Russian trade with Egypt in 2015
based on data from the Federal Customs Service of Russia
Russia’s Trade with Egypt
In 2015, Russia’s trade with Egypt was $4,089,102,598, down 25.36% ($1,389,467,142) from 2014.
Russia’s exports to Egypt in 2015 were $3,675,473,748, down 25.58% ($1,263,257,065) from 2014.
Russia’s imports from Egypt in 2015 were $413,628,850, down 23.38% ($126,210,077) from 2014.
Russia’s trade surplus with Egypt in 2015 was $3,261,844,898, a 25.85% decrease ($1,137,046,988) over 2014.
Egypt was Russia’s 26th largest trading partner in 2015 (up from 29th in 2014), accounting for 0.7770% of Russia’s total trade (up from 0.6998% in 2014).
Egypt was Russia’s 19th largest export market in 2015 (up from 23rd in 2014), accounting for 1.0697% of Russia’s total exports (up from 0.9938% in 2014).
Egypt was Russia’s 54th largest supplier in 2015 (up from 56th in 2014), accounting for 0.2264% of Russia’s total imports (up from 0.1888% in 2014).
Russia’s Exports to Egypt
The major share of Russian exports to Egypt in 2015 (and in 2014) was accounted for the following product types:
- Food products and agricultural raw materials (HS codes 01-24) - 27.74% of Russia’s total exports to Egypt (28.08% in 2014);
- Machinery, equipment and vehicles (HS codes 84-90) - 18.43% of Russia’s total exports to Egypt (11.19% in 2014);
- Metals and products from them (HS codes 72-83) - 13.52% of Russia’s total exports to Egypt (9.72% in 2014);
- Wood and wood products (HS codes 44-49) - 12.97% of Russia’s total exports to Egypt (10.79% in 2014);
- Mineral products (HS codes 25-27) - 8.94% of Russia’s total exports to Egypt (23.99% in 2014);
- Chemical products (HS codes 28-40) - 1.43% of Russia’s total exports to Egypt (1.33% in 2014).
The largest gains in Russia’s exports to Egypt in 2015 over 2014 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 $81,373,240;
- 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 $74,389,082;
- Copper and articles thereof (HS code 74) - an increase of $28,838,752.
The largest declines in Russia’s exports to Egypt in 2015 over 2014 were recorded for the following product groups:
- Mineral fuels, mineral oils and products of their distillation; bituminous substances; mineral waxes (HS code 27) - a decrease of $856,570,058;
- Cereals (HS code 10) - a decrease of $184,547,559;
- Animal or vegetable fats and oils and their cleavage products prepared edible fats; animal or vegetable waxes (HS code 15) - a decrease of $174,209,151;
- Paper and paperboard; articles of paper pulp, of paper or of paperboard (HS code 48) - a decrease of $34,626,961;
- Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof (HS code 84) - a decrease of $27,173,076;
- Wood and articles of wood; wood charcoal (HS code 44) - a decrease of $20,594,212;
- Plastics and articles thereof (HS code 39) - a decrease of $17,812,861;
- Iron and steel (HS code 72) - a decrease of $15,599,923.
HS code |
Name of product group | Value of exports in 2015, US dollars ($) |
Percent share in total export | Value of exports in 2014, US dollars ($) |
Percent change in 2015 over 2014 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
04 | Dairy produce; birds eggs; natural honey; edible products of animal origin, not elsewhere specified or included | 11,053 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
07 | Edible vegetables and certain roots and tubers | 7,798,714 | 0.21 | 7,416,154 | 5.16 |
09 | Coffee, tea, maté and spices | 136,773 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
10 | Cereals | 849,471,197 | 23.11 | 1,034,018,756 | -17.85 |
12 | Oil seeds and oleaginous fruits; miscellaneous grains, seeds and fruits; industrial or medicinal plants; straw and fodder | 1,707,231 | 0.05 | 5,245,926 | -67.46 |
13 | Lac; gums, resins and other vegetable saps and extracts | 49,715 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
15 | Animal or vegetable fats and oils and their cleavage products prepared edible fats; animal or vegetable waxes | 127,738,973 | 3.48 | 301,948,124 | -57.70 |
17 | Sugars and sugar confectionery | 0 | 0.00 | 546 | -100.00 |
18 | Cocoa and cocoa preparations | 0 | 0.00 | 14,400 | -100.00 |
20 | Preparations of vegetables, fruit, nuts or other parts of plants | 0 | 0.00 | 1,985 | -100.00 |
21 | Miscellaneous edible preparations | 50 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
22 | Beverages, spirits and vinegar | 186,409 | 0.01 | 1,116,260 | -83.30 |
23 | Residues and waste from the food industries; prepared animal feed | 3,813,820 | 0.10 | 7,941,345 | -51.98 |
24 | Tobacco and manufactured tobacco substitutes | 28,659,227 | 0.78 | 28,933,051 | -0.95 |
25 | Salt; sulfur; earths and stone; plastering materials, lime and cement | 10,256,545 | 0.28 | 9,765,519 | 5.03 |
27 | Mineral fuels, mineral oils and products of their distillation; bituminous substances; mineral waxes | 318,418,451 | 8.66 | 1,174,988,509 | -72.90 |
28 | Inorganic chemicals; organic or inorganic compounds of precious metals, of rare-earth metals,of radioactive elements or of isotopes | 11,897,417 | 0.32 | 13,661,123 | -12.91 |
29 | Organic chemicals | 6,863,472 | 0.19 | 7,042,757 | -2.55 |
30 | Pharmaceutical products | 290,597 | 0.01 | 195,161 | 48.90 |
31 | Fertilizers | 13,169,230 | 0.36 | 8,422,002 | 56.37 |
32 | Tanning or dyeing extracts; dyes, pigments, paints, varnishes, putty and mastics | 16,834 | 0.00 | 289 | 5,724.91 |
33 | Essential oils and resinoids; perfumery, cosmetic or toilet preparations | 86,712 | 0.00 | 271,902 | -68.11 |
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 | 20,809 | 0.00 | 358 | 5,712.57 |
35 | Albuminoidal substances; modified starches; glues; enzymes | 2,991 | 0.00 | 6,150 | -51.37 |
36 | Explosives; pyrotechnic products; matches; pyrophoric alloys; certain combustible preparations | 0 | 0.00 | 21,960 | -100.00 |
38 | Miscellaneous chemical products | 10,813,446 | 0.29 | 9,041,539 | 19.60 |
39 | Plastics and articles thereof | 3,645,430 | 0.10 | 21,458,291 | -83.01 |
40 | Rubber and articles thereof | 5,744,284 | 0.16 | 5,809,095 | -1.12 |
42 | Articles of leather; saddlery and harness; travel goods, handbags and similar containers; articles of animal gut (other than silkworm gut) | 309 | 0.00 | 1,164 | -73.45 |
44 | Wood and articles of wood; wood charcoal | 434,699,925 | 11.83 | 455,294,137 | -4.52 |
47 | Pulp of wood or of other fibrous cellulosic material; waste and scrap of paper or paperboard | 51,793 | 0.00 | 328,233 | -84.22 |
48 | Paper and paperboard; articles of paper pulp, of paper or of paperboard | 41,984,118 | 1.14 | 76,611,079 | -45.20 |
49 | Printed books, newspapers, pictures and other products of the printing industry; manuscripts, typescripts and plans | 106,854 | 0.00 | 442,592 | -75.86 |
51 | Wool, fine or coarse animal hair; horsehair yarn and woven fabric | 982 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
52 | Cotton | 2,353 | 0.00 | 6 | 39,116.67 |
54 | Man-made filaments | 12,753 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
56 | Wadding, felt and nonwovens; special yarns, twine, cordage, ropes and cables and articles thereof | 979,138 | 0.03 | 922,137 | 6.18 |
58 | Special woven fabrics; tufted textile fabrics; lace, tapestries; trimmings; embroidery | 583 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
59 | Impregnated, coated, covered or laminated textile fabrics; textile articles of a kind suitable for industrial use | 25,468 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
61 | Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, knitted or crocheted | 954 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
62 | Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, not knitted or crocheted | 33 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
63 | Other made up textile articles; sets; worn clothing and worn textile articles; rags | 104 | 0.00 | 24,973 | -99.58 |
64 | Footwear, gaiters and the like; parts of such articles | 3,466 | 0.00 | 1,100 | 215.09 |
68 | Articles of stone, plaster, cement, asbestos, mica or similar materials | 729 | 0.00 | 3,470 | -78.99 |
69 | Ceramic products | 309,457 | 0.01 | 838,021 | -63.07 |
70 | Glass and glassware | 109,788 | 0.00 | 42,449 | 158.64 |
72 | Iron and steel | 426,931,636 | 11.62 | 442,531,559 | -3.53 |
73 | Articles of iron or steel | 8,272,876 | 0.23 | 5,253,813 | 57.46 |
74 | Copper and articles thereof | 61,088,707 | 1.66 | 32,249,955 | 89.42 |
75 | Nickel and articles thereof | 58,808 | 0.00 | 2,233 | 2,533.59 |
76 | Aluminum and articles thereof | 283,859 | 0.01 | 117,035 | 142.54 |
78 | Lead and articles thereof | 177 | 0.00 | 83 | 113.25 |
81 | Other base metals; cermets; articles thereof | 5,827 | 0.00 | 1,588 | 266.94 |
82 | Tools, implements, cutlery, spoons and forks, of base metal; parts thereof of base metal | 315,557 | 0.01 | 34,042 | 826.96 |
83 | Miscellaneous articles of base metal | 39,208 | 0.00 | 64,585 | -39.29 |
84 | Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof | 22,717,256 | 0.62 | 49,890,332 | -54.47 |
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 | 100,756,071 | 2.74 | 26,366,989 | 282.13 |
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 | 96,295 | -100.00 |
87 | Vehicles other than railway or tramway rolling stock, and parts and accessories thereof | 538,177,355 | 14.64 | 456,804,115 | 17.81 |
89 | Ships, boats and floating structures | 9,994,720 | 0.27 | 10,846,697 | -7.85 |
90 | Optical, photographic, cinematographic, measuring, checking, precision, medical or surgical instruments and apparatus; parts and accessories thereof | 5,762,016 | 0.16 | 8,878,067 | -35.10 |
91 | Clocks and watches and parts thereof | 0 | 0.00 | 132,947 | -100.00 |
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 | 110,201 | 0.00 | 165,140 | -33.27 |
95 | Toys, games and sports requisites; parts and accessories thereof | 7,378 | 0.00 | 44,466 | -83.41 |
96 | Miscellaneous manufactured articles | 399 | 0.00 | 3,078 | -87.04 |
SS | Classified | 621,863,510 | 16.92 | 733 417 231 | -15.21 |
Russia’s Imports from Egypt
The major share of Russian imports from Egypt in 2015 (and in 2014) was accounted for the following product types:
- Food products and agricultural raw materials (HS codes 01-24) - 87.27% of Russia’s total imports from Egypt (82.16% in 2014);
- Textiles, textile products and footwear (HS codes 50-67) - 6.06% of Russia’s total imports from Egypt (8.15% in 2014);
- Chemical products (HS codes 28-40) - 3.64% of Russia’s total imports from Egypt (3.13% in 2014);
- Mineral products (HS codes 25-27) - 1.16% of Russia’s total imports from Egypt (1.31% in 2014);
- Machinery, equipment and vehicles (HS codes 84-90) - 0.89% of Russia’s total imports from Egypt (3.74% in 2014).
The largest gains in Russia’s imports from Egypt in 2015 over 2014 were recorded for the following product groups:
- Oil seeds and oleaginous fruits; miscellaneous grains, seeds and fruits; industrial or medicinal plants; straw and fodder (HS code 12) - an increase of $1,835,753;
- Essential oils and resinoids; perfumery, cosmetic or toilet preparations (HS code 33) - an increase of $1,403,615;
- Miscellaneous chemical products (HS code 38) - an increase of $1,257,347.
The largest declines in Russia’s imports from Egypt in 2015 over 2014 were recorded for the following product groups:
- Edible vegetables and certain roots and tubers (HS code 07) - a decrease of $47,177,366;
- Edible fruit and nuts; peel of citrus fruit or melons (HS code 08) - a decrease of $39,046,360;
- Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, not knitted or crocheted (HS code 62) - a decrease of $12,731,270;
- Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof (HS code 84) - a decrease of $12,415,093;
- Carpets and other textile floor coverings (HS code 57) - a decrease of $5,093,657;
- 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 $4,120,029;
- Articles of iron or steel (HS code 73) - a decrease of $2,335,605;
- 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 (HS code 34) - a decrease of $1,803,964;
- Mineral fuels, mineral oils and products of their distillation; bituminous substances; mineral waxes (HS code 27) - a decrease of $1,719,002;
- Pharmaceutical products (HS code 30) - a decrease of $1,369,374;
- Plastics and articles thereof (HS code 39) - a decrease of $1,243,749.
HS code |
Name of product group | Value of imports in 2015, US dollars ($) |
Percent share in total import | Value of imports in 2014, US dollars ($) |
Percent change in 2015 over 2014 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
03 | Fish and crustaceans, molluscs and other aquatic invertebrates | 0 | 0.00 | 4,359 | -100.00 |
04 | Dairy produce; birds eggs; natural honey; edible products of animal origin, not elsewhere specified or included | 92,719 | 0.02 | 0 | ∞ |
06 | Live trees and other plants; bulbs, roots and the like; cut flowers and ornamental foliage | 168 | 0.00 | 5,740 | -97.07 |
07 | Edible vegetables and certain roots and tubers | 165,988,749 | 40.13 | 213,166,115 | -22.13 |
08 | Edible fruit and nuts; peel of citrus fruit or melons | 183,596,128 | 44.39 | 222,642,488 | -17.54 |
09 | Coffee, tea, maté and spices | 1,148,188 | 0.28 | 603,165 | 90.36 |
12 | Oil seeds and oleaginous fruits; miscellaneous grains, seeds and fruits; industrial or medicinal plants; straw and fodder | 6,863,225 | 1.66 | 5,027,472 | 36.51 |
13 | Lac; gums, resins and other vegetable saps and extracts | 0 | 0.00 | 33,600 | -100.00 |
15 | Animal or vegetable fats and oils and their cleavage products prepared edible fats; animal or vegetable waxes | 351,612 | 0.09 | 240,673 | 46.10 |
17 | Sugars and sugar confectionery | 39,507 | 0.01 | 0 | ∞ |
18 | Cocoa and cocoa preparations | 5,528 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
19 | Preparations of cereals, flour, starch or milk; bakers’ wares | 1,057,050 | 0.26 | 0 | ∞ |
20 | Preparations of vegetables, fruit, nuts or other parts of plants | 916,011 | 0.22 | 360,337 | 154.21 |
21 | Miscellaneous edible preparations | 515,353 | 0.12 | 911,179 | -43.44 |
24 | Tobacco and manufactured tobacco substitutes | 401,195 | 0.10 | 510,314 | -21.38 |
25 | Salt; sulfur; earths and stone; plastering materials, lime and cement | 3,886,098 | 0.94 | 4,425,689 | -12.19 |
27 | Mineral fuels, mineral oils and products of their distillation; bituminous substances; mineral waxes | 909,629 | 0.22 | 2,628,631 | -65.40 |
29 | Organic chemicals | 0 | 0.00 | 9,900 | -100.00 |
30 | Pharmaceutical products | 5,968,503 | 1.44 | 7,337,877 | -18.66 |
32 | Tanning or dyeing extracts; dyes, pigments, paints, varnishes, putty and mastics | 731,440 | 0.18 | 810,434 | -9.75 |
33 | Essential oils and resinoids; perfumery, cosmetic or toilet preparations | 1,582,034 | 0.38 | 178,419 | 786.70 |
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 | 1,371,084 | 0.33 | 3,175,048 | -56.82 |
38 | Miscellaneous chemical products | 1,638,234 | 0.40 | 380,887 | 330.11 |
39 | Plastics and articles thereof | 3,734,206 | 0.90 | 4,977,955 | -24.99 |
40 | Rubber and articles thereof | 23,147 | 0.01 | 186 | 12,344.62 |
41 | Raw hides and skins (other than furskins) and leather | 0 | 0.00 | 152,024 | -100.00 |
42 | Articles of leather; saddlery and harness; travel goods, handbags and similar containers; articles of animal gut (other than silkworm gut) | 0 | 0.00 | 3,703 | -100.00 |
44 | Wood and articles of wood; wood charcoal | 367 | 0.00 | 35,237 | -98.96 |
48 | Paper and paperboard; articles of paper pulp, of paper or of paperboard | 80,030 | 0.02 | 228,401 | -64.96 |
49 | Printed books, newspapers, pictures and other products of the printing industry; manuscripts, typescripts and plans | 12,278 | 0.00 | 7,353 | 66.98 |
52 | Cotton | 60,674 | 0.01 | 89,022 | -31.84 |
53 | Other vegetable textile fibers; paper yarn and woven fabric of paper yarn | 62,366 | 0.02 | 348,456 | -82.10 |
54 | Man-made filaments | 26,902 | 0.01 | 141,484 | -80.99 |
55 | Man-made staple fibers | 0 | 0.00 | 1,223 | -100.00 |
56 | Wadding, felt and nonwovens; special yarns, twine, cordage, ropes and cables and articles thereof | 10,426 | 0.00 | 2,527 | 312.58 |
57 | Carpets and other textile floor coverings | 3,835,480 | 0.93 | 8,929,137 | -57.05 |
58 | Special woven fabrics; tufted textile fabrics; lace, tapestries; trimmings; embroidery | 66,822 | 0.02 | 108,569 | -38.45 |
59 | Impregnated, coated, covered or laminated textile fabrics; textile articles of a kind suitable for industrial use | 460,740 | 0.11 | 0 | ∞ |
60 | Knitted or crocheted fabrics | 0 | 0.00 | 196,979 | -100.00 |
61 | Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, knitted or crocheted | 5,073,819 | 1.23 | 5,562,139 | -8.78 |
62 | Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, not knitted or crocheted | 13,886,089 | 3.36 | 26,617,359 | -47.83 |
63 | Other made up textile articles; sets; worn clothing and worn textile articles; rags | 1,590,266 | 0.38 | 1,975,425 | -19.50 |
64 | Footwear, gaiters and the like; parts of such articles | 487 | 0.00 | 23,413 | -97.92 |
65 | Headgear and parts thereof | 6,744 | 0.00 | 1,278 | 427.70 |
68 | Articles of stone, plaster, cement, asbestos, mica or similar materials | 597,719 | 0.14 | 669,673 | -10.74 |
69 | Ceramic products | 511,746 | 0.12 | 399,596 | 28.07 |
70 | Glass and glassware | 156,606 | 0.04 | 442,537 | -64.61 |
71 | Natural or cultured pearls, precious or semi-precious stones,precious metals, metals clad with precious metal and articles thereof; imitation jewelry; coin | 715 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
72 | Iron and steel | 801,197 | 0.19 | 1,819,057 | -55.96 |
73 | Articles of iron or steel | 506,251 | 0.12 | 2,841,856 | -82.19 |
74 | Copper and articles thereof | 220 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
76 | Aluminum and articles thereof | 2,572 | 0.00 | 66,873 | -96.15 |
82 | Tools, implements, cutlery, spoons and forks, of base metal; parts thereof of base metal | 33,207 | 0.01 | 69,085 | -51.93 |
83 | Miscellaneous articles of base metal | 33 | 0.00 | 304 | -89.14 |
84 | Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof | 132,940 | 0.03 | 12,548,033 | -98.94 |
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 | 3,527,655 | 0.85 | 7,647,684 | -53.87 |
87 | Vehicles other than railway or tramway rolling stock, and parts and accessories thereof | 19,362 | 0.00 | 2,796 | 592.49 |
90 | Optical, photographic, cinematographic, measuring, checking, precision, medical or surgical instruments and apparatus; parts and accessories thereof | 360 | 0.00 | 494 | -27.13 |
91 | Clocks and watches and parts thereof | 0 | 0.00 | 454 | -100.00 |
92 | Musical instruments; parts and accessories of such articles | 0 | 0.00 | 73 | -100.00 |
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 | 159,339 | 0.04 | 569,961 | -72.04 |
96 | Miscellaneous manufactured articles | 1,185,630 | 0.29 | 906,254 | 30.83 |