Russian trade with Algeria in 2018
based on data from the Federal Customs Service of Russia
Russia’s Trade with Algeria
In 2018, Russia’s trade with Algeria totaled $5,403,898,412, up 16.71% ($773,645,069) from 2017.
Russia’s exports to Algeria in 2018 totaled $5,393,393,253, up 16.71% ($772,198,160) from 2017.
Russia’s imports from Algeria in 2018 totaled $10,505,159, up 15.97% ($1,446,909) from 2017.
Russia’s trade surplus with Algeria in 2018 was $5,382,888,094, a 16.71% increase ($770,751,251) over 2017.
Algeria was Russia’s 27th largest trading partner in 2018 (up from 28th in 2017), accounting for 0.7853% of Russia’s total trade (down from 0.7928% in 2017).
Algeria was Russia’s 19th largest export market in 2018 (up from 20th in 2017), accounting for 1.1986% of Russia’s total exports (down from 1.2942% in 2017).
Algeria was Russia’s 120th largest supplier in 2018 (down from 117th in 2017), accounting for 0.0044% of Russia’s total imports (up from 0.0040% in 2017).
Russia’s Exports to Algeria
The major share of Russian exports to Algeria in 2018 (and in 2017) was accounted for the following product types:
- Machinery, equipment and vehicles (HS codes 84-90) - 30.92% of Russia’s total exports to Algeria (22.87% in 2017);
- Metals and products from them (HS codes 72-83) - 16.04% of Russia’s total exports to Algeria (9.67% in 2017);
- Mineral products (HS codes 25-27) - 6.66% of Russia’s total exports to Algeria (2.24% in 2017);
- Food products and agricultural raw materials (HS codes 01-24) - 3.21% of Russia’s total exports to Algeria (5.17% in 2017).
The largest gains in Russia’s exports to Algeria in 2018 over 2017 were recorded for the following product groups:
- Ships, boats and floating structures (HS code 89) - an increase of $940,725,060;
- Tools, implements, cutlery, spoons and forks, of base metal; parts thereof of base metal (HS code 82) - an increase of $590,818,793;
- Mineral fuels, mineral oils and products of their distillation; bituminous substances; mineral waxes (HS code 27) - an increase of $255,678,118;
- Organic chemicals (HS code 29) - an increase of $20,079,171.
The largest declines in Russia’s exports to Algeria in 2018 over 2017 were recorded for the following product groups:
- Optical, photographic, cinematographic, measuring, checking, precision, medical or surgical instruments and apparatus; parts and accessories thereof (HS code 90) - a decrease of $205,100,953;
- Iron and steel (HS code 72) - a decrease of $144,165,199;
- Animal or vegetable fats and oils and their cleavage products prepared edible fats; animal or vegetable waxes (HS code 15) - a decrease of $72,268,157;
- Vehicles other than railway or tramway rolling stock, and parts and accessories thereof (HS code 87) - a decrease of $58,751,287;
- 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 $49,606,935;
- Articles of iron or steel (HS code 73) - a decrease of $24,341,464;
- Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof (HS code 84) - a decrease of $16,376,181.
HS code |
Name of product group | Value of exports in 2018, US dollars ($) |
Percent share in total export | Value of exports in 2017, US dollars ($) |
Percent change in 2018 over 2017 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
07 | Edible vegetables and certain roots and tubers | 515,770 | 0.01 | 1,400,816 | -63.18 |
10 | Cereals | 14,429,663 | 0.27 | 14,683,192 | -1.73 |
11 | Products of the milling industry; malt; starches; inulin; wheat gluten | 242,154 | 0.00 | 286,843 | -15.58 |
12 | Oil seeds and oleaginous fruits; miscellaneous grains, seeds and fruits; industrial or medicinal plants; straw and fodder | 70,452 | 0.00 | 56,565 | 24.55 |
15 | Animal or vegetable fats and oils and their cleavage products prepared edible fats; animal or vegetable waxes | 145,148,277 | 2.69 | 217,416,434 | -33.24 |
18 | Cocoa and cocoa preparations | 809,062 | 0.02 | 932,013 | -13.19 |
21 | Miscellaneous edible preparations | 12,109,998 | 0.22 | 4,145,696 | 192.11 |
22 | Beverages, spirits and vinegar | 69,946 | 0.00 | 79,416 | -11.92 |
25 | Salt; sulfur; earths and stone; plastering materials, lime and cement | 54,305 | 0.00 | 64 | 84,751.56 |
27 | Mineral fuels, mineral oils and products of their distillation; bituminous substances; mineral waxes | 359,082,291 | 6.66 | 103,404,173 | 247.26 |
28 | Inorganic chemicals; organic or inorganic compounds of precious metals, of rare-earth metals,of radioactive elements or of isotopes | 3,619,900 | 0.07 | 3,344,424 | 8.24 |
29 | Organic chemicals | 20,212,346 | 0.37 | 133,175 | 15,077.28 |
30 | Pharmaceutical products | 43,036 | 0.00 | 7,015 | 513.49 |
31 | Fertilizers | 4,171,854 | 0.08 | 2,379,657 | 75.31 |
32 | Tanning or dyeing extracts; dyes, pigments, paints, varnishes, putty and mastics | 3,452,979 | 0.06 | 3,720,275 | -7.18 |
33 | Essential oils and resinoids; perfumery, cosmetic or toilet preparations | 1,464 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
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 | 15,386 | 0.00 | 37,809 | -59.31 |
35 | Albuminoidal substances; modified starches; glues; enzymes | 5,410 | 0.00 | 28,099 | -80.75 |
36 | Explosives; pyrotechnic products; matches; pyrophoric alloys; certain combustible preparations | 1,199,054 | 0.02 | 3,360,382 | -64.32 |
37 | Photographic or cinematographic goods | 0 | 0.00 | 1,177 | -100.00 |
38 | Miscellaneous chemical products | 407,884 | 0.01 | 462,707 | -11.85 |
39 | Plastics and articles thereof | 280,047 | 0.01 | 1,163,237 | -75.93 |
40 | Rubber and articles thereof | 1,160,006 | 0.02 | 2,878,053 | -59.69 |
42 | Articles of leather; saddlery and harness; travel goods, handbags and similar containers; articles of animal gut (other than silkworm gut) | 0 | 0.00 | 345,203 | -100.00 |
44 | Wood and articles of wood; wood charcoal | 26,842 | 0.00 | 281,981 | -90.48 |
48 | Paper and paperboard; articles of paper pulp, of paper or of paperboard | 6,620,484 | 0.12 | 4,785,011 | 38.36 |
49 | Printed books, newspapers, pictures and other products of the printing industry; manuscripts, typescripts and plans | 2,771,759 | 0.05 | 4,481,215 | -38.15 |
52 | Cotton | 0 | 0.00 | 4,088 | -100.00 |
53 | Other vegetable textile fibers; paper yarn and woven fabric of paper yarn | 578 | 0.00 | 2,140 | -72.99 |
54 | Man-made filaments | 0 | 0.00 | 12,477 | -100.00 |
56 | Wadding, felt and nonwovens; special yarns, twine, cordage, ropes and cables and articles thereof | 318,981 | 0.01 | 1,464,583 | -78.22 |
59 | Impregnated, coated, covered or laminated textile fabrics; textile articles of a kind suitable for industrial use | 39,018 | 0.00 | 104,736 | -62.75 |
61 | Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, knitted or crocheted | 150 | 0.00 | 1 | 14,900.00 |
62 | Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, not knitted or crocheted | 0 | 0.00 | 541,346 | -100.00 |
63 | Other made up textile articles; sets; worn clothing and worn textile articles; rags | 69,293 | 0.00 | 515,419 | -86.56 |
65 | Headgear and parts thereof | 16,011 | 0.00 | 269,025 | -94.05 |
68 | Articles of stone, plaster, cement, asbestos, mica or similar materials | 117,902 | 0.00 | 3,512 | 3,257.12 |
70 | Glass and glassware | 577,969 | 0.01 | 449,092 | 28.70 |
72 | Iron and steel | 271,964,620 | 5.04 | 416,129,819 | -34.64 |
73 | Articles of iron or steel | 1,389,177 | 0.03 | 25,730,641 | -94.60 |
74 | Copper and articles thereof | 19,430 | 0.00 | 31,085 | -37.49 |
75 | Nickel and articles thereof | 0 | 0.00 | 3,041 | -100.00 |
76 | Aluminum and articles thereof | 83,808 | 0.00 | 2,034,489 | -95.88 |
80 | Tin and articles thereof | 684 | 0.00 | 3,760 | -81.81 |
81 | Other base metals; cermets; articles thereof | 3,963 | 0.00 | 18,088 | -78.09 |
82 | Tools, implements, cutlery, spoons and forks, of base metal; parts thereof of base metal | 591,883,903 | 10.97 | 1,065,110 | 55,470.21 |
83 | Miscellaneous articles of base metal | 6,265 | 0.00 | 1,885,302 | -99.67 |
84 | Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof | 203,119,050 | 3.77 | 219,495,231 | -7.46 |
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 | 102,485,117 | 1.90 | 152,092,052 | -32.62 |
87 | Vehicles other than railway or tramway rolling stock, and parts and accessories thereof | 299,635,494 | 5.56 | 358,386,781 | -16.39 |
89 | Ships, boats and floating structures | 940,752,437 | 17.44 | 27,377 | 3,436,187.53 |
90 | Optical, photographic, cinematographic, measuring, checking, precision, medical or surgical instruments and apparatus; parts and accessories thereof | 121,882,573 | 2.26 | 326,983,526 | -62.73 |
91 | Clocks and watches and parts thereof | 404 | 0.00 | 642 | -37.07 |
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 | 195,934 | 0.00 | 1,751,033 | -88.81 |
96 | Miscellaneous manufactured articles | 2,530 | 0.00 | 4,662 | -45.73 |
SS | Classified | 2,282,307,593 | 42.32 | 2 742 371 403 | -16.78 |
Russia’s Imports from Algeria
The major share of Russian imports from Algeria in 2018 (and in 2017) was accounted for the following product types:
- Food products and agricultural raw materials (HS codes 01-24) - 86.27% of Russia’s total imports from Algeria (96.03% in 2017);
- Chemical products (HS codes 28-40) - 10.64% of Russia’s total imports from Algeria (3.21% in 2017);
- Machinery, equipment and vehicles (HS codes 84-90) - 2.10% of Russia’s total imports from Algeria (0.74% in 2017).
The largest gains in Russia’s imports from Algeria in 2018 over 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 $826,498;
- Cocoa and cocoa preparations (HS code 18) - an increase of $798,160;
- Oil seeds and oleaginous fruits; miscellaneous grains, seeds and fruits; industrial or medicinal plants; straw and fodder (HS code 12) - an increase of $277,627;
- 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 $93,918;
- Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof (HS code 84) - an increase of $77,293;
- 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 (HS code 94) - an increase of $45,149;
- Articles of iron or steel (HS code 73) - an increase of $44,322.
The largest declines in Russia’s imports from Algeria in 2018 over 2017 were recorded for the following product groups:
- Edible fruit and nuts; peel of citrus fruit or melons (HS code 08) - a decrease of $704,940;
- Optical, photographic, cinematographic, measuring, checking, precision, medical or surgical instruments and apparatus; parts and accessories thereof (HS code 90) - a decrease of $42,525.
HS code |
Name of product group | Value of imports in 2018, US dollars ($) |
Percent share in total import | Value of imports in 2017, US dollars ($) |
Percent change in 2018 over 2017 |
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07 | Edible vegetables and certain roots and tubers | 22,081 | 0.21 | 0 | ∞ |
08 | Edible fruit and nuts; peel of citrus fruit or melons | 7,434,254 | 70.77 | 8,139,194 | -8.66 |
12 | Oil seeds and oleaginous fruits; miscellaneous grains, seeds and fruits; industrial or medicinal plants; straw and fodder | 526,678 | 5.01 | 249,051 | 111.47 |
15 | Animal or vegetable fats and oils and their cleavage products prepared edible fats; animal or vegetable waxes | 3,308 | 0.03 | 3,481 | -4.97 |
18 | Cocoa and cocoa preparations | 907,885 | 8.64 | 109,725 | 727.42 |
20 | Preparations of vegetables, fruit, nuts or other parts of plants | 166,721 | 1.59 | 197,633 | -15.64 |
21 | Miscellaneous edible preparations | 576 | 0.01 | 0 | ∞ |
22 | Beverages, spirits and vinegar | 1,298 | 0.01 | 0 | ∞ |
25 | Salt; sulfur; earths and stone; plastering materials, lime and cement | 0 | 0.00 | 482 | -100.00 |
28 | Inorganic chemicals; organic or inorganic compounds of precious metals, of rare-earth metals,of radioactive elements or of isotopes | 1,117,263 | 10.64 | 290,765 | 284.25 |
39 | Plastics and articles thereof | 0 | 0.00 | 71 | -100.00 |
40 | Rubber and articles thereof | 25 | 0.00 | 75 | -66.67 |
48 | Paper and paperboard; articles of paper pulp, of paper or of paperboard | 1,100 | 0.01 | 0 | ∞ |
73 | Articles of iron or steel | 44,808 | 0.43 | 486 | 9,119.75 |
76 | Aluminum and articles thereof | 150 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
82 | Tools, implements, cutlery, spoons and forks, of base metal; parts thereof of base metal | 7,929 | 0.08 | 0 | ∞ |
83 | Miscellaneous articles of base metal | 269 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
84 | Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof | 81,722 | 0.78 | 4,429 | 1,745.16 |
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 | 97,867 | 0.93 | 3,949 | 2,378.27 |
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 | 25,069 | 0.24 | 0 | ∞ |
90 | Optical, photographic, cinematographic, measuring, checking, precision, medical or surgical instruments and apparatus; parts and accessories thereof | 16,384 | 0.16 | 58,909 | -72.19 |
91 | Clocks and watches and parts thereof | 4,623 | 0.04 | 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 | 45,149 | 0.43 | 0 | ∞ |