Russian trade with Algeria in 2012
February 02, 2016
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 Algeria in 2012: exports, imports, products, dynamics.
Russia’s Trade with Algeria
In 2012, Russia’s trade with Algeria totaled $2,785,250,936, up 12.00% ($298,342,009) from 2011.
Russia’s exports to Algeria in 2012 totaled $2,781,550,279, up 11.97% ($297,263,701) from 2011.
Russia’s imports from Algeria in 2012 totaled $3,700,657, up 41.12% ($1,078,308) from 2011.
Russia’s trade surplus with Algeria in 2012 was $2,777,849,622, a 11.93% increase ($296,185,393) over 2011.
Algeria was Russia’s 42nd largest trading partner in 2012 (up from 43rd in 2011), accounting for 0.3308% of Russia’s total trade (up from 0.3024% in 2011).
Algeria was Russia’s 32nd largest export market in 2012 (down from 31st in 2011), accounting for 0.5301% of Russia’s total exports (up from 0.4808% in 2011).
Algeria was Russia’s 130th largest supplier in 2012 (up from 137th in 2011), accounting for 0.0012% of Russia’s total imports (up from 0.0009% in 2011).
Russia’s Exports to Algeria
The major share of Russian exports to Algeria in 2012 (and in 2011) was accounted for the following product types:
- Machinery, equipment and vehicles (HS codes 84-90) - 45.51% of Russia’s total exports to Algeria (30.03% in 2011);
- Mineral products (HS codes 25-27) - 14.34% of Russia’s total exports to Algeria (2.44% in 2011);
- Metals and products from them (HS codes 72-83) - 1.47% of Russia’s total exports to Algeria (2.41% in 2011);
- Food products and agricultural raw materials (HS codes 01-24) - 1.11% of Russia’s total exports to Algeria (0.25% in 2011).
The largest gains in Russia’s exports to Algeria in 2012 over 2011 were recorded for the following product groups:
- Vehicles other than railway or tramway rolling stock, and parts and accessories thereof (HS code 87) - an increase of $835,016,813;
- Mineral fuels, mineral oils and products of their distillation; bituminous substances; mineral waxes (HS code 27) - an increase of $338,376,856;
- Animal or vegetable fats and oils and their cleavage products prepared edible fats; animal or vegetable waxes (HS code 15) - an increase of $20,823,914.
The largest declines in Russia’s exports to Algeria in 2012 over 2011 were recorded for the following product groups:
- Ships, boats and floating structures (HS code 89) - a decrease of $228,085,274;
- 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 $51,980,124;
- Optical, photographic, cinematographic, measuring, checking, precision, medical or surgical instruments and apparatus; parts and accessories thereof (HS code 90) - a decrease of $39,038,148.
| HS code |
Name of product group | Value of exports in 2012, US dollars ($) |
Percent share in total export | Value of exports in 2011, US dollars ($) |
Percent change in 2012 over 2011 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 10 | Cereals | 4,255,551 | 0.15 | 975,600 | 336.20 |
| 15 | Animal or vegetable fats and oils and their cleavage products prepared edible fats; animal or vegetable waxes | 26,023,927 | 0.94 | 5,200,013 | 400.46 |
| 21 | Miscellaneous edible preparations | 86,848 | 0.00 | 75,038 | 15.74 |
| 22 | Beverages, spirits and vinegar | 156 | 0.00 | 33 | 372.73 |
| 24 | Tobacco and manufactured tobacco substitutes | 413,483 | 0.01 | 0 | ∞ |
| 25 | Salt; sulfur; earths and stone; plastering materials, lime and cement | 273 | 0.00 | 36 | 658.33 |
| 27 | Mineral fuels, mineral oils and products of their distillation; bituminous substances; mineral waxes | 398,884,389 | 14.34 | 60,507,533 | 559.23 |
| 28 | Inorganic chemicals; organic or inorganic compounds of precious metals, of rare-earth metals,of radioactive elements or of isotopes | 1,570,529 | 0.06 | 430,468 | 264.84 |
| 29 | Organic chemicals | 656 | 0.00 | 28,464 | -97.70 |
| 30 | Pharmaceutical products | 102 | 0.00 | 773 | -86.80 |
| 31 | Fertilizers | 0 | 0.00 | 162,369 | -100.00 |
| 32 | Tanning or dyeing extracts; dyes, pigments, paints, varnishes, putty and mastics | 26,235 | 0.00 | 117,180 | -77.61 |
| 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 | 937 | 0.00 | 485 | 93.20 |
| 35 | Albuminoidal substances; modified starches; glues; enzymes | 491 | 0.00 | 50 | 882.00 |
| 36 | Explosives; pyrotechnic products; matches; pyrophoric alloys; certain combustible preparations | 0 | 0.00 | 3,269,184 | -100.00 |
| 37 | Photographic or cinematographic goods | 0 | 0.00 | 254 | -100.00 |
| 38 | Miscellaneous chemical products | 277,123 | 0.01 | 198,252 | 39.78 |
| 39 | Plastics and articles thereof | 1,831,599 | 0.07 | 1,865,875 | -1.84 |
| 40 | Rubber and articles thereof | 571,080 | 0.02 | 1,824,575 | -68.70 |
| 42 | Articles of leather; saddlery and harness; travel goods, handbags and similar containers; articles of animal gut (other than silkworm gut) | 74,705 | 0.00 | 3,575,009 | -97.91 |
| 44 | Wood and articles of wood; wood charcoal | 899,260 | 0.03 | 91,690 | 880.76 |
| 48 | Paper and paperboard; articles of paper pulp, of paper or of paperboard | 815,004 | 0.03 | 3,027,679 | -73.08 |
| 49 | Printed books, newspapers, pictures and other products of the printing industry; manuscripts, typescripts and plans | 5,059,714 | 0.18 | 5,396,800 | -6.25 |
| 52 | Cotton | 21,678 | 0.00 | 18,834 | 15.10 |
| 53 | Other vegetable textile fibers; paper yarn and woven fabric of paper yarn | 0 | 0.00 | 73 | -100.00 |
| 54 | Man-made filaments | 612 | 0.00 | 45,894 | -98.67 |
| 55 | Man-made staple fibers | 2,793 | 0.00 | 4,821 | -42.07 |
| 56 | Wadding, felt and nonwovens; special yarns, twine, cordage, ropes and cables and articles thereof | 1,165 | 0.00 | 4,592,913 | -99.97 |
| 58 | Special woven fabrics; tufted textile fabrics; lace, tapestries; trimmings; embroidery | 1,194 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
| 59 | Impregnated, coated, covered or laminated textile fabrics; textile articles of a kind suitable for industrial use | 18,172 | 0.00 | 33,851 | -46.32 |
| 61 | Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, knitted or crocheted | 3,246 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
| 62 | Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, not knitted or crocheted | 20,874 | 0.00 | 902,867 | -97.69 |
| 63 | Other made up textile articles; sets; worn clothing and worn textile articles; rags | 4,979,605 | 0.18 | 3,484,851 | 42.89 |
| 65 | Headgear and parts thereof | 113,235 | 0.00 | 489,301 | -76.86 |
| 66 | Umbrellas, sun umbrellas, walking sticks, seatsticks, whips, riding-crops and parts thereof | 44,507 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
| 68 | Articles of stone, plaster, cement, asbestos, mica or similar materials | 145,419 | 0.01 | 167,956 | -13.42 |
| 69 | Ceramic products | 219,514 | 0.01 | 0 | ∞ |
| 70 | Glass and glassware | 115,710 | 0.00 | 75,935 | 52.38 |
| 72 | Iron and steel | 32,663,096 | 1.17 | 36,022,211 | -9.33 |
| 73 | Articles of iron or steel | 5,690,182 | 0.20 | 11,452,291 | -50.31 |
| 74 | Copper and articles thereof | 43,429 | 0.00 | 539,976 | -91.96 |
| 75 | Nickel and articles thereof | 1,310 | 0.00 | 6,294 | -79.19 |
| 76 | Aluminum and articles thereof | 559,708 | 0.02 | 3,151,373 | -82.24 |
| 78 | Lead and articles thereof | 6,400 | 0.00 | 4,430 | 44.47 |
| 80 | Tin and articles thereof | 1,563 | 0.00 | 513 | 204.68 |
| 81 | Other base metals; cermets; articles thereof | 210 | 0.00 | 35,373 | -99.41 |
| 82 | Tools, implements, cutlery, spoons and forks, of base metal; parts thereof of base metal | 1,733,563 | 0.06 | 7,746,162 | -77.62 |
| 83 | Miscellaneous articles of base metal | 97,278 | 0.00 | 822,104 | -88.17 |
| 84 | Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof | 86,816,212 | 3.12 | 83,011,135 | 4.58 |
| 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 | 200,014,396 | 7.19 | 251,994,520 | -20.63 |
| 87 | Vehicles other than railway or tramway rolling stock, and parts and accessories thereof | 951,852,833 | 34.22 | 116,836,020 | 714.69 |
| 89 | Ships, boats and floating structures | 0 | 0.00 | 228,085,274 | -100.00 |
| 90 | Optical, photographic, cinematographic, measuring, checking, precision, medical or surgical instruments and apparatus; parts and accessories thereof | 27,180,820 | 0.98 | 66,218,968 | -58.95 |
| 91 | Clocks and watches and parts thereof | 8,585 | 0.00 | 29,101 | -70.50 |
| 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 | 432,407 | 0.02 | 771,564 | -43.96 |
| 95 | Toys, games and sports requisites; parts and accessories thereof | 790 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
| 96 | Miscellaneous manufactured articles | 2,169 | 0.00 | 14,883 | -85.43 |
| SS | Classified | 1,027,965,542 | 36.96 | 1 580 979 730 | -34.98 |
Russia’s Imports from Algeria
The major share of Russian imports from Algeria in 2012 (and in 2011) was accounted for the following product types:
- Food products and agricultural raw materials (HS codes 01-24) - 93.74% of Russia’s total imports from Algeria (71.07% in 2011);
- Machinery, equipment and vehicles (HS codes 84-90) - 4.84% of Russia’s total imports from Algeria (20.46% in 2011);
- Chemical products (HS codes 28-40) - 0.93% of Russia’s total imports from Algeria (6.71% in 2011);
- Textiles, textile products and footwear (HS codes 50-67) - 0.16% of Russia’s total imports from Algeria (1.76% in 2011).
The largest gains in Russia’s imports from Algeria in 2012 over 2011 were recorded for the following product groups:
- Edible fruit and nuts; peel of citrus fruit or melons (HS code 08) - an increase of $1,585,568;
- 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 $93,516;
- Oil seeds and oleaginous fruits; miscellaneous grains, seeds and fruits; industrial or medicinal plants; straw and fodder (HS code 12) - an increase of $87,431;
- Rubber and articles thereof (HS code 40) - an increase of $32,000;
- Optical, photographic, cinematographic, measuring, checking, precision, medical or surgical instruments and apparatus; parts and accessories thereof (HS code 90) - an increase of $26,231;
- Articles of iron or steel (HS code 73) - an increase of $11,150.
The largest declines in Russia’s imports from Algeria in 2012 over 2011 were recorded for the following product groups:
- Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof (HS code 84) - a decrease of $477,266;
- Inorganic chemicals; organic or inorganic compounds of precious metals, of rare-earth metals,of radioactive elements or of isotopes (HS code 28) - a decrease of $175,898;
- Edible vegetables and certain roots and tubers (HS code 07) - a decrease of $66,209;
- Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, not knitted or crocheted (HS code 62) - a decrease of $46,212.
| HS code |
Name of product group | Value of imports in 2012, US dollars ($) |
Percent share in total import | Value of imports in 2011, US dollars ($) |
Percent change in 2012 over 2011 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 07 | Edible vegetables and certain roots and tubers | 0 | 0.00 | 66,209 | -100.00 |
| 08 | Edible fruit and nuts; peel of citrus fruit or melons | 3,376,550 | 91.24 | 1,790,982 | 88.53 |
| 12 | Oil seeds and oleaginous fruits; miscellaneous grains, seeds and fruits; industrial or medicinal plants; straw and fodder | 87,431 | 2.36 | 0 | ∞ |
| 15 | Animal or vegetable fats and oils and their cleavage products prepared edible fats; animal or vegetable waxes | 5,130 | 0.14 | 6,447 | -20.43 |
| 27 | Mineral fuels, mineral oils and products of their distillation; bituminous substances; mineral waxes | 0 | 0.00 | 4 | -100.00 |
| 28 | Inorganic chemicals; organic or inorganic compounds of precious metals, of rare-earth metals,of radioactive elements or of isotopes | 0 | 0.00 | 175,898 | -100.00 |
| 39 | Plastics and articles thereof | 2,513 | 0.07 | 0 | ∞ |
| 40 | Rubber and articles thereof | 32,000 | 0.86 | 0 | ∞ |
| 42 | Articles of leather; saddlery and harness; travel goods, handbags and similar containers; articles of animal gut (other than silkworm gut) | 1,096 | 0.03 | 0 | ∞ |
| 61 | Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, knitted or crocheted | 529 | 0.01 | 0 | ∞ |
| 62 | Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, not knitted or crocheted | 42 | 0.00 | 46,254 | -99.91 |
| 64 | Footwear, gaiters and the like; parts of such articles | 5,194 | 0.14 | 0 | ∞ |
| 73 | Articles of iron or steel | 11,150 | 0.30 | 0 | ∞ |
| 84 | Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof | 36,735 | 0.99 | 514,001 | -92.85 |
| 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 | 94,398 | 2.55 | 882 | 10,602.72 |
| 90 | Optical, photographic, cinematographic, measuring, checking, precision, medical or surgical instruments and apparatus; parts and accessories thereof | 47,889 | 1.29 | 21,658 | 121.11 |
| 96 | Miscellaneous manufactured articles | 0 | 0.00 | 14 | -100.00 |