Russian trade with Tunisia in 2018
February 10, 2019
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 Tunisia in 2018: exports, imports, products, dynamics.
Russia’s Trade with Tunisia
In 2018, Russia’s trade with Tunisia totaled $819,685,572, up 60.40% ($308,657,093) from 2017.
Russia’s exports to Tunisia in 2018 totaled $683,056,706, up 81.97% ($307,684,927) from 2017.
Russia’s imports from Tunisia in 2018 totaled $136,628,866, up 0.72% ($972,166) from 2017.
Russia’s trade surplus with Tunisia in 2018 was $546,427,840, a 127.95% increase ($306,712,761) over 2017.
Tunisia was Russia’s 71st largest trading partner in 2018 (up from 79th in 2017), accounting for 0.1191% of Russia’s total trade (up from 0.0875% in 2017).
Tunisia was Russia’s 66th largest export market in 2018 (up from 72nd in 2017), accounting for 0.1518% of Russia’s total exports (up from 0.1051% in 2017).
Tunisia was Russia’s 80th largest supplier in 2018 (down from 78th in 2017), accounting for 0.0574% of Russia’s total imports (down from 0.0598% in 2017).
Russia’s Exports to Tunisia
The major share of Russian exports to Tunisia in 2018 (and in 2017) was accounted for the following product types:
- Mineral products (HS codes 25-27) - 57.76% of Russia’s total exports to Tunisia (55.68% in 2017);
- Metals and products from them (HS codes 72-83) - 21.76% of Russia’s total exports to Tunisia (13.00% in 2017);
- Chemical products (HS codes 28-40) - 9.36% of Russia’s total exports to Tunisia (1.04% in 2017);
- Food products and agricultural raw materials (HS codes 01-24) - 8.31% of Russia’s total exports to Tunisia (27.50% in 2017);
- Wood and wood products (HS codes 44-49) - 2.52% of Russia’s total exports to Tunisia (2.27% in 2017).
The largest gains in Russia’s exports to Tunisia in 2018 over 2017 were recorded for the following product groups:
- Mineral fuels, mineral oils and products of their distillation; bituminous substances; mineral waxes (HS code 27) - an increase of $198,171,109;
- Iron and steel (HS code 72) - an increase of $97,436,984;
- Inorganic chemicals; organic or inorganic compounds of precious metals, of rare-earth metals,of radioactive elements or of isotopes (HS code 28) - an increase of $60,515,686;
- Pulp of wood or of other fibrous cellulosic material; waste and scrap of paper or paperboard (HS code 47) - an increase of $5,139,091;
- Paper and paperboard; articles of paper pulp, of paper or of paperboard (HS code 48) - an increase of $3,547,071.
The largest declines in Russia’s exports to Tunisia in 2018 over 2017 were recorded for the following product groups:
- Animal or vegetable fats and oils and their cleavage products prepared edible fats; animal or vegetable waxes (HS code 15) - a decrease of $35,811,097;
- Salt; sulfur; earths and stone; plastering materials, lime and cement (HS code 25) - a decrease of $12,681,523;
- Cereals (HS code 10) - a decrease of $11,560,595.
| HS code |
Name of product group | Value of exports in 2018, US dollars ($) |
Percent share in total export | Value of exports in 2017, US dollars ($) |
Percent change in 2018 over 2017 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 07 | Edible vegetables and certain roots and tubers | 111,249 | 0.02 | 56,225 | 97.86 |
| 08 | Edible fruit and nuts; peel of citrus fruit or melons | 30,030 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
| 09 | Coffee, tea, maté and spices | 0 | 0.00 | 4,646 | -100.00 |
| 10 | Cereals | 42,220,516 | 6.18 | 53,781,111 | -21.50 |
| 11 | Products of the milling industry; malt; starches; inulin; wheat gluten | 8,375 | 0.00 | 7,670 | 9.19 |
| 12 | Oil seeds and oleaginous fruits; miscellaneous grains, seeds and fruits; industrial or medicinal plants; straw and fodder | 0 | 0.00 | 13,859 | -100.00 |
| 15 | Animal or vegetable fats and oils and their cleavage products prepared edible fats; animal or vegetable waxes | 13,108,382 | 1.92 | 48,919,479 | -73.20 |
| 17 | Sugars and sugar confectionery | 823,521 | 0.12 | 0 | ∞ |
| 18 | Cocoa and cocoa preparations | 401,579 | 0.06 | 454,390 | -11.62 |
| 19 | Preparations of cereals, flour, starch or milk; bakers’ wares | 29,679 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
| 21 | Miscellaneous edible preparations | 52,609 | 0.01 | 5,070 | 937.65 |
| 22 | Beverages, spirits and vinegar | 1,539 | 0.00 | 204 | 654.41 |
| 25 | Salt; sulfur; earths and stone; plastering materials, lime and cement | 11,524,361 | 1.69 | 24,205,884 | -52.39 |
| 27 | Mineral fuels, mineral oils and products of their distillation; bituminous substances; mineral waxes | 382,985,299 | 56.07 | 184,814,190 | 107.23 |
| 28 | Inorganic chemicals; organic or inorganic compounds of precious metals, of rare-earth metals,of radioactive elements or of isotopes | 60,536,971 | 8.86 | 21,285 | 284,311.42 |
| 29 | Organic chemicals | 1,963,623 | 0.29 | 2,800,571 | -29.88 |
| 30 | Pharmaceutical products | 41,810 | 0.01 | 25,397 | 64.63 |
| 31 | Fertilizers | 164,700 | 0.02 | 261,383 | -36.99 |
| 32 | Tanning or dyeing extracts; dyes, pigments, paints, varnishes, putty and mastics | 362,806 | 0.05 | 245,991 | 47.49 |
| 33 | Essential oils and resinoids; perfumery, cosmetic or toilet preparations | 9,847 | 0.00 | 4,713 | 108.93 |
| 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 | 3,331 | 0.00 | 846 | 293.74 |
| 38 | Miscellaneous chemical products | 319,653 | 0.05 | 87,617 | 264.83 |
| 39 | Plastics and articles thereof | 232,057 | 0.03 | 168,988 | 37.32 |
| 40 | Rubber and articles thereof | 319,208 | 0.05 | 287,485 | 11.03 |
| 42 | Articles of leather; saddlery and harness; travel goods, handbags and similar containers; articles of animal gut (other than silkworm gut) | 30 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
| 44 | Wood and articles of wood; wood charcoal | 2,828,671 | 0.41 | 2,838,797 | -0.36 |
| 47 | Pulp of wood or of other fibrous cellulosic material; waste and scrap of paper or paperboard | 10,361,357 | 1.52 | 5,222,266 | 98.41 |
| 48 | Paper and paperboard; articles of paper pulp, of paper or of paperboard | 3,996,016 | 0.59 | 448,945 | 790.09 |
| 49 | Printed books, newspapers, pictures and other products of the printing industry; manuscripts, typescripts and plans | 0 | 0.00 | 8,720 | -100.00 |
| 56 | Wadding, felt and nonwovens; special yarns, twine, cordage, ropes and cables and articles thereof | 0 | 0.00 | 162 | -100.00 |
| 63 | Other made up textile articles; sets; worn clothing and worn textile articles; rags | 0 | 0.00 | 60 | -100.00 |
| 68 | Articles of stone, plaster, cement, asbestos, mica or similar materials | 27 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
| 70 | Glass and glassware | 37,825 | 0.01 | 0 | ∞ |
| 72 | Iron and steel | 141,676,995 | 20.74 | 44,240,011 | 220.25 |
| 73 | Articles of iron or steel | 2,718 | 0.00 | 9,154 | -70.31 |
| 76 | Aluminum and articles thereof | 6,266,375 | 0.92 | 4,565,230 | 37.26 |
| 81 | Other base metals; cermets; articles thereof | 694,898 | 0.10 | 0 | ∞ |
| 82 | Tools, implements, cutlery, spoons and forks, of base metal; parts thereof of base metal | 1,574 | 0.00 | 505 | 211.68 |
| 83 | Miscellaneous articles of base metal | 0 | 0.00 | 154 | -100.00 |
| 84 | Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof | 324,994 | 0.05 | 919,376 | -64.65 |
| 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 | 304,195 | 0.04 | 210,559 | 44.47 |
| 87 | Vehicles other than railway or tramway rolling stock, and parts and accessories thereof | 1,282,524 | 0.19 | 719,632 | 78.22 |
| 90 | Optical, photographic, cinematographic, measuring, checking, precision, medical or surgical instruments and apparatus; parts and accessories thereof | 22,765 | 0.00 | 20,873 | 9.06 |
| 92 | Musical instruments; parts and accessories of such articles | 100 | 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 | 1,300 | 0.00 | 331 | 292.75 |
| 95 | Toys, games and sports requisites; parts and accessories thereof | 3,197 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
Russia’s Imports from Tunisia
The major share of Russian imports from Tunisia in 2018 (and in 2017) was accounted for the following product types:
- Textiles, textile products and footwear (HS codes 50-67) - 59.55% of Russia’s total imports from Tunisia (58.20% in 2017);
- Machinery, equipment and vehicles (HS codes 84-90) - 18.03% of Russia’s total imports from Tunisia (18.12% in 2017);
- Food products and agricultural raw materials (HS codes 01-24) - 12.98% of Russia’s total imports from Tunisia (14.21% in 2017);
- Chemical products (HS codes 28-40) - 6.43% of Russia’s total imports from Tunisia (5.86% in 2017).
The largest gains in Russia’s imports from Tunisia in 2018 over 2017 were recorded for the following product groups:
- Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, not knitted or crocheted (HS code 62) - an increase of $7,618,101;
- Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, knitted or crocheted (HS code 61) - an increase of $3,868,721;
- Inorganic chemicals; organic or inorganic compounds of precious metals, of rare-earth metals,of radioactive elements or of isotopes (HS code 28) - an increase of $862,496;
- Edible vegetables and certain roots and tubers (HS code 07) - an increase of $839,437;
- Plastics and articles thereof (HS code 39) - an increase of $570,933.
The largest declines in Russia’s imports from Tunisia in 2018 over 2017 were recorded for the following product groups:
- Footwear, gaiters and the like; parts of such articles (HS code 64) - a decrease of $8,869,665;
- Edible fruit and nuts; peel of citrus fruit or melons (HS code 08) - a decrease of $2,410,437;
- Albuminoidal substances; modified starches; glues; enzymes (HS code 35) - a decrease of $579,177;
- Zinc and articles thereof (HS code 79) - a decrease of $475,960;
- Articles of iron or steel (HS code 73) - a decrease of $419,875.
| HS code |
Name of product group | Value of imports in 2018, US dollars ($) |
Percent share in total import | Value of imports in 2017, US dollars ($) |
Percent change in 2018 over 2017 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01 | Live animals | 0 | 0.00 | 5,322 | -100.00 |
| 03 | Fish and crustaceans, molluscs and other aquatic invertebrates | 3,577,609 | 2.62 | 3,691,481 | -3.08 |
| 04 | Dairy produce; birds eggs; natural honey; edible products of animal origin, not elsewhere specified or included | 180,113 | 0.13 | 358,897 | -49.81 |
| 06 | Live trees and other plants; bulbs, roots and the like; cut flowers and ornamental foliage | 26 | 0.00 | 582 | -95.53 |
| 07 | Edible vegetables and certain roots and tubers | 5,838,557 | 4.27 | 4,999,120 | 16.79 |
| 08 | Edible fruit and nuts; peel of citrus fruit or melons | 6,735,717 | 4.93 | 9,146,154 | -26.35 |
| 13 | Lac; gums, resins and other vegetable saps and extracts | 8,250 | 0.01 | 4,296 | 92.04 |
| 14 | Vegetable plaiting materials; vegetable products not elsewhere specified or included | 1,491 | 0.00 | 10,614 | -85.95 |
| 15 | Animal or vegetable fats and oils and their cleavage products prepared edible fats; animal or vegetable waxes | 520,836 | 0.38 | 432,474 | 20.43 |
| 16 | Preparations of meat, of fish or of crustaceans, molluscs or other aquatic invertebrates | 122,410 | 0.09 | 121,617 | 0.65 |
| 17 | Sugars and sugar confectionery | 184,479 | 0.14 | 177,193 | 4.11 |
| 19 | Preparations of cereals, flour, starch or milk; bakers’ wares | 313,996 | 0.23 | 193,896 | 61.94 |
| 20 | Preparations of vegetables, fruit, nuts or other parts of plants | 43,491 | 0.03 | 16,822 | 158.54 |
| 21 | Miscellaneous edible preparations | 133,241 | 0.10 | 59,292 | 124.72 |
| 22 | Beverages, spirits and vinegar | 68,880 | 0.05 | 55,312 | 24.53 |
| 25 | Salt; sulfur; earths and stone; plastering materials, lime and cement | 56,574 | 0.04 | 34,948 | 61.88 |
| 28 | Inorganic chemicals; organic or inorganic compounds of precious metals, of rare-earth metals,of radioactive elements or of isotopes | 7,108,020 | 5.20 | 6,245,524 | 13.81 |
| 32 | Tanning or dyeing extracts; dyes, pigments, paints, varnishes, putty and mastics | 27,637 | 0.02 | 7,646 | 261.46 |
| 33 | Essential oils and resinoids; perfumery, cosmetic or toilet preparations | 87,176 | 0.06 | 205,157 | -57.51 |
| 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 | 1,950 | -100.00 |
| 35 | Albuminoidal substances; modified starches; glues; enzymes | 158,424 | 0.12 | 737,601 | -78.52 |
| 39 | Plastics and articles thereof | 1,208,629 | 0.88 | 637,696 | 89.53 |
| 40 | Rubber and articles thereof | 200,706 | 0.15 | 112,536 | 78.35 |
| 42 | Articles of leather; saddlery and harness; travel goods, handbags and similar containers; articles of animal gut (other than silkworm gut) | 1,820,253 | 1.33 | 1,772,397 | 2.70 |
| 43 | Furskins and artificial fur; manufactures thereof | 1,821 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
| 44 | Wood and articles of wood; wood charcoal | 118,609 | 0.09 | 70,812 | 67.50 |
| 46 | Manufactures of straw, of esparto or of other plaiting materials; basketware and wickerwork | 571 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
| 48 | Paper and paperboard; articles of paper pulp, of paper or of paperboard | 35,990 | 0.03 | 13,249 | 171.64 |
| 49 | Printed books, newspapers, pictures and other products of the printing industry; manuscripts, typescripts and plans | 2,817 | 0.00 | 14,218 | -80.19 |
| 52 | Cotton | 0 | 0.00 | 403 | -100.00 |
| 53 | Other vegetable textile fibers; paper yarn and woven fabric of paper yarn | 0 | 0.00 | 38 | -100.00 |
| 54 | Man-made filaments | 145,060 | 0.11 | 153,161 | -5.29 |
| 56 | Wadding, felt and nonwovens; special yarns, twine, cordage, ropes and cables and articles thereof | 7,430 | 0.01 | 2,199 | 237.88 |
| 57 | Carpets and other textile floor coverings | 7 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
| 59 | Impregnated, coated, covered or laminated textile fabrics; textile articles of a kind suitable for industrial use | 370,139 | 0.27 | 498,687 | -25.78 |
| 61 | Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, knitted or crocheted | 17,665,895 | 12.93 | 13,797,174 | 28.04 |
| 62 | Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, not knitted or crocheted | 42,759,033 | 31.30 | 35,140,932 | 21.68 |
| 63 | Other made up textile articles; sets; worn clothing and worn textile articles; rags | 159,156 | 0.12 | 232,697 | -31.60 |
| 64 | Footwear, gaiters and the like; parts of such articles | 20,199,854 | 14.78 | 29,069,519 | -30.51 |
| 65 | Headgear and parts thereof | 54,744 | 0.04 | 57,682 | -5.09 |
| 66 | Umbrellas, sun umbrellas, walking sticks, seatsticks, whips, riding-crops and parts thereof | 0 | 0.00 | 775 | -100.00 |
| 68 | Articles of stone, plaster, cement, asbestos, mica or similar materials | 18,913 | 0.01 | 7,308 | 158.80 |
| 69 | Ceramic products | 419,626 | 0.31 | 160,592 | 161.30 |
| 70 | Glass and glassware | 4,355 | 0.00 | 664 | 555.87 |
| 71 | Natural or cultured pearls, precious or semi-precious stones,precious metals, metals clad with precious metal and articles thereof; imitation jewelry; coin | 9,092 | 0.01 | 696 | 1,206.32 |
| 73 | Articles of iron or steel | 262,672 | 0.19 | 682,547 | -61.52 |
| 74 | Copper and articles thereof | 42,766 | 0.03 | 12,137 | 252.36 |
| 76 | Aluminum and articles thereof | 93,327 | 0.07 | 3,270 | 2,754.04 |
| 79 | Zinc and articles thereof | 0 | 0.00 | 475,960 | -100.00 |
| 81 | Other base metals; cermets; articles thereof | 0 | 0.00 | 104,051 | -100.00 |
| 82 | Tools, implements, cutlery, spoons and forks, of base metal; parts thereof of base metal | 3,151 | 0.00 | 5,965 | -47.18 |
| 83 | Miscellaneous articles of base metal | 1,154 | 0.00 | 4,906 | -76.48 |
| 84 | Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof | 3,076,918 | 2.25 | 2,940,157 | 4.65 |
| 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 | 19,338,455 | 14.15 | 19,349,009 | -0.05 |
| 87 | Vehicles other than railway or tramway rolling stock, and parts and accessories thereof | 1,132,817 | 0.83 | 1,352,108 | -16.22 |
| 90 | Optical, photographic, cinematographic, measuring, checking, precision, medical or surgical instruments and apparatus; parts and accessories thereof | 1,081,171 | 0.79 | 946,163 | 14.27 |
| 91 | Clocks and watches and parts thereof | 95,478 | 0.07 | 88,875 | 7.43 |
| 92 | Musical instruments; parts and accessories of such articles | 4,871 | 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 | 154,366 | 0.11 | 251,407 | -38.60 |
| 95 | Toys, games and sports requisites; parts and accessories thereof | 798,530 | 0.58 | 1,005,136 | -20.56 |
| 96 | Miscellaneous manufactured articles | 173,563 | 0.13 | 185,676 | -6.52 |