Russian trade in goods with Egypt in Q2 2018
August 15, 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 Egypt in the second quarter of 2018: exports, imports, products, dynamics.
Russia’s Trade with Egypt
In the 2nd quarter of 2018, Russia’s trade with Egypt totaled $1,545,483,263, up 11.29% ($156,776,449) from the 2nd quarter of 2017.
Russia’s exports to Egypt in the 2nd quarter of 2018 totaled $1,337,704,598, up 14.58% ($170,251,496) from the 2nd quarter of 2017.
Russia’s imports from Egypt in the 2nd quarter of 2018 were $207,778,665, down 6.09% ($13,475,047) from the 2nd quarter of 2017.
Russia’s trade surplus with Egypt in the 2nd quarter of 2018 was $1,129,925,933, a 19.42% increase ($183,726,543) over the 2nd quarter of 2017.
Egypt was Russia’s 23rd largest trading partner in the 2nd quarter of 2018 (down from 19th in the 2nd quarter of 2017), accounting for 0.9043% of Russia’s total trade (down from 0.9937% in the 2nd quarter of 2017).
Egypt was Russia’s 18th largest export market in the 2nd quarter of 2018 (just as in the 2nd quarter of 2017), accounting for 1.2138% of Russia’s total exports (down from 1.3903% in the 2nd quarter of 2017).
Egypt was Russia’s 43rd largest supplier in the 2nd quarter of 2018 (up from 46th in the 2nd quarter of 2017), accounting for 0.3423% of Russia’s total imports (down from 0.3966% in the 2nd quarter of 2017).
Russia’s Exports to Egypt
The major share of Russian exports to Egypt in the 2nd quarter of 2018 (and in the 2nd quarter of 2017) was accounted for the following product types:
- Food products and agricultural raw materials (HS codes 01-24) - 32.32% of Russia’s total exports to Egypt (32.79% in the 2nd quarter of 2017);
- Metals and products from them (HS codes 72-83) - 26.68% of Russia’s total exports to Egypt (13.78% in the 2nd quarter of 2017);
- Mineral products (HS codes 25-27) - 22.12% of Russia’s total exports to Egypt (12.37% in the 2nd quarter of 2017);
- Wood and wood products (HS codes 44-49) - 8.70% of Russia’s total exports to Egypt (5.44% in the 2nd quarter of 2017);
- Machinery, equipment and vehicles (HS codes 84-90) - 5.84% of Russia’s total exports to Egypt (9.06% in the 2nd quarter of 2017);
- Chemical products (HS codes 28-40) - 1.91% of Russia’s total exports to Egypt (1.21% in the 2nd quarter of 2017).
The largest gains in Russia’s exports to Egypt in the 2nd quarter of 2018 over the 2nd quarter of 2017 were recorded for the following product groups:
- Mineral fuels, mineral oils and products of their distillation; bituminous substances; mineral waxes (HS code 27) - an increase of $175,794,658;
- Copper and articles thereof (HS code 74) - an increase of $153,072,029;
- Cereals (HS code 10) - an increase of $50,426,040;
- Wood and articles of wood; wood charcoal (HS code 44) - an increase of $36,470,598;
- Articles of iron or steel (HS code 73) - an increase of $25,209,296;
- 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 $19,200,639;
- Iron and steel (HS code 72) - an increase of $18,273,706;
- Optical, photographic, cinematographic, measuring, checking, precision, medical or surgical instruments and apparatus; parts and accessories thereof (HS code 90) - an increase of $12,581,592;
- Printed books, newspapers, pictures and other products of the printing industry; manuscripts, typescripts and plans (HS code 49) - an increase of $11,091,927;
- Animal or vegetable fats and oils and their cleavage products prepared edible fats; animal or vegetable waxes (HS code 15) - an increase of $6,194,139;
- Miscellaneous chemical products (HS code 38) - an increase of $5,491,839;
- Paper and paperboard; articles of paper pulp, of paper or of paperboard (HS code 48) - an increase of $5,327,004.
The largest declines in Russia’s exports to Egypt in the 2nd quarter of 2018 over the 2nd 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) - a decrease of $62,944,988;
- Salt; sulfur; earths and stone; plastering materials, lime and cement (HS code 25) - a decrease of $16,852,454;
- Ores, slag and ash (HS code 26) - a decrease of $7,470,708;
- Tobacco and manufactured tobacco substitutes (HS code 24) - a decrease of $4,671,788.
| HS code |
Name of product group | Value of exports in Q2 2018, US dollars ($) |
Percent share in total export | Value of exports in Q2 2017, US dollars ($) |
Percent change in Q2 2018 over Q2 2017 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 07 | Edible vegetables and certain roots and tubers | 67,085 | 0.01 | 785,624 | -91.46 |
| 09 | Coffee, tea, maté and spices | 57,955 | 0.00 | 61,160 | -5.24 |
| 10 | Cereals | 338,736,335 | 25.32 | 288,310,295 | 17.49 |
| 12 | Oil seeds and oleaginous fruits; miscellaneous grains, seeds and fruits; industrial or medicinal plants; straw and fodder | 447,814 | 0.03 | 19,400 | 2,208.32 |
| 13 | Lac; gums, resins and other vegetable saps and extracts | 19,455 | 0.00 | 39,307 | -50.50 |
| 15 | Animal or vegetable fats and oils and their cleavage products prepared edible fats; animal or vegetable waxes | 89,561,414 | 6.70 | 83,367,275 | 7.43 |
| 18 | Cocoa and cocoa preparations | 785,858 | 0.06 | 36,672 | 2,042.94 |
| 21 | Miscellaneous edible preparations | 334 | 0.00 | 77 | 333.77 |
| 22 | Beverages, spirits and vinegar | 2,000 | 0.00 | 5,500 | -63.64 |
| 23 | Residues and waste from the food industries; prepared animal feed | 2,471,031 | 0.18 | 5,410,239 | -54.33 |
| 24 | Tobacco and manufactured tobacco substitutes | 146,962 | 0.01 | 4,818,750 | -96.95 |
| 25 | Salt; sulfur; earths and stone; plastering materials, lime and cement | 1,092,799 | 0.08 | 17,945,253 | -93.91 |
| 26 | Ores, slag and ash | 0 | 0.00 | 7,470,708 | -100.00 |
| 27 | Mineral fuels, mineral oils and products of their distillation; bituminous substances; mineral waxes | 294,807,500 | 22.04 | 119,012,842 | 147.71 |
| 28 | Inorganic chemicals; organic or inorganic compounds of precious metals, of rare-earth metals,of radioactive elements or of isotopes | 5,424,239 | 0.41 | 2,486,089 | 118.18 |
| 29 | Organic chemicals | 11,833,951 | 0.88 | 9,712,220 | 21.85 |
| 30 | Pharmaceutical products | 2,933 | 0.00 | 2,128 | 37.83 |
| 32 | Tanning or dyeing extracts; dyes, pigments, paints, varnishes, putty and mastics | 689 | 0.00 | 78,790 | -99.13 |
| 33 | Essential oils and resinoids; perfumery, cosmetic or toilet preparations | 51,389 | 0.00 | 109,676 | -53.14 |
| 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 | 890 | 0.00 | 185 | 381.08 |
| 35 | Albuminoidal substances; modified starches; glues; enzymes | 90,105 | 0.01 | 22,406 | 302.15 |
| 36 | Explosives; pyrotechnic products; matches; pyrophoric alloys; certain combustible preparations | 1,040,000 | 0.08 | 0 | ∞ |
| 38 | Miscellaneous chemical products | 6,441,167 | 0.48 | 949,328 | 578.50 |
| 39 | Plastics and articles thereof | 220,298 | 0.02 | 128,286 | 71.72 |
| 40 | Rubber and articles thereof | 435,320 | 0.03 | 638,885 | -31.86 |
| 41 | Raw hides and skins (other than furskins) and leather | 294 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
| 42 | Articles of leather; saddlery and harness; travel goods, handbags and similar containers; articles of animal gut (other than silkworm gut) | 67,813 | 0.01 | 1,013 | 6,594.27 |
| 44 | Wood and articles of wood; wood charcoal | 93,164,613 | 6.96 | 56,694,015 | 64.33 |
| 48 | Paper and paperboard; articles of paper pulp, of paper or of paperboard | 11,360,657 | 0.85 | 6,033,653 | 88.29 |
| 49 | Printed books, newspapers, pictures and other products of the printing industry; manuscripts, typescripts and plans | 11,876,749 | 0.89 | 784,822 | 1,413.30 |
| 51 | Wool, fine or coarse animal hair; horsehair yarn and woven fabric | 345 | 0.00 | 982 | -64.87 |
| 52 | Cotton | 308 | 0.00 | 42 | 633.33 |
| 53 | Other vegetable textile fibers; paper yarn and woven fabric of paper yarn | 264 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
| 55 | Man-made staple fibers | 0 | 0.00 | 8,245 | -100.00 |
| 56 | Wadding, felt and nonwovens; special yarns, twine, cordage, ropes and cables and articles thereof | 88 | 0.00 | 491 | -82.08 |
| 57 | Carpets and other textile floor coverings | 332 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
| 58 | Special woven fabrics; tufted textile fabrics; lace, tapestries; trimmings; embroidery | 18 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
| 59 | Impregnated, coated, covered or laminated textile fabrics; textile articles of a kind suitable for industrial use | 1,850 | 0.00 | 4,597 | -59.76 |
| 62 | Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, not knitted or crocheted | 276,524 | 0.02 | 456,839 | -39.47 |
| 63 | Other made up textile articles; sets; worn clothing and worn textile articles; rags | 225,707 | 0.02 | 441,814 | -48.91 |
| 64 | Footwear, gaiters and the like; parts of such articles | 1,007 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
| 65 | Headgear and parts thereof | 676,407 | 0.05 | 759,000 | -10.88 |
| 68 | Articles of stone, plaster, cement, asbestos, mica or similar materials | 6,144 | 0.00 | 3,713 | 65.47 |
| 69 | Ceramic products | 3,715 | 0.00 | 96,674 | -96.16 |
| 70 | Glass and glassware | 106,261 | 0.01 | 94,406 | 12.56 |
| 71 | Natural or cultured pearls, precious or semi-precious stones,precious metals, metals clad with precious metal and articles thereof; imitation jewelry; coin | 15 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
| 72 | Iron and steel | 154,222,150 | 11.53 | 135,948,444 | 13.44 |
| 73 | Articles of iron or steel | 34,296,037 | 2.56 | 9,086,741 | 277.43 |
| 74 | Copper and articles thereof | 167,583,507 | 12.53 | 14,511,478 | 1,054.83 |
| 75 | Nickel and articles thereof | 685 | 0.00 | 3,506 | -80.46 |
| 76 | Aluminum and articles thereof | 55,115 | 0.00 | 43,274 | 27.36 |
| 78 | Lead and articles thereof | 0 | 0.00 | 2 | -100.00 |
| 80 | Tin and articles thereof | 0 | 0.00 | 33 | -100.00 |
| 81 | Other base metals; cermets; articles thereof | 2,547 | 0.00 | 3,262 | -21.92 |
| 82 | Tools, implements, cutlery, spoons and forks, of base metal; parts thereof of base metal | 507,109 | 0.04 | 1,243,638 | -59.22 |
| 83 | Miscellaneous articles of base metal | 182,776 | 0.01 | 30,846 | 492.54 |
| 84 | Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof | 11,252,821 | 0.84 | 7,703,850 | 46.07 |
| 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 | 20,526,698 | 1.53 | 1,326,059 | 1,447.95 |
| 87 | Vehicles other than railway or tramway rolling stock, and parts and accessories thereof | 16,367,400 | 1.22 | 79,312,388 | -79.36 |
| 90 | Optical, photographic, cinematographic, measuring, checking, precision, medical or surgical instruments and apparatus; parts and accessories thereof | 29,991,019 | 2.24 | 17,409,427 | 72.27 |
| 91 | Clocks and watches and parts thereof | 5,247 | 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 | 36,902 | 0.00 | 65,244 | -43.44 |
| 95 | Toys, games and sports requisites; parts and accessories thereof | 12,142 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
| 96 | Miscellaneous manufactured articles | 316 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
| SS | Classified | 31,155,493 | 2.33 | 293 973 509 | -89.40 |
Russia’s Imports from Egypt
The major share of Russian imports from Egypt in the 2nd quarter of 2018 (and in the 2nd quarter of 2017) was accounted for the following product types:
- Food products and agricultural raw materials (HS codes 01-24) - 88.29% of Russia’s total imports from Egypt (90.46% in the 2nd quarter of 2017);
- Textiles, textile products and footwear (HS codes 50-67) - 4.36% of Russia’s total imports from Egypt (4.89% in the 2nd quarter of 2017);
- Machinery, equipment and vehicles (HS codes 84-90) - 3.48% of Russia’s total imports from Egypt (1.70% in the 2nd quarter of 2017);
- Chemical products (HS codes 28-40) - 2.92% of Russia’s total imports from Egypt (1.80% in the 2nd quarter of 2017).
The largest gains in Russia’s imports from Egypt in the 2nd quarter of 2018 over the 2nd quarter of 2017 were recorded for the following product groups:
- Edible fruit and nuts; peel of citrus fruit or melons (HS code 08) - an increase of $30,739,734;
- 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 $3,630,106;
- 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) - an increase of $1,110,096;
- Preparations of cereals, flour, starch or milk; bakers’ wares (HS code 19) - an increase of $915,529;
- Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, knitted or crocheted (HS code 61) - an increase of $768,991;
- Essential oils and resinoids; perfumery, cosmetic or toilet preparations (HS code 33) - an increase of $648,173;
- Miscellaneous chemical products (HS code 38) - an increase of $641,595.
The largest declines in Russia’s imports from Egypt in the 2nd quarter of 2018 over the 2nd quarter of 2017 were recorded for the following product groups:
- Edible vegetables and certain roots and tubers (HS code 07) - a decrease of $47,144,683;
- Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, not knitted or crocheted (HS code 62) - a decrease of $2,137,682;
- Pharmaceutical products (HS code 30) - a decrease of $1,092,909;
- Miscellaneous edible preparations (HS code 21) - a decrease of $1,006,579;
- Salt; sulfur; earths and stone; plastering materials, lime and cement (HS code 25) - a decrease of $686,357.
| HS code |
Name of product group | Value of imports in Q2 2018, US dollars ($) |
Percent share in total import | Value of imports in Q2 2017, US dollars ($) |
Percent change in Q2 2018 over Q2 2017 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 06 | Live trees and other plants; bulbs, roots and the like; cut flowers and ornamental foliage | 0 | 0.00 | 39 | -100.00 |
| 07 | Edible vegetables and certain roots and tubers | 99,213,498 | 47.75 | 146,358,181 | -32.21 |
| 08 | Edible fruit and nuts; peel of citrus fruit or melons | 80,482,355 | 38.73 | 49,742,621 | 61.80 |
| 09 | Coffee, tea, maté and spices | 287,223 | 0.14 | 284,241 | 1.05 |
| 12 | Oil seeds and oleaginous fruits; miscellaneous grains, seeds and fruits; industrial or medicinal plants; straw and fodder | 1,341,378 | 0.65 | 1,760,937 | -23.83 |
| 13 | Lac; gums, resins and other vegetable saps and extracts | 8 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
| 15 | Animal or vegetable fats and oils and their cleavage products prepared edible fats; animal or vegetable waxes | 127,046 | 0.06 | 67,113 | 89.30 |
| 17 | Sugars and sugar confectionery | 15 | 0.00 | 27,930 | -99.95 |
| 18 | Cocoa and cocoa preparations | 1,371 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
| 19 | Preparations of cereals, flour, starch or milk; bakers’ wares | 1,246,142 | 0.60 | 330,613 | 276.92 |
| 20 | Preparations of vegetables, fruit, nuts or other parts of plants | 619,741 | 0.30 | 398,153 | 55.65 |
| 21 | Miscellaneous edible preparations | 100,307 | 0.05 | 1,106,886 | -90.94 |
| 22 | Beverages, spirits and vinegar | 1,527 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
| 23 | Residues and waste from the food industries; prepared animal feed | 0 | 0.00 | 250 | -100.00 |
| 24 | Tobacco and manufactured tobacco substitutes | 17,400 | 0.01 | 69,630 | -75.01 |
| 25 | Salt; sulfur; earths and stone; plastering materials, lime and cement | 602,016 | 0.29 | 1,288,373 | -53.27 |
| 27 | Mineral fuels, mineral oils and products of their distillation; bituminous substances; mineral waxes | 462,118 | 0.22 | 447,126 | 3.35 |
| 28 | Inorganic chemicals; organic or inorganic compounds of precious metals, of rare-earth metals,of radioactive elements or of isotopes | 1,134 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
| 29 | Organic chemicals | 199,218 | 0.10 | 0 | ∞ |
| 30 | Pharmaceutical products | 1,215,964 | 0.59 | 2,308,873 | -47.34 |
| 32 | Tanning or dyeing extracts; dyes, pigments, paints, varnishes, putty and mastics | 257,859 | 0.12 | 275,492 | -6.40 |
| 33 | Essential oils and resinoids; perfumery, cosmetic or toilet preparations | 655,286 | 0.32 | 7,113 | 9,112.51 |
| 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 | 1,844,506 | 0.89 | 734,410 | 151.15 |
| 38 | Miscellaneous chemical products | 682,268 | 0.33 | 40,673 | 1,577.45 |
| 39 | Plastics and articles thereof | 761,512 | 0.37 | 388,146 | 96.19 |
| 40 | Rubber and articles thereof | 459,051 | 0.22 | 233,538 | 96.56 |
| 42 | Articles of leather; saddlery and harness; travel goods, handbags and similar containers; articles of animal gut (other than silkworm gut) | 18,215 | 0.01 | 238 | 7,553.36 |
| 48 | Paper and paperboard; articles of paper pulp, of paper or of paperboard | 36,024 | 0.02 | 36,912 | -2.41 |
| 52 | Cotton | 7,738 | 0.00 | 42,192 | -81.66 |
| 53 | Other vegetable textile fibers; paper yarn and woven fabric of paper yarn | 2,075 | 0.00 | 42,925 | -95.17 |
| 54 | Man-made filaments | 201,543 | 0.10 | 117,931 | 70.90 |
| 55 | Man-made staple fibers | 110,063 | 0.05 | 110,588 | -0.47 |
| 56 | Wadding, felt and nonwovens; special yarns, twine, cordage, ropes and cables and articles thereof | 17,703 | 0.01 | 0 | ∞ |
| 57 | Carpets and other textile floor coverings | 812,630 | 0.39 | 1,168,191 | -30.44 |
| 58 | Special woven fabrics; tufted textile fabrics; lace, tapestries; trimmings; embroidery | 1,348 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
| 61 | Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, knitted or crocheted | 2,955,732 | 1.42 | 2,186,741 | 35.17 |
| 62 | Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, not knitted or crocheted | 4,482,861 | 2.16 | 6,620,543 | -32.29 |
| 63 | Other made up textile articles; sets; worn clothing and worn textile articles; rags | 456,625 | 0.22 | 519,605 | -12.12 |
| 64 | Footwear, gaiters and the like; parts of such articles | 1,138 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
| 65 | Headgear and parts thereof | 936 | 0.00 | 415 | 125.54 |
| 68 | Articles of stone, plaster, cement, asbestos, mica or similar materials | 130,898 | 0.06 | 125,859 | 4.00 |
| 69 | Ceramic products | 436,671 | 0.21 | 243,197 | 79.55 |
| 70 | Glass and glassware | 49,726 | 0.02 | 41,443 | 19.99 |
| 73 | Articles of iron or steel | 208,683 | 0.10 | 121,032 | 72.42 |
| 76 | Aluminum and articles thereof | 0 | 0.00 | 229 | -100.00 |
| 81 | Other base metals; cermets; articles thereof | 6,912 | 0.00 | 3,282 | 110.60 |
| 82 | Tools, implements, cutlery, spoons and forks, of base metal; parts thereof of base metal | 0 | 0.00 | 24,912 | -100.00 |
| 83 | Miscellaneous articles of base metal | 10 | 0.00 | 46 | -78.26 |
| 84 | Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof | 58,832 | 0.03 | 154,829 | -62.00 |
| 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 | 7,070,367 | 3.40 | 3,440,261 | 105.52 |
| 87 | Vehicles other than railway or tramway rolling stock, and parts and accessories thereof | 86,106 | 0.04 | 158,314 | -45.61 |
| 90 | Optical, photographic, cinematographic, measuring, checking, precision, medical or surgical instruments and apparatus; parts and accessories thereof | 7,434 | 0.00 | 10,286 | -27.73 |
| 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 | 776 | 0.00 | 68,843 | -98.87 |
| 96 | Miscellaneous manufactured articles | 38,676 | 0.02 | 144,560 | -73.25 |