Russian trade in goods with Algeria in Q3 2020
November 13, 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 third quarter of 2020: exports, imports, products, dynamics.
Russia’s Trade with Algeria
In the 3rd quarter of 2020, Russia’s trade with Algeria totaled $491,480,991, up 70.21% ($202,735,729) from the 3rd quarter of 2019.
Russia’s exports to Algeria in the 3rd quarter of 2020 totaled $490,468,202, up 70.74% ($203,208,350) from the 3rd quarter of 2019.
Russia’s imports from Algeria in the 3rd quarter of 2020 were $1,012,789, down 31.82% ($472,621) from the 3rd quarter of 2019.
Russia’s trade surplus with Algeria in the 3rd quarter of 2020 was $489,455,413, a 71.27% increase ($203,680,971) over the 3rd quarter of 2019.
Algeria was Russia’s 45th largest trading partner in the 3rd quarter of 2020 (up from 65th in the 3rd quarter of 2019), accounting for 0.3599% of Russia’s total trade (up from 0.1741% in the 3rd quarter of 2019).
Algeria was Russia’s 32nd largest export market in the 3rd quarter of 2020 (up from 50th in the 3rd quarter of 2019), accounting for 0.6236% of Russia’s total exports (up from 0.2780% in the 3rd quarter of 2019).
Algeria was Russia’s 127th largest supplier in the 3rd quarter of 2020 (up from 128th in the 3rd quarter of 2019), accounting for 0.0017% of Russia’s total imports (down from 0.0024% in the 3rd quarter of 2019).
Russia’s Exports to Algeria
The major share of Russian exports to Algeria in the 3rd quarter of 2020 (and in the 3rd quarter of 2019) was accounted for the following product types:
- Machinery, equipment and vehicles (HS codes 84-90) - 38.32% of Russia’s total exports to Algeria (40.22% in the 3rd quarter of 2019);
- Metals and products from them (HS codes 72-83) - 3.53% of Russia’s total exports to Algeria (4.49% in the 3rd quarter of 2019);
- Food products and agricultural raw materials (HS codes 01-24) - 3.10% of Russia’s total exports to Algeria (2.77% in the 3rd quarter of 2019);
- Mineral products (HS codes 25-27) - 0.67% of Russia’s total exports to Algeria (45.00% in the 3rd quarter of 2019);
- Chemical products (HS codes 28-40) - 0.56% of Russia’s total exports to Algeria (4.44% in the 3rd quarter of 2019).
The largest gains in Russia’s exports to Algeria in the 3rd quarter of 2020 over the 3rd quarter of 2019 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 $120,515,464;
- 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 $16,154,132;
- Animal or vegetable fats and oils and their cleavage products prepared edible fats; animal or vegetable waxes (HS code 15) - an increase of $10,950,547;
- Iron and steel (HS code 72) - an increase of $4,324,203.
The largest declines in Russia’s exports to Algeria in the 3rd quarter of 2020 over the 3rd 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 $126,990,917;
- Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof (HS code 84) - a decrease of $60,764,942;
- Rubber and articles thereof (HS code 40) - a decrease of $9,956,937;
- Optical, photographic, cinematographic, measuring, checking, precision, medical or surgical instruments and apparatus; parts and accessories thereof (HS code 90) - a decrease of $3,475,035;
- Miscellaneous edible preparations (HS code 21) - a decrease of $2,665,422.
| HS code |
Name of product group | Value of exports in Q3 2020, US dollars ($) |
Percent share in total export | Value of exports in Q3 2019, US dollars ($) |
Percent change in Q3 2020 over Q3 2019 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 07 | Edible vegetables and certain roots and tubers | 0 | 0.00 | 1,114,114 | -100.00 |
| 10 | Cereals | 19,273 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
| 11 | Products of the milling industry; malt; starches; inulin; wheat gluten | 269,000 | 0.05 | 155,583 | 72.90 |
| 12 | Oil seeds and oleaginous fruits; miscellaneous grains, seeds and fruits; industrial or medicinal plants; straw and fodder | 0 | 0.00 | 43,509 | -100.00 |
| 14 | Vegetable plaiting materials; vegetable products not elsewhere specified or included | 7,830 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
| 15 | Animal or vegetable fats and oils and their cleavage products prepared edible fats; animal or vegetable waxes | 14,565,469 | 2.97 | 3,614,922 | 302.93 |
| 21 | Miscellaneous edible preparations | 353,376 | 0.07 | 3,018,798 | -88.29 |
| 22 | Beverages, spirits and vinegar | 6,200 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
| 23 | Residues and waste from the food industries; prepared animal feed | 3,501 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
| 25 | Salt; sulfur; earths and stone; plastering materials, lime and cement | 1,292,007 | 0.26 | 307,313 | 320.42 |
| 27 | Mineral fuels, mineral oils and products of their distillation; bituminous substances; mineral waxes | 1,971,771 | 0.40 | 128,962,688 | -98.47 |
| 28 | Inorganic chemicals; organic or inorganic compounds of precious metals, of rare-earth metals,of radioactive elements or of isotopes | 196,116 | 0.04 | 52,002 | 277.13 |
| 29 | Organic chemicals | 0 | 0.00 | 167,764 | -100.00 |
| 30 | Pharmaceutical products | 0 | 0.00 | 3,663 | -100.00 |
| 31 | Fertilizers | 1,947,412 | 0.40 | 984,965 | 97.71 |
| 32 | Tanning or dyeing extracts; dyes, pigments, paints, varnishes, putty and mastics | 302,995 | 0.06 | 1,372,742 | -77.93 |
| 33 | Essential oils and resinoids; perfumery, cosmetic or toilet preparations | 653 | 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 | 12,538 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
| 35 | Albuminoidal substances; modified starches; glues; enzymes | 438 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
| 38 | Miscellaneous chemical products | 87,397 | 0.02 | 9,097 | 860.72 |
| 39 | Plastics and articles thereof | 50,168 | 0.01 | 45,322 | 10.69 |
| 40 | Rubber and articles thereof | 148,872 | 0.03 | 10,105,809 | -98.53 |
| 41 | Raw hides and skins (other than furskins) and leather | 23 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
| 42 | Articles of leather; saddlery and harness; travel goods, handbags and similar containers; articles of animal gut (other than silkworm gut) | 0 | 0.00 | 2,921 | -100.00 |
| 44 | Wood and articles of wood; wood charcoal | 69,253 | 0.01 | 147,335 | -53.00 |
| 48 | Paper and paperboard; articles of paper pulp, of paper or of paperboard | 642,111 | 0.13 | 422,136 | 52.11 |
| 50 | Silk | 1 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
| 52 | Cotton | 1,606 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
| 53 | Other vegetable textile fibers; paper yarn and woven fabric of paper yarn | 1 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
| 54 | Man-made filaments | 224 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
| 56 | Wadding, felt and nonwovens; special yarns, twine, cordage, ropes and cables and articles thereof | 299 | 0.00 | 19,284 | -98.45 |
| 59 | Impregnated, coated, covered or laminated textile fabrics; textile articles of a kind suitable for industrial use | 7,786 | 0.00 | 4,851 | 60.50 |
| 61 | Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, knitted or crocheted | 42 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
| 62 | Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, not knitted or crocheted | 104 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
| 63 | Other made up textile articles; sets; worn clothing and worn textile articles; rags | 2,679 | 0.00 | 1,530 | 75.10 |
| 68 | Articles of stone, plaster, cement, asbestos, mica or similar materials | 20,673 | 0.00 | 2,185 | 846.13 |
| 70 | Glass and glassware | 518,289 | 0.11 | 17,647 | 2,836.98 |
| 72 | Iron and steel | 16,732,012 | 3.41 | 12,407,809 | 34.85 |
| 73 | Articles of iron or steel | 469,699 | 0.10 | 312,565 | 50.27 |
| 74 | Copper and articles thereof | 1,247 | 0.00 | 10,517 | -88.14 |
| 75 | Nickel and articles thereof | 0 | 0.00 | 1,795 | -100.00 |
| 76 | Aluminum and articles thereof | 40,529 | 0.01 | 45,168 | -10.27 |
| 79 | Zinc and articles thereof | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
| 81 | Other base metals; cermets; articles thereof | 4,286 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
| 82 | Tools, implements, cutlery, spoons and forks, of base metal; parts thereof of base metal | 0 | 0.00 | 6,175 | -100.00 |
| 83 | Miscellaneous articles of base metal | 81,641 | 0.02 | 127,914 | -36.18 |
| 84 | Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof | 3,423,749 | 0.70 | 64,188,691 | -94.67 |
| 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 | 23,366,950 | 4.76 | 7,212,818 | 223.96 |
| 87 | Vehicles other than railway or tramway rolling stock, and parts and accessories thereof | 160,144,128 | 32.65 | 39,628,664 | 304.11 |
| 90 | Optical, photographic, cinematographic, measuring, checking, precision, medical or surgical instruments and apparatus; parts and accessories thereof | 1,027,314 | 0.21 | 4,502,349 | -77.18 |
| 91 | Clocks and watches and parts thereof | 10,025 | 0.00 | 4,866 | 106.02 |
| 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 | 76,606 | 0.02 | 8,891 | 761.61 |
| 96 | Miscellaneous manufactured articles | 28 | 0.00 | 378 | -92.59 |
| SS | Classified | 262,591,881 | 53.54 | 8 225 072 | 3,092.58 |
Russia’s Imports from Algeria
The major share of Russian imports from Algeria in the 3rd quarter of 2020 (and in the 3rd quarter of 2019) was accounted for the following product types:
- Food products and agricultural raw materials (HS codes 01-24) - 69.69% of Russia’s total imports from Algeria (65.32% in the 3rd quarter of 2019);
- Machinery, equipment and vehicles (HS codes 84-90) - 23.81% of Russia’s total imports from Algeria (0.10% in the 3rd quarter of 2019);
- Metals and products from them (HS codes 72-83) - 3.10% of Russia’s total imports from Algeria (0.00% in the 3rd quarter of 2019);
- Textiles, textile products and footwear (HS codes 50-67) - 1.57% of Russia’s total imports from Algeria (0.00% in the 3rd quarter of 2019);
- Chemical products (HS codes 28-40) - 0.76% of Russia’s total imports from Algeria (34.59% in the 3rd quarter of 2019).
The largest gains in Russia’s imports from Algeria in the 3rd quarter of 2020 over the 3rd quarter of 2019 were recorded for the following product groups:
- 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 $197,065;
- Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof (HS code 84) - an increase of $24,780;
- Articles of iron or steel (HS code 73) - an increase of $22,758;
- Preparations of vegetables, fruit, nuts or other parts of plants (HS code 20) - an increase of $20,056;
- Optical, photographic, cinematographic, measuring, checking, precision, medical or surgical instruments and apparatus; parts and accessories thereof (HS code 90) - an increase of $17,853;
- Miscellaneous manufactured articles (HS code 96) - an increase of $10,830;
- Wadding, felt and nonwovens; special yarns, twine, cordage, ropes and cables and articles thereof (HS code 56) - an increase of $9,858;
- Tools, implements, cutlery, spoons and forks, of base metal; parts thereof of base metal (HS code 82) - an increase of $8,676;
- Plastics and articles thereof (HS code 39) - an increase of $7,716;
- Cotton (HS code 52) - an increase of $6,048.
The largest declines in Russia’s imports from Algeria in the 3rd quarter of 2020 over the 3rd quarter of 2019 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) - a decrease of $513,613;
- Miscellaneous edible preparations (HS code 21) - a decrease of $213,167;
- Edible fruit and nuts; peel of citrus fruit or melons (HS code 08) - a decrease of $46,368;
- Oil seeds and oleaginous fruits; miscellaneous grains, seeds and fruits; industrial or medicinal plants; straw and fodder (HS code 12) - a decrease of $24,988.
| HS code |
Name of product group | Value of imports in Q3 2020, US dollars ($) |
Percent share in total import | Value of imports in Q3 2019, US dollars ($) |
Percent change in Q3 2020 over Q3 2019 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 08 | Edible fruit and nuts; peel of citrus fruit or melons | 598,950 | 59.14 | 645,318 | -7.19 |
| 12 | Oil seeds and oleaginous fruits; miscellaneous grains, seeds and fruits; industrial or medicinal plants; straw and fodder | 61,908 | 6.11 | 86,896 | -28.76 |
| 20 | Preparations of vegetables, fruit, nuts or other parts of plants | 40,681 | 4.02 | 20,625 | 97.24 |
| 21 | Miscellaneous edible preparations | 4,237 | 0.42 | 217,404 | -98.05 |
| 28 | Inorganic chemicals; organic or inorganic compounds of precious metals, of rare-earth metals,of radioactive elements or of isotopes | 0 | 0.00 | 513,613 | -100.00 |
| 39 | Plastics and articles thereof | 7,716 | 0.76 | 0 | ∞ |
| 40 | Rubber and articles thereof | 0 | 0.00 | 125 | -100.00 |
| 52 | Cotton | 6,048 | 0.60 | 0 | ∞ |
| 56 | Wadding, felt and nonwovens; special yarns, twine, cordage, ropes and cables and articles thereof | 9,858 | 0.97 | 0 | ∞ |
| 73 | Articles of iron or steel | 22,758 | 2.25 | 0 | ∞ |
| 82 | Tools, implements, cutlery, spoons and forks, of base metal; parts thereof of base metal | 8,676 | 0.86 | 0 | ∞ |
| 84 | Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof | 24,780 | 2.45 | 0 | ∞ |
| 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 | 197,065 | 19.46 | 0 | ∞ |
| 90 | Optical, photographic, cinematographic, measuring, checking, precision, medical or surgical instruments and apparatus; parts and accessories thereof | 19,282 | 1.90 | 1,429 | 1,249.34 |
| 96 | Miscellaneous manufactured articles | 10,830 | 1.07 | 0 | ∞ |