Russian trade with Tanzania 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 Tanzania in 2021: exports, imports, products, dynamics.
Russia’s Trade with Tanzania
In 2021, Russia’s trade with Tanzania was $194,580,886, down 10.26% ($22,251,952) from 2020.
Russia’s exports to Tanzania in 2021 were $158,410,245, down 10.90% ($19,370,165) from 2020.
Russia’s imports from Tanzania in 2021 were $36,170,641, down 7.38% ($2,881,787) from 2020.
Russia’s trade surplus with Tanzania in 2021 was $122,239,604, a 11.89% decrease ($16,488,378) over 2020.
Tanzania was Russia’s 109th largest trading partner in 2021 (down from 99th in 2020), accounting for 0.0248% of Russia’s total trade (down from 0.0382% in 2020).
Tanzania was Russia’s 102nd largest export market in 2021 (down from 90th in 2020), accounting for 0.0322% of Russia’s total exports (down from 0.0528% in 2020).
Tanzania was Russia’s 104th largest supplier in 2021 (down from 97th in 2020), accounting for 0.0123% of Russia’s total imports (down from 0.0169% in 2020).
Russia’s Exports to Tanzania
The major share of Russian exports to Tanzania in 2021 (and in 2020) was accounted for the following product types:
- Food products and agricultural raw materials (HS codes 01-24) - 68.42% of Russia’s total exports to Tanzania (88.65% in 2020);
- Chemical products (HS codes 28-40) - 23.03% of Russia’s total exports to Tanzania (5.81% in 2020);
- Mineral products (HS codes 25-27) - 2.89% of Russia’s total exports to Tanzania (1.66% in 2020);
- Wood and wood products (HS codes 44-49) - 2.59% of Russia’s total exports to Tanzania (2.16% in 2020);
- Metals and products from them (HS codes 72-83) - 2.03% of Russia’s total exports to Tanzania (1.64% in 2020).
The largest gains in Russia’s exports to Tanzania in 2021 over 2020 were recorded for the following product groups:
- Fertilizers (HS code 31) - an increase of $24,355,434;
- Mineral fuels, mineral oils and products of their distillation; bituminous substances; mineral waxes (HS code 27) - an increase of $1,335,426;
- Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof (HS code 84) - an increase of $1,283,574.
The largest declines in Russia’s exports to Tanzania in 2021 over 2020 were recorded for the following product groups:
- Cereals (HS code 10) - a decrease of $53,804,006;
- Organic chemicals (HS code 29) - a decrease of $579,268.
| HS code |
Name of product group | Value of exports in 2021, US dollars ($) |
Percent share in total export | Value of exports in 2020, US dollars ($) |
Percent change in 2021 over 2020 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01 | Live animals | 8,554 | 0.01 | 0 | ∞ |
| 02 | Meat and edible meat offal | 0 | 0.00 | 35,934 | -100.00 |
| 10 | Cereals | 101,074,717 | 63.81 | 154,878,723 | -34.74 |
| 15 | Animal or vegetable fats and oils and their cleavage products prepared edible fats; animal or vegetable waxes | 331,391 | 0.21 | 0 | ∞ |
| 17 | Sugars and sugar confectionery | 58,712 | 0.04 | 0 | ∞ |
| 21 | Miscellaneous edible preparations | 2,187,894 | 1.38 | 2,440,694 | -10.36 |
| 22 | Beverages, spirits and vinegar | 357,266 | 0.23 | 242,887 | 47.09 |
| 25 | Salt; sulfur; earths and stone; plastering materials, lime and cement | 117,828 | 0.07 | 21,881 | 438.49 |
| 27 | Mineral fuels, mineral oils and products of their distillation; bituminous substances; mineral waxes | 4,269,898 | 2.70 | 2,934,472 | 45.51 |
| 28 | Inorganic chemicals; organic or inorganic compounds of precious metals, of rare-earth metals,of radioactive elements or of isotopes | 1,372,974 | 0.87 | 978,181 | 40.36 |
| 29 | Organic chemicals | 199,178 | 0.13 | 778,446 | -74.41 |
| 30 | Pharmaceutical products | 19,157 | 0.01 | 0 | ∞ |
| 31 | Fertilizers | 32,881,702 | 20.76 | 8,526,268 | 285.65 |
| 32 | Tanning or dyeing extracts; dyes, pigments, paints, varnishes, putty and mastics | 47,906 | 0.03 | 4,101 | 1,068.15 |
| 38 | Miscellaneous chemical products | 396,520 | 0.25 | 27,740 | 1,329.42 |
| 39 | Plastics and articles thereof | 11,975 | 0.01 | 6,135 | 95.19 |
| 40 | Rubber and articles thereof | 82,133 | 0.05 | 0 | ∞ |
| 42 | Articles of leather; saddlery and harness; travel goods, handbags and similar containers; articles of animal gut (other than silkworm gut) | 0 | 0.00 | 186 | -100.00 |
| 48 | Paper and paperboard; articles of paper pulp, of paper or of paperboard | 3,929,550 | 2.48 | 3,832,188 | 2.54 |
| 49 | Printed books, newspapers, pictures and other products of the printing industry; manuscripts, typescripts and plans | 14,961 | 0.01 | 10,689 | 39.97 |
| 59 | Impregnated, coated, covered or laminated textile fabrics; textile articles of a kind suitable for industrial use | 48,221 | 0.03 | 0 | ∞ |
| 61 | Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, knitted or crocheted | 0 | 0.00 | 127 | -100.00 |
| 63 | Other made up textile articles; sets; worn clothing and worn textile articles; rags | 1,193 | 0.00 | 9,168 | -86.99 |
| 72 | Iron and steel | 85,356 | 0.05 | 2,689 | 3,074.27 |
| 73 | Articles of iron or steel | 27,126 | 0.02 | 35,046 | -22.60 |
| 76 | Aluminum and articles thereof | 2,954,006 | 1.86 | 2,820,913 | 4.72 |
| 82 | Tools, implements, cutlery, spoons and forks, of base metal; parts thereof of base metal | 14,378 | 0.01 | 40,028 | -64.08 |
| 83 | Miscellaneous articles of base metal | 0 | 0.00 | 8,048 | -100.00 |
| 84 | Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof | 1,367,695 | 0.86 | 84,121 | 1,525.87 |
| 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 | 53,110 | 0.03 | 48,201 | 10.18 |
| 87 | Vehicles other than railway or tramway rolling stock, and parts and accessories thereof | 10,460 | 0.01 | 0 | ∞ |
| 90 | Optical, photographic, cinematographic, measuring, checking, precision, medical or surgical instruments and apparatus; parts and accessories thereof | 67,882 | 0.04 | 10,061 | 574.70 |
| 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 | 30,423 | 0.02 | 0 | ∞ |
| 96 | Miscellaneous manufactured articles | 0 | 0.00 | 11 | -100.00 |
| SS | Classified | 0 | 0.00 | 3 472 | -100.00 |
Russia’s Imports from Tanzania
The major share of Russian imports from Tanzania in 2021 (and in 2020) was accounted for the following product types:
- Food products and agricultural raw materials (HS codes 01-24) - 99.84% of Russia’s total imports from Tanzania (99.95% in 2020).
The largest gains in Russia’s imports from Tanzania 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 $4,988,215;
- Edible fruit and nuts; peel of citrus fruit or melons (HS code 08) - an increase of $1,653,202;
- Coffee, tea, maté and spices (HS code 09) - an increase of $664,022;
- Edible vegetables and certain roots and tubers (HS code 07) - an increase of $160,095.
The largest declines in Russia’s imports from Tanzania in 2021 over 2020 were recorded for the following product groups:
- Tobacco and manufactured tobacco substitutes (HS code 24) - a decrease of $10,246,623;
- Miscellaneous edible preparations (HS code 21) - a decrease of $158,074.
| HS code |
Name of product group | Value of imports in 2021, US dollars ($) |
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 | 0 | 0.00 | 1,423 | -100.00 |
| 06 | Live trees and other plants; bulbs, roots and the like; cut flowers and ornamental foliage | 29,822 | 0.08 | 23,048 | 29.39 |
| 07 | Edible vegetables and certain roots and tubers | 461,450 | 1.28 | 301,355 | 53.13 |
| 08 | Edible fruit and nuts; peel of citrus fruit or melons | 2,019,525 | 5.58 | 366,323 | 451.30 |
| 09 | Coffee, tea, maté and spices | 7,387,673 | 20.42 | 6,723,651 | 9.88 |
| 12 | Oil seeds and oleaginous fruits; miscellaneous grains, seeds and fruits; industrial or medicinal plants; straw and fodder | 12,952,833 | 35.81 | 7,964,618 | 62.63 |
| 18 | Cocoa and cocoa preparations | 14,194 | 0.04 | 998 | 1,322.24 |
| 21 | Miscellaneous edible preparations | 0 | 0.00 | 158,074 | -100.00 |
| 24 | Tobacco and manufactured tobacco substitutes | 13,248,083 | 36.63 | 23,494,706 | -43.61 |
| 25 | Salt; sulfur; earths and stone; plastering materials, lime and cement | 249 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
| 39 | Plastics and articles thereof | 67 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
| 44 | Wood and articles of wood; wood charcoal | 29,976 | 0.08 | 1,744 | 1,618.81 |
| 63 | Other made up textile articles; sets; worn clothing and worn textile articles; rags | 4,548 | 0.01 | 0 | ∞ |
| 68 | Articles of stone, plaster, cement, asbestos, mica or similar materials | 4,357 | 0.01 | 0 | ∞ |
| 73 | Articles of iron or steel | 0 | 0.00 | 48 | -100.00 |
| 84 | Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof | 0 | 0.00 | 2,616 | -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 | 957 | 0.00 | 6,865 | -86.06 |
| 90 | Optical, photographic, cinematographic, measuring, checking, precision, medical or surgical instruments and apparatus; parts and accessories thereof | 0 | 0.00 | 6,959 | -100.00 |
| 92 | Musical instruments; parts and accessories of such articles | 1,819 | 0.01 | 0 | ∞ |
| 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 | 1,553 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
| 97 | Works of art, collectors’ pieces and antiques | 13,535 | 0.04 | 0 | ∞ |