Russian trade with Egypt in 2011
based on data from the Federal Customs Service of Russia
Russia’s Trade with Egypt
In 2011, Russia’s trade with Egypt totaled $2,820,171,376, up 28.71% ($629,088,621) from 2010.
Russia’s exports to Egypt in 2011 totaled $2,336,978,397, up 21.73% ($417,124,255) from 2010.
Russia’s imports from Egypt in 2011 totaled $483,192,979, up 78.15% ($211,964,366) from 2010.
Russia’s trade surplus with Egypt in 2011 was $1,853,785,418, a 12.44% increase ($205,159,889) over 2010.
Egypt was Russia’s 41st largest trading partner in 2011 (just as in 2010), accounting for 0.3429% of Russia’s total trade (down from 0.3500% in 2010).
Egypt was Russia’s 32nd largest export market in 2011 (down from 31st in 2010), accounting for 0.4523% of Russia’s total exports (down from 0.4835% in 2010).
Egypt was Russia’s 52nd largest supplier in 2011 (up from 64th in 2010), accounting for 0.1580% of Russia’s total imports (up from 0.1185% in 2010).
Russia’s Exports to Egypt
The major share of Russian exports to Egypt in 2011 (and in 2010) was accounted for the following product types:
- Food products and agricultural raw materials (HS codes 01-24) - 58.01% of Russia’s total exports to Egypt (46.54% in 2010);
- Wood and wood products (HS codes 44-49) - 18.07% of Russia’s total exports to Egypt (24.20% in 2010);
- Metals and products from them (HS codes 72-83) - 7.55% of Russia’s total exports to Egypt (8.61% in 2010);
- Machinery, equipment and vehicles (HS codes 84-90) - 4.65% of Russia’s total exports to Egypt (4.67% in 2010);
- Mineral products (HS codes 25-27) - 4.59% of Russia’s total exports to Egypt (4.76% in 2010);
- Chemical products (HS codes 28-40) - 1.47% of Russia’s total exports to Egypt (1.33% in 2010).
The largest gains in Russia’s exports to Egypt in 2011 over 2010 were recorded for the following product groups:
- Cereals (HS code 10) - an increase of $343,092,317;
- Animal or vegetable fats and oils and their cleavage products prepared edible fats; animal or vegetable waxes (HS code 15) - an increase of $100,820,009;
- Vehicles other than railway or tramway rolling stock, and parts and accessories thereof (HS code 87) - an increase of $24,887,739;
- Ores, slag and ash (HS code 26) - an increase of $10,657,995;
- Iron and steel (HS code 72) - an increase of $10,050,913;
- Residues and waste from the food industries; prepared animal feed (HS code 23) - an increase of $9,950,387.
The largest declines in Russia’s exports to Egypt in 2011 over 2010 were recorded for the following product groups:
- Wood and articles of wood; wood charcoal (HS code 44) - a decrease of $47,515,769;
- Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof (HS code 84) - a decrease of $8,483,552.
HS code |
Name of product group | Value of exports in 2011, US dollars ($) |
Percent share in total export | Value of exports in 2010, US dollars ($) |
Percent change in 2011 over 2010 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
07 | Edible vegetables and certain roots and tubers | 4,153,205 | 0.18 | 11,392 | 36,357.21 |
10 | Cereals | 1,205,391,346 | 51.58 | 862,299,029 | 39.79 |
11 | Products of the milling industry; malt; starches; inulin; wheat gluten | 424,267 | 0.02 | 0 | ∞ |
12 | Oil seeds and oleaginous fruits; miscellaneous grains, seeds and fruits; industrial or medicinal plants; straw and fodder | 3,761,534 | 0.16 | 135,951 | 2,666.83 |
15 | Animal or vegetable fats and oils and their cleavage products prepared edible fats; animal or vegetable waxes | 128,646,592 | 5.50 | 27,826,583 | 362.32 |
21 | Miscellaneous edible preparations | 379,557 | 0.02 | 82,791 | 358.45 |
22 | Beverages, spirits and vinegar | 0 | 0.00 | 35,347 | -100.00 |
23 | Residues and waste from the food industries; prepared animal feed | 12,985,858 | 0.56 | 3,035,471 | 327.80 |
25 | Salt; sulfur; earths and stone; plastering materials, lime and cement | 6,632,154 | 0.28 | 1,104,245 | 500.61 |
26 | Ores, slag and ash | 10,657,995 | 0.46 | 0 | ∞ |
27 | Mineral fuels, mineral oils and products of their distillation; bituminous substances; mineral waxes | 89,993,559 | 3.85 | 90,257,817 | -0.29 |
28 | Inorganic chemicals; organic or inorganic compounds of precious metals, of rare-earth metals,of radioactive elements or of isotopes | 10,722,441 | 0.46 | 4,942,873 | 116.93 |
29 | Organic chemicals | 1,266,649 | 0.05 | 677,893 | 86.85 |
30 | Pharmaceutical products | 118,114 | 0.01 | 28,703 | 311.50 |
31 | Fertilizers | 13,754,443 | 0.59 | 8,102,532 | 69.75 |
32 | Tanning or dyeing extracts; dyes, pigments, paints, varnishes, putty and mastics | 44,148 | 0.00 | 28,684 | 53.91 |
33 | Essential oils and resinoids; perfumery, cosmetic or toilet preparations | 12,935 | 0.00 | 767 | 1,586.44 |
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 | 774 | 0.00 | 9,158 | -91.55 |
35 | Albuminoidal substances; modified starches; glues; enzymes | 9,441 | 0.00 | 17,259 | -45.30 |
38 | Miscellaneous chemical products | 2,355,467 | 0.10 | 4,072,563 | -42.16 |
39 | Plastics and articles thereof | 1,271,138 | 0.05 | 1,505,351 | -15.56 |
40 | Rubber and articles thereof | 4,775,898 | 0.20 | 6,166,553 | -22.55 |
42 | Articles of leather; saddlery and harness; travel goods, handbags and similar containers; articles of animal gut (other than silkworm gut) | 97,736 | 0.00 | 20,246 | 382.74 |
44 | Wood and articles of wood; wood charcoal | 368,598,270 | 15.77 | 416,114,039 | -11.42 |
45 | Cork and articles of cork | 155 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
47 | Pulp of wood or of other fibrous cellulosic material; waste and scrap of paper or paperboard | 292,001 | 0.01 | 1,011,424 | -71.13 |
48 | Paper and paperboard; articles of paper pulp, of paper or of paperboard | 47,626,282 | 2.04 | 43,507,946 | 9.47 |
49 | Printed books, newspapers, pictures and other products of the printing industry; manuscripts, typescripts and plans | 5,885,413 | 0.25 | 3,909,491 | 50.54 |
52 | Cotton | 198 | 0.00 | 2,200 | -91.00 |
54 | Man-made filaments | 6,291 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
56 | Wadding, felt and nonwovens; special yarns, twine, cordage, ropes and cables and articles thereof | 2,151 | 0.00 | 10,955 | -80.37 |
58 | Special woven fabrics; tufted textile fabrics; lace, tapestries; trimmings; embroidery | 0 | 0.00 | 4,661 | -100.00 |
59 | Impregnated, coated, covered or laminated textile fabrics; textile articles of a kind suitable for industrial use | 1,300 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
61 | Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, knitted or crocheted | 4 | 0.00 | 651 | -99.39 |
62 | Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, not knitted or crocheted | 325 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
63 | Other made up textile articles; sets; worn clothing and worn textile articles; rags | 29,360 | 0.00 | 202,240 | -85.48 |
68 | Articles of stone, plaster, cement, asbestos, mica or similar materials | 1,223,939 | 0.05 | 263,258 | 364.92 |
70 | Glass and glassware | 124,723 | 0.01 | 83,463 | 49.44 |
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 | 5,000 | -100.00 |
72 | Iron and steel | 154,864,650 | 6.63 | 144,813,737 | 6.94 |
73 | Articles of iron or steel | 18,176,986 | 0.78 | 17,330,662 | 4.88 |
74 | Copper and articles thereof | 618,943 | 0.03 | 7,909 | 7,725.81 |
76 | Aluminum and articles thereof | 1,629,650 | 0.07 | 436,372 | 273.45 |
78 | Lead and articles thereof | 38 | 0.00 | 3 | 1,166.67 |
79 | Zinc and articles thereof | 0 | 0.00 | 276,724 | -100.00 |
80 | Tin and articles thereof | 54 | 0.00 | 819 | -93.41 |
81 | Other base metals; cermets; articles thereof | 23,474 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
82 | Tools, implements, cutlery, spoons and forks, of base metal; parts thereof of base metal | 92,731 | 0.00 | 119,617 | -22.48 |
83 | Miscellaneous articles of base metal | 930,792 | 0.04 | 2,402,417 | -61.26 |
84 | Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof | 18,280,274 | 0.78 | 26,763,826 | -31.70 |
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 | 10,880,839 | 0.47 | 12,124,064 | -10.25 |
87 | Vehicles other than railway or tramway rolling stock, and parts and accessories thereof | 68,442,521 | 2.93 | 43,554,782 | 57.14 |
89 | Ships, boats and floating structures | 1,100,000 | 0.05 | 705,756 | 55.86 |
90 | Optical, photographic, cinematographic, measuring, checking, precision, medical or surgical instruments and apparatus; parts and accessories thereof | 9,935,444 | 0.43 | 6,569,776 | 51.23 |
91 | Clocks and watches and parts thereof | 517 | 0.00 | 6,299 | -91.79 |
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 | 163,588 | 0.01 | 181,370 | -9.80 |
95 | Toys, games and sports requisites; parts and accessories thereof | 87,101 | 0.00 | 43,872 | 98.53 |
96 | Miscellaneous manufactured articles | 500 | 0.00 | 2,646 | -81.10 |
97 | Works of art, collectors’ pieces and antiques | 0 | 0.00 | 1,437 | -100.00 |
SS | Classified | 130,504,632 | 5.58 | 189 035 518 | -30.96 |
Russia’s Imports from Egypt
The major share of Russian imports from Egypt in 2011 (and in 2010) was accounted for the following product types:
- Food products and agricultural raw materials (HS codes 01-24) - 86.59% of Russia’s total imports from Egypt (85.52% in 2010);
- Textiles, textile products and footwear (HS codes 50-67) - 6.34% of Russia’s total imports from Egypt (7.35% in 2010);
- Chemical products (HS codes 28-40) - 2.65% of Russia’s total imports from Egypt (3.36% in 2010);
- Metals and products from them (HS codes 72-83) - 1.89% of Russia’s total imports from Egypt (0.98% in 2010).
The largest gains in Russia’s imports from Egypt in 2011 over 2010 were recorded for the following product groups:
- Edible vegetables and certain roots and tubers (HS code 07) - an increase of $132,760,214;
- Edible fruit and nuts; peel of citrus fruit or melons (HS code 08) - an increase of $53,659,700;
- Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, not knitted or crocheted (HS code 62) - an increase of $4,837,636;
- Plastics and articles thereof (HS code 39) - an increase of $4,358,394;
- Iron and steel (HS code 72) - an increase of $4,296,131;
- Salt; sulfur; earths and stone; plastering materials, lime and cement (HS code 25) - an increase of $2,263,428;
- Carpets and other textile floor coverings (HS code 57) - an increase of $2,129,116;
- Articles of iron or steel (HS code 73) - an increase of $2,038,219;
- Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, knitted or crocheted (HS code 61) - an increase of $1,603,580.
The largest declines in Russia’s imports from Egypt in 2011 over 2010 were recorded for the following product groups:
- No product groups with a substantial decrease.
HS code |
Name of product group | Value of imports in 2011, US dollars ($) |
Percent share in total import | Value of imports in 2010, US dollars ($) |
Percent change in 2011 over 2010 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
06 | Live trees and other plants; bulbs, roots and the like; cut flowers and ornamental foliage | 397 | 0.00 | 672 | -40.92 |
07 | Edible vegetables and certain roots and tubers | 201,583,447 | 41.72 | 68,823,233 | 192.90 |
08 | Edible fruit and nuts; peel of citrus fruit or melons | 209,038,327 | 43.26 | 155,378,627 | 34.53 |
09 | Coffee, tea, maté and spices | 655,036 | 0.14 | 894,562 | -26.78 |
10 | Cereals | 0 | 0.00 | 473,272 | -100.00 |
11 | Products of the milling industry; malt; starches; inulin; wheat gluten | 47,122 | 0.01 | 0 | ∞ |
12 | Oil seeds and oleaginous fruits; miscellaneous grains, seeds and fruits; industrial or medicinal plants; straw and fodder | 6,835,328 | 1.41 | 6,011,077 | 13.71 |
15 | Animal or vegetable fats and oils and their cleavage products prepared edible fats; animal or vegetable waxes | 12,671 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
17 | Sugars and sugar confectionery | 116,321 | 0.02 | 212,085 | -45.15 |
20 | Preparations of vegetables, fruit, nuts or other parts of plants | 3,145 | 0.00 | 65,627 | -95.21 |
21 | Miscellaneous edible preparations | 8,429 | 0.00 | 25,625 | -67.11 |
24 | Tobacco and manufactured tobacco substitutes | 116,964 | 0.02 | 83,488 | 40.10 |
25 | Salt; sulfur; earths and stone; plastering materials, lime and cement | 4,072,731 | 0.84 | 1,809,303 | 125.10 |
27 | Mineral fuels, mineral oils and products of their distillation; bituminous substances; mineral waxes | 662,190 | 0.14 | 497,224 | 33.18 |
30 | Pharmaceutical products | 3,277,031 | 0.68 | 3,847,958 | -14.84 |
32 | Tanning or dyeing extracts; dyes, pigments, paints, varnishes, putty and mastics | 550,635 | 0.11 | 298,621 | 84.39 |
33 | Essential oils and resinoids; perfumery, cosmetic or toilet preparations | 100,351 | 0.02 | 55,509 | 80.78 |
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 | 791,875 | 0.16 | 793,557 | -0.21 |
38 | Miscellaneous chemical products | 1,680,638 | 0.35 | 1,018,653 | 64.99 |
39 | Plastics and articles thereof | 6,299,213 | 1.30 | 1,940,819 | 224.56 |
40 | Rubber and articles thereof | 117,327 | 0.02 | 1,171,155 | -89.98 |
41 | Raw hides and skins (other than furskins) and leather | 0 | 0.00 | 77,310 | -100.00 |
42 | Articles of leather; saddlery and harness; travel goods, handbags and similar containers; articles of animal gut (other than silkworm gut) | 12,683 | 0.00 | 35,748 | -64.52 |
44 | Wood and articles of wood; wood charcoal | 1,088 | 0.00 | 42,889 | -97.46 |
48 | Paper and paperboard; articles of paper pulp, of paper or of paperboard | 255,295 | 0.05 | 111,196 | 129.59 |
49 | Printed books, newspapers, pictures and other products of the printing industry; manuscripts, typescripts and plans | 134,650 | 0.03 | 245,470 | -45.15 |
52 | Cotton | 1,041,646 | 0.22 | 559,509 | 86.17 |
53 | Other vegetable textile fibers; paper yarn and woven fabric of paper yarn | 309,136 | 0.06 | 117,378 | 163.37 |
54 | Man-made filaments | 0 | 0.00 | 59,574 | -100.00 |
55 | Man-made staple fibers | 0 | 0.00 | 87,134 | -100.00 |
56 | Wadding, felt and nonwovens; special yarns, twine, cordage, ropes and cables and articles thereof | 2,755 | 0.00 | 6,022 | -54.25 |
57 | Carpets and other textile floor coverings | 8,860,638 | 1.83 | 6,731,522 | 31.63 |
58 | Special woven fabrics; tufted textile fabrics; lace, tapestries; trimmings; embroidery | 47 | 0.00 | 540 | -91.30 |
59 | Impregnated, coated, covered or laminated textile fabrics; textile articles of a kind suitable for industrial use | 2,653,883 | 0.55 | 1,403,926 | 89.03 |
61 | Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, knitted or crocheted | 5,593,739 | 1.16 | 3,990,159 | 40.19 |
62 | Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, not knitted or crocheted | 10,588,478 | 2.19 | 5,750,842 | 84.12 |
63 | Other made up textile articles; sets; worn clothing and worn textile articles; rags | 1,092,615 | 0.23 | 1,091,241 | 0.13 |
64 | Footwear, gaiters and the like; parts of such articles | 498,182 | 0.10 | 129,865 | 283.62 |
65 | Headgear and parts thereof | 10,226 | 0.00 | 1,579 | 547.63 |
66 | Umbrellas, sun umbrellas, walking sticks, seatsticks, whips, riding-crops and parts thereof | 4,574 | 0.00 | 715 | 539.72 |
68 | Articles of stone, plaster, cement, asbestos, mica or similar materials | 877,228 | 0.18 | 1,014,045 | -13.49 |
69 | Ceramic products | 585,793 | 0.12 | 270,802 | 116.32 |
70 | Glass and glassware | 610,858 | 0.13 | 39,932 | 1,429.75 |
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 | 2,930 | -100.00 |
72 | Iron and steel | 4,296,131 | 0.89 | 0 | ∞ |
73 | Articles of iron or steel | 4,572,277 | 0.95 | 2,534,058 | 80.43 |
76 | Aluminum and articles thereof | 96,760 | 0.02 | 0 | ∞ |
82 | Tools, implements, cutlery, spoons and forks, of base metal; parts thereof of base metal | 142,813 | 0.03 | 120,823 | 18.20 |
83 | Miscellaneous articles of base metal | 3,676 | 0.00 | 5,027 | -26.87 |
84 | Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof | 2,430,736 | 0.50 | 1,867,155 | 30.18 |
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 | 1,297,164 | 0.27 | 578,657 | 124.17 |
87 | Vehicles other than railway or tramway rolling stock, and parts and accessories thereof | 3,549 | 0.00 | 16,938 | -79.05 |
90 | Optical, photographic, cinematographic, measuring, checking, precision, medical or surgical instruments and apparatus; parts and accessories thereof | 28,629 | 0.01 | 21,063 | 35.92 |
91 | Clocks and watches and parts thereof | 0 | 0.00 | 285 | -100.00 |
92 | Musical instruments; parts and accessories of such articles | 392 | 0.00 | 342 | 14.62 |
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 | 1,169,618 | 0.24 | 855,576 | 36.71 |
95 | Toys, games and sports requisites; parts and accessories thereof | 13,721 | 0.00 | 3,683 | 272.55 |
96 | Miscellaneous manufactured articles | 34,821 | 0.01 | 53,611 | -35.05 |