Russian trade in goods with Egypt in Q2 2020
August 14, 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 Egypt in the second quarter of 2020: exports, imports, products, dynamics.
Russia’s Trade with Egypt
In the 2nd quarter of 2020, Russia’s trade with Egypt was $658,916,958, down 55.04% ($806,627,725) from the 2nd quarter of 2019.
Russia’s exports to Egypt in the 2nd quarter of 2020 were $459,946,006, down 64.11% ($821,653,931) from the 2nd quarter of 2019.
Russia’s imports from Egypt in the 2nd quarter of 2020 totaled $198,970,952, up 8.17% ($15,026,206) from the 2nd quarter of 2019.
Russia’s trade surplus with Egypt in the 2nd quarter of 2020 was $260,975,054, a 76.22% decrease ($836,680,137) over the 2nd quarter of 2019.
Egypt was Russia’s 35th largest trading partner in the 2nd quarter of 2020 (down from 23rd in the 2nd quarter of 2019), accounting for 0.5401% of Russia’s total trade (down from 0.9155% in the 2nd quarter of 2019).
Egypt was Russia’s 28th largest export market in the 2nd quarter of 2020 (down from 19th in the 2nd quarter of 2019), accounting for 0.6578% of Russia’s total exports (down from 1.2719% in the 2nd quarter of 2019).
Egypt was Russia’s 41st largest supplier in the 2nd quarter of 2020 (up from 48th in the 2nd quarter of 2019), accounting for 0.3820% of Russia’s total imports (up from 0.3101% in the 2nd quarter of 2019).
Russia’s Exports to Egypt
The major share of Russian exports to Egypt in the 2nd quarter of 2020 (and in the 2nd quarter of 2019) was accounted for the following product types:
- Metals and products from them (HS codes 72-83) - 30.95% of Russia’s total exports to Egypt (14.72% in the 2nd quarter of 2019);
- Food products and agricultural raw materials (HS codes 01-24) - 30.88% of Russia’s total exports to Egypt (20.58% in the 2nd quarter of 2019);
- Wood and wood products (HS codes 44-49) - 15.33% of Russia’s total exports to Egypt (6.81% in the 2nd quarter of 2019);
- Mineral products (HS codes 25-27) - 10.57% of Russia’s total exports to Egypt (5.88% in the 2nd quarter of 2019);
- Machinery, equipment and vehicles (HS codes 84-90) - 7.13% of Russia’s total exports to Egypt (8.27% in the 2nd quarter of 2019);
- Chemical products (HS codes 28-40) - 3.56% of Russia’s total exports to Egypt (1.55% in the 2nd quarter of 2019).
The largest gains in Russia’s exports to Egypt in the 2nd quarter of 2020 over the 2nd quarter of 2019 were recorded for the following product groups:
- Copper and articles thereof (HS code 74) - an increase of $26,877,253;
- 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 (HS code 86) - an increase of $15,403,227;
- Ores, slag and ash (HS code 26) - an increase of $11,315,185;
- Rubber and articles thereof (HS code 40) - an increase of $6,457,834.
The largest declines in Russia’s exports to Egypt in the 2nd quarter of 2020 over the 2nd quarter of 2019 were recorded for the following product groups:
- Cereals (HS code 10) - a decrease of $90,465,842;
- Iron and steel (HS code 72) - a decrease of $62,466,302;
- Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof (HS code 84) - a decrease of $41,673,595;
- Mineral fuels, mineral oils and products of their distillation; bituminous substances; mineral waxes (HS code 27) - a decrease of $38,609,686;
- Animal or vegetable fats and oils and their cleavage products prepared edible fats; animal or vegetable waxes (HS code 15) - a decrease of $29,517,547;
- 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 $21,746,547;
- Optical, photographic, cinematographic, measuring, checking, precision, medical or surgical instruments and apparatus; parts and accessories thereof (HS code 90) - a decrease of $19,770,276;
- Wood and articles of wood; wood charcoal (HS code 44) - a decrease of $15,018,341;
- Articles of iron or steel (HS code 73) - a decrease of $9,975,760;
- Organic chemicals (HS code 29) - a decrease of $7,376,293;
- Vehicles other than railway or tramway rolling stock, and parts and accessories thereof (HS code 87) - a decrease of $5,444,981;
- 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 $2,086,715;
- Edible vegetables and certain roots and tubers (HS code 07) - a decrease of $1,914,133.
| HS code |
Name of product group | Value of exports in Q2 2020, US dollars ($) |
Percent share in total export | Value of exports in Q2 2019, US dollars ($) |
Percent change in Q2 2020 over Q2 2019 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 05 | Products of animal origin, not elsewhere specified or included | 0 | 0.00 | 8,000 | -100.00 |
| 07 | Edible vegetables and certain roots and tubers | 213,885 | 0.05 | 2,128,018 | -89.95 |
| 09 | Coffee, tea, maté and spices | 0 | 0.00 | 22,080 | -100.00 |
| 10 | Cereals | 101,056,540 | 21.97 | 191,522,382 | -47.24 |
| 12 | Oil seeds and oleaginous fruits; miscellaneous grains, seeds and fruits; industrial or medicinal plants; straw and fodder | 207,486 | 0.05 | 777,720 | -73.32 |
| 13 | Lac; gums, resins and other vegetable saps and extracts | 17,347 | 0.00 | 33,127 | -47.63 |
| 15 | Animal or vegetable fats and oils and their cleavage products prepared edible fats; animal or vegetable waxes | 38,942,917 | 8.47 | 68,460,464 | -43.12 |
| 17 | Sugars and sugar confectionery | 29,462 | 0.01 | 0 | ∞ |
| 18 | Cocoa and cocoa preparations | 613,205 | 0.13 | 799,247 | -23.28 |
| 20 | Preparations of vegetables, fruit, nuts or other parts of plants | 0 | 0.00 | 4,786 | -100.00 |
| 21 | Miscellaneous edible preparations | 121,701 | 0.03 | 0 | ∞ |
| 22 | Beverages, spirits and vinegar | 3,100 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
| 23 | Residues and waste from the food industries; prepared animal feed | 840,477 | 0.18 | 0 | ∞ |
| 25 | Salt; sulfur; earths and stone; plastering materials, lime and cement | 1,131,973 | 0.25 | 618,569 | 83.00 |
| 26 | Ores, slag and ash | 11,315,185 | 2.46 | 0 | ∞ |
| 27 | Mineral fuels, mineral oils and products of their distillation; bituminous substances; mineral waxes | 36,187,869 | 7.87 | 74,797,555 | -51.62 |
| 28 | Inorganic chemicals; organic or inorganic compounds of precious metals, of rare-earth metals,of radioactive elements or of isotopes | 2,453,592 | 0.53 | 4,540,307 | -45.96 |
| 29 | Organic chemicals | 1,262,030 | 0.27 | 8,638,323 | -85.39 |
| 30 | Pharmaceutical products | 156,305 | 0.03 | 227,899 | -31.41 |
| 31 | Fertilizers | 216,528 | 0.05 | 24,227 | 793.75 |
| 32 | Tanning or dyeing extracts; dyes, pigments, paints, varnishes, putty and mastics | 1,330 | 0.00 | 115,170 | -98.85 |
| 33 | Essential oils and resinoids; perfumery, cosmetic or toilet preparations | 25,249 | 0.01 | 51,095 | -50.58 |
| 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 | 0 | 0.00 | 59,444 | -100.00 |
| 35 | Albuminoidal substances; modified starches; glues; enzymes | 975 | 0.00 | 6,558 | -85.13 |
| 36 | Explosives; pyrotechnic products; matches; pyrophoric alloys; certain combustible preparations | 1,005,124 | 0.22 | 159 | 632,053.46 |
| 38 | Miscellaneous chemical products | 3,805,073 | 0.83 | 4,924,142 | -22.73 |
| 39 | Plastics and articles thereof | 329,985 | 0.07 | 557,360 | -40.79 |
| 40 | Rubber and articles thereof | 7,131,967 | 1.55 | 674,133 | 957.95 |
| 42 | Articles of leather; saddlery and harness; travel goods, handbags and similar containers; articles of animal gut (other than silkworm gut) | 728,041 | 0.16 | 1,171 | 62,072.59 |
| 44 | Wood and articles of wood; wood charcoal | 64,734,974 | 14.07 | 79,753,315 | -18.83 |
| 47 | Pulp of wood or of other fibrous cellulosic material; waste and scrap of paper or paperboard | 0 | 0.00 | 44,468 | -100.00 |
| 48 | Paper and paperboard; articles of paper pulp, of paper or of paperboard | 5,755,164 | 1.25 | 7,071,284 | -18.61 |
| 49 | Printed books, newspapers, pictures and other products of the printing industry; manuscripts, typescripts and plans | 22,409 | 0.00 | 411,253 | -94.55 |
| 52 | Cotton | 0 | 0.00 | 6 | -100.00 |
| 56 | Wadding, felt and nonwovens; special yarns, twine, cordage, ropes and cables and articles thereof | 4,842 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
| 57 | Carpets and other textile floor coverings | 0 | 0.00 | 2,866 | -100.00 |
| 59 | Impregnated, coated, covered or laminated textile fabrics; textile articles of a kind suitable for industrial use | 409 | 0.00 | 20,160 | -97.97 |
| 61 | Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, knitted or crocheted | 33 | 0.00 | 12 | 175.00 |
| 62 | Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, not knitted or crocheted | 0 | 0.00 | 171,260 | -100.00 |
| 63 | Other made up textile articles; sets; worn clothing and worn textile articles; rags | 22 | 0.00 | 10 | 120.00 |
| 67 | Prepared feathers and down and articles made of feathers or of down; artificial flowers; articles of human hair | 0 | 0.00 | 12,862 | -100.00 |
| 68 | Articles of stone, plaster, cement, asbestos, mica or similar materials | 4,465 | 0.00 | 33,832 | -86.80 |
| 69 | Ceramic products | 38,583 | 0.01 | 0 | ∞ |
| 70 | Glass and glassware | 4,498 | 0.00 | 19,051 | -76.39 |
| 72 | Iron and steel | 69,063,607 | 15.02 | 131,529,909 | -47.49 |
| 73 | Articles of iron or steel | 4,228,284 | 0.92 | 14,204,044 | -70.23 |
| 74 | Copper and articles thereof | 68,984,769 | 15.00 | 42,107,516 | 63.83 |
| 75 | Nickel and articles thereof | 17,396 | 0.00 | 2,735 | 536.05 |
| 76 | Aluminum and articles thereof | 8,855 | 0.00 | 761,124 | -98.84 |
| 78 | Lead and articles thereof | 0 | 0.00 | 11 | -100.00 |
| 80 | Tin and articles thereof | 0 | 0.00 | 1 | -100.00 |
| 81 | Other base metals; cermets; articles thereof | 18,741 | 0.00 | 421 | 4,351.54 |
| 82 | Tools, implements, cutlery, spoons and forks, of base metal; parts thereof of base metal | 29,821 | 0.01 | 30,760 | -3.05 |
| 83 | Miscellaneous articles of base metal | 19,841 | 0.00 | 35,317 | -43.82 |
| 84 | Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof | 2,212,088 | 0.48 | 43,885,683 | -94.96 |
| 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 | 13,945,515 | 3.03 | 35,692,062 | -60.93 |
| 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 | 15,403,227 | 3.35 | 0 | ∞ |
| 87 | Vehicles other than railway or tramway rolling stock, and parts and accessories thereof | 666,011 | 0.14 | 6,110,992 | -89.10 |
| 90 | Optical, photographic, cinematographic, measuring, checking, precision, medical or surgical instruments and apparatus; parts and accessories thereof | 552,392 | 0.12 | 20,322,668 | -97.28 |
| 92 | Musical instruments; parts and accessories of such articles | 1,439 | 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 | 58,098 | 0.01 | 407,157 | -85.73 |
| 95 | Toys, games and sports requisites; parts and accessories thereof | 0 | 0.00 | 67,820 | -100.00 |
| 96 | Miscellaneous manufactured articles | 15 | 0.00 | 1,272 | -98.82 |
| SS | Classified | 6,373,162 | 1.39 | 539 908 130 | -98.82 |
Russia’s Imports from Egypt
The major share of Russian imports from Egypt in the 2nd quarter of 2020 (and in the 2nd quarter of 2019) was accounted for the following product types:
- Food products and agricultural raw materials (HS codes 01-24) - 86.59% of Russia’s total imports from Egypt (87.99% in the 2nd quarter of 2019);
- Machinery, equipment and vehicles (HS codes 84-90) - 6.30% of Russia’s total imports from Egypt (3.87% in the 2nd quarter of 2019);
- Chemical products (HS codes 28-40) - 4.93% of Russia’s total imports from Egypt (3.26% in the 2nd quarter of 2019);
- Textiles, textile products and footwear (HS codes 50-67) - 0.93% of Russia’s total imports from Egypt (3.11% in the 2nd quarter of 2019).
The largest gains in Russia’s imports from Egypt in the 2nd quarter of 2020 over the 2nd quarter of 2019 were recorded for the following product groups:
- Edible vegetables and certain roots and tubers (HS code 07) - an increase of $11,027,480;
- Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof (HS code 84) - an increase of $4,087,368;
- Edible fruit and nuts; peel of citrus fruit or melons (HS code 08) - an increase of $3,920,607;
- Plastics and articles thereof (HS code 39) - an increase of $2,139,955;
- Rubber and articles thereof (HS code 40) - an increase of $1,289,281;
- 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 $1,243,478;
- Miscellaneous chemical products (HS code 38) - an increase of $1,006,183.
The largest declines in Russia’s imports from Egypt in the 2nd quarter of 2020 over the 2nd quarter of 2019 were recorded for the following product groups:
- Preparations of vegetables, fruit, nuts or other parts of plants (HS code 20) - a decrease of $4,190,012;
- Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, not knitted or crocheted (HS code 62) - a decrease of $2,060,555;
- Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, knitted or crocheted (HS code 61) - a decrease of $1,304,967;
- Pharmaceutical products (HS code 30) - a decrease of $884,527;
- Salt; sulfur; earths and stone; plastering materials, lime and cement (HS code 25) - a decrease of $674,845.
| HS code |
Name of product group | Value of imports in Q2 2020, US dollars ($) |
Percent share in total import | Value of imports in Q2 2019, US dollars ($) |
Percent change in Q2 2020 over Q2 2019 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 04 | Dairy produce; birds eggs; natural honey; edible products of animal origin, not elsewhere specified or included | 9,633 | 0.00 | 145,152 | -93.36 |
| 06 | Live trees and other plants; bulbs, roots and the like; cut flowers and ornamental foliage | 0 | 0.00 | 31 | -100.00 |
| 07 | Edible vegetables and certain roots and tubers | 97,452,018 | 48.98 | 86,424,538 | 12.76 |
| 08 | Edible fruit and nuts; peel of citrus fruit or melons | 72,054,652 | 36.21 | 68,134,045 | 5.75 |
| 09 | Coffee, tea, maté and spices | 140,004 | 0.07 | 151,737 | -7.73 |
| 12 | Oil seeds and oleaginous fruits; miscellaneous grains, seeds and fruits; industrial or medicinal plants; straw and fodder | 1,538,041 | 0.77 | 1,678,313 | -8.36 |
| 13 | Lac; gums, resins and other vegetable saps and extracts | 0 | 0.00 | 400 | -100.00 |
| 14 | Vegetable plaiting materials; vegetable products not elsewhere specified or included | 645 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
| 15 | Animal or vegetable fats and oils and their cleavage products prepared edible fats; animal or vegetable waxes | 35,669 | 0.02 | 92,840 | -61.58 |
| 19 | Preparations of cereals, flour, starch or milk; bakers’ wares | 174,376 | 0.09 | 528,257 | -66.99 |
| 20 | Preparations of vegetables, fruit, nuts or other parts of plants | 219,570 | 0.11 | 4,409,582 | -95.02 |
| 21 | Miscellaneous edible preparations | 597,011 | 0.30 | 257,441 | 131.90 |
| 23 | Residues and waste from the food industries; prepared animal feed | 1,632 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
| 24 | Tobacco and manufactured tobacco substitutes | 67,981 | 0.03 | 26,405 | 157.46 |
| 25 | Salt; sulfur; earths and stone; plastering materials, lime and cement | 648,190 | 0.33 | 1,323,035 | -51.01 |
| 27 | Mineral fuels, mineral oils and products of their distillation; bituminous substances; mineral waxes | 254,306 | 0.13 | 322,578 | -21.16 |
| 30 | Pharmaceutical products | 1,693,316 | 0.85 | 2,577,843 | -34.31 |
| 32 | Tanning or dyeing extracts; dyes, pigments, paints, varnishes, putty and mastics | 136,793 | 0.07 | 155,225 | -11.87 |
| 33 | Essential oils and resinoids; perfumery, cosmetic or toilet preparations | 53,404 | 0.03 | 11,880 | 349.53 |
| 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 | 2,258,214 | 1.13 | 2,063,419 | 9.44 |
| 35 | Albuminoidal substances; modified starches; glues; enzymes | 59,335 | 0.03 | 0 | ∞ |
| 38 | Miscellaneous chemical products | 1,192,081 | 0.60 | 185,898 | 541.26 |
| 39 | Plastics and articles thereof | 2,436,341 | 1.22 | 296,386 | 722.02 |
| 40 | Rubber and articles thereof | 1,988,824 | 1.00 | 699,543 | 184.30 |
| 41 | Raw hides and skins (other than furskins) and leather | 870 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
| 48 | Paper and paperboard; articles of paper pulp, of paper or of paperboard | 6,460 | 0.00 | 16,532 | -60.92 |
| 49 | Printed books, newspapers, pictures and other products of the printing industry; manuscripts, typescripts and plans | 285 | 0.00 | 24 | 1,087.50 |
| 52 | Cotton | 120,585 | 0.06 | 7,728 | 1,460.36 |
| 53 | Other vegetable textile fibers; paper yarn and woven fabric of paper yarn | 52 | 0.00 | 19,475 | -99.73 |
| 54 | Man-made filaments | 41,845 | 0.02 | 162,649 | -74.27 |
| 56 | Wadding, felt and nonwovens; special yarns, twine, cordage, ropes and cables and articles thereof | 22,674 | 0.01 | 0 | ∞ |
| 57 | Carpets and other textile floor coverings | 418,029 | 0.21 | 858,587 | -51.31 |
| 58 | Special woven fabrics; tufted textile fabrics; lace, tapestries; trimmings; embroidery | 465 | 0.00 | 16,695 | -97.21 |
| 59 | Impregnated, coated, covered or laminated textile fabrics; textile articles of a kind suitable for industrial use | 26,249 | 0.01 | 0 | ∞ |
| 61 | Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, knitted or crocheted | 282,166 | 0.14 | 1,587,133 | -82.22 |
| 62 | Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, not knitted or crocheted | 936,504 | 0.47 | 2,997,059 | -68.75 |
| 63 | Other made up textile articles; sets; worn clothing and worn textile articles; rags | 10,824 | 0.01 | 64,525 | -83.23 |
| 64 | Footwear, gaiters and the like; parts of such articles | 401 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
| 65 | Headgear and parts thereof | 0 | 0.00 | 929 | -100.00 |
| 68 | Articles of stone, plaster, cement, asbestos, mica or similar materials | 43,355 | 0.02 | 82,296 | -47.32 |
| 69 | Ceramic products | 663,504 | 0.33 | 764,141 | -13.17 |
| 70 | Glass and glassware | 444,832 | 0.22 | 289,469 | 53.67 |
| 72 | Iron and steel | 0 | 0.00 | 145 | -100.00 |
| 73 | Articles of iron or steel | 22,893 | 0.01 | 369,573 | -93.81 |
| 81 | Other base metals; cermets; articles thereof | 80 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
| 82 | Tools, implements, cutlery, spoons and forks, of base metal; parts thereof of base metal | 0 | 0.00 | 296 | -100.00 |
| 83 | Miscellaneous articles of base metal | 0 | 0.00 | 13 | -100.00 |
| 84 | Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof | 4,200,077 | 2.11 | 112,709 | 3,626.48 |
| 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 | 8,163,264 | 4.10 | 6,919,786 | 17.97 |
| 87 | Vehicles other than railway or tramway rolling stock, and parts and accessories thereof | 13,330 | 0.01 | 44,863 | -70.29 |
| 90 | Optical, photographic, cinematographic, measuring, checking, precision, medical or surgical instruments and apparatus; parts and accessories thereof | 165,268 | 0.08 | 43,425 | 280.58 |
| 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 | 63,872 | 0.03 | 37,704 | 69.40 |
| 96 | Miscellaneous manufactured articles | 311,032 | 0.16 | 3,596 | 8,549.39 |
| SS | Classified | 0 | 0.00 | 60 846 | -100.00 |