Russian trade with Egypt in 2020
based on data from the Federal Customs Service of Russia
Russia’s Trade with Egypt
In 2020, Russia’s trade with Egypt was $4,535,024,440, down 27.40% ($1,711,398,878) from 2019.
Russia’s exports to Egypt in 2020 were $4,019,451,132, down 30.29% ($1,746,188,776) from 2019.
Russia’s imports from Egypt in 2020 totaled $515,573,308, up 7.24% ($34,789,898) from 2019.
Russia’s trade surplus with Egypt in 2020 was $3,503,877,824, a 33.70% decrease ($1,780,978,674) over 2019.
Egypt was Russia’s 26th largest trading partner in 2020 (down from 21st in 2019), accounting for 0.7987% of Russia’s total trade (down from 0.9371% in 2019).
Egypt was Russia’s 19th largest export market in 2020 (down from 18th in 2019), accounting for 1.1949% of Russia’s total exports (down from 1.3638% in 2019).
Egypt was Russia’s 54th largest supplier in 2020 (up from 56th in 2019), accounting for 0.2228% of Russia’s total imports (up from 0.1972% in 2019).
Russia’s Exports to Egypt
The major share of Russian exports to Egypt in 2020 (and in 2019) was accounted for the following product types:
- Food products and agricultural raw materials (HS codes 01-24) - 48.64% of Russia’s total exports to Egypt (25.49% in 2019);
- Metals and products from them (HS codes 72-83) - 13.05% of Russia’s total exports to Egypt (13.02% in 2019);
- Machinery, equipment and vehicles (HS codes 84-90) - 9.26% of Russia’s total exports to Egypt (8.69% in 2019);
- Wood and wood products (HS codes 44-49) - 7.22% of Russia’s total exports to Egypt (5.99% in 2019);
- Mineral products (HS codes 25-27) - 5.35% of Russia’s total exports to Egypt (5.93% in 2019);
- Chemical products (HS codes 28-40) - 1.68% of Russia’s total exports to Egypt (0.97% in 2019).
The largest gains in Russia’s exports to Egypt in 2020 over 2019 were recorded for the following product groups:
- Cereals (HS code 10) - an increase of $521,648,117;
- 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 (HS code 86) - an increase of $120,337,904;
- Copper and articles thereof (HS code 74) - an increase of $88,134,184;
- Ores, slag and ash (HS code 26) - an increase of $18,701,523;
- Rubber and articles thereof (HS code 40) - an increase of $13,977,911.
The largest declines in Russia’s exports to Egypt in 2020 over 2019 were recorded for the following product groups:
- Iron and steel (HS code 72) - a decrease of $288,502,704;
- Mineral fuels, mineral oils and products of their distillation; bituminous substances; mineral waxes (HS code 27) - a decrease of $146,490,845;
- 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 $100,664,325;
- Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof (HS code 84) - a decrease of $80,950,400;
- Wood and articles of wood; wood charcoal (HS code 44) - a decrease of $45,378,199;
- Animal or vegetable fats and oils and their cleavage products prepared edible fats; animal or vegetable waxes (HS code 15) - a decrease of $33,647,558;
- Vehicles other than railway or tramway rolling stock, and parts and accessories thereof (HS code 87) - a decrease of $32,312,937;
- Optical, photographic, cinematographic, measuring, checking, precision, medical or surgical instruments and apparatus; parts and accessories thereof (HS code 90) - a decrease of $27,457,152;
- Articles of iron or steel (HS code 73) - a decrease of $26,790,890.
HS code |
Name of product group | Value of exports in 2020, US dollars ($) |
Percent share in total export | Value of exports in 2019, US dollars ($) |
Percent change in 2020 over 2019 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
02 | Meat and edible meat offal | 151,158 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
04 | Dairy produce; birds eggs; natural honey; edible products of animal origin, not elsewhere specified or included | 0 | 0.00 | 2,400 | -100.00 |
05 | Products of animal origin, not elsewhere specified or included | 0 | 0.00 | 22,812 | -100.00 |
07 | Edible vegetables and certain roots and tubers | 3,858,557 | 0.10 | 7,105,127 | -45.69 |
09 | Coffee, tea, maté and spices | 0 | 0.00 | 635,875 | -100.00 |
10 | Cereals | 1,796,954,469 | 44.71 | 1,275,306,352 | 40.90 |
11 | Products of the milling industry; malt; starches; inulin; wheat gluten | 6,296 | 0.00 | 51,342 | -87.74 |
12 | Oil seeds and oleaginous fruits; miscellaneous grains, seeds and fruits; industrial or medicinal plants; straw and fodder | 4,881,000 | 0.12 | 5,141,781 | -5.07 |
13 | Lac; gums, resins and other vegetable saps and extracts | 63,108 | 0.00 | 65,381 | -3.48 |
15 | Animal or vegetable fats and oils and their cleavage products prepared edible fats; animal or vegetable waxes | 143,062,483 | 3.56 | 176,710,041 | -19.04 |
17 | Sugars and sugar confectionery | 160,255 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
18 | Cocoa and cocoa preparations | 1,546,680 | 0.04 | 3,080,409 | -49.79 |
19 | Preparations of cereals, flour, starch or milk; bakers’ wares | 62,633 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
20 | Preparations of vegetables, fruit, nuts or other parts of plants | 0 | 0.00 | 4,786 | -100.00 |
21 | Miscellaneous edible preparations | 1,533,272 | 0.04 | 304,878 | 402.91 |
22 | Beverages, spirits and vinegar | 3,100 | 0.00 | 142 | 2,083.10 |
23 | Residues and waste from the food industries; prepared animal feed | 2,754,386 | 0.07 | 958,917 | 187.24 |
25 | Salt; sulfur; earths and stone; plastering materials, lime and cement | 6,015,603 | 0.15 | 5,118,397 | 17.53 |
26 | Ores, slag and ash | 46,378,320 | 1.15 | 27,676,797 | 67.57 |
27 | Mineral fuels, mineral oils and products of their distillation; bituminous substances; mineral waxes | 162,503,661 | 4.04 | 308,994,506 | -47.41 |
28 | Inorganic chemicals; organic or inorganic compounds of precious metals, of rare-earth metals,of radioactive elements or of isotopes | 10,851,788 | 0.27 | 17,087,084 | -36.49 |
29 | Organic chemicals | 7,552,303 | 0.19 | 16,285,609 | -53.63 |
30 | Pharmaceutical products | 687,847 | 0.02 | 922,281 | -25.42 |
31 | Fertilizers | 1,213,607 | 0.03 | 280,835 | 332.14 |
32 | Tanning or dyeing extracts; dyes, pigments, paints, varnishes, putty and mastics | 58,458 | 0.00 | 161,336 | -63.77 |
33 | Essential oils and resinoids; perfumery, cosmetic or toilet preparations | 130,566 | 0.00 | 125,331 | 4.18 |
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 | 202,360 | 0.01 | 102,274 | 97.86 |
35 | Albuminoidal substances; modified starches; glues; enzymes | 57,749 | 0.00 | 63,573 | -9.16 |
36 | Explosives; pyrotechnic products; matches; pyrophoric alloys; certain combustible preparations | 1,005,124 | 0.03 | 760,030 | 32.25 |
38 | Miscellaneous chemical products | 23,119,048 | 0.58 | 15,627,384 | 47.94 |
39 | Plastics and articles thereof | 6,068,393 | 0.15 | 1,631,643 | 271.92 |
40 | Rubber and articles thereof | 16,767,803 | 0.42 | 2,789,892 | 501.02 |
42 | Articles of leather; saddlery and harness; travel goods, handbags and similar containers; articles of animal gut (other than silkworm gut) | 728,503 | 0.02 | 3,194 | 22,708.48 |
44 | Wood and articles of wood; wood charcoal | 262,664,345 | 6.53 | 308,042,544 | -14.73 |
47 | Pulp of wood or of other fibrous cellulosic material; waste and scrap of paper or paperboard | 0 | 0.00 | 1,031,681 | -100.00 |
48 | Paper and paperboard; articles of paper pulp, of paper or of paperboard | 27,201,381 | 0.68 | 29,712,692 | -8.45 |
49 | Printed books, newspapers, pictures and other products of the printing industry; manuscripts, typescripts and plans | 279,591 | 0.01 | 6,773,465 | -95.87 |
50 | Silk | 1,526 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
52 | Cotton | 16 | 0.00 | 61 | -73.77 |
56 | Wadding, felt and nonwovens; special yarns, twine, cordage, ropes and cables and articles thereof | 4,956 | 0.00 | 99,192 | -95.00 |
57 | Carpets and other textile floor coverings | 79 | 0.00 | 5,102 | -98.45 |
58 | Special woven fabrics; tufted textile fabrics; lace, tapestries; trimmings; embroidery | 3 | 0.00 | 104 | -97.12 |
59 | Impregnated, coated, covered or laminated textile fabrics; textile articles of a kind suitable for industrial use | 6,561 | 0.00 | 49,781 | -86.82 |
60 | Knitted or crocheted fabrics | 0 | 0.00 | 59 | -100.00 |
61 | Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, knitted or crocheted | 240 | 0.00 | 425 | -43.53 |
62 | Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, not knitted or crocheted | 11,244 | 0.00 | 171,260 | -93.43 |
63 | Other made up textile articles; sets; worn clothing and worn textile articles; rags | 2,432 | 0.00 | 1,803 | 34.89 |
64 | Footwear, gaiters and the like; parts of such articles | 0 | 0.00 | 7,766 | -100.00 |
66 | Umbrellas, sun umbrellas, walking sticks, seatsticks, whips, riding-crops and parts thereof | 0 | 0.00 | 23 | -100.00 |
67 | Prepared feathers and down and articles made of feathers or of down; artificial flowers; articles of human hair | 0 | 0.00 | 12,862 | -100.00 |
68 | Articles of stone, plaster, cement, asbestos, mica or similar materials | 42,552 | 0.00 | 79,863 | -46.72 |
69 | Ceramic products | 38,583 | 0.00 | 70,035 | -44.91 |
70 | Glass and glassware | 1,027,491 | 0.03 | 178,998 | 474.02 |
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 | 843 | -100.00 |
72 | Iron and steel | 184,683,356 | 4.59 | 473,186,060 | -60.97 |
73 | Articles of iron or steel | 28,197,328 | 0.70 | 54,988,218 | -48.72 |
74 | Copper and articles thereof | 309,305,219 | 7.70 | 221,171,035 | 39.85 |
75 | Nickel and articles thereof | 32,663 | 0.00 | 25,222 | 29.50 |
76 | Aluminum and articles thereof | 412,288 | 0.01 | 647,528 | -36.33 |
78 | Lead and articles thereof | 39 | 0.00 | 30 | 30.00 |
80 | Tin and articles thereof | 0 | 0.00 | 195 | -100.00 |
81 | Other base metals; cermets; articles thereof | 46,122 | 0.00 | 27,336 | 68.72 |
82 | Tools, implements, cutlery, spoons and forks, of base metal; parts thereof of base metal | 1,296,936 | 0.03 | 352,343 | 268.09 |
83 | Miscellaneous articles of base metal | 459,494 | 0.01 | 255,878 | 79.58 |
84 | Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof | 13,842,659 | 0.34 | 94,793,059 | -85.40 |
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 | 114,143,697 | 2.84 | 214,808,022 | -46.86 |
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 | 120,338,654 | 2.99 | 750 | 16,045,053.87 |
87 | Vehicles other than railway or tramway rolling stock, and parts and accessories thereof | 112,709,907 | 2.80 | 145,022,844 | -22.28 |
89 | Ships, boats and floating structures | 0 | 0.00 | 7,513,967 | -100.00 |
90 | Optical, photographic, cinematographic, measuring, checking, precision, medical or surgical instruments and apparatus; parts and accessories thereof | 11,284,900 | 0.28 | 38,742,052 | -70.87 |
92 | Musical instruments; parts and accessories of such articles | 3,034 | 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 | 394,645 | 0.01 | 1,055,193 | -62.60 |
95 | Toys, games and sports requisites; parts and accessories thereof | 43,409 | 0.00 | 79,326 | -45.28 |
96 | Miscellaneous manufactured articles | 958 | 0.00 | 6,404 | -85.04 |
97 | Works of art, collectors’ pieces and antiques | 1,269 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
SS | Classified | 592,595,025 | 14.74 | 2 299 705 478 | -74.23 |
Russia’s Imports from Egypt
The major share of Russian imports from Egypt in 2020 (and in 2019) was accounted for the following product types:
- Food products and agricultural raw materials (HS codes 01-24) - 81.41% of Russia’s total imports from Egypt (79.79% in 2019);
- Machinery, equipment and vehicles (HS codes 84-90) - 6.52% of Russia’s total imports from Egypt (4.98% in 2019);
- Chemical products (HS codes 28-40) - 5.56% of Russia’s total imports from Egypt (6.92% in 2019);
- Textiles, textile products and footwear (HS codes 50-67) - 4.32% of Russia’s total imports from Egypt (6.25% in 2019);
- Mineral products (HS codes 25-27) - 1.09% of Russia’s total imports from Egypt (0.75% in 2019).
The largest gains in Russia’s imports from Egypt in 2020 over 2019 were recorded for the following product groups:
- Edible fruit and nuts; peel of citrus fruit or melons (HS code 08) - an increase of $22,041,857;
- Edible vegetables and certain roots and tubers (HS code 07) - an increase of $20,978,229;
- Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof (HS code 84) - an increase of $5,536,214;
- 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 $3,395,251;
- Rubber and articles thereof (HS code 40) - an increase of $2,106,610;
- Salt; sulfur; earths and stone; plastering materials, lime and cement (HS code 25) - an increase of $1,937,153;
- Plastics and articles thereof (HS code 39) - an increase of $1,733,254.
The largest declines in Russia’s imports from Egypt in 2020 over 2019 were recorded for the following product groups:
- Pharmaceutical products (HS code 30) - a decrease of $10,579,222;
- Preparations of vegetables, fruit, nuts or other parts of plants (HS code 20) - a decrease of $7,809,015;
- Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, not knitted or crocheted (HS code 62) - a decrease of $3,262,796;
- Carpets and other textile floor coverings (HS code 57) - a decrease of $2,119,708;
- Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, knitted or crocheted (HS code 61) - a decrease of $1,990,466;
- Preparations of cereals, flour, starch or milk; bakers’ wares (HS code 19) - a decrease of $1,669,819.
HS code |
Name of product group | Value of imports in 2020, US dollars ($) |
Percent share in total import | Value of imports in 2019, US dollars ($) |
Percent change in 2020 over 2019 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
04 | Dairy produce; birds eggs; natural honey; edible products of animal origin, not elsewhere specified or included | 214,615 | 0.04 | 157,588 | 36.19 |
06 | Live trees and other plants; bulbs, roots and the like; cut flowers and ornamental foliage | 85 | 0.00 | 49 | 73.47 |
07 | Edible vegetables and certain roots and tubers | 142,200,187 | 27.58 | 121,221,958 | 17.31 |
08 | Edible fruit and nuts; peel of citrus fruit or melons | 264,987,108 | 51.40 | 242,945,251 | 9.07 |
09 | Coffee, tea, maté and spices | 712,394 | 0.14 | 594,965 | 19.74 |
12 | Oil seeds and oleaginous fruits; miscellaneous grains, seeds and fruits; industrial or medicinal plants; straw and fodder | 6,203,617 | 1.20 | 5,065,239 | 22.47 |
13 | Lac; gums, resins and other vegetable saps and extracts | 0 | 0.00 | 1,755 | -100.00 |
14 | Vegetable plaiting materials; vegetable products not elsewhere specified or included | 645 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
15 | Animal or vegetable fats and oils and their cleavage products prepared edible fats; animal or vegetable waxes | 215,404 | 0.04 | 163,767 | 31.53 |
17 | Sugars and sugar confectionery | 1,405 | 0.00 | 2,335 | -39.83 |
18 | Cocoa and cocoa preparations | 1,024 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
19 | Preparations of cereals, flour, starch or milk; bakers’ wares | 1,094,487 | 0.21 | 2,764,306 | -60.41 |
20 | Preparations of vegetables, fruit, nuts or other parts of plants | 1,770,174 | 0.34 | 9,579,189 | -81.52 |
21 | Miscellaneous edible preparations | 2,031,808 | 0.39 | 1,021,361 | 98.93 |
22 | Beverages, spirits and vinegar | 18,038 | 0.00 | 32,129 | -43.86 |
23 | Residues and waste from the food industries; prepared animal feed | 1,632 | 0.00 | 40 | 3,980.00 |
24 | Tobacco and manufactured tobacco substitutes | 267,986 | 0.05 | 61,605 | 335.01 |
25 | Salt; sulfur; earths and stone; plastering materials, lime and cement | 4,310,675 | 0.84 | 2,373,522 | 81.62 |
27 | Mineral fuels, mineral oils and products of their distillation; bituminous substances; mineral waxes | 1,311,980 | 0.25 | 1,229,049 | 6.75 |
28 | Inorganic chemicals; organic or inorganic compounds of precious metals, of rare-earth metals,of radioactive elements or of isotopes | 15,600 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
30 | Pharmaceutical products | 4,092,667 | 0.79 | 14,671,889 | -72.11 |
32 | Tanning or dyeing extracts; dyes, pigments, paints, varnishes, putty and mastics | 410,343 | 0.08 | 469,130 | -12.53 |
33 | Essential oils and resinoids; perfumery, cosmetic or toilet preparations | 426,492 | 0.08 | 399,747 | 6.69 |
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 | 6,271,628 | 1.22 | 6,352,933 | -1.28 |
35 | Albuminoidal substances; modified starches; glues; enzymes | 918,834 | 0.18 | 45,842 | 1,904.35 |
38 | Miscellaneous chemical products | 2,341,059 | 0.45 | 1,012,953 | 131.11 |
39 | Plastics and articles thereof | 8,200,576 | 1.59 | 6,467,322 | 26.80 |
40 | Rubber and articles thereof | 5,976,173 | 1.16 | 3,869,563 | 54.44 |
41 | Raw hides and skins (other than furskins) and leather | 870 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
42 | Articles of leather; saddlery and harness; travel goods, handbags and similar containers; articles of animal gut (other than silkworm gut) | 14 | 0.00 | 3 | 366.67 |
48 | Paper and paperboard; articles of paper pulp, of paper or of paperboard | 25,035 | 0.00 | 84,206 | -70.27 |
49 | Printed books, newspapers, pictures and other products of the printing industry; manuscripts, typescripts and plans | 392 | 0.00 | 108 | 262.96 |
51 | Wool, fine or coarse animal hair; horsehair yarn and woven fabric | 139,677 | 0.03 | 0 | ∞ |
52 | Cotton | 341,634 | 0.07 | 191,066 | 78.80 |
53 | Other vegetable textile fibers; paper yarn and woven fabric of paper yarn | 180,503 | 0.04 | 206,759 | -12.70 |
54 | Man-made filaments | 905,689 | 0.18 | 1,197,367 | -24.36 |
55 | Man-made staple fibers | 0 | 0.00 | 46,226 | -100.00 |
56 | Wadding, felt and nonwovens; special yarns, twine, cordage, ropes and cables and articles thereof | 22,674 | 0.00 | 41,521 | -45.39 |
57 | Carpets and other textile floor coverings | 2,419,110 | 0.47 | 4,538,818 | -46.70 |
58 | Special woven fabrics; tufted textile fabrics; lace, tapestries; trimmings; embroidery | 4,258 | 0.00 | 31,659 | -86.55 |
59 | Impregnated, coated, covered or laminated textile fabrics; textile articles of a kind suitable for industrial use | 26,249 | 0.01 | 0 | ∞ |
61 | Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, knitted or crocheted | 4,161,480 | 0.81 | 6,151,946 | -32.36 |
62 | Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, not knitted or crocheted | 13,952,188 | 2.71 | 17,214,984 | -18.95 |
63 | Other made up textile articles; sets; worn clothing and worn textile articles; rags | 97,542 | 0.02 | 428,653 | -77.24 |
64 | Footwear, gaiters and the like; parts of such articles | 401 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
65 | Headgear and parts thereof | 2,653 | 0.00 | 4,805 | -44.79 |
68 | Articles of stone, plaster, cement, asbestos, mica or similar materials | 336,777 | 0.07 | 343,622 | -1.99 |
69 | Ceramic products | 2,741,712 | 0.53 | 3,376,056 | -18.79 |
70 | Glass and glassware | 1,927,788 | 0.37 | 1,328,896 | 45.07 |
71 | Natural or cultured pearls, precious or semi-precious stones,precious metals, metals clad with precious metal and articles thereof; imitation jewelry; coin | 202 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
72 | Iron and steel | 0 | 0.00 | 136 | -100.00 |
73 | Articles of iron or steel | 116,076 | 0.02 | 406,396 | -71.44 |
76 | Aluminum and articles thereof | 721 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
81 | Other base metals; cermets; articles thereof | 80 | 0.00 | 213 | -62.44 |
82 | Tools, implements, cutlery, spoons and forks, of base metal; parts thereof of base metal | 877 | 0.00 | 2 | 43,750.00 |
83 | Miscellaneous articles of base metal | 71 | 0.00 | 326 | -78.22 |
84 | Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof | 6,043,789 | 1.17 | 507,575 | 1,090.72 |
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 | 26,645,122 | 5.17 | 23,249,871 | 14.60 |
87 | Vehicles other than railway or tramway rolling stock, and parts and accessories thereof | 84,478 | 0.02 | 95,708 | -11.73 |
90 | Optical, photographic, cinematographic, measuring, checking, precision, medical or surgical instruments and apparatus; parts and accessories thereof | 858,306 | 0.17 | 80,945 | 960.36 |
92 | Musical instruments; parts and accessories of such articles | 612 | 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 | 220,840 | 0.04 | 324,375 | -31.92 |
96 | Miscellaneous manufactured articles | 318,852 | 0.06 | 52,316 | 509.47 |
SS | Classified | 0 | 0.00 | 375 365 | -100.00 |