Russian trade with Nigeria 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 Nigeria in 2021: exports, imports, products, dynamics.
Russia’s Trade with Nigeria
In 2021, Russia’s trade with Nigeria totaled $920,729,481, up 99.56% ($459,345,458) from 2020.
Russia’s exports to Nigeria in 2021 totaled $883,388,381, up 108.55% ($459,803,366) from 2020.
Russia’s imports from Nigeria in 2021 were $37,341,100, down 1.21% ($457,908) from 2020.
Russia’s trade surplus with Nigeria in 2021 was $846,047,281, a 119.30% increase ($460,261,274) over 2020.
Nigeria was Russia’s 71st largest trading partner in 2021 (up from 80th in 2020), accounting for 0.1173% of Russia’s total trade (up from 0.0813% in 2020).
Nigeria was Russia’s 58th largest export market in 2021 (up from 67th in 2020), accounting for 0.1797% of Russia’s total exports (up from 0.1259% in 2020).
Nigeria was Russia’s 103rd largest supplier in 2021 (down from 99th in 2020), accounting for 0.0127% of Russia’s total imports (down from 0.0163% in 2020).
Russia’s Exports to Nigeria
The major share of Russian exports to Nigeria in 2021 (and in 2020) was accounted for the following product types:
- Mineral products (HS codes 25-27) - 57.10% of Russia’s total exports to Nigeria (10.31% in 2020);
- Food products and agricultural raw materials (HS codes 01-24) - 31.43% of Russia’s total exports to Nigeria (52.18% in 2020);
- Chemical products (HS codes 28-40) - 8.61% of Russia’s total exports to Nigeria (18.34% in 2020);
- Metals and products from them (HS codes 72-83) - 1.39% of Russia’s total exports to Nigeria (11.83% in 2020);
- Wood and wood products (HS codes 44-49) - 1.25% of Russia’s total exports to Nigeria (0.97% in 2020);
- Machinery, equipment and vehicles (HS codes 84-90) - 0.20% of Russia’s total exports to Nigeria (1.81% in 2020).
The largest gains in Russia’s exports to Nigeria in 2021 over 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 $460,531,611;
- Cereals (HS code 10) - an increase of $46,344,723;
- Fish and crustaceans, molluscs and other aquatic invertebrates (HS code 03) - an increase of $9,221,455;
- Paper and paperboard; articles of paper pulp, of paper or of paperboard (HS code 48) - an increase of $5,450,800;
- Products of the milling industry; malt; starches; inulin; wheat gluten (HS code 11) - an increase of $2,934,926.
The largest declines in Russia’s exports to Nigeria in 2021 over 2020 were recorded for the following product groups:
- Iron and steel (HS code 72) - a decrease of $38,498,598;
- Pharmaceutical products (HS code 30) - a decrease of $5,894,041;
- Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof (HS code 84) - a decrease of $4,208,440;
- Oil seeds and oleaginous fruits; miscellaneous grains, seeds and fruits; industrial or medicinal plants; straw and fodder (HS code 12) - a decrease of $3,249,908.
| HS code |
Name of product group | Value of exports in 2021, US dollars ($) |
Percent share in total export | Value of exports in 2020, US dollars ($) |
Percent change in 2021 over 2020 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 03 | Fish and crustaceans, molluscs and other aquatic invertebrates | 19,474,017 | 2.20 | 10,252,562 | 89.94 |
| 04 | Dairy produce; birds eggs; natural honey; edible products of animal origin, not elsewhere specified or included | 96 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
| 07 | Edible vegetables and certain roots and tubers | 87,654 | 0.01 | 0 | ∞ |
| 09 | Coffee, tea, maté and spices | 44,688 | 0.01 | 0 | ∞ |
| 10 | Cereals | 253,531,738 | 28.70 | 207,187,015 | 22.37 |
| 11 | Products of the milling industry; malt; starches; inulin; wheat gluten | 2,934,926 | 0.33 | 0 | ∞ |
| 12 | Oil seeds and oleaginous fruits; miscellaneous grains, seeds and fruits; industrial or medicinal plants; straw and fodder | 0 | 0.00 | 3,249,908 | -100.00 |
| 17 | Sugars and sugar confectionery | 495,981 | 0.06 | 23,200 | 2,037.85 |
| 18 | Cocoa and cocoa preparations | 799 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
| 19 | Preparations of cereals, flour, starch or milk; bakers’ wares | 118,239 | 0.01 | 39,534 | 199.08 |
| 20 | Preparations of vegetables, fruit, nuts or other parts of plants | 0 | 0.00 | 2,809 | -100.00 |
| 21 | Miscellaneous edible preparations | 943,656 | 0.11 | 247,298 | 281.59 |
| 22 | Beverages, spirits and vinegar | 0 | 0.00 | 33,219 | -100.00 |
| 23 | Residues and waste from the food industries; prepared animal feed | 12,630 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
| 25 | Salt; sulfur; earths and stone; plastering materials, lime and cement | 551,062 | 0.06 | 409,652 | 34.52 |
| 27 | Mineral fuels, mineral oils and products of their distillation; bituminous substances; mineral waxes | 503,775,065 | 57.03 | 43,243,454 | 1,064.97 |
| 28 | Inorganic chemicals; organic or inorganic compounds of precious metals, of rare-earth metals,of radioactive elements or of isotopes | 3,047,503 | 0.34 | 2,753,255 | 10.69 |
| 29 | Organic chemicals | 2,157,181 | 0.24 | 877,513 | 145.83 |
| 30 | Pharmaceutical products | 20,335,050 | 2.30 | 26,229,091 | -22.47 |
| 31 | Fertilizers | 44,315,035 | 5.02 | 42,706,267 | 3.77 |
| 32 | Tanning or dyeing extracts; dyes, pigments, paints, varnishes, putty and mastics | 3,669,878 | 0.42 | 4,329,732 | -15.24 |
| 33 | Essential oils and resinoids; perfumery, cosmetic or toilet preparations | 325,172 | 0.04 | 86,359 | 276.54 |
| 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 | 1,122 | 0.00 | 7,425 | -84.89 |
| 35 | Albuminoidal substances; modified starches; glues; enzymes | 0 | 0.00 | 277 | -100.00 |
| 38 | Miscellaneous chemical products | 2,015,079 | 0.23 | 570,370 | 253.29 |
| 39 | Plastics and articles thereof | 156,663 | 0.02 | 24,374 | 542.75 |
| 40 | Rubber and articles thereof | 24,901 | 0.00 | 104,287 | -76.12 |
| 42 | Articles of leather; saddlery and harness; travel goods, handbags and similar containers; articles of animal gut (other than silkworm gut) | 199 | 0.00 | 972 | -79.53 |
| 44 | Wood and articles of wood; wood charcoal | 114,313 | 0.01 | 89,958 | 27.07 |
| 47 | Pulp of wood or of other fibrous cellulosic material; waste and scrap of paper or paperboard | 2,077,664 | 0.24 | 581,103 | 257.54 |
| 48 | Paper and paperboard; articles of paper pulp, of paper or of paperboard | 8,868,103 | 1.00 | 3,417,303 | 159.51 |
| 49 | Printed books, newspapers, pictures and other products of the printing industry; manuscripts, typescripts and plans | 423 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
| 56 | Wadding, felt and nonwovens; special yarns, twine, cordage, ropes and cables and articles thereof | 0 | 0.00 | 117,907 | -100.00 |
| 59 | Impregnated, coated, covered or laminated textile fabrics; textile articles of a kind suitable for industrial use | 2 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
| 61 | Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, knitted or crocheted | 0 | 0.00 | 968 | -100.00 |
| 63 | Other made up textile articles; sets; worn clothing and worn textile articles; rags | 1,581 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
| 65 | Headgear and parts thereof | 0 | 0.00 | 967 | -100.00 |
| 68 | Articles of stone, plaster, cement, asbestos, mica or similar materials | 1,140 | 0.00 | 12 | 9,400.00 |
| 70 | Glass and glassware | 145,609 | 0.02 | 0 | ∞ |
| 72 | Iron and steel | 10,828,740 | 1.23 | 49,327,338 | -78.05 |
| 73 | Articles of iron or steel | 1,317,712 | 0.15 | 486,880 | 170.64 |
| 76 | Aluminum and articles thereof | 0 | 0.00 | 276,342 | -100.00 |
| 79 | Zinc and articles thereof | 314 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
| 82 | Tools, implements, cutlery, spoons and forks, of base metal; parts thereof of base metal | 88,544 | 0.01 | 3,052 | 2,801.18 |
| 83 | Miscellaneous articles of base metal | 1,068 | 0.00 | 481 | 122.04 |
| 84 | Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof | 1,117,063 | 0.13 | 5,325,503 | -79.02 |
| 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 | 242,987 | 0.03 | 2,168,675 | -88.80 |
| 87 | Vehicles other than railway or tramway rolling stock, and parts and accessories thereof | 30,063 | 0.00 | 763 | 3,840.10 |
| 90 | Optical, photographic, cinematographic, measuring, checking, precision, medical or surgical instruments and apparatus; parts and accessories thereof | 368,708 | 0.04 | 154,700 | 138.34 |
| 92 | Musical instruments; parts and accessories of such articles | 0 | 0.00 | 940 | -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 | 47,321 | 0.01 | 207,864 | -77.23 |
| 95 | Toys, games and sports requisites; parts and accessories thereof | 3,001 | 0.00 | 14,189 | -78.85 |
| 96 | Miscellaneous manufactured articles | 30 | 0.00 | 12,402 | -99.76 |
| SS | Classified | 0 | 0.00 | 19 019 095 | -100.00 |
Russia’s Imports from Nigeria
The major share of Russian imports from Nigeria in 2021 (and in 2020) was accounted for the following product types:
- Food products and agricultural raw materials (HS codes 01-24) - 98.38% of Russia’s total imports from Nigeria (97.07% in 2020);
- Chemical products (HS codes 28-40) - 1.09% of Russia’s total imports from Nigeria (1.39% in 2020);
- Metals and products from them (HS codes 72-83) - 0.38% of Russia’s total imports from Nigeria (1.23% in 2020).
The largest gains in Russia’s imports from Nigeria in 2021 over 2020 were recorded for the following product groups:
- Oil seeds and oleaginous fruits; miscellaneous grains, seeds and fruits; industrial or medicinal plants; straw and fodder (HS code 12) - an increase of $797,860.
The largest declines in Russia’s imports from Nigeria in 2021 over 2020 were recorded for the following product groups:
- Edible fruit and nuts; peel of citrus fruit or melons (HS code 08) - a decrease of $485,926;
- Cocoa and cocoa preparations (HS code 18) - a decrease of $350,945;
- Copper and articles thereof (HS code 74) - a decrease of $323,612.
| HS code |
Name of product group | Value of imports in 2021, US dollars ($) |
Percent share in total import | Value of imports in 2020, US dollars ($) |
Percent change in 2021 over 2020 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 03 | Fish and crustaceans, molluscs and other aquatic invertebrates | 7,717 | 0.02 | 3,653 | 111.25 |
| 04 | Dairy produce; birds eggs; natural honey; edible products of animal origin, not elsewhere specified or included | 125 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
| 07 | Edible vegetables and certain roots and tubers | 67,948 | 0.18 | 91,521 | -25.76 |
| 08 | Edible fruit and nuts; peel of citrus fruit or melons | 306,489 | 0.82 | 792,415 | -61.32 |
| 09 | Coffee, tea, maté and spices | 882,132 | 2.36 | 903,651 | -2.38 |
| 11 | Products of the milling industry; malt; starches; inulin; wheat gluten | 30,734 | 0.08 | 20,377 | 50.83 |
| 12 | Oil seeds and oleaginous fruits; miscellaneous grains, seeds and fruits; industrial or medicinal plants; straw and fodder | 4,008,122 | 10.73 | 3,210,262 | 24.85 |
| 15 | Animal or vegetable fats and oils and their cleavage products prepared edible fats; animal or vegetable waxes | 92,858 | 0.25 | 15,292 | 507.23 |
| 16 | Preparations of meat, of fish or of crustaceans, molluscs or other aquatic invertebrates | 73 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
| 18 | Cocoa and cocoa preparations | 31,276,122 | 83.76 | 31,627,067 | -1.11 |
| 19 | Preparations of cereals, flour, starch or milk; bakers’ wares | 25,895 | 0.07 | 16,219 | 59.66 |
| 20 | Preparations of vegetables, fruit, nuts or other parts of plants | 9,932 | 0.03 | 9,238 | 7.51 |
| 21 | Miscellaneous edible preparations | 4,717 | 0.01 | 841 | 460.88 |
| 22 | Beverages, spirits and vinegar | 24,158 | 0.06 | 2,733 | 783.94 |
| 25 | Salt; sulfur; earths and stone; plastering materials, lime and cement | 1,435 | 0.00 | 151 | 850.33 |
| 28 | Inorganic chemicals; organic or inorganic compounds of precious metals, of rare-earth metals,of radioactive elements or of isotopes | 0 | 0.00 | 76,115 | -100.00 |
| 33 | Essential oils and resinoids; perfumery, cosmetic or toilet preparations | 17,845 | 0.05 | 11,602 | 53.81 |
| 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 | 1,306 | 0.00 | 834 | 56.59 |
| 40 | Rubber and articles thereof | 389,359 | 1.04 | 436,709 | -10.84 |
| 41 | Raw hides and skins (other than furskins) and leather | 0 | 0.00 | 77,578 | -100.00 |
| 62 | Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, not knitted or crocheted | 6,732 | 0.02 | 0 | ∞ |
| 63 | Other made up textile articles; sets; worn clothing and worn textile articles; rags | 834 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
| 67 | Prepared feathers and down and articles made of feathers or of down; artificial flowers; articles of human hair | 42,216 | 0.11 | 25,193 | 67.57 |
| 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 | 7,454 | -100.00 |
| 74 | Copper and articles thereof | 143,023 | 0.38 | 466,635 | -69.35 |
| 84 | Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof | 0 | 0.00 | 650 | -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 | 1,328 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
| 86 | Railway or tramway locomotives, rolling-stock and parts thereof; railway or tramway track fixtures and fittings and parts thereof; mechanical (including electro-mechanical) traffic signalling equipment of all kinds | 0 | 0.00 | 2,818 | -100.00 |