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Russian trade with Egypt in 2018

by Russian Foreign Trade
based on data from the Federal Customs Service of Russia
The Report on Russia’s foreign trade in goods with Egypt in 2018: exports, imports, products, dynamics.

Russia’s Trade with Egypt

In 2018, Russia’s trade with Egypt totaled $7,663,628,658, up 14.01% ($941,757,257) from 2017.

Russia’s exports to Egypt in 2018 totaled $7,137,179,691, up 14.80% ($919,903,467) from 2017.

Russia’s imports from Egypt in 2018 totaled $526,448,967, up 4.33% ($21,853,790) from 2017.

Russia’s trade surplus with Egypt in 2018 was $6,610,730,724, a 15.72% increase ($898,049,677) over 2017.

Egypt was Russia’s 19th largest trading partner in 2018 (just as in 2017), accounting for 1.1137% of Russia’s total trade (down from 1.1509% in 2017).

Egypt was Russia’s 18th largest export market in 2018 (down from 17th in 2017), accounting for 1.5862% of Russia’s total exports (down from 1.7411% in 2017).

Egypt was Russia’s 55th largest supplier in 2018 (just as in 2017), accounting for 0.2211% of Russia’s total imports (down from 0.2223% in 2017).

Russia’s Exports to Egypt

The major share of Russian exports to Egypt in 2018 (and in 2017) was accounted for the following product types:

  • Food products and agricultural raw materials (HS codes 01-24) - 30.09% of Russia’s total exports to Egypt (28.63% in 2017);
  • Metals and products from them (HS codes 72-83) - 15.35% of Russia’s total exports to Egypt (11.34% in 2017);
  • Mineral products (HS codes 25-27) - 11.63% of Russia’s total exports to Egypt (7.10% in 2017);
  • Wood and wood products (HS codes 44-49) - 6.89% of Russia’s total exports to Egypt (5.05% in 2017);
  • Machinery, equipment and vehicles (HS codes 84-90) - 6.25% of Russia’s total exports to Egypt (10.68% in 2017);
  • Chemical products (HS codes 28-40) - 1.19% of Russia’s total exports to Egypt (1.01% in 2017).

The largest gains in Russia’s exports to Egypt in 2018 over 2017 were recorded for the following product groups:

  • Cereals (HS code 10) - an increase of $461,945,999;
  • Mineral fuels, mineral oils and products of their distillation; bituminous substances; mineral waxes (HS code 27) - an increase of $357,000,311;
  • Copper and articles thereof (HS code 74) - an increase of $193,878,549;
  • Iron and steel (HS code 72) - an increase of $134,426,353;
  • Wood and articles of wood; wood charcoal (HS code 44) - an increase of $99,585,922;
  • 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 $98,902,229;
  • Printed books, newspapers, pictures and other products of the printing industry; manuscripts, typescripts and plans (HS code 49) - an increase of $67,864,098;
  • Articles of iron or steel (HS code 73) - an increase of $61,200,748;
  • Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof (HS code 84) - an increase of $48,086,354;
  • Ores, slag and ash (HS code 26) - an increase of $44,348,903.

The largest declines in Russia’s exports to Egypt in 2018 over 2017 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 $367,128,484;
  • Animal or vegetable fats and oils and their cleavage products prepared edible fats; animal or vegetable waxes (HS code 15) - a decrease of $50,642,645;
  • Tobacco and manufactured tobacco substitutes (HS code 24) - a decrease of $24,069,980.
Russia’s exports to Egypt in 2018 by product groups
HS
code
Name of product group Value of exports
in 2018,
US dollars ($)
Percent share in total export Value of exports
in 2017,
US dollars ($)
Percent change
in 2018
over 2017
02 Meat and edible meat offal 0 0.00 565,664-100.00
05 Products of animal origin, not elsewhere specified or included 5,500 0.00 0
07 Edible vegetables and certain roots and tubers 3,709,899 0.05 12,168,214-69.51
09 Coffee, tea, maté and spices 99,712 0.00 279,998-64.39
10 Cereals 1,896,615,134 26.57 1,434,669,13532.20
11 Products of the milling industry; malt; starches; inulin; wheat gluten 8,540 0.00 6,75926.35
12 Oil seeds and oleaginous fruits; miscellaneous grains, seeds and fruits; industrial or medicinal plants; straw and fodder 3,179,107 0.04 3,343,241-4.91
13 Lac; gums, resins and other vegetable saps and extracts 79,131 0.00 128,614-38.47
15 Animal or vegetable fats and oils and their cleavage products prepared edible fats; animal or vegetable waxes 234,362,498 3.28 285,005,143-17.77
17 Sugars and sugar confectionery 0 0.00 1,832,532-100.00
18 Cocoa and cocoa preparations 2,733,709 0.04 1,309,475108.76
21 Miscellaneous edible preparations 334 0.00 77333.77
22 Beverages, spirits and vinegar 2,000 0.00 5,500-63.64
23 Residues and waste from the food industries; prepared animal feed 2,471,032 0.03 12,370,866-80.03
24 Tobacco and manufactured tobacco substitutes 4,179,569 0.06 28,249,549-85.20
25 Salt; sulfur; earths and stone; plastering materials, lime and cement 5,964,336 0.08 18,823,349-68.31
26 Ores, slag and ash 59,917,454 0.84 15,568,551284.86
27 Mineral fuels, mineral oils and products of their distillation; bituminous substances; mineral waxes 764,300,311 10.71 407,300,00087.65
28 Inorganic chemicals; organic or inorganic compounds of precious metals, of rare-earth metals,of radioactive elements or of isotopes 17,875,192 0.25 11,033,61462.01
29 Organic chemicals 28,418,397 0.40 24,024,76318.29
30 Pharmaceutical products 413,793 0.01 562,554-26.44
31 Fertilizers 1,514,103 0.02 137,663999.86
32 Tanning or dyeing extracts; dyes, pigments, paints, varnishes, putty and mastics 12,042 0.00 223,522-94.61
33 Essential oils and resinoids; perfumery, cosmetic or toilet preparations 92,505 0.00 203,695-54.59
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 41,956 0.00 9,157358.18
35 Albuminoidal substances; modified starches; glues; enzymes 204,947 0.00 46,821337.72
36 Explosives; pyrotechnic products; matches; pyrophoric alloys; certain combustible preparations 7,016,247 0.10 6,841,1062.56
37 Photographic or cinematographic goods 343 0.00 0
38 Miscellaneous chemical products 23,169,803 0.32 11,355,668104.04
39 Plastics and articles thereof 3,378,158 0.05 2,948,08514.59
40 Rubber and articles thereof 3,002,793 0.04 5,209,694-42.36
41 Raw hides and skins (other than furskins) and leather 294 0.00 0
42 Articles of leather; saddlery and harness; travel goods, handbags and similar containers; articles of animal gut (other than silkworm gut) 69,522 0.00 3,6821,788.16
44 Wood and articles of wood; wood charcoal 381,653,548 5.35 282,067,62635.31
47 Pulp of wood or of other fibrous cellulosic material; waste and scrap of paper or paperboard 775,428 0.01 0
48 Paper and paperboard; articles of paper pulp, of paper or of paperboard 37,358,670 0.52 27,775,34034.50
49 Printed books, newspapers, pictures and other products of the printing industry; manuscripts, typescripts and plans 71,964,835 1.01 4,100,7371,654.92
51 Wool, fine or coarse animal hair; horsehair yarn and woven fabric 345 0.00 982-64.87
52 Cotton 1,199 0.00 422,754.76
53 Other vegetable textile fibers; paper yarn and woven fabric of paper yarn 264 0.00 0
54 Man-made filaments 724 0.00 0
55 Man-made staple fibers 0 0.00 8,245-100.00
56 Wadding, felt and nonwovens; special yarns, twine, cordage, ropes and cables and articles thereof 1,384 0.00 491181.87
57 Carpets and other textile floor coverings 332 0.00 0
58 Special woven fabrics; tufted textile fabrics; lace, tapestries; trimmings; embroidery 755 0.00 0
59 Impregnated, coated, covered or laminated textile fabrics; textile articles of a kind suitable for industrial use 62,518 0.00 4,5971,259.97
61 Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, knitted or crocheted 1,438 0.00 75291.22
62 Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, not knitted or crocheted 335,046 0.00 572,512-41.48
63 Other made up textile articles; sets; worn clothing and worn textile articles; rags 737,642 0.01 674,3649.38
64 Footwear, gaiters and the like; parts of such articles 1,441 0.00 1,492-3.42
65 Headgear and parts thereof 762,688 0.01 761,3680.17
66 Umbrellas, sun umbrellas, walking sticks, seatsticks, whips, riding-crops and parts thereof 245 0.00 0
67 Prepared feathers and down and articles made of feathers or of down; artificial flowers; articles of human hair 1,383 0.00 0
68 Articles of stone, plaster, cement, asbestos, mica or similar materials 137,496 0.00 65,894108.66
69 Ceramic products 255,011 0.00 845,304-69.83
70 Glass and glassware 313,667 0.00 363,252-13.65
71 Natural or cultured pearls, precious or semi-precious stones,precious metals, metals clad with precious metal and articles thereof; imitation jewelry; coin 30 0.00 0
72 Iron and steel 747,649,580 10.48 613,223,22721.92
73 Articles of iron or steel 83,697,034 1.17 22,496,286272.05
74 Copper and articles thereof 261,098,082 3.66 67,219,533288.43
75 Nickel and articles thereof 5,511 0.00 11,365-51.51
76 Aluminum and articles thereof 831,629 0.01 57,2811,351.84
78 Lead and articles thereof 118 0.00 25,800.00
79 Zinc and articles thereof 0 0.00 471-100.00
80 Tin and articles thereof 421 0.00 331,175.76
81 Other base metals; cermets; articles thereof 34,382 0.00 10,138239.14
82 Tools, implements, cutlery, spoons and forks, of base metal; parts thereof of base metal 1,705,727 0.02 2,286,547-25.40
83 Miscellaneous articles of base metal 651,976 0.01 34,8831,769.04
84 Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof 111,260,722 1.56 63,174,36876.12
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 175,624,257 2.46 76,722,028128.91
87 Vehicles other than railway or tramway rolling stock, and parts and accessories thereof 70,619,462 0.99 437,747,946-83.87
89 Ships, boats and floating structures 2,080,010 0.03 4,051,289-48.66
90 Optical, photographic, cinematographic, measuring, checking, precision, medical or surgical instruments and apparatus; parts and accessories thereof 86,205,112 1.21 82,063,5585.05
91 Clocks and watches and parts thereof 72,364 0.00 66010,864.24
92 Musical instruments; parts and accessories of such articles 300 0.00 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 875,191 0.01 366,411138.86
95 Toys, games and sports requisites; parts and accessories thereof 12,332 0.00 0
96 Miscellaneous manufactured articles 2,785 0.00 591371.24
SS Classified 2,037,548,246 28.55 2 246 339 918-9.29

Russia’s Imports from Egypt

The major share of Russian imports from Egypt in 2018 (and in 2017) was accounted for the following product types:

  • Food products and agricultural raw materials (HS codes 01-24) - 79.89% of Russia’s total imports from Egypt (79.86% in 2017);
  • Textiles, textile products and footwear (HS codes 50-67) - 6.71% of Russia’s total imports from Egypt (8.47% in 2017);
  • Chemical products (HS codes 28-40) - 5.98% of Russia’s total imports from Egypt (4.13% in 2017);
  • Machinery, equipment and vehicles (HS codes 84-90) - 4.98% of Russia’s total imports from Egypt (5.86% in 2017);
  • Mineral products (HS codes 25-27) - 1.02% of Russia’s total imports from Egypt (1.10% in 2017).

The largest gains in Russia’s imports from Egypt in 2018 over 2017 were recorded for the following product groups:

  • Edible fruit and nuts; peel of citrus fruit or melons (HS code 08) - an increase of $27,558,952;
  • Pharmaceutical products (HS code 30) - an increase of $4,673,179;
  • 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 $2,875,001;
  • Preparations of vegetables, fruit, nuts or other parts of plants (HS code 20) - an increase of $1,879,330.

The largest declines in Russia’s imports from Egypt in 2018 over 2017 were recorded for the following product groups:

  • Edible vegetables and certain roots and tubers (HS code 07) - a decrease of $8,655,598;
  • Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, not knitted or crocheted (HS code 62) - a decrease of $7,243,755;
  • 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) - a decrease of $2,806,997.
Russia’s imports from Egypt in 2018 by product groups
HS
code
Name of product group Value of imports in 2018,
US dollars ($)
Percent share in total import Value of imports in 2017,
US dollars ($)
Percent change
in 2018
over 2017
04 Dairy produce; birds eggs; natural honey; edible products of animal origin, not elsewhere specified or included 214,750 0.04 0
06 Live trees and other plants; bulbs, roots and the like; cut flowers and ornamental foliage 21 0.00 39-46.15
07 Edible vegetables and certain roots and tubers 171,030,102 32.49 179,685,700-4.82
08 Edible fruit and nuts; peel of citrus fruit or melons 236,281,853 44.88 208,722,90113.20
09 Coffee, tea, maté and spices 924,988 0.18 1,271,806-27.27
12 Oil seeds and oleaginous fruits; miscellaneous grains, seeds and fruits; industrial or medicinal plants; straw and fodder 4,385,423 0.83 5,604,119-21.75
13 Lac; gums, resins and other vegetable saps and extracts 15 0.00 12,653-99.88
14 Vegetable plaiting materials; vegetable products not elsewhere specified or included 0 0.00 2,679-100.00
15 Animal or vegetable fats and oils and their cleavage products prepared edible fats; animal or vegetable waxes 296,857 0.06 416,710-28.76
17 Sugars and sugar confectionery 30,110 0.01 54,812-45.07
18 Cocoa and cocoa preparations 2,458 0.00 22,029-88.84
19 Preparations of cereals, flour, starch or milk; bakers’ wares 2,630,195 0.50 2,913,771-9.73
20 Preparations of vegetables, fruit, nuts or other parts of plants 3,158,861 0.60 1,279,531146.88
21 Miscellaneous edible preparations 1,512,695 0.29 2,835,374-46.65
22 Beverages, spirits and vinegar 46,757 0.01 54,441-14.11
23 Residues and waste from the food industries; prepared animal feed 40 0.00 450-91.11
24 Tobacco and manufactured tobacco substitutes 87,220 0.02 110,280-20.91
25 Salt; sulfur; earths and stone; plastering materials, lime and cement 3,700,436 0.70 4,040,425-8.41
27 Mineral fuels, mineral oils and products of their distillation; bituminous substances; mineral waxes 1,666,012 0.32 1,512,99510.11
28 Inorganic chemicals; organic or inorganic compounds of precious metals, of rare-earth metals,of radioactive elements or of isotopes 1,183 0.00 0
29 Organic chemicals 394,935 0.08 621,457-36.45
30 Pharmaceutical products 15,200,541 2.89 10,527,36244.39
32 Tanning or dyeing extracts; dyes, pigments, paints, varnishes, putty and mastics 638,005 0.12 627,1221.74
33 Essential oils and resinoids; perfumery, cosmetic or toilet preparations 1,476,471 0.28 919,49260.57
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 6,690,252 1.27 3,815,25175.36
38 Miscellaneous chemical products 2,213,982 0.42 958,506130.98
39 Plastics and articles thereof 2,734,770 0.52 2,129,73128.41
40 Rubber and articles thereof 2,149,690 0.41 1,256,47071.09
41 Raw hides and skins (other than furskins) and leather 0 0.00 11,523-100.00
42 Articles of leather; saddlery and harness; travel goods, handbags and similar containers; articles of animal gut (other than silkworm gut) 18,340 0.00 1,867882.32
44 Wood and articles of wood; wood charcoal 6,906 0.00 1,179485.75
46 Manufactures of straw, of esparto or of other plaiting materials; basketware and wickerwork 170 0.00 0
48 Paper and paperboard; articles of paper pulp, of paper or of paperboard 168,693 0.03 130,26029.50
49 Printed books, newspapers, pictures and other products of the printing industry; manuscripts, typescripts and plans 1,326 0.00 3,812-65.22
51 Wool, fine or coarse animal hair; horsehair yarn and woven fabric 806 0.00 0
52 Cotton 169,175 0.03 140,40020.50
53 Other vegetable textile fibers; paper yarn and woven fabric of paper yarn 31,851 0.01 130,667-75.62
54 Man-made filaments 709,968 0.13 390,46481.83
55 Man-made staple fibers 111,127 0.02 397,676-72.06
56 Wadding, felt and nonwovens; special yarns, twine, cordage, ropes and cables and articles thereof 30,617 0.01 16,88881.29
57 Carpets and other textile floor coverings 3,529,962 0.67 4,113,902-14.19
58 Special woven fabrics; tufted textile fabrics; lace, tapestries; trimmings; embroidery 82,900 0.02 3,7852,090.22
61 Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, knitted or crocheted 8,737,365 1.66 8,460,6993.27
62 Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, not knitted or crocheted 19,707,732 3.74 26,951,487-26.88
63 Other made up textile articles; sets; worn clothing and worn textile articles; rags 2,078,988 0.39 2,067,5890.55
64 Footwear, gaiters and the like; parts of such articles 104,585 0.02 28,704264.36
65 Headgear and parts thereof 12,466 0.00 32,821-62.02
66 Umbrellas, sun umbrellas, walking sticks, seatsticks, whips, riding-crops and parts thereof 0 0.00 189-100.00
68 Articles of stone, plaster, cement, asbestos, mica or similar materials 321,536 0.06 400,217-19.66
69 Ceramic products 2,274,829 0.43 1,186,51491.72
70 Glass and glassware 1,213,335 0.23 279,556334.02
71 Natural or cultured pearls, precious or semi-precious stones,precious metals, metals clad with precious metal and articles thereof; imitation jewelry; coin 0 0.00 208-100.00
72 Iron and steel 2,465 0.00 0
73 Articles of iron or steel 851,694 0.16 200,670324.43
74 Copper and articles thereof 795 0.00 0
76 Aluminum and articles thereof 2,666 0.00 1,42487.22
81 Other base metals; cermets; articles thereof 14,870 0.00 3,722299.52
82 Tools, implements, cutlery, spoons and forks, of base metal; parts thereof of base metal 35,579 0.01 54,616-34.86
83 Miscellaneous articles of base metal 124 0.00 396-68.69
84 Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof 179,040 0.03 725,564-75.32
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 25,518,575 4.85 28,325,572-9.91
87 Vehicles other than railway or tramway rolling stock, and parts and accessories thereof 275,294 0.05 512,671-46.30
90 Optical, photographic, cinematographic, measuring, checking, precision, medical or surgical instruments and apparatus; parts and accessories thereof 218,903 0.04 24,078809.14
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 162,172 0.03 217,893-25.57
95 Toys, games and sports requisites; parts and accessories thereof 261 0.00 17350.87
96 Miscellaneous manufactured articles 125,046 0.02 381,493-67.22
97 Works of art, collectors’ pieces and antiques 2,000 0.00 0
SS Classified 2,278,184 0.43 0
Russian foreign trade statistics
Source: Federal Customs Service of Russia