Russian trade with Algeria in the 3rd quarter of 2016
December 12, 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 the third quarter of 2016: exports, imports, products, dynamics.
Russia’s Trade with Algeria
In the 3rd quarter of 2016, Russia’s trade with Algeria totaled $1,295,138,535, up 399.21% ($1,035,700,861) from the 3rd quarter of 2015.
Russia’s exports to Algeria in the 3rd quarter of 2016 totaled $1,293,990,110, up 400.59% ($1,035,499,688) from the 3rd quarter of 2015.
Russia’s imports from Algeria in the 3rd quarter of 2016 totaled $1,148,425, up 21.24% ($201,173) from the 3rd quarter of 2015.
Russia’s trade surplus with Algeria in the 3rd quarter of 2016 was $1,292,841,685, a 401.99% increase ($1,035,298,515) over the 3rd quarter of 2015.
Algeria was Russia’s 21st largest trading partner in the 3rd quarter of 2016 (up from 62nd in the 3rd quarter of 2015), accounting for 1.0623% of Russia’s total trade (up from 0.2044% in the 3rd quarter of 2015).
Algeria was Russia’s 16th largest export market in the 3rd quarter of 2016 (up from 46th in the 3rd quarter of 2015), accounting for 1.7986% of Russia’s total exports (up from 0.3250% in the 3rd quarter of 2015).
Algeria was Russia’s 130th largest supplier in the 3rd quarter of 2016 (down from 129th in the 3rd quarter of 2015), accounting for 0.0023% of Russia’s total imports (up from 0.0020% in the 3rd quarter of 2015).
Russia’s Exports to Algeria
The major share of Russian exports to Algeria in the 3rd quarter of 2016 (and in the 3rd quarter of 2015) was accounted for the following product types:
- Machinery, equipment and vehicles (HS codes 84-90) - 46.89% of Russia’s total exports to Algeria (30.13% in the 3rd quarter of 2015);
- Food products and agricultural raw materials (HS codes 01-24) - 3.39% of Russia’s total exports to Algeria (13.82% in the 3rd quarter of 2015);
- Mineral products (HS codes 25-27) - 3.12% of Russia’s total exports to Algeria (10.37% in the 3rd quarter of 2015);
- Metals and products from them (HS codes 72-83) - 1.67% of Russia’s total exports to Algeria (11.79% in the 3rd quarter of 2015).
The largest gains in Russia’s exports to Algeria in the 3rd quarter of 2016 over the 3rd quarter of 2015 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 $509,562,577;
- Optical, photographic, cinematographic, measuring, checking, precision, medical or surgical instruments and apparatus; parts and accessories thereof (HS code 90) - an increase of $55,141,014;
- Mineral fuels, mineral oils and products of their distillation; bituminous substances; mineral waxes (HS code 27) - an increase of $13,500,309;
- 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 $12,039,086;
- Animal or vegetable fats and oils and their cleavage products prepared edible fats; animal or vegetable waxes (HS code 15) - an increase of $4,753,408.
The largest declines in Russia’s exports to Algeria in the 3rd quarter of 2016 over the 3rd quarter of 2015 were recorded for the following product groups:
- Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof (HS code 84) - a decrease of $47,851,291;
- Iron and steel (HS code 72) - a decrease of $9,771,311.
| HS code |
Name of product group | Value of exports in Q3 2016, US dollars ($) |
Percent share in total export | Value of exports in Q3 2015, US dollars ($) |
Percent change in Q3 2016 over Q3 2015 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 07 | Edible vegetables and certain roots and tubers | 26,680 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
| 10 | Cereals | 12,277,075 | 0.95 | 9,001,106 | 36.40 |
| 11 | Products of the milling industry; malt; starches; inulin; wheat gluten | 21,850 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
| 12 | Oil seeds and oleaginous fruits; miscellaneous grains, seeds and fruits; industrial or medicinal plants; straw and fodder | 13,881 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
| 15 | Animal or vegetable fats and oils and their cleavage products prepared edible fats; animal or vegetable waxes | 31,485,956 | 2.43 | 26,732,548 | 17.78 |
| 22 | Beverages, spirits and vinegar | 38,088 | 0.00 | 688 | 5,436.05 |
| 25 | Salt; sulfur; earths and stone; plastering materials, lime and cement | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
| 27 | Mineral fuels, mineral oils and products of their distillation; bituminous substances; mineral waxes | 40,311,081 | 3.12 | 26,810,772 | 50.35 |
| 28 | Inorganic chemicals; organic or inorganic compounds of precious metals, of rare-earth metals,of radioactive elements or of isotopes | 39,516 | 0.00 | 106,915 | -63.04 |
| 29 | Organic chemicals | 2,584 | 0.00 | 7 | 36,814.29 |
| 30 | Pharmaceutical products | 9,491 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
| 32 | Tanning or dyeing extracts; dyes, pigments, paints, varnishes, putty and mastics | 43,392 | 0.00 | 356 | 12,088.76 |
| 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 | 4,282 | 0.00 | 65 | 6,487.69 |
| 35 | Albuminoidal substances; modified starches; glues; enzymes | 520 | 0.00 | 120 | 333.33 |
| 36 | Explosives; pyrotechnic products; matches; pyrophoric alloys; certain combustible preparations | 0 | 0.00 | 579,600 | -100.00 |
| 38 | Miscellaneous chemical products | 2,962 | 0.00 | 89,109 | -96.68 |
| 39 | Plastics and articles thereof | 178,694 | 0.01 | 162,803 | 9.76 |
| 40 | Rubber and articles thereof | 674,971 | 0.05 | 140,090 | 381.81 |
| 44 | Wood and articles of wood; wood charcoal | 7,813 | 0.00 | 63,352 | -87.67 |
| 48 | Paper and paperboard; articles of paper pulp, of paper or of paperboard | 574,698 | 0.04 | 174,722 | 228.92 |
| 49 | Printed books, newspapers, pictures and other products of the printing industry; manuscripts, typescripts and plans | 19,193 | 0.00 | 36,725 | -47.74 |
| 52 | Cotton | 0 | 0.00 | 2 | -100.00 |
| 56 | Wadding, felt and nonwovens; special yarns, twine, cordage, ropes and cables and articles thereof | 354,504 | 0.03 | 1 | 35,450,300.00 |
| 59 | Impregnated, coated, covered or laminated textile fabrics; textile articles of a kind suitable for industrial use | 1,363 | 0.00 | 1 | 136,200.00 |
| 61 | Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, knitted or crocheted | 0 | 0.00 | 5 | -100.00 |
| 62 | Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, not knitted or crocheted | 0 | 0.00 | 67 | -100.00 |
| 63 | Other made up textile articles; sets; worn clothing and worn textile articles; rags | 0 | 0.00 | 8,396 | -100.00 |
| 65 | Headgear and parts thereof | 10,185 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
| 68 | Articles of stone, plaster, cement, asbestos, mica or similar materials | 0 | 0.00 | 1,111 | -100.00 |
| 69 | Ceramic products | 232 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
| 70 | Glass and glassware | 536,110 | 0.04 | 2,241 | 23,822.80 |
| 72 | Iron and steel | 20,270,053 | 1.57 | 30,041,364 | -32.53 |
| 73 | Articles of iron or steel | 1,091,336 | 0.08 | 270,921 | 302.82 |
| 74 | Copper and articles thereof | 7,816 | 0.00 | 2,120 | 268.68 |
| 75 | Nickel and articles thereof | 0 | 0.00 | 12,472 | -100.00 |
| 76 | Aluminum and articles thereof | 108,531 | 0.01 | 19,371 | 460.28 |
| 81 | Other base metals; cermets; articles thereof | 40,981 | 0.00 | 5,382 | 661.45 |
| 82 | Tools, implements, cutlery, spoons and forks, of base metal; parts thereof of base metal | 35,550 | 0.00 | 116,459 | -69.47 |
| 83 | Miscellaneous articles of base metal | 55,488 | 0.00 | 576 | 9,533.33 |
| 84 | Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof | 24,193,548 | 1.87 | 72,044,839 | -66.42 |
| 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 | 14,239,958 | 1.10 | 2,200,872 | 547.01 |
| 87 | Vehicles other than railway or tramway rolling stock, and parts and accessories thereof | 509,563,744 | 39.38 | 1,167 | 43,664,316.80 |
| 90 | Optical, photographic, cinematographic, measuring, checking, precision, medical or surgical instruments and apparatus; parts and accessories thereof | 58,764,539 | 4.54 | 3,623,525 | 1,521.75 |
| 91 | Clocks and watches and parts thereof | 1,660 | 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 | 38,360 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
| 96 | Miscellaneous manufactured articles | 0 | 0.00 | 24 | -100.00 |
| SS | Classified | 578,943,425 | 44.74 | 86,240,528 | 571.31 |
Russia’s Imports from Algeria
The major share of Russian imports from Algeria in the 3rd quarter of 2016 (and in the 3rd quarter of 2015) was accounted for the following product types:
- Food products and agricultural raw materials (HS codes 01-24) - 97.20% of Russia’s total imports from Algeria (99.91% in the 3rd quarter of 2015);
- Machinery, equipment and vehicles (HS codes 84-90) - 1.76% of Russia’s total imports from Algeria (0.09% in the 3rd quarter of 2015).
The largest gains in Russia’s imports from Algeria in the 3rd quarter of 2016 over the 3rd quarter of 2015 were recorded for the following product groups:
- Edible fruit and nuts; peel of citrus fruit or melons (HS code 08) - an increase of $190,771;
- Preparations of vegetables, fruit, nuts or other parts of plants (HS code 20) - an increase of $54,497;
- 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 $10,816;
- Rubber and articles thereof (HS code 40) - an increase of $9,091;
- Optical, photographic, cinematographic, measuring, checking, precision, medical or surgical instruments and apparatus; parts and accessories thereof (HS code 90) - an increase of $5,697.
The largest declines in Russia’s imports from Algeria in the 3rd quarter of 2016 over the 3rd quarter of 2015 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) - a decrease of $78,011.
| HS code |
Name of product group | Value of imports in Q3 2016, US dollars ($) |
Percent share in total import | Value of imports in Q3 2015, US dollars ($) |
Percent change in Q3 2016 over Q3 2015 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 08 | Edible fruit and nuts; peel of citrus fruit or melons | 1,047,161 | 91.18 | 856,390 | 22.28 |
| 12 | Oil seeds and oleaginous fruits; miscellaneous grains, seeds and fruits; industrial or medicinal plants; straw and fodder | 12,000 | 1.04 | 90,011 | -86.67 |
| 15 | Animal or vegetable fats and oils and their cleavage products prepared edible fats; animal or vegetable waxes | 1,156 | 0.10 | 0 | ∞ |
| 18 | Cocoa and cocoa preparations | 110 | 0.01 | 0 | ∞ |
| 19 | Preparations of cereals, flour, starch or milk; bakers’ wares | 703 | 0.06 | 0 | ∞ |
| 20 | Preparations of vegetables, fruit, nuts or other parts of plants | 54,497 | 4.75 | 0 | ∞ |
| 21 | Miscellaneous edible preparations | 316 | 0.03 | 0 | ∞ |
| 22 | Beverages, spirits and vinegar | 290 | 0.03 | 0 | ∞ |
| 40 | Rubber and articles thereof | 9,091 | 0.79 | 0 | ∞ |
| 42 | Articles of leather; saddlery and harness; travel goods, handbags and similar containers; articles of animal gut (other than silkworm gut) | 3 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
| 48 | Paper and paperboard; articles of paper pulp, of paper or of paperboard | 7 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
| 49 | Printed books, newspapers, pictures and other products of the printing industry; manuscripts, typescripts and plans | 96 | 0.01 | 0 | ∞ |
| 61 | Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, knitted or crocheted | 0 | 0.00 | 26 | -100.00 |
| 63 | Other made up textile articles; sets; worn clothing and worn textile articles; rags | 26 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
| 72 | Iron and steel | 987 | 0.09 | 0 | ∞ |
| 73 | Articles of iron or steel | 821 | 0.07 | 0 | ∞ |
| 84 | Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof | 3,133 | 0.27 | 0 | ∞ |
| 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 | 11,328 | 0.99 | 512 | 2,112.50 |
| 87 | Vehicles other than railway or tramway rolling stock, and parts and accessories thereof | 0 | 0.00 | 313 | -100.00 |
| 90 | Optical, photographic, cinematographic, measuring, checking, precision, medical or surgical instruments and apparatus; parts and accessories thereof | 5,697 | 0.50 | 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 | 1,003 | 0.09 | 0 | ∞ |