Russian trade with Zimbabwe 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 Zimbabwe in 2021: exports, imports, products, dynamics.
Russia’s Trade with Zimbabwe
In 2021, Russia’s trade with Zimbabwe was $42,734,976, down 12.34% ($6,015,002) from 2020.
Russia’s exports to Zimbabwe in 2021 totaled $7,916,948, up 164.09% ($4,919,110) from 2020.
Russia’s imports from Zimbabwe in 2021 were $34,818,028, down 23.90% ($10,934,112) from 2020.
Russia’s trade deficit with Zimbabwe in 2021 was $26,901,080, a 37.08% decrease ($15,853,222) over 2020.
Zimbabwe was Russia’s 142nd largest trading partner in 2021 (down from 137th in 2020), accounting for 0.0054% of Russia’s total trade (down from 0.0086% in 2020).
Zimbabwe was Russia’s 157th largest export market in 2021 (up from 165th in 2020), accounting for 0.0016% of Russia’s total exports (up from 0.0009% in 2020).
Zimbabwe was Russia’s 105th largest supplier in 2021 (down from 94th in 2020), accounting for 0.0119% of Russia’s total imports (down from 0.0198% in 2020).
Russia’s Exports to Zimbabwe
The major share of Russian exports to Zimbabwe in 2021 (and in 2020) was accounted for the following product types:
- Chemical products (HS codes 28-40) - 51.84% of Russia’s total exports to Zimbabwe (88.77% in 2020);
- Food products and agricultural raw materials (HS codes 01-24) - 37.07% of Russia’s total exports to Zimbabwe (0.00% in 2020);
- Wood and wood products (HS codes 44-49) - 7.55% of Russia’s total exports to Zimbabwe (1.54% in 2020);
- Machinery, equipment and vehicles (HS codes 84-90) - 3.53% of Russia’s total exports to Zimbabwe (7.58% in 2020).
The largest gains in Russia’s exports to Zimbabwe in 2021 over 2020 were recorded for the following product groups:
- Cereals (HS code 10) - an increase of $2,782,815;
- Fertilizers (HS code 31) - an increase of $803,039;
- Printed books, newspapers, pictures and other products of the printing industry; manuscripts, typescripts and plans (HS code 49) - an increase of $519,779;
- Pharmaceutical products (HS code 30) - an increase of $506,575;
- Products of the milling industry; malt; starches; inulin; wheat gluten (HS code 11) - an increase of $103,092;
- Paper and paperboard; articles of paper pulp, of paper or of paperboard (HS code 48) - an increase of $67,881;
- Optical, photographic, cinematographic, measuring, checking, precision, medical or surgical instruments and apparatus; parts and accessories thereof (HS code 90) - an increase of $66,242;
- 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 (HS code 85) - an increase of $53,624;
- Miscellaneous chemical products (HS code 38) - an increase of $52,197.
The largest declines in Russia’s exports to Zimbabwe in 2021 over 2020 were recorded for the following product groups:
- Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof (HS code 84) - a decrease of $78,585;
- Pulp of wood or of other fibrous cellulosic material; waste and scrap of paper or paperboard (HS code 47) - a decrease of $46,116.
| HS code |
Name of product group | Value of exports in 2021, US dollars ($) |
Percent share in total export | Value of exports in 2020, US dollars ($) |
Percent change in 2021 over 2020 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 10 | Cereals | 2,782,815 | 35.15 | 0 | ∞ |
| 11 | Products of the milling industry; malt; starches; inulin; wheat gluten | 103,092 | 1.30 | 0 | ∞ |
| 30 | Pharmaceutical products | 508,682 | 6.43 | 2,107 | 24,042.48 |
| 31 | Fertilizers | 3,217,726 | 40.64 | 2,414,687 | 33.26 |
| 38 | Miscellaneous chemical products | 294,605 | 3.72 | 242,408 | 21.53 |
| 39 | Plastics and articles thereof | 7,655 | 0.10 | 1,818 | 321.07 |
| 40 | Rubber and articles thereof | 7,123 | 0.09 | 28 | 25,339.29 |
| 42 | Articles of leather; saddlery and harness; travel goods, handbags and similar containers; articles of animal gut (other than silkworm gut) | 91 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
| 47 | Pulp of wood or of other fibrous cellulosic material; waste and scrap of paper or paperboard | 0 | 0.00 | 46,116 | -100.00 |
| 48 | Paper and paperboard; articles of paper pulp, of paper or of paperboard | 67,881 | 0.86 | 0 | ∞ |
| 49 | Printed books, newspapers, pictures and other products of the printing industry; manuscripts, typescripts and plans | 519,779 | 6.57 | 0 | ∞ |
| 63 | Other made up textile articles; sets; worn clothing and worn textile articles; rags | 27 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
| 73 | Articles of iron or steel | 595 | 0.01 | 79 | 653.16 |
| 82 | Tools, implements, cutlery, spoons and forks, of base metal; parts thereof of base metal | 308 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
| 84 | Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof | 105,753 | 1.34 | 184,338 | -42.63 |
| 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 | 57,892 | 0.73 | 4,268 | 1,256.42 |
| 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 | 3,537 | 0.04 | 0 | ∞ |
| 87 | Vehicles other than railway or tramway rolling stock, and parts and accessories thereof | 2,531 | 0.03 | 0 | ∞ |
| 90 | Optical, photographic, cinematographic, measuring, checking, precision, medical or surgical instruments and apparatus; parts and accessories thereof | 104,848 | 1.32 | 38,606 | 171.58 |
| 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 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
| 97 | Works of art, collectors’ pieces and antiques | 0 | 0.00 | 3,060 | -100.00 |
| SS | Classified | 0 | 0.00 | 60 323 | -100.00 |
Russia’s Imports from Zimbabwe
The major share of Russian imports from Zimbabwe in 2021 (and in 2020) was accounted for the following product types:
- Food products and agricultural raw materials (HS codes 01-24) - 99.77% of Russia’s total imports from Zimbabwe (99.92% in 2020).
The largest gains in Russia’s imports from Zimbabwe in 2021 over 2020 were recorded for the following product groups:
- Edible fruit and nuts; peel of citrus fruit or melons (HS code 08) - an increase of $2,213,495.
The largest declines in Russia’s imports from Zimbabwe in 2021 over 2020 were recorded for the following product groups:
- Tobacco and manufactured tobacco substitutes (HS code 24) - a decrease of $13,077,954;
- Coffee, tea, maté and spices (HS code 09) - a decrease of $179,431.
| HS code |
Name of product group | Value of imports in 2021, US dollars ($) |
Percent share in total import | Value of imports in 2020, US dollars ($) |
Percent change in 2021 over 2020 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 06 | Live trees and other plants; bulbs, roots and the like; cut flowers and ornamental foliage | 125,545 | 0.36 | 98,852 | 27.00 |
| 07 | Edible vegetables and certain roots and tubers | 14,017 | 0.04 | 66,686 | -78.98 |
| 08 | Edible fruit and nuts; peel of citrus fruit or melons | 3,150,295 | 9.05 | 936,800 | 236.28 |
| 09 | Coffee, tea, maté and spices | 2,618,968 | 7.52 | 2,798,399 | -6.41 |
| 11 | Products of the milling industry; malt; starches; inulin; wheat gluten | 8,786 | 0.03 | 5,618 | 56.39 |
| 12 | Oil seeds and oleaginous fruits; miscellaneous grains, seeds and fruits; industrial or medicinal plants; straw and fodder | 27,253 | 0.08 | 14,189 | 92.07 |
| 15 | Animal or vegetable fats and oils and their cleavage products prepared edible fats; animal or vegetable waxes | 39,928 | 0.11 | 11,899 | 235.56 |
| 20 | Preparations of vegetables, fruit, nuts or other parts of plants | 666 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
| 24 | Tobacco and manufactured tobacco substitutes | 28,703,898 | 82.44 | 41,781,852 | -31.30 |
| 25 | Salt; sulfur; earths and stone; plastering materials, lime and cement | 0 | 0.00 | 28,076 | -100.00 |
| 33 | Essential oils and resinoids; perfumery, cosmetic or toilet preparations | 0 | 0.00 | 785 | -100.00 |
| 40 | Rubber and articles thereof | 3 | 0.00 | 1,776 | -99.83 |
| 41 | Raw hides and skins (other than furskins) and leather | 41,386 | 0.12 | 6,252 | 561.96 |
| 68 | Articles of stone, plaster, cement, asbestos, mica or similar materials | 40,029 | 0.11 | 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 | 143 | 0.00 | 156 | -8.33 |