Russian trade in goods with Algeria in Q1 2018
May 16, 2018
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 first quarter of 2018: exports, imports, products, dynamics.
Russia’s Trade with Algeria
In the 1st quarter of 2018, Russia’s trade with Algeria totaled $688,451,429, up 24.81% ($136,849,098) from the 1st quarter of 2017.
Russia’s exports to Algeria in the 1st quarter of 2018 totaled $685,395,996, up 24.97% ($136,935,393) from the 1st quarter of 2017.
Russia’s imports from Algeria in the 1st quarter of 2018 were $3,055,433, down 2.75% ($86,295) from the 1st quarter of 2017.
Russia’s trade surplus with Algeria in the 1st quarter of 2018 was $682,340,563, a 25.13% increase ($137,021,688) over the 1st quarter of 2017.
Algeria was Russia’s 39th largest trading partner in the 1st quarter of 2018 (up from 41st in the 1st quarter of 2017), accounting for 0.4367% of Russia’s total trade (up from 0.4291% in the 1st quarter of 2017).
Algeria was Russia’s 34th largest export market in the 1st quarter of 2018 (just as in the 1st quarter of 2017), accounting for 0.6653% of Russia’s total exports (up from 0.6581% in the 1st quarter of 2017).
Algeria was Russia’s 114th largest supplier in the 1st quarter of 2018 (down from 113th in the 1st quarter of 2017), accounting for 0.0056% of Russia’s total imports (down from 0.0069% in the 1st quarter of 2017).
Russia’s Exports to Algeria
The major share of Russian exports to Algeria in the 1st quarter of 2018 (and in the 1st quarter of 2017) was accounted for the following product types:
- Machinery, equipment and vehicles (HS codes 84-90) - 12.86% of Russia’s total exports to Algeria (23.41% in the 1st quarter of 2017);
- Food products and agricultural raw materials (HS codes 01-24) - 10.59% of Russia’s total exports to Algeria (11.88% in the 1st quarter of 2017);
- Metals and products from them (HS codes 72-83) - 7.68% of Russia’s total exports to Algeria (13.61% in the 1st quarter of 2017);
- Mineral products (HS codes 25-27) - 3.62% of Russia’s total exports to Algeria (5.57% in the 1st quarter of 2017);
- Chemical products (HS codes 28-40) - 0.77% of Russia’s total exports to Algeria (1.38% in the 1st quarter of 2017).
The largest gains in Russia’s exports to Algeria in the 1st quarter of 2018 over the 1st quarter of 2017 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 $19,379,759;
- Animal or vegetable fats and oils and their cleavage products prepared edible fats; animal or vegetable waxes (HS code 15) - an increase of $10,740,256;
- Optical, photographic, cinematographic, measuring, checking, precision, medical or surgical instruments and apparatus; parts and accessories thereof (HS code 90) - an increase of $4,343,815;
- Fertilizers (HS code 31) - an increase of $2,345,845.
The largest declines in Russia’s exports to Algeria in the 1st quarter of 2018 over the 1st quarter of 2017 were recorded for the following product groups:
- Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof (HS code 84) - a decrease of $55,431,681;
- Articles of iron or steel (HS code 73) - a decrease of $17,734,695;
- 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 $8,545,632;
- Mineral fuels, mineral oils and products of their distillation; bituminous substances; mineral waxes (HS code 27) - a decrease of $5,711,495;
- Cereals (HS code 10) - a decrease of $5,028,327;
- Iron and steel (HS code 72) - a decrease of $2,567,596;
- 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 $2,370,020;
- Explosives; pyrotechnic products; matches; pyrophoric alloys; certain combustible preparations (HS code 36) - a decrease of $2,352,493.
| HS code |
Name of product group | Value of exports in Q1 2018, US dollars ($) |
Percent share in total export | Value of exports in Q1 2017, US dollars ($) |
Percent change in Q1 2018 over Q1 2017 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 07 | Edible vegetables and certain roots and tubers | 75,630 | 0.01 | 175,398 | -56.88 |
| 10 | Cereals | 0 | 0.00 | 5,028,327 | -100.00 |
| 11 | Products of the milling industry; malt; starches; inulin; wheat gluten | 25,300 | 0.00 | 190,243 | -86.70 |
| 12 | Oil seeds and oleaginous fruits; miscellaneous grains, seeds and fruits; industrial or medicinal plants; straw and fodder | 0 | 0.00 | 23,795 | -100.00 |
| 15 | Animal or vegetable fats and oils and their cleavage products prepared edible fats; animal or vegetable waxes | 70,271,651 | 10.25 | 59,531,395 | 18.04 |
| 18 | Cocoa and cocoa preparations | 809,062 | 0.12 | 156,466 | 417.08 |
| 21 | Miscellaneous edible preparations | 1,375,066 | 0.20 | 0 | ∞ |
| 22 | Beverages, spirits and vinegar | 34,973 | 0.01 | 37,476 | -6.68 |
| 25 | Salt; sulfur; earths and stone; plastering materials, lime and cement | 0 | 0.00 | 64 | -100.00 |
| 27 | Mineral fuels, mineral oils and products of their distillation; bituminous substances; mineral waxes | 24,840,164 | 3.62 | 30,551,659 | -18.69 |
| 28 | Inorganic chemicals; organic or inorganic compounds of precious metals, of rare-earth metals,of radioactive elements or of isotopes | 438,480 | 0.06 | 2,808,500 | -84.39 |
| 29 | Organic chemicals | 877,090 | 0.13 | 39,674 | 2,110.74 |
| 31 | Fertilizers | 2,378,345 | 0.35 | 32,500 | 7,217.98 |
| 32 | Tanning or dyeing extracts; dyes, pigments, paints, varnishes, putty and mastics | 1,512,873 | 0.22 | 241,738 | 525.83 |
| 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 | 10,393 | 0.00 | 112 | 9,179.46 |
| 35 | Albuminoidal substances; modified starches; glues; enzymes | 0 | 0.00 | 8,423 | -100.00 |
| 36 | Explosives; pyrotechnic products; matches; pyrophoric alloys; certain combustible preparations | 0 | 0.00 | 2,352,493 | -100.00 |
| 38 | Miscellaneous chemical products | 45,958 | 0.01 | 335,234 | -86.29 |
| 39 | Plastics and articles thereof | 792 | 0.00 | 676,862 | -99.88 |
| 40 | Rubber and articles thereof | 42,306 | 0.01 | 1,072,811 | -96.06 |
| 42 | Articles of leather; saddlery and harness; travel goods, handbags and similar containers; articles of animal gut (other than silkworm gut) | 0 | 0.00 | 175,482 | -100.00 |
| 44 | Wood and articles of wood; wood charcoal | 0 | 0.00 | 19,037 | -100.00 |
| 48 | Paper and paperboard; articles of paper pulp, of paper or of paperboard | 1,388,657 | 0.20 | 351,091 | 295.53 |
| 49 | Printed books, newspapers, pictures and other products of the printing industry; manuscripts, typescripts and plans | 40,600 | 0.01 | 48,263 | -15.88 |
| 52 | Cotton | 0 | 0.00 | 1,144 | -100.00 |
| 54 | Man-made filaments | 0 | 0.00 | 14 | -100.00 |
| 56 | Wadding, felt and nonwovens; special yarns, twine, cordage, ropes and cables and articles thereof | 0 | 0.00 | 339,330 | -100.00 |
| 59 | Impregnated, coated, covered or laminated textile fabrics; textile articles of a kind suitable for industrial use | 13,732 | 0.00 | 863 | 1,491.19 |
| 63 | Other made up textile articles; sets; worn clothing and worn textile articles; rags | 1,496 | 0.00 | 49,261 | -96.96 |
| 68 | Articles of stone, plaster, cement, asbestos, mica or similar materials | 48 | 0.00 | 2,555 | -98.12 |
| 70 | Glass and glassware | 1,200 | 0.00 | 66,930 | -98.21 |
| 72 | Iron and steel | 52,441,197 | 7.65 | 55,008,793 | -4.67 |
| 73 | Articles of iron or steel | 180,527 | 0.03 | 17,915,222 | -98.99 |
| 74 | Copper and articles thereof | 0 | 0.00 | 3,145 | -100.00 |
| 76 | Aluminum and articles thereof | 10,387 | 0.00 | 880,456 | -98.82 |
| 80 | Tin and articles thereof | 0 | 0.00 | 664 | -100.00 |
| 81 | Other base metals; cermets; articles thereof | 0 | 0.00 | 15,690 | -100.00 |
| 82 | Tools, implements, cutlery, spoons and forks, of base metal; parts thereof of base metal | 5 | 0.00 | 212,494 | -100.00 |
| 83 | Miscellaneous articles of base metal | 600 | 0.00 | 605,135 | -99.90 |
| 84 | Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof | 4,525,731 | 0.66 | 59,957,412 | -92.45 |
| 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 | 21,972,992 | 3.21 | 30,518,624 | -28.00 |
| 87 | Vehicles other than railway or tramway rolling stock, and parts and accessories thereof | 38,661,026 | 5.64 | 19,281,267 | 100.51 |
| 90 | Optical, photographic, cinematographic, measuring, checking, precision, medical or surgical instruments and apparatus; parts and accessories thereof | 22,967,848 | 3.35 | 18,624,033 | 23.32 |
| 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 | 10,800 | 0.00 | 38,702 | -72.09 |
| SS | Classified | 440,441,067 | 64.26 | 241 081 826 | 82.69 |
Russia’s Imports from Algeria
The major share of Russian imports from Algeria in the 1st quarter of 2018 (and in the 1st quarter of 2017) was accounted for the following product types:
- Food products and agricultural raw materials (HS codes 01-24) - 92.33% of Russia’s total imports from Algeria (99.99% in the 1st quarter of 2017);
- Chemical products (HS codes 28-40) - 7.36% of Russia’s total imports from Algeria (0.00% in the 1st quarter of 2017).
The largest gains in Russia’s imports from Algeria in the 1st quarter of 2018 over the 1st quarter of 2017 were recorded for the following product groups:
- Inorganic chemicals; organic or inorganic compounds of precious metals, of rare-earth metals,of radioactive elements or of isotopes (HS code 28) - an increase of $224,990;
- Oil seeds and oleaginous fruits; miscellaneous grains, seeds and fruits; industrial or medicinal plants; straw and fodder (HS code 12) - an increase of $27,013;
- Edible vegetables and certain roots and tubers (HS code 07) - an increase of $10,872.
The largest declines in Russia’s imports from Algeria in the 1st quarter of 2018 over the 1st quarter of 2017 were recorded for the following product groups:
- Edible fruit and nuts; peel of citrus fruit or melons (HS code 08) - a decrease of $363,039.
| HS code |
Name of product group | Value of imports in Q1 2018, US dollars ($) |
Percent share in total import | Value of imports in Q1 2017, US dollars ($) |
Percent change in Q1 2018 over Q1 2017 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 07 | Edible vegetables and certain roots and tubers | 10,872 | 0.36 | 0 | ∞ |
| 08 | Edible fruit and nuts; peel of citrus fruit or melons | 2,659,173 | 87.03 | 3,022,212 | -12.01 |
| 12 | Oil seeds and oleaginous fruits; miscellaneous grains, seeds and fruits; industrial or medicinal plants; straw and fodder | 105,115 | 3.44 | 78,102 | 34.59 |
| 15 | Animal or vegetable fats and oils and their cleavage products prepared edible fats; animal or vegetable waxes | 0 | 0.00 | 3,481 | -100.00 |
| 20 | Preparations of vegetables, fruit, nuts or other parts of plants | 43,944 | 1.44 | 37,479 | 17.25 |
| 21 | Miscellaneous edible preparations | 576 | 0.02 | 0 | ∞ |
| 22 | Beverages, spirits and vinegar | 1,263 | 0.04 | 0 | ∞ |
| 28 | Inorganic chemicals; organic or inorganic compounds of precious metals, of rare-earth metals,of radioactive elements or of isotopes | 224,990 | 7.36 | 0 | ∞ |
| 39 | Plastics and articles thereof | 0 | 0.00 | 72 | -100.00 |
| 48 | Paper and paperboard; articles of paper pulp, of paper or of paperboard | 1,100 | 0.04 | 0 | ∞ |
| 73 | Articles of iron or steel | 0 | 0.00 | 382 | -100.00 |
| 84 | Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof | 5,500 | 0.18 | 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 | 2,900 | 0.09 | 0 | ∞ |