Russian trade with Egypt in 2016
based on data from the Federal Customs Service of Russia
Russia’s Trade with Egypt
In 2016, Russia’s trade with Egypt totaled $4,156,242,364, up 1.64% ($67,139,766) from 2015.
Russia’s exports to Egypt in 2016 totaled $3,782,803,987, up 2.92% ($107,330,239) from 2015.
Russia’s imports from Egypt in 2016 were $373,438,377, down 9.72% ($40,190,473) from 2015.
Russia’s trade surplus with Egypt in 2016 was $3,409,365,610, a 4.52% increase ($147,520,712) over 2015.
Egypt was Russia’s 26th largest trading partner in 2016 (just as in 2015), accounting for 0.8886% of Russia’s total trade (up from 0.7770% in 2015).
Egypt was Russia’s 20th largest export market in 2016 (down from 19th in 2015), accounting for 1.3250% of Russia’s total exports (up from 1.0697% in 2015).
Egypt was Russia’s 56th largest supplier in 2016 (down from 54th in 2015), accounting for 0.2049% of Russia’s total imports (down from 0.2264% in 2015).
Russia’s Exports to Egypt
The major share of Russian exports to Egypt in 2016 (and in 2015) was accounted for the following product types:
- Food products and agricultural raw materials (HS codes 01-24) - 32.73% of Russia’s total exports to Egypt (27.74% in 2015);
- Metals and products from them (HS codes 72-83) - 16.81% of Russia’s total exports to Egypt (13.52% in 2015);
- Machinery, equipment and vehicles (HS codes 84-90) - 16.52% of Russia’s total exports to Egypt (18.43% in 2015);
- Wood and wood products (HS codes 44-49) - 9.01% of Russia’s total exports to Egypt (12.97% in 2015);
- Mineral products (HS codes 25-27) - 4.61% of Russia’s total exports to Egypt (8.94% in 2015);
- Chemical products (HS codes 28-40) - 1.71% of Russia’s total exports to Egypt (1.43% in 2015).
The largest gains in Russia’s exports to Egypt in 2016 over 2015 were recorded for the following product groups:
- Cereals (HS code 10) - an increase of $149,138,855;
- Copper and articles thereof (HS code 74) - an increase of $89,016,317;
- Animal or vegetable fats and oils and their cleavage products prepared edible fats; animal or vegetable waxes (HS code 15) - an increase of $65,266,515;
- Iron and steel (HS code 72) - an increase of $41,658,380;
- 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 $41,111,441;
- Organic chemicals (HS code 29) - an increase of $14,657,095.
The largest declines in Russia’s exports to Egypt in 2016 over 2015 were recorded for the following product groups:
- Mineral fuels, mineral oils and products of their distillation; bituminous substances; mineral waxes (HS code 27) - a decrease of $145,191,298;
- Wood and articles of wood; wood charcoal (HS code 44) - a decrease of $126,627,488;
- Vehicles other than railway or tramway rolling stock, and parts and accessories thereof (HS code 87) - a decrease of $68,083,696;
- Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof (HS code 84) - a decrease of $15,258,985.
HS code |
Name of product group | Value of exports in 2016, US dollars ($) |
Percent share in total export | Value of exports in 2015, US dollars ($) |
Percent change in 2016 over 2015 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
02 | Meat and edible meat offal | 2,419,076 | 0.06 | 0 | ∞ |
04 | Dairy produce; birds eggs; natural honey; edible products of animal origin, not elsewhere specified or included | 0 | 0.00 | 11,053 | -100.00 |
07 | Edible vegetables and certain roots and tubers | 12,722,831 | 0.34 | 7,798,714 | 63.14 |
09 | Coffee, tea, maté and spices | 0 | 0.00 | 136,773 | -100.00 |
10 | Cereals | 998,610,052 | 26.40 | 849,471,197 | 17.56 |
11 | Products of the milling industry; malt; starches; inulin; wheat gluten | 48,365 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
12 | Oil seeds and oleaginous fruits; miscellaneous grains, seeds and fruits; industrial or medicinal plants; straw and fodder | 3,495,585 | 0.09 | 1,707,231 | 104.75 |
13 | Lac; gums, resins and other vegetable saps and extracts | 49,627 | 0.00 | 49,715 | -0.18 |
15 | Animal or vegetable fats and oils and their cleavage products prepared edible fats; animal or vegetable waxes | 193,005,488 | 5.10 | 127,738,973 | 51.09 |
21 | Miscellaneous edible preparations | 80 | 0.00 | 50 | 60.00 |
22 | Beverages, spirits and vinegar | 15,820 | 0.00 | 186,409 | -91.51 |
23 | Residues and waste from the food industries; prepared animal feed | 3,034,466 | 0.08 | 3,813,820 | -20.43 |
24 | Tobacco and manufactured tobacco substitutes | 24,650,818 | 0.65 | 28,659,227 | -13.99 |
25 | Salt; sulfur; earths and stone; plastering materials, lime and cement | 1,056,670 | 0.03 | 10,256,545 | -89.70 |
27 | Mineral fuels, mineral oils and products of their distillation; bituminous substances; mineral waxes | 173,227,153 | 4.58 | 318,418,451 | -45.60 |
28 | Inorganic chemicals; organic or inorganic compounds of precious metals, of rare-earth metals,of radioactive elements or of isotopes | 10,688,856 | 0.28 | 11,897,417 | -10.16 |
29 | Organic chemicals | 21,520,567 | 0.57 | 6,863,472 | 213.55 |
30 | Pharmaceutical products | 257,645 | 0.01 | 290,597 | -11.34 |
31 | Fertilizers | 1,909,494 | 0.05 | 13,169,230 | -85.50 |
32 | Tanning or dyeing extracts; dyes, pigments, paints, varnishes, putty and mastics | 239,828 | 0.01 | 16,834 | 1,324.66 |
33 | Essential oils and resinoids; perfumery, cosmetic or toilet preparations | 86,089 | 0.00 | 86,712 | -0.72 |
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 | 0 | 0.00 | 20,809 | -100.00 |
35 | Albuminoidal substances; modified starches; glues; enzymes | 73,337 | 0.00 | 2,991 | 2,351.92 |
36 | Explosives; pyrotechnic products; matches; pyrophoric alloys; certain combustible preparations | 3,304,292 | 0.09 | 0 | ∞ |
38 | Miscellaneous chemical products | 11,603,569 | 0.31 | 10,813,446 | 7.31 |
39 | Plastics and articles thereof | 10,144,218 | 0.27 | 3,645,430 | 178.27 |
40 | Rubber and articles thereof | 4,958,462 | 0.13 | 5,744,284 | -13.68 |
42 | Articles of leather; saddlery and harness; travel goods, handbags and similar containers; articles of animal gut (other than silkworm gut) | 1,074 | 0.00 | 309 | 247.57 |
44 | Wood and articles of wood; wood charcoal | 308,072,437 | 8.14 | 434,699,925 | -29.13 |
47 | Pulp of wood or of other fibrous cellulosic material; waste and scrap of paper or paperboard | 600,688 | 0.02 | 51,793 | 1,059.79 |
48 | Paper and paperboard; articles of paper pulp, of paper or of paperboard | 31,218,911 | 0.83 | 41,984,118 | -25.64 |
49 | Printed books, newspapers, pictures and other products of the printing industry; manuscripts, typescripts and plans | 949,315 | 0.03 | 106,854 | 788.42 |
51 | Wool, fine or coarse animal hair; horsehair yarn and woven fabric | 0 | 0.00 | 982 | -100.00 |
52 | Cotton | 42 | 0.00 | 2,353 | -98.22 |
54 | Man-made filaments | 120 | 0.00 | 12,753 | -99.06 |
56 | Wadding, felt and nonwovens; special yarns, twine, cordage, ropes and cables and articles thereof | 363 | 0.00 | 979,138 | -99.96 |
58 | Special woven fabrics; tufted textile fabrics; lace, tapestries; trimmings; embroidery | 46 | 0.00 | 583 | -92.11 |
59 | Impregnated, coated, covered or laminated textile fabrics; textile articles of a kind suitable for industrial use | 12,242 | 0.00 | 25,468 | -51.93 |
61 | Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, knitted or crocheted | 747 | 0.00 | 954 | -21.70 |
62 | Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, not knitted or crocheted | 416 | 0.00 | 33 | 1,160.61 |
63 | Other made up textile articles; sets; worn clothing and worn textile articles; rags | 5,797 | 0.00 | 104 | 5,474.04 |
64 | Footwear, gaiters and the like; parts of such articles | 6,439 | 0.00 | 3,466 | 85.78 |
65 | Headgear and parts thereof | 580 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
68 | Articles of stone, plaster, cement, asbestos, mica or similar materials | 145,588 | 0.00 | 729 | 19,870.92 |
69 | Ceramic products | 153,911 | 0.00 | 309,457 | -50.26 |
70 | Glass and glassware | 112,241 | 0.00 | 109,788 | 2.23 |
72 | Iron and steel | 468,590,016 | 12.39 | 426,931,636 | 9.76 |
73 | Articles of iron or steel | 16,923,896 | 0.45 | 8,272,876 | 104.57 |
74 | Copper and articles thereof | 150,105,024 | 3.97 | 61,088,707 | 145.72 |
75 | Nickel and articles thereof | 6,548 | 0.00 | 58,808 | -88.87 |
76 | Aluminum and articles thereof | 205,426 | 0.01 | 283,859 | -27.63 |
78 | Lead and articles thereof | 0 | 0.00 | 177 | -100.00 |
81 | Other base metals; cermets; articles thereof | 0 | 0.00 | 5,827 | -100.00 |
82 | Tools, implements, cutlery, spoons and forks, of base metal; parts thereof of base metal | 121,012 | 0.00 | 315,557 | -61.65 |
83 | Miscellaneous articles of base metal | 9,302 | 0.00 | 39,208 | -76.28 |
84 | Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof | 7,458,271 | 0.20 | 22,717,256 | -67.17 |
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 | 141,867,512 | 3.75 | 100,756,071 | 40.80 |
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 | 3,858 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
87 | Vehicles other than railway or tramway rolling stock, and parts and accessories thereof | 470,093,659 | 12.43 | 538,177,355 | -12.65 |
89 | Ships, boats and floating structures | 4,100 | 0.00 | 9,994,720 | -99.96 |
90 | Optical, photographic, cinematographic, measuring, checking, precision, medical or surgical instruments and apparatus; parts and accessories thereof | 5,332,814 | 0.14 | 5,762,016 | -7.45 |
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 | 249,739 | 0.01 | 110,201 | 126.62 |
95 | Toys, games and sports requisites; parts and accessories thereof | 2 | 0.00 | 7,378 | -99.97 |
96 | Miscellaneous manufactured articles | 158 | 0.00 | 399 | -60.40 |
SS | Classified | 703,429,305 | 18.60 | 621 863 510 | 13.12 |
Russia’s Imports from Egypt
The major share of Russian imports from Egypt in 2016 (and in 2015) was accounted for the following product types:
- Food products and agricultural raw materials (HS codes 01-24) - 77.10% of Russia’s total imports from Egypt (87.27% in 2015);
- Textiles, textile products and footwear (HS codes 50-67) - 14.82% of Russia’s total imports from Egypt (6.06% in 2015);
- Chemical products (HS codes 28-40) - 4.83% of Russia’s total imports from Egypt (3.64% in 2015);
- Machinery, equipment and vehicles (HS codes 84-90) - 1.25% of Russia’s total imports from Egypt (0.89% in 2015);
- Mineral products (HS codes 25-27) - 0.95% of Russia’s total imports from Egypt (1.16% in 2015).
The largest gains in Russia’s imports from Egypt in 2016 over 2015 were recorded for the following product groups:
- Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, not knitted or crocheted (HS code 62) - an increase of $20,564,107;
- Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, knitted or crocheted (HS code 61) - an increase of $5,692,799;
- 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 (HS code 34) - an increase of $3,213,621;
- Impregnated, coated, covered or laminated textile fabrics; textile articles of a kind suitable for industrial use (HS code 59) - an increase of $2,708,504;
- Preparations of cereals, flour, starch or milk; bakers’ wares (HS code 19) - an increase of $2,467,643;
- Pharmaceutical products (HS code 30) - an increase of $1,153,430.
The largest declines in Russia’s imports from Egypt in 2016 over 2015 were recorded for the following product groups:
- Edible vegetables and certain roots and tubers (HS code 07) - a decrease of $74,921,513;
- Oil seeds and oleaginous fruits; miscellaneous grains, seeds and fruits; industrial or medicinal plants; straw and fodder (HS code 12) - a decrease of $1,529,000;
- Salt; sulfur; earths and stone; plastering materials, lime and cement (HS code 25) - a decrease of $1,508,348;
- Plastics and articles thereof (HS code 39) - a decrease of $1,319,918.
HS code |
Name of product group | Value of imports in 2016, US dollars ($) |
Percent share in total import | Value of imports in 2015, US dollars ($) |
Percent change in 2016 over 2015 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
04 | Dairy produce; birds eggs; natural honey; edible products of animal origin, not elsewhere specified or included | 7 | 0.00 | 92,719 | -99.99 |
06 | Live trees and other plants; bulbs, roots and the like; cut flowers and ornamental foliage | 191 | 0.00 | 168 | 13.69 |
07 | Edible vegetables and certain roots and tubers | 91,067,236 | 24.39 | 165,988,749 | -45.14 |
08 | Edible fruit and nuts; peel of citrus fruit or melons | 182,944,446 | 48.99 | 183,596,128 | -0.35 |
09 | Coffee, tea, maté and spices | 1,601,925 | 0.43 | 1,148,188 | 39.52 |
12 | Oil seeds and oleaginous fruits; miscellaneous grains, seeds and fruits; industrial or medicinal plants; straw and fodder | 5,334,225 | 1.43 | 6,863,225 | -22.28 |
14 | Vegetable plaiting materials; vegetable products not elsewhere specified or included | 5,873 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
15 | Animal or vegetable fats and oils and their cleavage products prepared edible fats; animal or vegetable waxes | 405,520 | 0.11 | 351,612 | 15.33 |
17 | Sugars and sugar confectionery | 91,761 | 0.02 | 39,507 | 132.27 |
18 | Cocoa and cocoa preparations | 13,668 | 0.00 | 5,528 | 147.25 |
19 | Preparations of cereals, flour, starch or milk; bakers’ wares | 3,524,693 | 0.94 | 1,057,050 | 233.45 |
20 | Preparations of vegetables, fruit, nuts or other parts of plants | 1,040,062 | 0.28 | 916,011 | 13.54 |
21 | Miscellaneous edible preparations | 1,635,168 | 0.44 | 515,353 | 217.29 |
22 | Beverages, spirits and vinegar | 11,783 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
24 | Tobacco and manufactured tobacco substitutes | 262,913 | 0.07 | 401,195 | -34.47 |
25 | Salt; sulfur; earths and stone; plastering materials, lime and cement | 2,377,750 | 0.64 | 3,886,098 | -38.81 |
27 | Mineral fuels, mineral oils and products of their distillation; bituminous substances; mineral waxes | 1,154,311 | 0.31 | 909,629 | 26.90 |
29 | Organic chemicals | 9,590 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
30 | Pharmaceutical products | 7,121,933 | 1.91 | 5,968,503 | 19.33 |
32 | Tanning or dyeing extracts; dyes, pigments, paints, varnishes, putty and mastics | 372,191 | 0.10 | 731,440 | -49.12 |
33 | Essential oils and resinoids; perfumery, cosmetic or toilet preparations | 1,737,473 | 0.47 | 1,582,034 | 9.83 |
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 | 4,584,705 | 1.23 | 1,371,084 | 234.39 |
38 | Miscellaneous chemical products | 1,773,431 | 0.47 | 1,638,234 | 8.25 |
39 | Plastics and articles thereof | 2,414,288 | 0.65 | 3,734,206 | -35.35 |
40 | Rubber and articles thereof | 18,821 | 0.01 | 23,147 | -18.69 |
42 | Articles of leather; saddlery and harness; travel goods, handbags and similar containers; articles of animal gut (other than silkworm gut) | 226,730 | 0.06 | 0 | ∞ |
44 | Wood and articles of wood; wood charcoal | 511 | 0.00 | 367 | 39.24 |
48 | Paper and paperboard; articles of paper pulp, of paper or of paperboard | 41,195 | 0.01 | 80,030 | -48.53 |
49 | Printed books, newspapers, pictures and other products of the printing industry; manuscripts, typescripts and plans | 3,146 | 0.00 | 12,278 | -74.38 |
52 | Cotton | 8,491 | 0.00 | 60,674 | -86.01 |
53 | Other vegetable textile fibers; paper yarn and woven fabric of paper yarn | 28,310 | 0.01 | 62,366 | -54.61 |
54 | Man-made filaments | 461,552 | 0.12 | 26,902 | 1,615.68 |
55 | Man-made staple fibers | 581,365 | 0.16 | 0 | ∞ |
56 | Wadding, felt and nonwovens; special yarns, twine, cordage, ropes and cables and articles thereof | 479,158 | 0.13 | 10,426 | 4,495.80 |
57 | Carpets and other textile floor coverings | 4,248,257 | 1.14 | 3,835,480 | 10.76 |
58 | Special woven fabrics; tufted textile fabrics; lace, tapestries; trimmings; embroidery | 20,296 | 0.01 | 66,822 | -69.63 |
59 | Impregnated, coated, covered or laminated textile fabrics; textile articles of a kind suitable for industrial use | 3,169,244 | 0.85 | 460,740 | 587.86 |
61 | Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, knitted or crocheted | 10,766,618 | 2.88 | 5,073,819 | 112.20 |
62 | Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, not knitted or crocheted | 34,450,196 | 9.23 | 13,886,089 | 148.09 |
63 | Other made up textile articles; sets; worn clothing and worn textile articles; rags | 1,048,782 | 0.28 | 1,590,266 | -34.05 |
64 | Footwear, gaiters and the like; parts of such articles | 20,470 | 0.01 | 487 | 4,103.29 |
65 | Headgear and parts thereof | 46,476 | 0.01 | 6,744 | 589.15 |
68 | Articles of stone, plaster, cement, asbestos, mica or similar materials | 729,365 | 0.20 | 597,719 | 22.02 |
69 | Ceramic products | 650,262 | 0.17 | 511,746 | 27.07 |
70 | Glass and glassware | 33,260 | 0.01 | 156,606 | -78.76 |
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 | 715 | -100.00 |
72 | Iron and steel | 337,501 | 0.09 | 801,197 | -57.88 |
73 | Articles of iron or steel | 136,648 | 0.04 | 506,251 | -73.01 |
74 | Copper and articles thereof | 270 | 0.00 | 220 | 22.73 |
76 | Aluminum and articles thereof | 1,960 | 0.00 | 2,572 | -23.79 |
81 | Other base metals; cermets; articles thereof | 46 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
82 | Tools, implements, cutlery, spoons and forks, of base metal; parts thereof of base metal | 64,826 | 0.02 | 33,207 | 95.22 |
83 | Miscellaneous articles of base metal | 7,124 | 0.00 | 33 | 21,487.88 |
84 | Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof | 90,062 | 0.02 | 132,940 | -32.25 |
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 | 4,039,485 | 1.08 | 3,527,655 | 14.51 |
87 | Vehicles other than railway or tramway rolling stock, and parts and accessories thereof | 411,753 | 0.11 | 19,362 | 2,026.60 |
90 | Optical, photographic, cinematographic, measuring, checking, precision, medical or surgical instruments and apparatus; parts and accessories thereof | 119,266 | 0.03 | 360 | 33,029.44 |
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 | 211,912 | 0.06 | 159,339 | 32.99 |
95 | Toys, games and sports requisites; parts and accessories thereof | 1,329 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
96 | Miscellaneous manufactured articles | 896,873 | 0.24 | 1,185,630 | -24.35 |
SS | Classified | 601,674 | 0.16 | 0 | ∞ |