zimbabwe in the 3rd quarter of 2021 over the 3rd quarter of 2020 were recorded for the following product groups:
- Tobacco and manufactured tobacco substitutes (HS code 24) - a decrease of $12,799,274;
- Coffee, tea, maté and spices (HS code 09) - a decrease of $326,249;
- Edible vegetables and certain roots and tubers (HS code 07) - a decrease of $44,531.
| HS code |
Name of product group | Value of imports in Q3 2021, US dollars ($) |
Percent share in total import | Value of imports in Q3 2020, US dollars ($) |
Percent change in Q3 2021 over Q3 2020 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 06 | Live trees and other plants; bulbs, roots and the like; cut flowers and ornamental foliage | 24,665 | 0.44 | 14,030 | 75.80 |
| 07 | Edible vegetables and certain roots and tubers | 8,717 | 0.16 | 53,248 | -83.63 |
| 08 | Edible fruit and nuts; peel of citrus fruit or melons | 275,529 | 4.94 | 286,870 | -3.95 |
| 09 | Coffee, tea, maté and spices | 636,804 | 11.43 | 963,053 | -33.88 |
| 11 | Products of the milling industry; malt; starches; inulin; wheat gluten | 0 | 0.00 | 5,618 | -100.00 |
| 12 | Oil seeds and oleaginous fruits; miscellaneous grains, seeds and fruits; industrial or medicinal plants; straw and fodder | 13,998 | 0.25 | 12,904 | 8.48 |
| 15 | Animal or vegetable fats and oils and their cleavage products prepared edible fats; animal or vegetable waxes | 4,177 | 0.07 | 11,899 | -64.90 |
| 20 | Preparations of vegetables, fruit, nuts or other parts of plants | 666 | 0.01 | 0 | ∞ |
| 24 | Tobacco and manufactured tobacco substitutes | 4,552,400 | 81.68 | 17,351,674 | -73.76 |
| 41 | Raw hides and skins (other than furskins) and leather | 16,738 | 0.30 | 0 | ∞ |
| 68 | Articles of stone, plaster, cement, asbestos, mica or similar materials | 39,561 | 0.71 | 0 | ∞ |
| 69 | Ceramic products | 0 | 0.00 | 800 | -100.00 |
| 73 | Articles of iron or steel | 1 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
| 84 | Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof | 111 | 0.00 | 26 | 326.92 |