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Russian trade in goods with Egypt in Q4 2017

by Russian Foreign Trade
based on data from the Federal Customs Service of Russia
The Report on Russia’s foreign trade in goods with Egypt in the fourth quarter of 2017: exports, imports, products, dynamics.

Russia’s Trade with Egypt

In the 4th quarter of 2017, Russia’s trade with Egypt totaled $2,714,713,651, up 88.34% ($1,273,301,584) from the 4th quarter of 2016.

Russia’s exports to Egypt in the 4th quarter of 2017 totaled $2,631,173,586, up 88.55% ($1,235,701,389) from the 4th quarter of 2016.

Russia’s imports from Egypt in the 4th quarter of 2017 totaled $83,540,065, up 81.85% ($37,600,195) from the 4th quarter of 2016.

Russia’s trade surplus with Egypt in the 4th quarter of 2017 was $2,547,633,521, a 88.78% increase ($1,198,101,194) over the 4th quarter of 2016.

Egypt was Russia’s 17th largest trading partner in the 4th quarter of 2017 (up from 21st in the 4th quarter of 2016), accounting for 1.6242% of Russia’s total trade (up from 1.0578% in the 4th quarter of 2016).

Egypt was Russia’s 12th largest export market in the 4th quarter of 2017 (up from 18th in the 4th quarter of 2016), accounting for 2.5579% of Russia’s total exports (up from 1.6645% in the 4th quarter of 2016).

Egypt was Russia’s 64th largest supplier in the 4th quarter of 2017 (up from 71st in the 4th quarter of 2016), accounting for 0.1300% of Russia’s total imports (up from 0.0876% in the 4th quarter of 2016).

Russia’s Exports to Egypt

The major share of Russian exports to Egypt in the 4th quarter of 2017 (and in the 4th quarter of 2016) was accounted for the following product types:

  • Food products and agricultural raw materials (HS codes 01-24) - 20.65% of Russia’s total exports to Egypt (29.04% in the 4th quarter of 2016);
  • Machinery, equipment and vehicles (HS codes 84-90) - 8.98% of Russia’s total exports to Egypt (34.79% in the 4th quarter of 2016);
  • Metals and products from them (HS codes 72-83) - 8.89% of Russia’s total exports to Egypt (12.23% in the 4th quarter of 2016);
  • Wood and wood products (HS codes 44-49) - 4.07% of Russia’s total exports to Egypt (4.47% in the 4th quarter of 2016);
  • Mineral products (HS codes 25-27) - 3.03% of Russia’s total exports to Egypt (5.04% in the 4th quarter of 2016);
  • Chemical products (HS codes 28-40) - 0.56% of Russia’s total exports to Egypt (1.05% in the 4th quarter of 2016).

The largest gains in Russia’s exports to Egypt in the 4th quarter of 2017 over the 4th quarter of 2016 were recorded for the following product groups:

  • Cereals (HS code 10) - an increase of $94,560,682;
  • Iron and steel (HS code 72) - an increase of $70,321,231;
  • Wood and articles of wood; wood charcoal (HS code 44) - an increase of $46,019,735;
  • Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof (HS code 84) - an increase of $41,671,435;
  • Animal or vegetable fats and oils and their cleavage products prepared edible fats; animal or vegetable waxes (HS code 15) - an increase of $41,079,858;
  • Optical, photographic, cinematographic, measuring, checking, precision, medical or surgical instruments and apparatus; parts and accessories thereof (HS code 90) - an increase of $38,370,429;
  • Mineral fuels, mineral oils and products of their distillation; bituminous substances; mineral waxes (HS code 27) - an increase of $9,463,151.

The largest declines in Russia’s exports to Egypt in the 4th quarter of 2017 over the 4th quarter of 2016 were recorded for the following product groups:

  • Vehicles other than railway or tramway rolling stock, and parts and accessories thereof (HS code 87) - a decrease of $278,826,128;
  • 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 $53,688,923;
  • Copper and articles thereof (HS code 74) - a decrease of $12,759,719.
Russia’s exports to Egypt in the 4th quarter of 2017 by product groups
HS
code
Name of product group Value of exports
in Q4 2017,
US dollars ($)
Percent share in total export Value of exports
in Q4 2016,
US dollars ($)
Percent change
in Q4 2017
over Q4 2016
02 Meat and edible meat offal 0 0.00 1,326,415-100.00
07 Edible vegetables and certain roots and tubers 9,467,697 0.36 8,656,8009.37
09 Coffee, tea, maté and spices 25,710 0.00 0
10 Cereals 412,220,931 15.67 317,660,24929.77
11 Products of the milling industry; malt; starches; inulin; wheat gluten 6,759 0.00 0
12 Oil seeds and oleaginous fruits; miscellaneous grains, seeds and fruits; industrial or medicinal plants; straw and fodder 1,581,413 0.06 335,370371.54
13 Lac; gums, resins and other vegetable saps and extracts 21,176 0.00 15,00441.14
15 Animal or vegetable fats and oils and their cleavage products prepared edible fats; animal or vegetable waxes 108,360,762 4.12 67,280,90461.06
18 Cocoa and cocoa preparations 684,612 0.03 0
22 Beverages, spirits and vinegar 0 0.00 1,947-100.00
23 Residues and waste from the food industries; prepared animal feed 3,464,409 0.13 0
24 Tobacco and manufactured tobacco substitutes 7,622,792 0.29 9,987,489-23.68
25 Salt; sulfur; earths and stone; plastering materials, lime and cement 2,037 0.00 203,063-99.00
27 Mineral fuels, mineral oils and products of their distillation; bituminous substances; mineral waxes 79,656,166 3.03 70,193,01513.48
28 Inorganic chemicals; organic or inorganic compounds of precious metals, of rare-earth metals,of radioactive elements or of isotopes 3,873,260 0.15 2,294,15468.83
29 Organic chemicals 3,957,003 0.15 4,095,478-3.38
30 Pharmaceutical products 376,261 0.01 15,0002,408.41
31 Fertilizers 0 0.00 673,913-100.00
32 Tanning or dyeing extracts; dyes, pigments, paints, varnishes, putty and mastics 2,751 0.00 63,792-95.69
33 Essential oils and resinoids; perfumery, cosmetic or toilet preparations 39,113 0.00 36,0758.42
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 8,968 0.00 0
35 Albuminoidal substances; modified starches; glues; enzymes 0 0.00 461-100.00
38 Miscellaneous chemical products 4,589,424 0.17 3,427,82833.89
39 Plastics and articles thereof 133,987 0.01 2,236,457-94.01
40 Rubber and articles thereof 1,823,524 0.07 1,808,4670.83
42 Articles of leather; saddlery and harness; travel goods, handbags and similar containers; articles of animal gut (other than silkworm gut) 53 0.00 0
44 Wood and articles of wood; wood charcoal 99,894,824 3.80 53,875,08985.42
48 Paper and paperboard; articles of paper pulp, of paper or of paperboard 7,134,776 0.27 7,587,840-5.97
49 Printed books, newspapers, pictures and other products of the printing industry; manuscripts, typescripts and plans 9,770 0.00 942,862-98.96
56 Wadding, felt and nonwovens; special yarns, twine, cordage, ropes and cables and articles thereof 0 0.00 58-100.00
61 Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, knitted or crocheted 0 0.00 430-100.00
62 Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, not knitted or crocheted 115,360 0.00 36031,944.44
63 Other made up textile articles; sets; worn clothing and worn textile articles; rags 44,100 0.00 6446,747.83
64 Footwear, gaiters and the like; parts of such articles 80 0.00 355-77.46
65 Headgear and parts thereof 0 0.00 580-100.00
68 Articles of stone, plaster, cement, asbestos, mica or similar materials 135 0.00 114,085-99.88
69 Ceramic products 0 0.00 1,100-100.00
70 Glass and glassware 242,847 0.01 2,8968,285.60
72 Iron and steel 209,455,832 7.96 139,134,60150.54
73 Articles of iron or steel 6,548,630 0.25 1,686,581288.28
74 Copper and articles thereof 16,981,904 0.65 29,741,623-42.90
75 Nickel and articles thereof 696 0.00 1,542-54.86
76 Aluminum and articles thereof 7 0.00 638-98.90
79 Zinc and articles thereof 471 0.00 0
82 Tools, implements, cutlery, spoons and forks, of base metal; parts thereof of base metal 911,118 0.03 114,056698.83
83 Miscellaneous articles of base metal 820 0.00 3,267-74.90
84 Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof 45,156,070 1.72 3,484,6351,195.86
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 67,036,811 2.55 120,725,734-44.47
87 Vehicles other than railway or tramway rolling stock, and parts and accessories thereof 78,405,869 2.98 357,231,997-78.05
89 Ships, boats and floating structures 3,305,665 0.13 0
90 Optical, photographic, cinematographic, measuring, checking, precision, medical or surgical instruments and apparatus; parts and accessories thereof 42,389,847 1.61 4,019,418954.63
91 Clocks and watches and parts thereof 612 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 149,233 0.01 33,243348.92
96 Miscellaneous manufactured articles 305 0.00 221,286.36
SS Classified 1,415,468,996 53.80 186 456 660659.14

Russia’s Imports from Egypt

The major share of Russian imports from Egypt in the 4th quarter of 2017 (and in the 4th quarter of 2016) was accounted for the following product types:

  • Food products and agricultural raw materials (HS codes 01-24) - 60.73% of Russia’s total imports from Egypt (61.57% in the 4th quarter of 2016);
  • Machinery, equipment and vehicles (HS codes 84-90) - 19.36% of Russia’s total imports from Egypt (2.75% in the 4th quarter of 2016);
  • Textiles, textile products and footwear (HS codes 50-67) - 10.68% of Russia’s total imports from Egypt (22.33% in the 4th quarter of 2016);
  • Chemical products (HS codes 28-40) - 6.98% of Russia’s total imports from Egypt (11.45% in the 4th quarter of 2016);
  • Mineral products (HS codes 25-27) - 1.30% of Russia’s total imports from Egypt (0.56% in the 4th quarter of 2016).

The largest gains in Russia’s imports from Egypt in the 4th quarter of 2017 over the 4th quarter of 2016 were recorded for the following product groups:

  • Edible fruit and nuts; peel of citrus fruit or melons (HS code 08) - an increase of $20,728,601;
  • 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 $14,893,729;
  • Edible vegetables and certain roots and tubers (HS code 07) - an increase of $2,180,889;
  • Pharmaceutical products (HS code 30) - an increase of $868,783;
  • Salt; sulfur; earths and stone; plastering materials, lime and cement (HS code 25) - an increase of $689,894;
  • Other made up textile articles; sets; worn clothing and worn textile articles; rags (HS code 63) - an increase of $438,200;
  • Rubber and articles thereof (HS code 40) - an increase of $390,021.

The largest declines in Russia’s imports from Egypt in the 4th quarter of 2017 over the 4th quarter of 2016 were recorded for the following product groups:

  • Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, not knitted or crocheted (HS code 62) - a decrease of $1,358,841;
  • Miscellaneous chemical products (HS code 38) - a decrease of $526,794;
  • Essential oils and resinoids; perfumery, cosmetic or toilet preparations (HS code 33) - a decrease of $525,959;
  • Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, knitted or crocheted (HS code 61) - a decrease of $447,680;
  • Oil seeds and oleaginous fruits; miscellaneous grains, seeds and fruits; industrial or medicinal plants; straw and fodder (HS code 12) - a decrease of $340,670.
Russia’s imports from Egypt in the 4th quarter of 2017 by product groups
HS
code
Name of product group Value of imports in Q4 2017,
US dollars ($)
Percent share in total import Value of imports in Q4 2016,
US dollars ($)
Percent change
in Q4 2017
over Q4 2016
07 Edible vegetables and certain roots and tubers 4,521,537 5.41 2,340,64893.17
08 Edible fruit and nuts; peel of citrus fruit or melons 42,997,512 51.47 22,268,91193.08
09 Coffee, tea, maté and spices 306,166 0.37 361,669-15.35
12 Oil seeds and oleaginous fruits; miscellaneous grains, seeds and fruits; industrial or medicinal plants; straw and fodder 870,743 1.04 1,211,413-28.12
13 Lac; gums, resins and other vegetable saps and extracts 12,653 0.02 0
15 Animal or vegetable fats and oils and their cleavage products prepared edible fats; animal or vegetable waxes 61,838 0.07 182,001-66.02
17 Sugars and sugar confectionery 24,296 0.03 26,784-9.29
18 Cocoa and cocoa preparations 21,276 0.03 0
19 Preparations of cereals, flour, starch or milk; bakers’ wares 1,253,146 1.50 1,075,05916.57
20 Preparations of vegetables, fruit, nuts or other parts of plants 371,181 0.44 245,83450.99
21 Miscellaneous edible preparations 266,851 0.32 469,765-43.19
24 Tobacco and manufactured tobacco substitutes 23,300 0.03 104,773-77.76
25 Salt; sulfur; earths and stone; plastering materials, lime and cement 701,932 0.84 12,0385,730.97
27 Mineral fuels, mineral oils and products of their distillation; bituminous substances; mineral waxes 383,918 0.46 242,94758.03
29 Organic chemicals 210,485 0.25 0
30 Pharmaceutical products 3,337,910 4.00 2,469,12735.19
32 Tanning or dyeing extracts; dyes, pigments, paints, varnishes, putty and mastics 101,582 0.12 69,49246.18
33 Essential oils and resinoids; perfumery, cosmetic or toilet preparations 7,296 0.01 533,255-98.63
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 1,300,920 1.56 1,084,86819.92
38 Miscellaneous chemical products 23,901 0.03 550,695-95.66
39 Plastics and articles thereof 444,981 0.53 540,954-17.74
40 Rubber and articles thereof 400,114 0.48 10,0933,864.27
42 Articles of leather; saddlery and harness; travel goods, handbags and similar containers; articles of animal gut (other than silkworm gut) 0 0.00 26,146-100.00
48 Paper and paperboard; articles of paper pulp, of paper or of paperboard 58,836 0.07 9,996488.60
49 Printed books, newspapers, pictures and other products of the printing industry; manuscripts, typescripts and plans 1,819 0.00 565221.95
52 Cotton 35,301 0.04 0
53 Other vegetable textile fibers; paper yarn and woven fabric of paper yarn 56,522 0.07 25,572121.03
54 Man-made filaments 121,954 0.15 170,109-28.31
55 Man-made staple fibers 159 0.00 1,604-90.09
57 Carpets and other textile floor coverings 1,005,898 1.20 994,5741.14
58 Special woven fabrics; tufted textile fabrics; lace, tapestries; trimmings; embroidery 773 0.00 0
61 Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, knitted or crocheted 1,928,470 2.31 2,376,150-18.84
62 Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, not knitted or crocheted 5,107,703 6.11 6,466,544-21.01
63 Other made up textile articles; sets; worn clothing and worn textile articles; rags 652,786 0.78 214,586204.21
65 Headgear and parts thereof 15,733 0.02 11,28039.48
68 Articles of stone, plaster, cement, asbestos, mica or similar materials 74,301 0.09 45,67262.68
69 Ceramic products 363,076 0.43 233,62555.41
70 Glass and glassware 138,042 0.17 13,084955.04
73 Articles of iron or steel 7,481 0.01 7,3891.25
81 Other base metals; cermets; articles thereof 0 0.00 46-100.00
82 Tools, implements, cutlery, spoons and forks, of base metal; parts thereof of base metal 26,094 0.03 22,47416.11
83 Miscellaneous articles of base metal 306 0.00 312-1.92
84 Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof 52,508 0.06 67,908-22.68
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 15,962,434 19.11 1,068,7051,393.62
87 Vehicles other than railway or tramway rolling stock, and parts and accessories thereof 145,360 0.17 103,74140.12
90 Optical, photographic, cinematographic, measuring, checking, precision, medical or surgical instruments and apparatus; parts and accessories thereof 10,246 0.01 24,479-58.14
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 61,429 0.07 18,557231.03
95 Toys, games and sports requisites; parts and accessories thereof 111 0.00 866-87.18
96 Miscellaneous manufactured articles 69,185 0.08 235,560-70.63
Russian foreign trade statistics
Source: Federal Customs Service of Russia