Russian trade with Kenya in 2021
February 16, 2022
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 2021: exports, imports, products, dynamics.
Russia’s Trade with Kenya
In 2021, Russia’s trade with Kenya totaled $361,823,161, up 12.13% ($39,128,894) from 2020.
Russia’s exports to Kenya in 2021 were $221,111,472, down 5.88% ($13,816,599) from 2020.
Russia’s imports from Kenya in 2021 totaled $140,711,689, up 60.33% ($52,945,493) from 2020.
Russia’s trade surplus with Kenya in 2021 was $80,399,783, a 45.37% decrease ($66,762,092) over 2020.
Kenya was Russia’s 90th largest trading partner in 2021 (down from 85th in 2020), accounting for 0.0461% of Russia’s total trade (down from 0.0568% in 2020).
Kenya was Russia’s 94th largest export market in 2021 (down from 82nd in 2020), accounting for 0.0450% of Russia’s total exports (down from 0.0698% in 2020).
Kenya was Russia’s 81st largest supplier in 2021 (up from 87th in 2020), accounting for 0.0480% of Russia’s total imports (up from 0.0379% in 2020).
Russia’s Exports to Kenya
The major share of Russian exports to Kenya in 2021 (and in 2020) was accounted for the following product types:
- Food products and agricultural raw materials (HS codes 01-24) - 45.78% of Russia’s total exports to Kenya (53.49% in 2020);
- Metals and products from them (HS codes 72-83) - 31.48% of Russia’s total exports to Kenya (22.26% in 2020);
- Wood and wood products (HS codes 44-49) - 10.45% of Russia’s total exports to Kenya (7.03% in 2020);
- Chemical products (HS codes 28-40) - 9.22% of Russia’s total exports to Kenya (14.38% in 2020);
- Mineral products (HS codes 25-27) - 2.67% of Russia’s total exports to Kenya (1.43% in 2020);
- Machinery, equipment and vehicles (HS codes 84-90) - 0.33% of Russia’s total exports to Kenya (1.35% in 2020).
The largest gains in Russia’s exports to Kenya in 2021 over 2020 were recorded for the following product groups:
- Iron and steel (HS code 72) - an increase of $12,935,987;
- Paper and paperboard; articles of paper pulp, of paper or of paperboard (HS code 48) - an increase of $6,349,147;
- Aluminum and articles thereof (HS code 76) - an increase of $4,082,870;
- Mineral fuels, mineral oils and products of their distillation; bituminous substances; mineral waxes (HS code 27) - an increase of $2,386,792;
- Animal or vegetable fats and oils and their cleavage products prepared edible fats; animal or vegetable waxes (HS code 15) - an increase of $1,531,959.
The largest declines in Russia’s exports to Kenya in 2021 over 2020 were recorded for the following product groups:
- Cereals (HS code 10) - a decrease of $26,652,033;
- Fertilizers (HS code 31) - a decrease of $14,724,254;
- Vehicles other than railway or tramway rolling stock, and parts and accessories thereof (HS code 87) - a decrease of $2,256,794.
| HS code |
Name of product group | Value of exports in 2021, US dollars ($) |
Percent share in total export | Value of exports in 2020, US dollars ($) |
Percent change in 2021 over 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 |
| 09 | Coffee, tea, maté and spices | 10,348 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
| 10 | Cereals | 98,824,988 | 44.69 | 125,477,021 | -21.24 |
| 15 | Animal or vegetable fats and oils and their cleavage products prepared edible fats; animal or vegetable waxes | 1,531,959 | 0.69 | 0 | ∞ |
| 21 | Miscellaneous edible preparations | 346,752 | 0.16 | 139,956 | 147.76 |
| 22 | Beverages, spirits and vinegar | 98,294 | 0.04 | 0 | ∞ |
| 25 | Salt; sulfur; earths and stone; plastering materials, lime and cement | 179,586 | 0.08 | 51,440 | 249.12 |
| 27 | Mineral fuels, mineral oils and products of their distillation; bituminous substances; mineral waxes | 5,698,726 | 2.58 | 3,311,934 | 72.07 |
| 28 | Inorganic chemicals; organic or inorganic compounds of precious metals, of rare-earth metals,of radioactive elements or of isotopes | 1,517,519 | 0.69 | 1,232,666 | 23.11 |
| 29 | Organic chemicals | 951,037 | 0.43 | 446,232 | 113.13 |
| 30 | Pharmaceutical products | 253,957 | 0.11 | 82,939 | 206.20 |
| 31 | Fertilizers | 16,935,686 | 7.66 | 31,659,940 | -46.51 |
| 32 | Tanning or dyeing extracts; dyes, pigments, paints, varnishes, putty and mastics | 342,816 | 0.16 | 70,150 | 388.69 |
| 33 | Essential oils and resinoids; perfumery, cosmetic or toilet preparations | 11,668 | 0.01 | 25,039 | -53.40 |
| 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 | 1,695 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
| 38 | Miscellaneous chemical products | 164,957 | 0.07 | 14,450 | 1,041.57 |
| 39 | Plastics and articles thereof | 74,701 | 0.03 | 169,450 | -55.92 |
| 40 | Rubber and articles thereof | 45,172 | 0.02 | 70,802 | -36.20 |
| 42 | Articles of leather; saddlery and harness; travel goods, handbags and similar containers; articles of animal gut (other than silkworm gut) | 6,614 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
| 44 | Wood and articles of wood; wood charcoal | 3,181,976 | 1.44 | 3,258,947 | -2.36 |
| 47 | Pulp of wood or of other fibrous cellulosic material; waste and scrap of paper or paperboard | 283,173 | 0.13 | 55,628 | 409.05 |
| 48 | Paper and paperboard; articles of paper pulp, of paper or of paperboard | 19,541,681 | 8.84 | 13,192,534 | 48.13 |
| 55 | Man-made staple fibers | 2,640 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
| 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 |
| 63 | Other made up textile articles; sets; worn clothing and worn textile articles; rags | 0 | 0.00 | 39,556 | -100.00 |
| 68 | Articles of stone, plaster, cement, asbestos, mica or similar materials | 58,631 | 0.03 | 59,704 | -1.80 |
| 69 | Ceramic products | 2,083 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
| 70 | Glass and glassware | 12,376 | 0.01 | 1,052 | 1,076.43 |
| 72 | Iron and steel | 62,258,770 | 28.16 | 49,322,783 | 26.23 |
| 73 | Articles of iron or steel | 5,358 | 0.00 | 3,328 | 61.00 |
| 74 | Copper and articles thereof | 29 | 0.00 | 6 | 383.33 |
| 76 | Aluminum and articles thereof | 7,040,055 | 3.18 | 2,957,185 | 138.07 |
| 82 | Tools, implements, cutlery, spoons and forks, of base metal; parts thereof of base metal | 370 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
| 83 | Miscellaneous articles of base metal | 11,248 | 0.01 | 8,099 | 38.88 |
| 84 | Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof | 341,819 | 0.15 | 730,291 | -53.19 |
| 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 | 199,910 | 0.09 | 4,963 | 3,928.01 |
| 87 | Vehicles other than railway or tramway rolling stock, and parts and accessories thereof | 124,319 | 0.06 | 2,381,113 | -94.78 |
| 90 | Optical, photographic, cinematographic, measuring, checking, precision, medical or surgical instruments and apparatus; parts and accessories thereof | 54,777 | 0.02 | 51,327 | 6.72 |
| 92 | Musical instruments; parts and accessories of such articles | 0 | 0.00 | 2,739 | -100.00 |
| 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 | 102,418 | 0.05 | 44,300 | 131.19 |
| 95 | Toys, games and sports requisites; parts and accessories thereof | 3,762 | 0.00 | 4,381 | -14.13 |
Russia’s Imports from Kenya
The major share of Russian imports from Kenya in 2021 (and in 2020) was accounted for the following product types:
- Food products and agricultural raw materials (HS codes 01-24) - 99.07% of Russia’s total imports from Kenya (99.27% in 2020).
The largest gains in Russia’s imports from Kenya in 2021 over 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 $33,830,388;
- Coffee, tea, maté and spices (HS code 09) - an increase of $15,500,094;
- Edible fruit and nuts; peel of citrus fruit or melons (HS code 08) - an increase of $1,522,049;
- Edible vegetables and certain roots and tubers (HS code 07) - an increase of $750,590;
- Oil seeds and oleaginous fruits; miscellaneous grains, seeds and fruits; industrial or medicinal plants; straw and fodder (HS code 12) - an increase of $548,616.
The largest declines in Russia’s imports from Kenya in 2021 over 2020 were recorded for the following product groups:
- No product groups with a substantial decrease.
| HS code |
Name of product group | Value of imports in 2021, US dollars ($) |
Percent share in total import | Value of imports in 2020, US dollars ($) |
Percent change in 2021 over 2020 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01 | Live animals | 519 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
| 03 | Fish and crustaceans, molluscs and other aquatic invertebrates | 10,844 | 0.01 | 3,269 | 231.72 |
| 06 | Live trees and other plants; bulbs, roots and the like; cut flowers and ornamental foliage | 47,992,850 | 34.11 | 14,162,462 | 238.87 |
| 07 | Edible vegetables and certain roots and tubers | 1,567,799 | 1.11 | 817,209 | 91.85 |
| 08 | Edible fruit and nuts; peel of citrus fruit or melons | 16,306,287 | 11.59 | 14,784,238 | 10.30 |
| 09 | Coffee, tea, maté and spices | 70,827,630 | 50.34 | 55,327,536 | 28.02 |
| 12 | Oil seeds and oleaginous fruits; miscellaneous grains, seeds and fruits; industrial or medicinal plants; straw and fodder | 1,441,494 | 1.02 | 892,878 | 61.44 |
| 13 | Lac; gums, resins and other vegetable saps and extracts | 105,485 | 0.07 | 351 | 29,952.71 |
| 15 | Animal or vegetable fats and oils and their cleavage products prepared edible fats; animal or vegetable waxes | 7,353 | 0.01 | 8,300 | -11.41 |
| 20 | Preparations of vegetables, fruit, nuts or other parts of plants | 673,439 | 0.48 | 839,978 | -19.83 |
| 24 | Tobacco and manufactured tobacco substitutes | 433,682 | 0.31 | 288,940 | 50.09 |
| 39 | Plastics and articles thereof | 201 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
| 42 | Articles of leather; saddlery and harness; travel goods, handbags and similar containers; articles of animal gut (other than silkworm gut) | 3,794 | 0.00 | 4,858 | -21.90 |
| 46 | Manufactures of straw, of esparto or of other plaiting materials; basketware and wickerwork | 31,987 | 0.02 | 9,863 | 224.31 |
| 54 | Man-made filaments | 25 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
| 61 | Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, knitted or crocheted | 521,139 | 0.37 | 156,103 | 233.84 |
| 62 | Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, not knitted or crocheted | 719,582 | 0.51 | 426,306 | 68.79 |
| 64 | Footwear, gaiters and the like; parts of such articles | 0 | 0.00 | 18,135 | -100.00 |
| 65 | Headgear and parts thereof | 1,376 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
| 67 | Prepared feathers and down and articles made of feathers or of down; artificial flowers; articles of human hair | 186 | 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 | 196 | 0.00 | 17,132 | -98.86 |
| 73 | Articles of iron or steel | 2,827 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
| 84 | Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof | 18,489 | 0.01 | 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 | 90 | 0.00 | 1,037 | -91.32 |
| 90 | Optical, photographic, cinematographic, measuring, checking, precision, medical or surgical instruments and apparatus; parts and accessories thereof | 147 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
| 95 | Toys, games and sports requisites; parts and accessories thereof | 4,180 | 0.00 | 7,601 | -45.01 |