Russian trade with Egypt in 2013
based on data from the Federal Customs Service of Russia
Russia’s Trade with Egypt
In 2013, Russia’s trade with Egypt was $2,945,512,583, down 17.14% ($609,454,065) from 2012.
Russia’s exports to Egypt in 2013 were $2,503,412,480, down 22.07% ($708,823,431) from 2012.
Russia’s imports from Egypt in 2013 totaled $442,100,103, up 28.99% ($99,369,366) from 2012.
Russia’s trade surplus with Egypt in 2013 was $2,061,312,377, a 28.16% decrease ($808,192,797) over 2012.
Egypt was Russia’s 41st largest trading partner in 2013 (down from 36th in 2012), accounting for 0.3497% of Russia’s total trade (down from 0.4222% in 2012).
Egypt was Russia’s 33rd largest export market in 2013 (down from 30th in 2012), accounting for 0.4748% of Russia’s total exports (down from 0.6122% in 2012).
Egypt was Russia’s 59th largest supplier in 2013 (up from 63rd in 2012), accounting for 0.1404% of Russia’s total imports (up from 0.1080% in 2012).
Russia’s Exports to Egypt
The major share of Russian exports to Egypt in 2013 (and in 2012) was accounted for the following product types:
- Food products and agricultural raw materials (HS codes 01-24) - 34.96% of Russia’s total exports to Egypt (56.18% in 2012);
- Wood and wood products (HS codes 44-49) - 16.47% of Russia’s total exports to Egypt (15.32% in 2012);
- Mineral products (HS codes 25-27) - 14.46% of Russia’s total exports to Egypt (10.50% in 2012);
- Metals and products from them (HS codes 72-83) - 12.12% of Russia’s total exports to Egypt (9.14% in 2012);
- Machinery, equipment and vehicles (HS codes 84-90) - 11.47% of Russia’s total exports to Egypt (3.17% in 2012);
- Chemical products (HS codes 28-40) - 1.57% of Russia’s total exports to Egypt (1.08% in 2012).
The largest gains in Russia’s exports to Egypt in 2013 over 2012 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 $199,432,660;
- Tobacco and manufactured tobacco substitutes (HS code 24) - an increase of $47,521,355;
- Iron and steel (HS code 72) - an increase of $47,061,012;
- Mineral fuels, mineral oils and products of their distillation; bituminous substances; mineral waxes (HS code 27) - an increase of $23,965,192;
- Paper and paperboard; articles of paper pulp, of paper or of paperboard (HS code 48) - an increase of $9,804,289;
- Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof (HS code 84) - an increase of $8,107,133.
The largest declines in Russia’s exports to Egypt in 2013 over 2012 were recorded for the following product groups:
- Cereals (HS code 10) - a decrease of $957,062,457;
- Wood and articles of wood; wood charcoal (HS code 44) - a decrease of $89,687,289;
- Copper and articles thereof (HS code 74) - a decrease of $30,758,742;
- Animal or vegetable fats and oils and their cleavage products prepared edible fats; animal or vegetable waxes (HS code 15) - a decrease of $24,214,203;
- 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 $17,135,637.
HS code |
Name of product group | Value of exports in 2013, US dollars ($) |
Percent share in total export | Value of exports in 2012, US dollars ($) |
Percent change in 2013 over 2012 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
01 | Live animals | 205,410 | 0.01 | 0 | ∞ |
03 | Fish and crustaceans, molluscs and other aquatic invertebrates | 0 | 0.00 | 2,481,341 | -100.00 |
07 | Edible vegetables and certain roots and tubers | 7,912,525 | 0.32 | 10,318,608 | -23.32 |
10 | Cereals | 554,605,602 | 22.15 | 1,511,668,059 | -63.31 |
12 | Oil seeds and oleaginous fruits; miscellaneous grains, seeds and fruits; industrial or medicinal plants; straw and fodder | 3,712,992 | 0.15 | 1,392,461 | 166.65 |
15 | Animal or vegetable fats and oils and their cleavage products prepared edible fats; animal or vegetable waxes | 241,162,938 | 9.63 | 265,377,141 | -9.12 |
17 | Sugars and sugar confectionery | 75,514 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
19 | Preparations of cereals, flour, starch or milk; bakers’ wares | 0 | 0.00 | 70 | -100.00 |
20 | Preparations of vegetables, fruit, nuts or other parts of plants | 11,232 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
21 | Miscellaneous edible preparations | 757,698 | 0.03 | 826,295 | -8.30 |
22 | Beverages, spirits and vinegar | 49,044 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
23 | Residues and waste from the food industries; prepared animal feed | 14,307,225 | 0.57 | 7,724,099 | 85.23 |
24 | Tobacco and manufactured tobacco substitutes | 52,432,998 | 2.09 | 4,911,643 | 967.52 |
25 | Salt; sulfur; earths and stone; plastering materials, lime and cement | 4,693,792 | 0.19 | 4,033,620 | 16.37 |
27 | Mineral fuels, mineral oils and products of their distillation; bituminous substances; mineral waxes | 357,247,253 | 14.27 | 333,282,061 | 7.19 |
28 | Inorganic chemicals; organic or inorganic compounds of precious metals, of rare-earth metals,of radioactive elements or of isotopes | 10,817,416 | 0.43 | 8,296,106 | 30.39 |
29 | Organic chemicals | 2,054,057 | 0.08 | 1,434,527 | 43.19 |
30 | Pharmaceutical products | 149,855 | 0.01 | 92,284 | 62.38 |
31 | Fertilizers | 14,171,121 | 0.57 | 16,283,582 | -12.97 |
32 | Tanning or dyeing extracts; dyes, pigments, paints, varnishes, putty and mastics | 787 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
33 | Essential oils and resinoids; perfumery, cosmetic or toilet preparations | 82,160 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
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 | 20,159 | -100.00 |
35 | Albuminoidal substances; modified starches; glues; enzymes | 2,523 | 0.00 | 3,255 | -22.49 |
38 | Miscellaneous chemical products | 5,900,774 | 0.24 | 2,729,648 | 116.17 |
39 | Plastics and articles thereof | 2,964,503 | 0.12 | 1,450,230 | 104.42 |
40 | Rubber and articles thereof | 3,113,155 | 0.12 | 4,479,636 | -30.50 |
42 | Articles of leather; saddlery and harness; travel goods, handbags and similar containers; articles of animal gut (other than silkworm gut) | 2,816 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
44 | Wood and articles of wood; wood charcoal | 345,425,391 | 13.80 | 435,112,680 | -20.61 |
47 | Pulp of wood or of other fibrous cellulosic material; waste and scrap of paper or paperboard | 0 | 0.00 | 229,510 | -100.00 |
48 | Paper and paperboard; articles of paper pulp, of paper or of paperboard | 62,711,437 | 2.51 | 52,907,148 | 18.53 |
49 | Printed books, newspapers, pictures and other products of the printing industry; manuscripts, typescripts and plans | 4,079,654 | 0.16 | 3,826,158 | 6.63 |
51 | Wool, fine or coarse animal hair; horsehair yarn and woven fabric | 0 | 0.00 | 59,527 | -100.00 |
54 | Man-made filaments | 27,242 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
56 | Wadding, felt and nonwovens; special yarns, twine, cordage, ropes and cables and articles thereof | 7,906 | 0.00 | 1,686,951 | -99.53 |
57 | Carpets and other textile floor coverings | 114 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
58 | Special woven fabrics; tufted textile fabrics; lace, tapestries; trimmings; embroidery | 0 | 0.00 | 16 | -100.00 |
59 | Impregnated, coated, covered or laminated textile fabrics; textile articles of a kind suitable for industrial use | 576 | 0.00 | 8,586 | -93.29 |
61 | Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, knitted or crocheted | 4 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
62 | Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, not knitted or crocheted | 656 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
63 | Other made up textile articles; sets; worn clothing and worn textile articles; rags | 32,922 | 0.00 | 358 | 9,096.09 |
64 | Footwear, gaiters and the like; parts of such articles | 143 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
66 | Umbrellas, sun umbrellas, walking sticks, seatsticks, whips, riding-crops and parts thereof | 188 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
68 | Articles of stone, plaster, cement, asbestos, mica or similar materials | 490,880 | 0.02 | 505,337 | -2.86 |
69 | Ceramic products | 1,964,978 | 0.08 | 109,200 | 1,699.43 |
70 | Glass and glassware | 3,932 | 0.00 | 14,675 | -73.21 |
71 | Natural or cultured pearls, precious or semi-precious stones,precious metals, metals clad with precious metal and articles thereof; imitation jewelry; coin | 461 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
72 | Iron and steel | 253,959,987 | 10.14 | 206,898,975 | 22.75 |
73 | Articles of iron or steel | 8,066,316 | 0.32 | 14,071,879 | -42.68 |
74 | Copper and articles thereof | 41,387,281 | 1.65 | 72,146,023 | -42.63 |
75 | Nickel and articles thereof | 0 | 0.00 | 21 | -100.00 |
76 | Aluminum and articles thereof | 5,291 | 0.00 | 67,412 | -92.15 |
78 | Lead and articles thereof | 19 | 0.00 | 187 | -89.84 |
81 | Other base metals; cermets; articles thereof | 0 | 0.00 | 19,700 | -100.00 |
82 | Tools, implements, cutlery, spoons and forks, of base metal; parts thereof of base metal | 19,428 | 0.00 | 206,372 | -90.59 |
83 | Miscellaneous articles of base metal | 24,769 | 0.00 | 75,426 | -67.16 |
84 | Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof | 27,949,726 | 1.12 | 19,842,593 | 40.86 |
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 | 3,529,389 | 0.14 | 20,665,026 | -82.92 |
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 | 0 | 0.00 | 83,808 | -100.00 |
87 | Vehicles other than railway or tramway rolling stock, and parts and accessories thereof | 250,929,565 | 10.02 | 51,496,905 | 387.27 |
89 | Ships, boats and floating structures | 0 | 0.00 | 7,470 | -100.00 |
90 | Optical, photographic, cinematographic, measuring, checking, precision, medical or surgical instruments and apparatus; parts and accessories thereof | 4,697,564 | 0.19 | 9,626,921 | -51.20 |
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 | 14,158 | 0.00 | 64,740 | -78.13 |
95 | Toys, games and sports requisites; parts and accessories thereof | 103 | 0.00 | 42,800 | -99.76 |
96 | Miscellaneous manufactured articles | 728 | 0.00 | 4,666 | -84.40 |
SS | Classified | 221,648,282 | 8.85 | 145 650 016 | 52.18 |
Russia’s Imports from Egypt
The major share of Russian imports from Egypt in 2013 (and in 2012) was accounted for the following product types:
- Food products and agricultural raw materials (HS codes 01-24) - 81.86% of Russia’s total imports from Egypt (76.77% in 2012);
- Textiles, textile products and footwear (HS codes 50-67) - 9.11% of Russia’s total imports from Egypt (11.40% in 2012);
- Chemical products (HS codes 28-40) - 3.77% of Russia’s total imports from Egypt (5.68% in 2012);
- Mineral products (HS codes 25-27) - 2.75% of Russia’s total imports from Egypt (2.92% in 2012);
- Metals and products from them (HS codes 72-83) - 0.89% of Russia’s total imports from Egypt (1.45% in 2012).
The largest gains in Russia’s imports from Egypt in 2013 over 2012 were recorded for the following product groups:
- Edible fruit and nuts; peel of citrus fruit or melons (HS code 08) - an increase of $61,746,075;
- Edible vegetables and certain roots and tubers (HS code 07) - an increase of $36,530,726;
- Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, not knitted or crocheted (HS code 62) - an increase of $4,765,570;
- Ores, slag and ash (HS code 26) - an increase of $1,647,217;
- Mineral fuels, mineral oils and products of their distillation; bituminous substances; mineral waxes (HS code 27) - an increase of $1,357,769.
The largest declines in Russia’s imports from Egypt in 2013 over 2012 were recorded for the following product groups:
- Plastics and articles thereof (HS code 39) - a decrease of $3,579,519;
- Impregnated, coated, covered or laminated textile fabrics; textile articles of a kind suitable for industrial use (HS code 59) - a decrease of $3,207,396;
- Articles of iron or steel (HS code 73) - a decrease of $2,267,688.
HS code |
Name of product group | Value of imports in 2013, US dollars ($) |
Percent share in total import | Value of imports in 2012, US dollars ($) |
Percent change in 2013 over 2012 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
03 | Fish and crustaceans, molluscs and other aquatic invertebrates | 15,410 | 0.00 | 4,860 | 217.08 |
06 | Live trees and other plants; bulbs, roots and the like; cut flowers and ornamental foliage | 2,256 | 0.00 | 351 | 542.74 |
07 | Edible vegetables and certain roots and tubers | 101,254,686 | 22.90 | 64,723,960 | 56.44 |
08 | Edible fruit and nuts; peel of citrus fruit or melons | 252,517,555 | 57.12 | 190,771,480 | 32.37 |
09 | Coffee, tea, maté and spices | 360,094 | 0.08 | 439,969 | -18.15 |
12 | Oil seeds and oleaginous fruits; miscellaneous grains, seeds and fruits; industrial or medicinal plants; straw and fodder | 6,108,493 | 1.38 | 6,426,346 | -4.95 |
14 | Vegetable plaiting materials; vegetable products not elsewhere specified or included | 0 | 0.00 | 633 | -100.00 |
15 | Animal or vegetable fats and oils and their cleavage products prepared edible fats; animal or vegetable waxes | 92,384 | 0.02 | 54,207 | 70.43 |
17 | Sugars and sugar confectionery | 37 | 0.00 | 181,353 | -99.98 |
20 | Preparations of vegetables, fruit, nuts or other parts of plants | 39,735 | 0.01 | 34,742 | 14.37 |
21 | Miscellaneous edible preparations | 1,208,774 | 0.27 | 325,930 | 270.87 |
22 | Beverages, spirits and vinegar | 0 | 0.00 | 209 | -100.00 |
23 | Residues and waste from the food industries; prepared animal feed | 157 | 0.00 | 739 | -78.76 |
24 | Tobacco and manufactured tobacco substitutes | 300,871 | 0.07 | 165,126 | 82.21 |
25 | Salt; sulfur; earths and stone; plastering materials, lime and cement | 6,570,479 | 1.49 | 7,438,870 | -11.67 |
26 | Ores, slag and ash | 1,647,217 | 0.37 | 0 | ∞ |
27 | Mineral fuels, mineral oils and products of their distillation; bituminous substances; mineral waxes | 3,943,330 | 0.89 | 2,585,561 | 52.51 |
30 | Pharmaceutical products | 6,506,337 | 1.47 | 5,292,429 | 22.94 |
32 | Tanning or dyeing extracts; dyes, pigments, paints, varnishes, putty and mastics | 912,350 | 0.21 | 815,050 | 11.94 |
33 | Essential oils and resinoids; perfumery, cosmetic or toilet preparations | 69,610 | 0.02 | 148,807 | -53.22 |
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 | 1,429,313 | 0.32 | 1,551,989 | -7.90 |
35 | Albuminoidal substances; modified starches; glues; enzymes | 0 | 0.00 | 51,349 | -100.00 |
38 | Miscellaneous chemical products | 444,662 | 0.10 | 678,112 | -34.43 |
39 | Plastics and articles thereof | 7,284,010 | 1.65 | 10,863,529 | -32.95 |
40 | Rubber and articles thereof | 10,861 | 0.00 | 81,062 | -86.60 |
41 | Raw hides and skins (other than furskins) and leather | 151,534 | 0.03 | 85,912 | 76.38 |
42 | Articles of leather; saddlery and harness; travel goods, handbags and similar containers; articles of animal gut (other than silkworm gut) | 0 | 0.00 | 4,562 | -100.00 |
44 | Wood and articles of wood; wood charcoal | 13,342 | 0.00 | 12,086 | 10.39 |
48 | Paper and paperboard; articles of paper pulp, of paper or of paperboard | 620,713 | 0.14 | 445,613 | 39.29 |
49 | Printed books, newspapers, pictures and other products of the printing industry; manuscripts, typescripts and plans | 14,571 | 0.00 | 40,485 | -64.01 |
52 | Cotton | 0 | 0.00 | 195,576 | -100.00 |
53 | Other vegetable textile fibers; paper yarn and woven fabric of paper yarn | 360,627 | 0.08 | 300,624 | 19.96 |
54 | Man-made filaments | 238,387 | 0.05 | 0 | ∞ |
55 | Man-made staple fibers | 0 | 0.00 | 49,876 | -100.00 |
56 | Wadding, felt and nonwovens; special yarns, twine, cordage, ropes and cables and articles thereof | 2,511 | 0.00 | 4,822 | -47.93 |
57 | Carpets and other textile floor coverings | 9,147,559 | 2.07 | 9,724,482 | -5.93 |
59 | Impregnated, coated, covered or laminated textile fabrics; textile articles of a kind suitable for industrial use | 0 | 0.00 | 3,207,396 | -100.00 |
60 | Knitted or crocheted fabrics | 57,268 | 0.01 | 0 | ∞ |
61 | Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, knitted or crocheted | 6,507,152 | 1.47 | 6,301,756 | 3.26 |
62 | Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, not knitted or crocheted | 22,501,742 | 5.09 | 17,736,172 | 26.87 |
63 | Other made up textile articles; sets; worn clothing and worn textile articles; rags | 1,441,937 | 0.33 | 1,516,642 | -4.93 |
64 | Footwear, gaiters and the like; parts of such articles | 6,745 | 0.00 | 5,088 | 32.57 |
65 | Headgear and parts thereof | 3,005 | 0.00 | 17,783 | -83.10 |
66 | Umbrellas, sun umbrellas, walking sticks, seatsticks, whips, riding-crops and parts thereof | 523 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
68 | Articles of stone, plaster, cement, asbestos, mica or similar materials | 570,237 | 0.13 | 980,548 | -41.85 |
69 | Ceramic products | 631,162 | 0.14 | 527,317 | 19.69 |
70 | Glass and glassware | 480,104 | 0.11 | 220,236 | 118.00 |
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 | 399 | -100.00 |
72 | Iron and steel | 1,206,083 | 0.27 | 49,832 | 2,320.30 |
73 | Articles of iron or steel | 2,639,421 | 0.60 | 4,907,109 | -46.21 |
74 | Copper and articles thereof | 4,900 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
76 | Aluminum and articles thereof | 63,831 | 0.01 | 1,103 | 5,687.04 |
82 | Tools, implements, cutlery, spoons and forks, of base metal; parts thereof of base metal | 17,221 | 0.00 | 1,586 | 985.81 |
83 | Miscellaneous articles of base metal | 2,601 | 0.00 | 12,128 | -78.55 |
84 | Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof | 1,692,426 | 0.38 | 1,508,962 | 12.16 |
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 | 1,375,870 | 0.31 | 619,567 | 122.07 |
87 | Vehicles other than railway or tramway rolling stock, and parts and accessories thereof | 5,264 | 0.00 | 1,908 | 175.89 |
90 | Optical, photographic, cinematographic, measuring, checking, precision, medical or surgical instruments and apparatus; parts and accessories thereof | 125,099 | 0.03 | 5,065 | 2,369.87 |
91 | Clocks and watches and parts thereof | 53 | 0.00 | 146 | -63.70 |
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 | 887,263 | 0.20 | 1,005,576 | -11.77 |
95 | Toys, games and sports requisites; parts and accessories thereof | 2,847 | 0.00 | 525,935 | -99.46 |
96 | Miscellaneous manufactured articles | 609,484 | 0.14 | 77,782 | 683.58 |