Russian trade with Egypt in 2019
based on data from the Federal Customs Service of Russia
Russia’s Trade with Egypt
In 2019, Russia’s trade with Egypt was $6,246,423,318, down 18.49% ($1,417,205,340) from 2018.
Russia’s exports to Egypt in 2019 were $5,765,639,908, down 19.22% ($1,371,539,783) from 2018.
Russia’s imports from Egypt in 2019 were $480,783,410, down 8.67% ($45,665,557) from 2018.
Russia’s trade surplus with Egypt in 2019 was $5,284,856,498, a 20.06% decrease ($1,325,874,226) over 2018.
Egypt was Russia’s 21st largest trading partner in 2019 (down from 19th in 2018), accounting for 0.9371% of Russia’s total trade (down from 1.1137% in 2018).
Egypt was Russia’s 18th largest export market in 2019 (just as in 2018), accounting for 1.3638% of Russia’s total exports (down from 1.5862% in 2018).
Egypt was Russia’s 56th largest supplier in 2019 (down from 55th in 2018), accounting for 0.1972% of Russia’s total imports (down from 0.2211% in 2018).
Russia’s Exports to Egypt
The major share of Russian exports to Egypt in 2019 (and in 2018) was accounted for the following product types:
- Food products and agricultural raw materials (HS codes 01-24) - 25.49% of Russia’s total exports to Egypt (30.09% in 2018);
- Metals and products from them (HS codes 72-83) - 13.02% of Russia’s total exports to Egypt (15.35% in 2018);
- Machinery, equipment and vehicles (HS codes 84-90) - 8.69% of Russia’s total exports to Egypt (6.25% in 2018);
- Wood and wood products (HS codes 44-49) - 5.99% of Russia’s total exports to Egypt (6.89% in 2018);
- Mineral products (HS codes 25-27) - 5.93% of Russia’s total exports to Egypt (11.63% in 2018);
- Chemical products (HS codes 28-40) - 0.97% of Russia’s total exports to Egypt (1.19% in 2018).
The largest gains in Russia’s exports to Egypt in 2019 over 2018 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 $74,403,382;
- 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 $39,183,765.
The largest declines in Russia’s exports to Egypt in 2019 over 2018 were recorded for the following product groups:
- Cereals (HS code 10) - a decrease of $621,308,782;
- Mineral fuels, mineral oils and products of their distillation; bituminous substances; mineral waxes (HS code 27) - a decrease of $455,305,805;
- Iron and steel (HS code 72) - a decrease of $274,463,520;
- Wood and articles of wood; wood charcoal (HS code 44) - a decrease of $73,611,004;
- Printed books, newspapers, pictures and other products of the printing industry; manuscripts, typescripts and plans (HS code 49) - a decrease of $65,191,370;
- Animal or vegetable fats and oils and their cleavage products prepared edible fats; animal or vegetable waxes (HS code 15) - a decrease of $57,652,457;
- Optical, photographic, cinematographic, measuring, checking, precision, medical or surgical instruments and apparatus; parts and accessories thereof (HS code 90) - a decrease of $47,463,060;
- Copper and articles thereof (HS code 74) - a decrease of $39,927,047;
- Ores, slag and ash (HS code 26) - a decrease of $32,240,657;
- Articles of iron or steel (HS code 73) - a decrease of $28,708,816.
HS code |
Name of product group | Value of exports in 2019, US dollars ($) |
Percent share in total export | Value of exports in 2018, US dollars ($) |
Percent change in 2019 over 2018 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
04 | Dairy produce; birds eggs; natural honey; edible products of animal origin, not elsewhere specified or included | 2,400 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
05 | Products of animal origin, not elsewhere specified or included | 22,812 | 0.00 | 5,500 | 314.76 |
07 | Edible vegetables and certain roots and tubers | 7,105,127 | 0.12 | 3,709,899 | 91.52 |
09 | Coffee, tea, maté and spices | 635,875 | 0.01 | 99,712 | 537.71 |
10 | Cereals | 1,275,306,352 | 22.12 | 1,896,615,134 | -32.76 |
11 | Products of the milling industry; malt; starches; inulin; wheat gluten | 51,342 | 0.00 | 8,540 | 501.19 |
12 | Oil seeds and oleaginous fruits; miscellaneous grains, seeds and fruits; industrial or medicinal plants; straw and fodder | 5,141,781 | 0.09 | 3,179,107 | 61.74 |
13 | Lac; gums, resins and other vegetable saps and extracts | 65,381 | 0.00 | 79,131 | -17.38 |
15 | Animal or vegetable fats and oils and their cleavage products prepared edible fats; animal or vegetable waxes | 176,710,041 | 3.06 | 234,362,498 | -24.60 |
18 | Cocoa and cocoa preparations | 3,080,409 | 0.05 | 2,733,709 | 12.68 |
20 | Preparations of vegetables, fruit, nuts or other parts of plants | 4,786 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
21 | Miscellaneous edible preparations | 304,878 | 0.01 | 334 | 91,180.84 |
22 | Beverages, spirits and vinegar | 142 | 0.00 | 2,000 | -92.90 |
23 | Residues and waste from the food industries; prepared animal feed | 958,917 | 0.02 | 2,471,032 | -61.19 |
24 | Tobacco and manufactured tobacco substitutes | 0 | 0.00 | 4,179,569 | -100.00 |
25 | Salt; sulfur; earths and stone; plastering materials, lime and cement | 5,118,397 | 0.09 | 5,964,336 | -14.18 |
26 | Ores, slag and ash | 27,676,797 | 0.48 | 59,917,454 | -53.81 |
27 | Mineral fuels, mineral oils and products of their distillation; bituminous substances; mineral waxes | 308,994,506 | 5.36 | 764,300,311 | -59.57 |
28 | Inorganic chemicals; organic or inorganic compounds of precious metals, of rare-earth metals,of radioactive elements or of isotopes | 17,087,084 | 0.30 | 17,875,192 | -4.41 |
29 | Organic chemicals | 16,285,609 | 0.28 | 28,418,397 | -42.69 |
30 | Pharmaceutical products | 922,281 | 0.02 | 413,793 | 122.88 |
31 | Fertilizers | 280,835 | 0.00 | 1,514,103 | -81.45 |
32 | Tanning or dyeing extracts; dyes, pigments, paints, varnishes, putty and mastics | 161,336 | 0.00 | 12,042 | 1,239.78 |
33 | Essential oils and resinoids; perfumery, cosmetic or toilet preparations | 125,331 | 0.00 | 92,505 | 35.49 |
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 | 102,274 | 0.00 | 41,956 | 143.76 |
35 | Albuminoidal substances; modified starches; glues; enzymes | 63,573 | 0.00 | 204,947 | -68.98 |
36 | Explosives; pyrotechnic products; matches; pyrophoric alloys; certain combustible preparations | 760,030 | 0.01 | 7,016,247 | -89.17 |
37 | Photographic or cinematographic goods | 0 | 0.00 | 343 | -100.00 |
38 | Miscellaneous chemical products | 15,627,384 | 0.27 | 23,169,803 | -32.55 |
39 | Plastics and articles thereof | 1,631,643 | 0.03 | 3,378,158 | -51.70 |
40 | Rubber and articles thereof | 2,789,892 | 0.05 | 3,002,793 | -7.09 |
41 | Raw hides and skins (other than furskins) and leather | 0 | 0.00 | 294 | -100.00 |
42 | Articles of leather; saddlery and harness; travel goods, handbags and similar containers; articles of animal gut (other than silkworm gut) | 3,194 | 0.00 | 69,522 | -95.41 |
44 | Wood and articles of wood; wood charcoal | 308,042,544 | 5.34 | 381,653,548 | -19.29 |
47 | Pulp of wood or of other fibrous cellulosic material; waste and scrap of paper or paperboard | 1,031,681 | 0.02 | 775,428 | 33.05 |
48 | Paper and paperboard; articles of paper pulp, of paper or of paperboard | 29,712,692 | 0.52 | 37,358,670 | -20.47 |
49 | Printed books, newspapers, pictures and other products of the printing industry; manuscripts, typescripts and plans | 6,773,465 | 0.12 | 71,964,835 | -90.59 |
51 | Wool, fine or coarse animal hair; horsehair yarn and woven fabric | 0 | 0.00 | 345 | -100.00 |
52 | Cotton | 61 | 0.00 | 1,199 | -94.91 |
53 | Other vegetable textile fibers; paper yarn and woven fabric of paper yarn | 0 | 0.00 | 264 | -100.00 |
54 | Man-made filaments | 0 | 0.00 | 724 | -100.00 |
56 | Wadding, felt and nonwovens; special yarns, twine, cordage, ropes and cables and articles thereof | 99,192 | 0.00 | 1,384 | 7,067.05 |
57 | Carpets and other textile floor coverings | 5,102 | 0.00 | 332 | 1,436.75 |
58 | Special woven fabrics; tufted textile fabrics; lace, tapestries; trimmings; embroidery | 104 | 0.00 | 755 | -86.23 |
59 | Impregnated, coated, covered or laminated textile fabrics; textile articles of a kind suitable for industrial use | 49,781 | 0.00 | 62,518 | -20.37 |
60 | Knitted or crocheted fabrics | 59 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
61 | Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, knitted or crocheted | 425 | 0.00 | 1,438 | -70.45 |
62 | Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, not knitted or crocheted | 171,260 | 0.00 | 335,046 | -48.88 |
63 | Other made up textile articles; sets; worn clothing and worn textile articles; rags | 1,803 | 0.00 | 737,642 | -99.76 |
64 | Footwear, gaiters and the like; parts of such articles | 7,766 | 0.00 | 1,441 | 438.93 |
65 | Headgear and parts thereof | 0 | 0.00 | 762,688 | -100.00 |
66 | Umbrellas, sun umbrellas, walking sticks, seatsticks, whips, riding-crops and parts thereof | 23 | 0.00 | 245 | -90.61 |
67 | Prepared feathers and down and articles made of feathers or of down; artificial flowers; articles of human hair | 12,862 | 0.00 | 1,383 | 830.01 |
68 | Articles of stone, plaster, cement, asbestos, mica or similar materials | 79,863 | 0.00 | 137,496 | -41.92 |
69 | Ceramic products | 70,035 | 0.00 | 255,011 | -72.54 |
70 | Glass and glassware | 178,998 | 0.00 | 313,667 | -42.93 |
71 | Natural or cultured pearls, precious or semi-precious stones,precious metals, metals clad with precious metal and articles thereof; imitation jewelry; coin | 843 | 0.00 | 30 | 2,710.00 |
72 | Iron and steel | 473,186,060 | 8.21 | 747,649,580 | -36.71 |
73 | Articles of iron or steel | 54,988,218 | 0.95 | 83,697,034 | -34.30 |
74 | Copper and articles thereof | 221,171,035 | 3.84 | 261,098,082 | -15.29 |
75 | Nickel and articles thereof | 25,222 | 0.00 | 5,511 | 357.67 |
76 | Aluminum and articles thereof | 647,528 | 0.01 | 831,629 | -22.14 |
78 | Lead and articles thereof | 30 | 0.00 | 118 | -74.58 |
80 | Tin and articles thereof | 195 | 0.00 | 421 | -53.68 |
81 | Other base metals; cermets; articles thereof | 27,336 | 0.00 | 34,382 | -20.49 |
82 | Tools, implements, cutlery, spoons and forks, of base metal; parts thereof of base metal | 352,343 | 0.01 | 1,705,727 | -79.34 |
83 | Miscellaneous articles of base metal | 255,878 | 0.00 | 651,976 | -60.75 |
84 | Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof | 94,793,059 | 1.64 | 111,260,722 | -14.80 |
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 | 214,808,022 | 3.73 | 175,624,257 | 22.31 |
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 | 750 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
87 | Vehicles other than railway or tramway rolling stock, and parts and accessories thereof | 145,022,844 | 2.52 | 70,619,462 | 105.36 |
89 | Ships, boats and floating structures | 7,513,967 | 0.13 | 2,080,010 | 261.25 |
90 | Optical, photographic, cinematographic, measuring, checking, precision, medical or surgical instruments and apparatus; parts and accessories thereof | 38,742,052 | 0.67 | 86,205,112 | -55.06 |
91 | Clocks and watches and parts thereof | 0 | 0.00 | 72,364 | -100.00 |
92 | Musical instruments; parts and accessories of such articles | 0 | 0.00 | 300 | -100.00 |
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 | 1,055,193 | 0.02 | 875,191 | 20.57 |
95 | Toys, games and sports requisites; parts and accessories thereof | 79,326 | 0.00 | 12,332 | 543.25 |
96 | Miscellaneous manufactured articles | 6,404 | 0.00 | 2,785 | 129.95 |
SS | Classified | 2,299,705,478 | 39.89 | 2 037 548 246 | 12.87 |
Russia’s Imports from Egypt
The major share of Russian imports from Egypt in 2019 (and in 2018) was accounted for the following product types:
- Food products and agricultural raw materials (HS codes 01-24) - 79.79% of Russia’s total imports from Egypt (79.89% in 2018);
- Chemical products (HS codes 28-40) - 6.92% of Russia’s total imports from Egypt (5.98% in 2018);
- Textiles, textile products and footwear (HS codes 50-67) - 6.25% of Russia’s total imports from Egypt (6.71% in 2018);
- Machinery, equipment and vehicles (HS codes 84-90) - 4.98% of Russia’s total imports from Egypt (4.98% in 2018);
- Mineral products (HS codes 25-27) - 0.75% of Russia’s total imports from Egypt (1.02% in 2018).
The largest gains in Russia’s imports from Egypt in 2019 over 2018 were recorded for the following product groups:
- Edible fruit and nuts; peel of citrus fruit or melons (HS code 08) - an increase of $6,663,398;
- Preparations of vegetables, fruit, nuts or other parts of plants (HS code 20) - an increase of $6,420,328;
- Plastics and articles thereof (HS code 39) - an increase of $3,732,552;
- Rubber and articles thereof (HS code 40) - an increase of $1,719,873.
The largest declines in Russia’s imports from Egypt in 2019 over 2018 were recorded for the following product groups:
- Edible vegetables and certain roots and tubers (HS code 07) - a decrease of $49,808,144;
- Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, knitted or crocheted (HS code 61) - a decrease of $2,585,419;
- Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, not knitted or crocheted (HS code 62) - a decrease of $2,492,748;
- 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 $2,268,704;
- Other made up textile articles; sets; worn clothing and worn textile articles; rags (HS code 63) - a decrease of $1,650,335.
HS code |
Name of product group | Value of imports in 2019, US dollars ($) |
Percent share in total import | Value of imports in 2018, US dollars ($) |
Percent change in 2019 over 2018 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
04 | Dairy produce; birds eggs; natural honey; edible products of animal origin, not elsewhere specified or included | 157,588 | 0.03 | 214,750 | -26.62 |
06 | Live trees and other plants; bulbs, roots and the like; cut flowers and ornamental foliage | 49 | 0.00 | 21 | 133.33 |
07 | Edible vegetables and certain roots and tubers | 121,221,958 | 25.21 | 171,030,102 | -29.12 |
08 | Edible fruit and nuts; peel of citrus fruit or melons | 242,945,251 | 50.53 | 236,281,853 | 2.82 |
09 | Coffee, tea, maté and spices | 594,965 | 0.12 | 924,988 | -35.68 |
12 | Oil seeds and oleaginous fruits; miscellaneous grains, seeds and fruits; industrial or medicinal plants; straw and fodder | 5,065,239 | 1.05 | 4,385,423 | 15.50 |
13 | Lac; gums, resins and other vegetable saps and extracts | 1,755 | 0.00 | 15 | 11,600.00 |
15 | Animal or vegetable fats and oils and their cleavage products prepared edible fats; animal or vegetable waxes | 163,767 | 0.03 | 296,857 | -44.83 |
17 | Sugars and sugar confectionery | 2,335 | 0.00 | 30,110 | -92.25 |
18 | Cocoa and cocoa preparations | 0 | 0.00 | 2,458 | -100.00 |
19 | Preparations of cereals, flour, starch or milk; bakers’ wares | 2,764,306 | 0.57 | 2,630,195 | 5.10 |
20 | Preparations of vegetables, fruit, nuts or other parts of plants | 9,579,189 | 1.99 | 3,158,861 | 203.25 |
21 | Miscellaneous edible preparations | 1,021,361 | 0.21 | 1,512,695 | -32.48 |
22 | Beverages, spirits and vinegar | 32,129 | 0.01 | 46,757 | -31.29 |
23 | Residues and waste from the food industries; prepared animal feed | 40 | 0.00 | 40 | 0.00 |
24 | Tobacco and manufactured tobacco substitutes | 61,605 | 0.01 | 87,220 | -29.37 |
25 | Salt; sulfur; earths and stone; plastering materials, lime and cement | 2,373,522 | 0.49 | 3,700,436 | -35.86 |
27 | Mineral fuels, mineral oils and products of their distillation; bituminous substances; mineral waxes | 1,229,049 | 0.26 | 1,666,012 | -26.23 |
28 | Inorganic chemicals; organic or inorganic compounds of precious metals, of rare-earth metals,of radioactive elements or of isotopes | 0 | 0.00 | 1,183 | -100.00 |
29 | Organic chemicals | 0 | 0.00 | 394,935 | -100.00 |
30 | Pharmaceutical products | 14,671,889 | 3.05 | 15,200,541 | -3.48 |
32 | Tanning or dyeing extracts; dyes, pigments, paints, varnishes, putty and mastics | 469,130 | 0.10 | 638,005 | -26.47 |
33 | Essential oils and resinoids; perfumery, cosmetic or toilet preparations | 399,747 | 0.08 | 1,476,471 | -72.93 |
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 | 6,352,933 | 1.32 | 6,690,252 | -5.04 |
35 | Albuminoidal substances; modified starches; glues; enzymes | 45,842 | 0.01 | 0 | ∞ |
38 | Miscellaneous chemical products | 1,012,953 | 0.21 | 2,213,982 | -54.25 |
39 | Plastics and articles thereof | 6,467,322 | 1.35 | 2,734,770 | 136.49 |
40 | Rubber and articles thereof | 3,869,563 | 0.80 | 2,149,690 | 80.01 |
42 | Articles of leather; saddlery and harness; travel goods, handbags and similar containers; articles of animal gut (other than silkworm gut) | 3 | 0.00 | 18,340 | -99.98 |
44 | Wood and articles of wood; wood charcoal | 0 | 0.00 | 6,906 | -100.00 |
46 | Manufactures of straw, of esparto or of other plaiting materials; basketware and wickerwork | 0 | 0.00 | 170 | -100.00 |
48 | Paper and paperboard; articles of paper pulp, of paper or of paperboard | 84,206 | 0.02 | 168,693 | -50.08 |
49 | Printed books, newspapers, pictures and other products of the printing industry; manuscripts, typescripts and plans | 108 | 0.00 | 1,326 | -91.86 |
51 | Wool, fine or coarse animal hair; horsehair yarn and woven fabric | 0 | 0.00 | 806 | -100.00 |
52 | Cotton | 191,066 | 0.04 | 169,175 | 12.94 |
53 | Other vegetable textile fibers; paper yarn and woven fabric of paper yarn | 206,759 | 0.04 | 31,851 | 549.14 |
54 | Man-made filaments | 1,197,367 | 0.25 | 709,968 | 68.65 |
55 | Man-made staple fibers | 46,226 | 0.01 | 111,127 | -58.40 |
56 | Wadding, felt and nonwovens; special yarns, twine, cordage, ropes and cables and articles thereof | 41,521 | 0.01 | 30,617 | 35.61 |
57 | Carpets and other textile floor coverings | 4,538,818 | 0.94 | 3,529,962 | 28.58 |
58 | Special woven fabrics; tufted textile fabrics; lace, tapestries; trimmings; embroidery | 31,659 | 0.01 | 82,900 | -61.81 |
61 | Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, knitted or crocheted | 6,151,946 | 1.28 | 8,737,365 | -29.59 |
62 | Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, not knitted or crocheted | 17,214,984 | 3.58 | 19,707,732 | -12.65 |
63 | Other made up textile articles; sets; worn clothing and worn textile articles; rags | 428,653 | 0.09 | 2,078,988 | -79.38 |
64 | Footwear, gaiters and the like; parts of such articles | 0 | 0.00 | 104,585 | -100.00 |
65 | Headgear and parts thereof | 4,805 | 0.00 | 12,466 | -61.46 |
68 | Articles of stone, plaster, cement, asbestos, mica or similar materials | 343,622 | 0.07 | 321,536 | 6.87 |
69 | Ceramic products | 3,376,056 | 0.70 | 2,274,829 | 48.41 |
70 | Glass and glassware | 1,328,896 | 0.28 | 1,213,335 | 9.52 |
72 | Iron and steel | 136 | 0.00 | 2,465 | -94.48 |
73 | Articles of iron or steel | 406,396 | 0.08 | 851,694 | -52.28 |
74 | Copper and articles thereof | 0 | 0.00 | 795 | -100.00 |
76 | Aluminum and articles thereof | 0 | 0.00 | 2,666 | -100.00 |
81 | Other base metals; cermets; articles thereof | 213 | 0.00 | 14,870 | -98.57 |
82 | Tools, implements, cutlery, spoons and forks, of base metal; parts thereof of base metal | 2 | 0.00 | 35,579 | -99.99 |
83 | Miscellaneous articles of base metal | 326 | 0.00 | 124 | 162.90 |
84 | Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof | 507,575 | 0.11 | 179,040 | 183.50 |
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 | 23,249,871 | 4.84 | 25,518,575 | -8.89 |
87 | Vehicles other than railway or tramway rolling stock, and parts and accessories thereof | 95,708 | 0.02 | 275,294 | -65.23 |
90 | Optical, photographic, cinematographic, measuring, checking, precision, medical or surgical instruments and apparatus; parts and accessories thereof | 80,945 | 0.02 | 218,903 | -63.02 |
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 | 324,375 | 0.07 | 162,172 | 100.02 |
95 | Toys, games and sports requisites; parts and accessories thereof | 0 | 0.00 | 261 | -100.00 |
96 | Miscellaneous manufactured articles | 52,316 | 0.01 | 125,046 | -58.16 |
97 | Works of art, collectors’ pieces and antiques | 0 | 0.00 | 2,000 | -100.00 |
SS | Classified | 375,365 | 0.08 | 2 278 184 | -83.52 |