Russian trade in goods with Ethiopia in Q4 2021
based on data from the Federal Customs Service of Russia
Russia’s Trade with Ethiopia
In the 4th quarter of 2021, Russia’s trade with Ethiopia totaled $89,930,969, up 235.22% ($63,103,718) from the 4th quarter of 2020.
Russia’s exports to Ethiopia in the 4th quarter of 2021 totaled $81,393,983, up 345.10% ($63,107,343) from the 4th quarter of 2020.
Russia’s imports from Ethiopia in the 4th quarter of 2021 were $8,536,986, down 0.04% ($3,625) from the 4th quarter of 2020.
Russia’s trade surplus with Ethiopia in the 4th quarter of 2021 was $72,856,997, a 647.56% increase ($63,110,968) over the 4th quarter of 2020.
Ethiopia was Russia’s 93rd largest trading partner in the 4th quarter of 2021 (up from 118th in the 4th quarter of 2020), accounting for 0.0387% of Russia’s total trade (up from 0.0166% in the 4th quarter of 2020).
Ethiopia was Russia’s 83rd largest export market in the 4th quarter of 2021 (up from 112th in the 4th quarter of 2020), accounting for 0.0540% of Russia’s total exports (up from 0.0194% in the 4th quarter of 2020).
Ethiopia was Russia’s 105th largest supplier in the 4th quarter of 2021 (just as in the 4th quarter of 2020), accounting for 0.0104% of Russia’s total imports (down from 0.0126% in the 4th quarter of 2020).
Russia’s Exports to Ethiopia
The major share of Russian exports to Ethiopia in the 4th quarter of 2021 (and in the 4th quarter of 2020) was accounted for the following product types:
- Food products and agricultural raw materials (HS codes 01-24) - 65.31% of Russia’s total exports to Ethiopia (45.04% in the 4th quarter of 2020);
- Machinery, equipment and vehicles (HS codes 84-90) - 32.32% of Russia’s total exports to Ethiopia (29.05% in the 4th quarter of 2020);
- Chemical products (HS codes 28-40) - 1.19% of Russia’s total exports to Ethiopia (4.27% in the 4th quarter of 2020);
- Wood and wood products (HS codes 44-49) - 1.16% of Russia’s total exports to Ethiopia (1.64% in the 4th quarter of 2020);
- Metals and products from them (HS codes 72-83) - 0.00% of Russia’s total exports to Ethiopia (17.52% in the 4th quarter of 2020).
The largest gains in Russia’s exports to Ethiopia in the 4th quarter of 2021 over the 4th quarter of 2020 were recorded for the following product groups:
- Cereals (HS code 10) - an increase of $44,045,435;
- Vehicles other than railway or tramway rolling stock, and parts and accessories thereof (HS code 87) - an increase of $25,710,789;
- Paper and paperboard; articles of paper pulp, of paper or of paperboard (HS code 48) - an increase of $724,540;
- Rubber and articles thereof (HS code 40) - an increase of $300,267.
The largest declines in Russia’s exports to Ethiopia in the 4th quarter of 2021 over the 4th quarter of 2020 were recorded for the following product groups:
- Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof (HS code 84) - a decrease of $5,103,829;
- Iron and steel (HS code 72) - a decrease of $3,185,920.
| HS code |
Name of product group | Value of exports in Q4 2021, US dollars ($) |
Percent share in total export | Value of exports in Q4 2020, US dollars ($) |
Percent change in Q4 2021 over Q4 2020 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 10 | Cereals | 52,138,479 | 64.06 | 8,093,044 | 544.24 |
| 22 | Beverages, spirits and vinegar | 0 | 0.00 | 143,206 | -100.00 |
| 28 | Inorganic chemicals; organic or inorganic compounds of precious metals, of rare-earth metals,of radioactive elements or of isotopes | 0 | 0.00 | 13,300 | -100.00 |
| 29 | Organic chemicals | 2,028 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
| 30 | Pharmaceutical products | 19,318 | 0.02 | 11,204 | 72.42 |
| 33 | Essential oils and resinoids; perfumery, cosmetic or toilet preparations | 3,535 | 0.00 | 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 | 5,577 | 0.01 | 0 | ∞ |
| 38 | Miscellaneous chemical products | 166,176 | 0.20 | 295,001 | -43.67 |
| 39 | Plastics and articles thereof | 18 | 0.00 | 6,447 | -99.72 |
| 40 | Rubber and articles thereof | 754,643 | 0.93 | 454,376 | 66.08 |
| 44 | Wood and articles of wood; wood charcoal | 201,890 | 0.25 | 299,776 | -32.65 |
| 48 | Paper and paperboard; articles of paper pulp, of paper or of paperboard | 724,540 | 0.89 | 0 | ∞ |
| 49 | Printed books, newspapers, pictures and other products of the printing industry; manuscripts, typescripts and plans | 0 | 0.00 | 689 | -100.00 |
| 63 | Other made up textile articles; sets; worn clothing and worn textile articles; rags | 8,873 | 0.01 | 0 | ∞ |
| 68 | Articles of stone, plaster, cement, asbestos, mica or similar materials | 0 | 0.00 | 2,252 | -100.00 |
| 70 | Glass and glassware | 38 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
| 72 | Iron and steel | 0 | 0.00 | 3,185,920 | -100.00 |
| 73 | Articles of iron or steel | 1,041 | 0.00 | 15,193 | -93.15 |
| 74 | Copper and articles thereof | 44 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
| 76 | Aluminum and articles thereof | 2,518 | 0.00 | 10 | 25,080.00 |
| 82 | Tools, implements, cutlery, spoons and forks, of base metal; parts thereof of base metal | 0 | 0.00 | 3,518 | -100.00 |
| 83 | Miscellaneous articles of base metal | 277 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
| 84 | Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof | 6,949 | 0.01 | 5,110,778 | -99.86 |
| 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 | 2,215 | 0.00 | 118,220 | -98.13 |
| 87 | Vehicles other than railway or tramway rolling stock, and parts and accessories thereof | 25,791,349 | 31.69 | 80,560 | 31,915.08 |
| 90 | Optical, photographic, cinematographic, measuring, checking, precision, medical or surgical instruments and apparatus; parts and accessories thereof | 2,621 | 0.00 | 2,975 | -11.90 |
| 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 | 577 | -100.00 |
| SS | Classified | 0 | 0.00 | 449 594 | -100.00 |
Russia’s Imports from Ethiopia
The major share of Russian imports from Ethiopia in the 4th quarter of 2021 (and in the 4th quarter of 2020) was accounted for the following product types:
- Food products and agricultural raw materials (HS codes 01-24) - 93.89% of Russia’s total imports from Ethiopia (91.57% in the 4th quarter of 2020);
- Textiles, textile products and footwear (HS codes 50-67) - 5.35% of Russia’s total imports from Ethiopia (7.89% in the 4th quarter of 2020).
The largest gains in Russia’s imports from Ethiopia in the 4th quarter of 2021 over the 4th 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 $354,299;
- Coffee, tea, maté and spices (HS code 09) - an increase of $62,697.
The largest declines in Russia’s imports from Ethiopia in the 4th quarter of 2021 over the 4th quarter of 2020 were recorded for the following product groups:
- Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, knitted or crocheted (HS code 61) - a decrease of $230,678;
- Edible vegetables and certain roots and tubers (HS code 07) - a decrease of $215,427.
| HS code |
Name of product group | Value of imports in Q4 2021, US dollars ($) |
Percent share in total import | Value of imports in Q4 2020, US dollars ($) |
Percent change in Q4 2021 over Q4 2020 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 06 | Live trees and other plants; bulbs, roots and the like; cut flowers and ornamental foliage | 449,921 | 5.27 | 95,622 | 370.52 |
| 07 | Edible vegetables and certain roots and tubers | 208,801 | 2.45 | 424,228 | -50.78 |
| 08 | Edible fruit and nuts; peel of citrus fruit or melons | 0 | 0.00 | 17,035 | -100.00 |
| 09 | Coffee, tea, maté and spices | 6,998,402 | 81.98 | 6,935,705 | 0.90 |
| 12 | Oil seeds and oleaginous fruits; miscellaneous grains, seeds and fruits; industrial or medicinal plants; straw and fodder | 295,561 | 3.46 | 295,282 | 0.09 |
| 13 | Lac; gums, resins and other vegetable saps and extracts | 28,843 | 0.34 | 52,474 | -45.03 |
| 41 | Raw hides and skins (other than furskins) and leather | 50,236 | 0.59 | 33,886 | 48.25 |
| 42 | Articles of leather; saddlery and harness; travel goods, handbags and similar containers; articles of animal gut (other than silkworm gut) | 12,693 | 0.15 | 2,696 | 370.81 |
| 61 | Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, knitted or crocheted | 299,912 | 3.51 | 530,590 | -43.48 |
| 62 | Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, not knitted or crocheted | 154,545 | 1.81 | 142,961 | 8.10 |
| 68 | Articles of stone, plaster, cement, asbestos, mica or similar materials | 0 | 0.00 | 6,444 | -100.00 |
| 71 | Natural or cultured pearls, precious or semi-precious stones,precious metals, metals clad with precious metal and articles thereof; imitation jewelry; coin | 163 | 0.00 | 3,004 | -94.57 |
| 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 | 0 | 0.00 | 684 | -100.00 |
| 97 | Works of art, collectors’ pieces and antiques | 1,768 | 0.02 | 0 | ∞ |