Russian trade with Egypt in 2012
based on data from the Federal Customs Service of Russia
Russia’s Trade with Egypt
In 2012, Russia’s trade with Egypt totaled $3,554,966,648, up 26.05% ($734,795,272) from 2011.
Russia’s exports to Egypt in 2012 totaled $3,212,235,911, up 37.45% ($875,257,514) from 2011.
Russia’s imports from Egypt in 2012 were $342,730,737, down 29.07% ($140,462,242) from 2011.
Russia’s trade surplus with Egypt in 2012 was $2,869,505,174, a 54.79% increase ($1,015,719,756) over 2011.
Egypt was Russia’s 36th largest trading partner in 2012 (up from 41st in 2011), accounting for 0.4222% of Russia’s total trade (up from 0.3429% in 2011).
Egypt was Russia’s 30th largest export market in 2012 (up from 32nd in 2011), accounting for 0.6122% of Russia’s total exports (up from 0.4523% in 2011).
Egypt was Russia’s 63rd largest supplier in 2012 (down from 52nd in 2011), accounting for 0.1080% of Russia’s total imports (down from 0.1580% in 2011).
Russia’s Exports to Egypt
The major share of Russian exports to Egypt in 2012 (and in 2011) was accounted for the following product types:
- Food products and agricultural raw materials (HS codes 01-24) - 56.18% of Russia’s total exports to Egypt (58.01% in 2011);
- Wood and wood products (HS codes 44-49) - 15.32% of Russia’s total exports to Egypt (18.07% in 2011);
- Mineral products (HS codes 25-27) - 10.50% of Russia’s total exports to Egypt (4.59% in 2011);
- Metals and products from them (HS codes 72-83) - 9.14% of Russia’s total exports to Egypt (7.55% in 2011);
- Machinery, equipment and vehicles (HS codes 84-90) - 3.17% of Russia’s total exports to Egypt (4.65% in 2011);
- Chemical products (HS codes 28-40) - 1.08% of Russia’s total exports to Egypt (1.47% in 2011).
The largest gains in Russia’s exports to Egypt in 2012 over 2011 were recorded for the following product groups:
- Cereals (HS code 10) - an increase of $306,276,713;
- Mineral fuels, mineral oils and products of their distillation; bituminous substances; mineral waxes (HS code 27) - an increase of $243,288,502;
- Animal or vegetable fats and oils and their cleavage products prepared edible fats; animal or vegetable waxes (HS code 15) - an increase of $136,730,549;
- Copper and articles thereof (HS code 74) - an increase of $71,527,080;
- Wood and articles of wood; wood charcoal (HS code 44) - an increase of $66,514,410;
- Iron and steel (HS code 72) - an increase of $52,034,325;
- 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 $9,784,187.
The largest declines in Russia’s exports to Egypt in 2012 over 2011 were recorded for the following product groups:
- Vehicles other than railway or tramway rolling stock, and parts and accessories thereof (HS code 87) - a decrease of $16,945,616;
- Ores, slag and ash (HS code 26) - a decrease of $10,657,995.
HS code |
Name of product group | Value of exports in 2012, US dollars ($) |
Percent share in total export | Value of exports in 2011, US dollars ($) |
Percent change in 2012 over 2011 |
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03 | Fish and crustaceans, molluscs and other aquatic invertebrates | 2,481,341 | 0.08 | 0 | ∞ |
07 | Edible vegetables and certain roots and tubers | 10,318,608 | 0.32 | 4,153,205 | 148.45 |
10 | Cereals | 1,511,668,059 | 47.06 | 1,205,391,346 | 25.41 |
11 | Products of the milling industry; malt; starches; inulin; wheat gluten | 0 | 0.00 | 424,267 | -100.00 |
12 | Oil seeds and oleaginous fruits; miscellaneous grains, seeds and fruits; industrial or medicinal plants; straw and fodder | 1,392,461 | 0.04 | 3,761,534 | -62.98 |
15 | Animal or vegetable fats and oils and their cleavage products prepared edible fats; animal or vegetable waxes | 265,377,141 | 8.26 | 128,646,592 | 106.28 |
19 | Preparations of cereals, flour, starch or milk; bakers’ wares | 70 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
21 | Miscellaneous edible preparations | 826,295 | 0.03 | 379,557 | 117.70 |
23 | Residues and waste from the food industries; prepared animal feed | 7,724,099 | 0.24 | 12,985,858 | -40.52 |
24 | Tobacco and manufactured tobacco substitutes | 4,911,643 | 0.15 | 0 | ∞ |
25 | Salt; sulfur; earths and stone; plastering materials, lime and cement | 4,033,620 | 0.13 | 6,632,154 | -39.18 |
26 | Ores, slag and ash | 0 | 0.00 | 10,657,995 | -100.00 |
27 | Mineral fuels, mineral oils and products of their distillation; bituminous substances; mineral waxes | 333,282,061 | 10.38 | 89,993,559 | 270.34 |
28 | Inorganic chemicals; organic or inorganic compounds of precious metals, of rare-earth metals,of radioactive elements or of isotopes | 8,296,106 | 0.26 | 10,722,441 | -22.63 |
29 | Organic chemicals | 1,434,527 | 0.04 | 1,266,649 | 13.25 |
30 | Pharmaceutical products | 92,284 | 0.00 | 118,114 | -21.87 |
31 | Fertilizers | 16,283,582 | 0.51 | 13,754,443 | 18.39 |
32 | Tanning or dyeing extracts; dyes, pigments, paints, varnishes, putty and mastics | 0 | 0.00 | 44,148 | -100.00 |
33 | Essential oils and resinoids; perfumery, cosmetic or toilet preparations | 0 | 0.00 | 12,935 | -100.00 |
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 | 20,159 | 0.00 | 774 | 2,504.52 |
35 | Albuminoidal substances; modified starches; glues; enzymes | 3,255 | 0.00 | 9,441 | -65.52 |
38 | Miscellaneous chemical products | 2,729,648 | 0.08 | 2,355,467 | 15.89 |
39 | Plastics and articles thereof | 1,450,230 | 0.05 | 1,271,138 | 14.09 |
40 | Rubber and articles thereof | 4,479,636 | 0.14 | 4,775,898 | -6.20 |
42 | Articles of leather; saddlery and harness; travel goods, handbags and similar containers; articles of animal gut (other than silkworm gut) | 0 | 0.00 | 97,736 | -100.00 |
44 | Wood and articles of wood; wood charcoal | 435,112,680 | 13.55 | 368,598,270 | 18.05 |
45 | Cork and articles of cork | 0 | 0.00 | 155 | -100.00 |
47 | Pulp of wood or of other fibrous cellulosic material; waste and scrap of paper or paperboard | 229,510 | 0.01 | 292,001 | -21.40 |
48 | Paper and paperboard; articles of paper pulp, of paper or of paperboard | 52,907,148 | 1.65 | 47,626,282 | 11.09 |
49 | Printed books, newspapers, pictures and other products of the printing industry; manuscripts, typescripts and plans | 3,826,158 | 0.12 | 5,885,413 | -34.99 |
51 | Wool, fine or coarse animal hair; horsehair yarn and woven fabric | 59,527 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
52 | Cotton | 0 | 0.00 | 198 | -100.00 |
54 | Man-made filaments | 0 | 0.00 | 6,291 | -100.00 |
56 | Wadding, felt and nonwovens; special yarns, twine, cordage, ropes and cables and articles thereof | 1,686,951 | 0.05 | 2,151 | 78,326.36 |
58 | Special woven fabrics; tufted textile fabrics; lace, tapestries; trimmings; embroidery | 16 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
59 | Impregnated, coated, covered or laminated textile fabrics; textile articles of a kind suitable for industrial use | 8,586 | 0.00 | 1,300 | 560.46 |
61 | Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, knitted or crocheted | 0 | 0.00 | 4 | -100.00 |
62 | Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, not knitted or crocheted | 0 | 0.00 | 325 | -100.00 |
63 | Other made up textile articles; sets; worn clothing and worn textile articles; rags | 358 | 0.00 | 29,360 | -98.78 |
68 | Articles of stone, plaster, cement, asbestos, mica or similar materials | 505,337 | 0.02 | 1,223,939 | -58.71 |
69 | Ceramic products | 109,200 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
70 | Glass and glassware | 14,675 | 0.00 | 124,723 | -88.23 |
72 | Iron and steel | 206,898,975 | 6.44 | 154,864,650 | 33.60 |
73 | Articles of iron or steel | 14,071,879 | 0.44 | 18,176,986 | -22.58 |
74 | Copper and articles thereof | 72,146,023 | 2.25 | 618,943 | 11,556.33 |
75 | Nickel and articles thereof | 21 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
76 | Aluminum and articles thereof | 67,412 | 0.00 | 1,629,650 | -95.86 |
78 | Lead and articles thereof | 187 | 0.00 | 38 | 392.11 |
80 | Tin and articles thereof | 0 | 0.00 | 54 | -100.00 |
81 | Other base metals; cermets; articles thereof | 19,700 | 0.00 | 23,474 | -16.08 |
82 | Tools, implements, cutlery, spoons and forks, of base metal; parts thereof of base metal | 206,372 | 0.01 | 92,731 | 122.55 |
83 | Miscellaneous articles of base metal | 75,426 | 0.00 | 930,792 | -91.90 |
84 | Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof | 19,842,593 | 0.62 | 18,280,274 | 8.55 |
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 | 20,665,026 | 0.64 | 10,880,839 | 89.92 |
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 | 83,808 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
87 | Vehicles other than railway or tramway rolling stock, and parts and accessories thereof | 51,496,905 | 1.60 | 68,442,521 | -24.76 |
89 | Ships, boats and floating structures | 7,470 | 0.00 | 1,100,000 | -99.32 |
90 | Optical, photographic, cinematographic, measuring, checking, precision, medical or surgical instruments and apparatus; parts and accessories thereof | 9,626,921 | 0.30 | 9,935,444 | -3.11 |
91 | Clocks and watches and parts thereof | 0 | 0.00 | 517 | -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 | 64,740 | 0.00 | 163,588 | -60.42 |
95 | Toys, games and sports requisites; parts and accessories thereof | 42,800 | 0.00 | 87,101 | -50.86 |
96 | Miscellaneous manufactured articles | 4,666 | 0.00 | 500 | 833.20 |
SS | Classified | 145,650,016 | 4.53 | 130 504 632 | 11.61 |
Russia’s Imports from Egypt
The major share of Russian imports from Egypt in 2012 (and in 2011) was accounted for the following product types:
- Food products and agricultural raw materials (HS codes 01-24) - 76.77% of Russia’s total imports from Egypt (86.59% in 2011);
- Textiles, textile products and footwear (HS codes 50-67) - 11.40% of Russia’s total imports from Egypt (6.34% in 2011);
- Chemical products (HS codes 28-40) - 5.68% of Russia’s total imports from Egypt (2.65% in 2011);
- Mineral products (HS codes 25-27) - 2.92% of Russia’s total imports from Egypt (0.98% in 2011);
- Metals and products from them (HS codes 72-83) - 1.45% of Russia’s total imports from Egypt (1.89% in 2011).
The largest gains in Russia’s imports from Egypt in 2012 over 2011 were recorded for the following product groups:
- Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, not knitted or crocheted (HS code 62) - an increase of $7,147,694;
- Plastics and articles thereof (HS code 39) - an increase of $4,564,316;
- Salt; sulfur; earths and stone; plastering materials, lime and cement (HS code 25) - an increase of $3,366,139;
- Pharmaceutical products (HS code 30) - an increase of $2,015,398;
- Mineral fuels, mineral oils and products of their distillation; bituminous substances; mineral waxes (HS code 27) - an increase of $1,923,371.
The largest declines in Russia’s imports from Egypt in 2012 over 2011 were recorded for the following product groups:
- Edible vegetables and certain roots and tubers (HS code 07) - a decrease of $136,859,487;
- Edible fruit and nuts; peel of citrus fruit or melons (HS code 08) - a decrease of $18,266,847;
- Iron and steel (HS code 72) - a decrease of $4,246,299.
HS code |
Name of product group | Value of imports in 2012, US dollars ($) |
Percent share in total import | Value of imports in 2011, US dollars ($) |
Percent change in 2012 over 2011 |
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03 | Fish and crustaceans, molluscs and other aquatic invertebrates | 4,860 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
06 | Live trees and other plants; bulbs, roots and the like; cut flowers and ornamental foliage | 351 | 0.00 | 397 | -11.59 |
07 | Edible vegetables and certain roots and tubers | 64,723,960 | 18.88 | 201,583,447 | -67.89 |
08 | Edible fruit and nuts; peel of citrus fruit or melons | 190,771,480 | 55.66 | 209,038,327 | -8.74 |
09 | Coffee, tea, maté and spices | 439,969 | 0.13 | 655,036 | -32.83 |
11 | Products of the milling industry; malt; starches; inulin; wheat gluten | 0 | 0.00 | 47,122 | -100.00 |
12 | Oil seeds and oleaginous fruits; miscellaneous grains, seeds and fruits; industrial or medicinal plants; straw and fodder | 6,426,346 | 1.88 | 6,835,328 | -5.98 |
14 | Vegetable plaiting materials; vegetable products not elsewhere specified or included | 633 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
15 | Animal or vegetable fats and oils and their cleavage products prepared edible fats; animal or vegetable waxes | 54,207 | 0.02 | 12,671 | 327.80 |
17 | Sugars and sugar confectionery | 181,353 | 0.05 | 116,321 | 55.91 |
20 | Preparations of vegetables, fruit, nuts or other parts of plants | 34,742 | 0.01 | 3,145 | 1,004.67 |
21 | Miscellaneous edible preparations | 325,930 | 0.10 | 8,429 | 3,766.77 |
22 | Beverages, spirits and vinegar | 209 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
23 | Residues and waste from the food industries; prepared animal feed | 739 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
24 | Tobacco and manufactured tobacco substitutes | 165,126 | 0.05 | 116,964 | 41.18 |
25 | Salt; sulfur; earths and stone; plastering materials, lime and cement | 7,438,870 | 2.17 | 4,072,731 | 82.65 |
27 | Mineral fuels, mineral oils and products of their distillation; bituminous substances; mineral waxes | 2,585,561 | 0.75 | 662,190 | 290.46 |
30 | Pharmaceutical products | 5,292,429 | 1.54 | 3,277,031 | 61.50 |
32 | Tanning or dyeing extracts; dyes, pigments, paints, varnishes, putty and mastics | 815,050 | 0.24 | 550,635 | 48.02 |
33 | Essential oils and resinoids; perfumery, cosmetic or toilet preparations | 148,807 | 0.04 | 100,351 | 48.29 |
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 | 1,551,989 | 0.45 | 791,875 | 95.99 |
35 | Albuminoidal substances; modified starches; glues; enzymes | 51,349 | 0.01 | 0 | ∞ |
38 | Miscellaneous chemical products | 678,112 | 0.20 | 1,680,638 | -59.65 |
39 | Plastics and articles thereof | 10,863,529 | 3.17 | 6,299,213 | 72.46 |
40 | Rubber and articles thereof | 81,062 | 0.02 | 117,327 | -30.91 |
41 | Raw hides and skins (other than furskins) and leather | 85,912 | 0.03 | 0 | ∞ |
42 | Articles of leather; saddlery and harness; travel goods, handbags and similar containers; articles of animal gut (other than silkworm gut) | 4,562 | 0.00 | 12,683 | -64.03 |
44 | Wood and articles of wood; wood charcoal | 12,086 | 0.00 | 1,088 | 1,010.85 |
48 | Paper and paperboard; articles of paper pulp, of paper or of paperboard | 445,613 | 0.13 | 255,295 | 74.55 |
49 | Printed books, newspapers, pictures and other products of the printing industry; manuscripts, typescripts and plans | 40,485 | 0.01 | 134,650 | -69.93 |
52 | Cotton | 195,576 | 0.06 | 1,041,646 | -81.22 |
53 | Other vegetable textile fibers; paper yarn and woven fabric of paper yarn | 300,624 | 0.09 | 309,136 | -2.75 |
55 | Man-made staple fibers | 49,876 | 0.01 | 0 | ∞ |
56 | Wadding, felt and nonwovens; special yarns, twine, cordage, ropes and cables and articles thereof | 4,822 | 0.00 | 2,755 | 75.03 |
57 | Carpets and other textile floor coverings | 9,724,482 | 2.84 | 8,860,638 | 9.75 |
58 | Special woven fabrics; tufted textile fabrics; lace, tapestries; trimmings; embroidery | 0 | 0.00 | 47 | -100.00 |
59 | Impregnated, coated, covered or laminated textile fabrics; textile articles of a kind suitable for industrial use | 3,207,396 | 0.94 | 2,653,883 | 20.86 |
61 | Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, knitted or crocheted | 6,301,756 | 1.84 | 5,593,739 | 12.66 |
62 | Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, not knitted or crocheted | 17,736,172 | 5.17 | 10,588,478 | 67.50 |
63 | Other made up textile articles; sets; worn clothing and worn textile articles; rags | 1,516,642 | 0.44 | 1,092,615 | 38.81 |
64 | Footwear, gaiters and the like; parts of such articles | 5,088 | 0.00 | 498,182 | -98.98 |
65 | Headgear and parts thereof | 17,783 | 0.01 | 10,226 | 73.90 |
66 | Umbrellas, sun umbrellas, walking sticks, seatsticks, whips, riding-crops and parts thereof | 0 | 0.00 | 4,574 | -100.00 |
68 | Articles of stone, plaster, cement, asbestos, mica or similar materials | 980,548 | 0.29 | 877,228 | 11.78 |
69 | Ceramic products | 527,317 | 0.15 | 585,793 | -9.98 |
70 | Glass and glassware | 220,236 | 0.06 | 610,858 | -63.95 |
71 | Natural or cultured pearls, precious or semi-precious stones,precious metals, metals clad with precious metal and articles thereof; imitation jewelry; coin | 399 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
72 | Iron and steel | 49,832 | 0.01 | 4,296,131 | -98.84 |
73 | Articles of iron or steel | 4,907,109 | 1.43 | 4,572,277 | 7.32 |
76 | Aluminum and articles thereof | 1,103 | 0.00 | 96,760 | -98.86 |
82 | Tools, implements, cutlery, spoons and forks, of base metal; parts thereof of base metal | 1,586 | 0.00 | 142,813 | -98.89 |
83 | Miscellaneous articles of base metal | 12,128 | 0.00 | 3,676 | 229.92 |
84 | Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof | 1,508,962 | 0.44 | 2,430,736 | -37.92 |
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 | 619,567 | 0.18 | 1,297,164 | -52.24 |
87 | Vehicles other than railway or tramway rolling stock, and parts and accessories thereof | 1,908 | 0.00 | 3,549 | -46.24 |
90 | Optical, photographic, cinematographic, measuring, checking, precision, medical or surgical instruments and apparatus; parts and accessories thereof | 5,065 | 0.00 | 28,629 | -82.31 |
91 | Clocks and watches and parts thereof | 146 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
92 | Musical instruments; parts and accessories of such articles | 0 | 0.00 | 392 | -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 | 1,005,576 | 0.29 | 1,169,618 | -14.03 |
95 | Toys, games and sports requisites; parts and accessories thereof | 525,935 | 0.15 | 13,721 | 3,733.07 |
96 | Miscellaneous manufactured articles | 77,782 | 0.02 | 34,821 | 123.38 |