Russian trade in goods with Algeria in Q1 2020
May 24, 2020
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 2020: exports, imports, products, dynamics.
Russia’s Trade with Algeria
In the 1st quarter of 2020, Russia’s trade with Algeria was $339,129,471, down 53.30% ($387,018,257) from the 1st quarter of 2019.
Russia’s exports to Algeria in the 1st quarter of 2020 were $335,792,425, down 53.58% ($387,533,024) from the 1st quarter of 2019.
Russia’s imports from Algeria in the 1st quarter of 2020 totaled $3,337,046, up 18.24% ($514,767) from the 1st quarter of 2019.
Russia’s trade surplus with Algeria in the 1st quarter of 2020 was $332,455,379, a 53.86% decrease ($388,047,791) over the 1st quarter of 2019.
Algeria was Russia’s 56th largest trading partner in the 1st quarter of 2020 (down from 39th in the 1st quarter of 2019), accounting for 0.2386% of Russia’s total trade (down from 0.4613% in the 1st quarter of 2019).
Algeria was Russia’s 44th largest export market in the 1st quarter of 2020 (down from 34th in the 1st quarter of 2019), accounting for 0.3774% of Russia’s total exports (down from 0.6930% in the 1st quarter of 2019).
Algeria was Russia’s 113th largest supplier in the 1st quarter of 2020 (down from 111th in the 1st quarter of 2019), accounting for 0.0063% of Russia’s total imports (up from 0.0053% in the 1st quarter of 2019).
Russia’s Exports to Algeria
The major share of Russian exports to Algeria in the 1st quarter of 2020 (and in the 1st quarter of 2019) was accounted for the following product types:
- Metals and products from them (HS codes 72-83) - 20.05% of Russia’s total exports to Algeria (7.04% in the 1st quarter of 2019);
- Machinery, equipment and vehicles (HS codes 84-90) - 15.05% of Russia’s total exports to Algeria (10.41% in the 1st quarter of 2019);
- Food products and agricultural raw materials (HS codes 01-24) - 13.08% of Russia’s total exports to Algeria (9.38% in the 1st quarter of 2019);
- Mineral products (HS codes 25-27) - 10.68% of Russia’s total exports to Algeria (20.86% in the 1st quarter of 2019);
- Wood and wood products (HS codes 44-49) - 7.12% of Russia’s total exports to Algeria (0.52% in the 1st quarter of 2019);
- Chemical products (HS codes 28-40) - 1.17% of Russia’s total exports to Algeria (1.00% in the 1st quarter of 2019).
The largest gains in Russia’s exports to Algeria in the 1st quarter of 2020 over the 1st quarter of 2019 were recorded for the following product groups:
- Printed books, newspapers, pictures and other products of the printing industry; manuscripts, typescripts and plans (HS code 49) - an increase of $22,166,590;
- Iron and steel (HS code 72) - an increase of $18,181,960;
- Vehicles other than railway or tramway rolling stock, and parts and accessories thereof (HS code 87) - an increase of $16,704,753;
- Ships, boats and floating structures (HS code 89) - an increase of $2,829,920.
The largest declines in Russia’s exports to Algeria in the 1st quarter of 2020 over the 1st quarter of 2019 were recorded for the following product groups:
- Mineral fuels, mineral oils and products of their distillation; bituminous substances; mineral waxes (HS code 27) - a decrease of $115,017,389;
- Optical, photographic, cinematographic, measuring, checking, precision, medical or surgical instruments and apparatus; parts and accessories thereof (HS code 90) - a decrease of $26,215,121;
- Animal or vegetable fats and oils and their cleavage products prepared edible fats; animal or vegetable waxes (HS code 15) - a decrease of $22,413,236;
- 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 $12,076,925;
- Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof (HS code 84) - a decrease of $6,000,952;
- Organic chemicals (HS code 29) - a decrease of $2,229,387;
- Paper and paperboard; articles of paper pulp, of paper or of paperboard (HS code 48) - a decrease of $2,075,696;
- Articles of iron or steel (HS code 73) - a decrease of $1,601,980;
- Miscellaneous edible preparations (HS code 21) - a decrease of $1,300,240.
| HS code |
Name of product group | Value of exports in Q1 2020, US dollars ($) |
Percent share in total export | Value of exports in Q1 2019, US dollars ($) |
Percent change in Q1 2020 over Q1 2019 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 07 | Edible vegetables and certain roots and tubers | 265,761 | 0.08 | 366,160 | -27.42 |
| 10 | Cereals | 43,169 | 0.01 | 5,908 | 630.69 |
| 11 | Products of the milling industry; malt; starches; inulin; wheat gluten | 97,805 | 0.03 | 113,739 | -14.01 |
| 12 | Oil seeds and oleaginous fruits; miscellaneous grains, seeds and fruits; industrial or medicinal plants; straw and fodder | 32,197 | 0.01 | 0 | ∞ |
| 15 | Animal or vegetable fats and oils and their cleavage products prepared edible fats; animal or vegetable waxes | 40,560,582 | 12.08 | 62,973,818 | -35.59 |
| 18 | Cocoa and cocoa preparations | 0 | 0.00 | 142,870 | -100.00 |
| 21 | Miscellaneous edible preparations | 2,920,155 | 0.87 | 4,220,395 | -30.81 |
| 22 | Beverages, spirits and vinegar | 0 | 0.00 | 2,000 | -100.00 |
| 23 | Residues and waste from the food industries; prepared animal feed | 1,513 | 0.00 | 2,696 | -43.88 |
| 27 | Mineral fuels, mineral oils and products of their distillation; bituminous substances; mineral waxes | 35,863,394 | 10.68 | 150,880,783 | -76.23 |
| 28 | Inorganic chemicals; organic or inorganic compounds of precious metals, of rare-earth metals,of radioactive elements or of isotopes | 901,253 | 0.27 | 1,030,769 | -12.56 |
| 29 | Organic chemicals | 692,232 | 0.21 | 2,921,619 | -76.31 |
| 31 | Fertilizers | 1,442,709 | 0.43 | 962,476 | 49.90 |
| 32 | Tanning or dyeing extracts; dyes, pigments, paints, varnishes, putty and mastics | 648,729 | 0.19 | 1,072,235 | -39.50 |
| 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 | 7,478 | 0.00 | 3,902 | 91.65 |
| 35 | Albuminoidal substances; modified starches; glues; enzymes | 1,966 | 0.00 | 5,410 | -63.66 |
| 37 | Photographic or cinematographic goods | 142 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
| 38 | Miscellaneous chemical products | 67,546 | 0.02 | 191,870 | -64.80 |
| 39 | Plastics and articles thereof | 58,893 | 0.02 | 258,485 | -77.22 |
| 40 | Rubber and articles thereof | 93,654 | 0.03 | 822,248 | -88.61 |
| 42 | Articles of leather; saddlery and harness; travel goods, handbags and similar containers; articles of animal gut (other than silkworm gut) | 122 | 0.00 | 4,013 | -96.96 |
| 44 | Wood and articles of wood; wood charcoal | 27,389 | 0.01 | 2 | 1,369,350.00 |
| 48 | Paper and paperboard; articles of paper pulp, of paper or of paperboard | 1,708,688 | 0.51 | 3,784,384 | -54.85 |
| 49 | Printed books, newspapers, pictures and other products of the printing industry; manuscripts, typescripts and plans | 22,167,210 | 6.60 | 620 | 3,575,256.45 |
| 53 | Other vegetable textile fibers; paper yarn and woven fabric of paper yarn | 0 | 0.00 | 578 | -100.00 |
| 54 | Man-made filaments | 805 | 0.00 | 362 | 122.38 |
| 56 | Wadding, felt and nonwovens; special yarns, twine, cordage, ropes and cables and articles thereof | 37,705 | 0.01 | 493 | 7,548.07 |
| 59 | Impregnated, coated, covered or laminated textile fabrics; textile articles of a kind suitable for industrial use | 30 | 0.00 | 88,060 | -99.97 |
| 62 | Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, not knitted or crocheted | 0 | 0.00 | 4,392 | -100.00 |
| 63 | Other made up textile articles; sets; worn clothing and worn textile articles; rags | 0 | 0.00 | 1,623 | -100.00 |
| 65 | Headgear and parts thereof | 0 | 0.00 | 10,028 | -100.00 |
| 68 | Articles of stone, plaster, cement, asbestos, mica or similar materials | 465 | 0.00 | 11,318 | -95.89 |
| 70 | Glass and glassware | 358,493 | 0.11 | 209,120 | 71.43 |
| 72 | Iron and steel | 66,897,899 | 19.92 | 48,715,939 | 37.32 |
| 73 | Articles of iron or steel | 251,690 | 0.07 | 1,853,670 | -86.42 |
| 74 | Copper and articles thereof | 753 | 0.00 | 16,408 | -95.41 |
| 76 | Aluminum and articles thereof | 42,876 | 0.01 | 102,135 | -58.02 |
| 80 | Tin and articles thereof | 0 | 0.00 | 684 | -100.00 |
| 82 | Tools, implements, cutlery, spoons and forks, of base metal; parts thereof of base metal | 130,514 | 0.04 | 88,776 | 47.01 |
| 83 | Miscellaneous articles of base metal | 18,373 | 0.01 | 154,963 | -88.14 |
| 84 | Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof | 3,435,021 | 1.02 | 9,435,973 | -63.60 |
| 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 | 5,572,116 | 1.66 | 17,649,041 | -68.43 |
| 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 | 16,580 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
| 87 | Vehicles other than railway or tramway rolling stock, and parts and accessories thereof | 32,866,536 | 9.79 | 16,161,783 | 103.36 |
| 89 | Ships, boats and floating structures | 2,829,920 | 0.84 | 0 | ∞ |
| 90 | Optical, photographic, cinematographic, measuring, checking, precision, medical or surgical instruments and apparatus; parts and accessories thereof | 5,803,874 | 1.73 | 32,018,995 | -81.87 |
| 91 | Clocks and watches and parts thereof | 0 | 0.00 | 26,459 | -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 | 11,932 | 0.00 | 49,797 | -76.04 |
| 96 | Miscellaneous manufactured articles | 204 | 0.00 | 283 | -27.92 |
| SS | Classified | 109,914,052 | 32.73 | 366 958 167 | -70.05 |
Russia’s Imports from Algeria
The major share of Russian imports from Algeria in the 1st quarter of 2020 (and in the 1st quarter of 2019) was accounted for the following product types:
- Food products and agricultural raw materials (HS codes 01-24) - 88.12% of Russia’s total imports from Algeria (74.53% in the 1st quarter of 2019);
- Machinery, equipment and vehicles (HS codes 84-90) - 11.88% of Russia’s total imports from Algeria (16.52% in the 1st quarter of 2019);
- Chemical products (HS codes 28-40) - 0.00% of Russia’s total imports from Algeria (8.94% in the 1st quarter of 2019).
The largest gains in Russia’s imports from Algeria in the 1st quarter of 2020 over the 1st quarter of 2019 were recorded for the following product groups:
- Edible fruit and nuts; peel of citrus fruit or melons (HS code 08) - an increase of $926,483;
- 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 $241,127;
- Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof (HS code 84) - an increase of $63,629;
- Vehicles other than railway or tramway rolling stock, and parts and accessories thereof (HS code 87) - an increase of $59,328.
The largest declines in Russia’s imports from Algeria in the 1st quarter of 2020 over the 1st quarter of 2019 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 $434,091;
- 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 $249,626;
- Oil seeds and oleaginous fruits; miscellaneous grains, seeds and fruits; industrial or medicinal plants; straw and fodder (HS code 12) - a decrease of $42,276;
- Preparations of vegetables, fruit, nuts or other parts of plants (HS code 20) - a decrease of $28,252;
- Cocoa and cocoa preparations (HS code 18) - a decrease of $18,900.
| HS code |
Name of product group | Value of imports in Q1 2020, US dollars ($) |
Percent share in total import | Value of imports in Q1 2019, US dollars ($) |
Percent change in Q1 2020 over Q1 2019 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 08 | Edible fruit and nuts; peel of citrus fruit or melons | 2,876,955 | 86.21 | 1,950,472 | 47.50 |
| 12 | Oil seeds and oleaginous fruits; miscellaneous grains, seeds and fruits; industrial or medicinal plants; straw and fodder | 50,248 | 1.51 | 92,524 | -45.69 |
| 18 | Cocoa and cocoa preparations | 0 | 0.00 | 18,900 | -100.00 |
| 20 | Preparations of vegetables, fruit, nuts or other parts of plants | 13,388 | 0.40 | 41,640 | -67.85 |
| 28 | Inorganic chemicals; organic or inorganic compounds of precious metals, of rare-earth metals,of radioactive elements or of isotopes | 0 | 0.00 | 249,626 | -100.00 |
| 33 | Essential oils and resinoids; perfumery, cosmetic or toilet preparations | 0 | 0.00 | 2,802 | -100.00 |
| 40 | Rubber and articles thereof | 120 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
| 73 | Articles of iron or steel | 27 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
| 84 | Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof | 75,493 | 2.26 | 11,864 | 536.32 |
| 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 | 244,300 | 7.32 | 3,173 | 7,599.34 |
| 87 | Vehicles other than railway or tramway rolling stock, and parts and accessories thereof | 59,328 | 1.78 | 0 | ∞ |
| 90 | Optical, photographic, cinematographic, measuring, checking, precision, medical or surgical instruments and apparatus; parts and accessories thereof | 17,187 | 0.52 | 451,278 | -96.19 |