Russian trade in goods with Algeria in Q4 2020
February 14, 2021
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 fourth quarter of 2020: exports, imports, products, dynamics.
Russia’s Trade with Algeria
In the 4th quarter of 2020, Russia’s trade with Algeria was $1,408,493,099, down 28.78% ($569,293,410) from the 4th quarter of 2019.
Russia’s exports to Algeria in the 4th quarter of 2020 were $1,405,792,008, down 28.84% ($569,849,510) from the 4th quarter of 2019.
Russia’s imports from Algeria in the 4th quarter of 2020 totaled $2,701,091, up 25.93% ($556,100) from the 4th quarter of 2019.
Russia’s trade surplus with Algeria in the 4th quarter of 2020 was $1,403,090,917, a 28.90% decrease ($570,405,610) over the 4th quarter of 2019.
Algeria was Russia’s 24th largest trading partner in the 4th quarter of 2020 (down from 19th in the 4th quarter of 2019), accounting for 0.8691% of Russia’s total trade (down from 1.0996% in the 4th quarter of 2019).
Algeria was Russia’s 17th largest export market in the 4th quarter of 2020 (down from 15th in the 4th quarter of 2019), accounting for 1.4888% of Russia’s total exports (down from 1.7665% in the 4th quarter of 2019).
Algeria was Russia’s 120th largest supplier in the 4th quarter of 2020 (up from 124th in the 4th quarter of 2019), accounting for 0.0040% of Russia’s total imports (up from 0.0032% in the 4th quarter of 2019).
Russia’s Exports to Algeria
The major share of Russian exports to Algeria in the 4th quarter of 2020 (and in the 4th quarter of 2019) was accounted for the following product types:
- Machinery, equipment and vehicles (HS codes 84-90) - 22.90% of Russia’s total exports to Algeria (39.66% in the 4th quarter of 2019);
- Metals and products from them (HS codes 72-83) - 4.08% of Russia’s total exports to Algeria (2.27% in the 4th quarter of 2019);
- Food products and agricultural raw materials (HS codes 01-24) - 3.92% of Russia’s total exports to Algeria (1.41% in the 4th quarter of 2019);
- Chemical products (HS codes 28-40) - 1.12% of Russia’s total exports to Algeria (0.44% in the 4th quarter of 2019);
- Mineral products (HS codes 25-27) - 0.60% of Russia’s total exports to Algeria (2.41% in the 4th quarter of 2019).
The largest gains in Russia’s exports to Algeria in the 4th quarter of 2020 over the 4th quarter of 2019 were recorded for the following product groups:
- Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof (HS code 84) - an increase of $47,283,422;
- Optical, photographic, cinematographic, measuring, checking, precision, medical or surgical instruments and apparatus; parts and accessories thereof (HS code 90) - an increase of $34,875,123;
- Animal or vegetable fats and oils and their cleavage products prepared edible fats; animal or vegetable waxes (HS code 15) - an increase of $23,327,783;
- Explosives; pyrotechnic products; matches; pyrophoric alloys; certain combustible preparations (HS code 36) - an increase of $11,287,087;
- Iron and steel (HS code 72) - an increase of $7,131,067;
- Cereals (HS code 10) - an increase of $6,120,675;
- Ores, slag and ash (HS code 26) - an increase of $6,056,413;
- Ships, boats and floating structures (HS code 89) - an increase of $4,391,727.
The largest declines in Russia’s exports to Algeria in the 4th quarter of 2020 over the 4th 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) - a decrease of $381,410,176;
- 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 $166,754,678;
- Mineral fuels, mineral oils and products of their distillation; bituminous substances; mineral waxes (HS code 27) - a decrease of $44,493,387;
- Fertilizers (HS code 31) - a decrease of $4,658,778.
| HS code |
Name of product group | Value of exports in Q4 2020, US dollars ($) |
Percent share in total export | Value of exports in Q4 2019, US dollars ($) |
Percent change in Q4 2020 over Q4 2019 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 07 | Edible vegetables and certain roots and tubers | 440,240 | 0.03 | 1,617,324 | -72.78 |
| 09 | Coffee, tea, maté and spices | 36,763 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
| 10 | Cereals | 6,235,317 | 0.44 | 114,642 | 5,338.95 |
| 11 | Products of the milling industry; malt; starches; inulin; wheat gluten | 598,900 | 0.04 | 270,582 | 121.34 |
| 12 | Oil seeds and oleaginous fruits; miscellaneous grains, seeds and fruits; industrial or medicinal plants; straw and fodder | 226,352 | 0.02 | 73,976 | 205.98 |
| 14 | Vegetable plaiting materials; vegetable products not elsewhere specified or included | 0 | 0.00 | 1,669 | -100.00 |
| 15 | Animal or vegetable fats and oils and their cleavage products prepared edible fats; animal or vegetable waxes | 47,221,765 | 3.36 | 23,893,982 | 97.63 |
| 21 | Miscellaneous edible preparations | 410,355 | 0.03 | 1,788,900 | -77.06 |
| 22 | Beverages, spirits and vinegar | 5,122 | 0.00 | 143 | 3,481.82 |
| 25 | Salt; sulfur; earths and stone; plastering materials, lime and cement | 16,560 | 0.00 | 628,286 | -97.36 |
| 26 | Ores, slag and ash | 7,559,508 | 0.54 | 1,503,095 | 402.93 |
| 27 | Mineral fuels, mineral oils and products of their distillation; bituminous substances; mineral waxes | 914,972 | 0.07 | 45,408,359 | -97.99 |
| 28 | Inorganic chemicals; organic or inorganic compounds of precious metals, of rare-earth metals,of radioactive elements or of isotopes | 352,009 | 0.03 | 223,180 | 57.72 |
| 29 | Organic chemicals | 22,104 | 0.00 | 374,339 | -94.10 |
| 30 | Pharmaceutical products | 68 | 0.00 | 8 | 750.00 |
| 31 | Fertilizers | 132,865 | 0.01 | 4,791,643 | -97.23 |
| 32 | Tanning or dyeing extracts; dyes, pigments, paints, varnishes, putty and mastics | 1,325,428 | 0.09 | 848,947 | 56.13 |
| 33 | Essential oils and resinoids; perfumery, cosmetic or toilet preparations | 0 | 0.00 | 2 | -100.00 |
| 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 | 27,355 | 0.00 | 6,079 | 349.99 |
| 35 | Albuminoidal substances; modified starches; glues; enzymes | 1,487 | 0.00 | 2,711 | -45.15 |
| 36 | Explosives; pyrotechnic products; matches; pyrophoric alloys; certain combustible preparations | 13,413,266 | 0.95 | 2,126,179 | 530.86 |
| 37 | Photographic or cinematographic goods | 0 | 0.00 | 2,250 | -100.00 |
| 38 | Miscellaneous chemical products | 68,174 | 0.00 | 89,245 | -23.61 |
| 39 | Plastics and articles thereof | 59,660 | 0.00 | 42,856 | 39.21 |
| 40 | Rubber and articles thereof | 333,554 | 0.02 | 122,197 | 172.96 |
| 41 | Raw hides and skins (other than furskins) and leather | 0 | 0.00 | 23 | -100.00 |
| 42 | Articles of leather; saddlery and harness; travel goods, handbags and similar containers; articles of animal gut (other than silkworm gut) | 237,542 | 0.02 | 222 | 106,900.90 |
| 44 | Wood and articles of wood; wood charcoal | 151 | 0.00 | 40,166 | -99.62 |
| 48 | Paper and paperboard; articles of paper pulp, of paper or of paperboard | 624,905 | 0.04 | 611,112 | 2.26 |
| 49 | Printed books, newspapers, pictures and other products of the printing industry; manuscripts, typescripts and plans | 2,559,615 | 0.18 | 2,619,555 | -2.29 |
| 50 | Silk | 0 | 0.00 | 1 | -100.00 |
| 52 | Cotton | 2,016 | 0.00 | 1,104 | 82.61 |
| 53 | Other vegetable textile fibers; paper yarn and woven fabric of paper yarn | 0 | 0.00 | 1 | -100.00 |
| 54 | Man-made filaments | 18 | 0.00 | 195 | -90.77 |
| 56 | Wadding, felt and nonwovens; special yarns, twine, cordage, ropes and cables and articles thereof | 7,176 | 0.00 | 412 | 1,641.75 |
| 58 | Special woven fabrics; tufted textile fabrics; lace, tapestries; trimmings; embroidery | 6 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
| 59 | Impregnated, coated, covered or laminated textile fabrics; textile articles of a kind suitable for industrial use | 613 | 0.00 | 5,548 | -88.95 |
| 61 | Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, knitted or crocheted | 516,562 | 0.04 | 56 | 922,332.14 |
| 62 | Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, not knitted or crocheted | 448,320 | 0.03 | 104 | 430,976.92 |
| 63 | Other made up textile articles; sets; worn clothing and worn textile articles; rags | 587,693 | 0.04 | 1,994 | 29,373.07 |
| 64 | Footwear, gaiters and the like; parts of such articles | 2,900 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
| 65 | Headgear and parts thereof | 67 | 0.00 | 445 | -84.94 |
| 66 | Umbrellas, sun umbrellas, walking sticks, seatsticks, whips, riding-crops and parts thereof | 45 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
| 68 | Articles of stone, plaster, cement, asbestos, mica or similar materials | 48,201 | 0.00 | 1,484 | 3,148.05 |
| 70 | Glass and glassware | 476,701 | 0.03 | 160,760 | 196.53 |
| 72 | Iron and steel | 50,867,722 | 3.62 | 43,736,655 | 16.30 |
| 73 | Articles of iron or steel | 3,840,847 | 0.27 | 951,156 | 303.81 |
| 74 | Copper and articles thereof | 1,982 | 0.00 | 5,001 | -60.37 |
| 75 | Nickel and articles thereof | 0 | 0.00 | 2,780 | -100.00 |
| 76 | Aluminum and articles thereof | 611,880 | 0.04 | 69,182 | 784.45 |
| 80 | Tin and articles thereof | 16 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
| 82 | Tools, implements, cutlery, spoons and forks, of base metal; parts thereof of base metal | 2,060,086 | 0.15 | 110,204 | 1,769.34 |
| 83 | Miscellaneous articles of base metal | 12,288 | 0.00 | 12,049 | 1.98 |
| 84 | Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof | 55,669,004 | 3.96 | 8,385,582 | 563.87 |
| 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 | 53,004,246 | 3.77 | 219,758,924 | -75.88 |
| 87 | Vehicles other than railway or tramway rolling stock, and parts and accessories thereof | 145,194,428 | 10.33 | 526,604,604 | -72.43 |
| 89 | Ships, boats and floating structures | 4,391,727 | 0.31 | 0 | ∞ |
| 90 | Optical, photographic, cinematographic, measuring, checking, precision, medical or surgical instruments and apparatus; parts and accessories thereof | 63,621,553 | 4.53 | 28,746,430 | 121.32 |
| 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 | 37,283 | 0.00 | 109,138 | -65.84 |
| 95 | Toys, games and sports requisites; parts and accessories thereof | 14 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
| 96 | Miscellaneous manufactured articles | 9,855 | 0.00 | 3,093 | 218.62 |
| SS | Classified | 941,554,722 | 66.98 | 1 059 772 944 | -11.16 |
Russia’s Imports from Algeria
The major share of Russian imports from Algeria in the 4th quarter of 2020 (and in the 4th quarter of 2019) was accounted for the following product types:
- Food products and agricultural raw materials (HS codes 01-24) - 70.02% of Russia’s total imports from Algeria (74.92% in the 4th quarter of 2019);
- Chemical products (HS codes 28-40) - 24.24% of Russia’s total imports from Algeria (0.02% in the 4th quarter of 2019);
- Machinery, equipment and vehicles (HS codes 84-90) - 5.53% of Russia’s total imports from Algeria (8.99% in the 4th quarter of 2019);
- Metals and products from them (HS codes 72-83) - 0.05% of Russia’s total imports from Algeria (1.80% in the 4th quarter of 2019).
The largest gains in Russia’s imports from Algeria in the 4th quarter of 2020 over the 4th 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) - an increase of $654,642;
- Edible fruit and nuts; peel of citrus fruit or melons (HS code 08) - an increase of $288,231;
- 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 $125,191.
The largest declines in Russia’s imports from Algeria in the 4th quarter of 2020 over the 4th 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 $162,693;
- Articles of iron or steel (HS code 73) - a decrease of $26,820;
- Oil seeds and oleaginous fruits; miscellaneous grains, seeds and fruits; industrial or medicinal plants; straw and fodder (HS code 12) - a decrease of $11,489;
- Tools, implements, cutlery, spoons and forks, of base metal; parts thereof of base metal (HS code 82) - a decrease of $10,309.
| HS code |
Name of product group | Value of imports in Q4 2020, US dollars ($) |
Percent share in total import | Value of imports in Q4 2019, US dollars ($) |
Percent change in Q4 2020 over Q4 2019 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 08 | Edible fruit and nuts; peel of citrus fruit or melons | 1,722,789 | 63.78 | 1,434,558 | 20.09 |
| 12 | Oil seeds and oleaginous fruits; miscellaneous grains, seeds and fruits; industrial or medicinal plants; straw and fodder | 112,876 | 4.18 | 124,365 | -9.24 |
| 19 | Preparations of cereals, flour, starch or milk; bakers’ wares | 490 | 0.02 | 0 | ∞ |
| 20 | Preparations of vegetables, fruit, nuts or other parts of plants | 54,853 | 2.03 | 48,188 | 13.83 |
| 21 | Miscellaneous edible preparations | 423 | 0.02 | 0 | ∞ |
| 28 | Inorganic chemicals; organic or inorganic compounds of precious metals, of rare-earth metals,of radioactive elements or of isotopes | 654,642 | 24.24 | 0 | ∞ |
| 39 | Plastics and articles thereof | 0 | 0.00 | 121 | -100.00 |
| 40 | Rubber and articles thereof | 0 | 0.00 | 410 | -100.00 |
| 48 | Paper and paperboard; articles of paper pulp, of paper or of paperboard | 0 | 0.00 | 5 | -100.00 |
| 49 | Printed books, newspapers, pictures and other products of the printing industry; manuscripts, typescripts and plans | 437 | 0.02 | 0 | ∞ |
| 73 | Articles of iron or steel | 1,195 | 0.04 | 28,015 | -95.73 |
| 82 | Tools, implements, cutlery, spoons and forks, of base metal; parts thereof of base metal | 277 | 0.01 | 10,586 | -97.38 |
| 84 | Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof | 305 | 0.01 | 6,304 | -95.16 |
| 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 | 142,006 | 5.26 | 16,815 | 744.52 |
| 90 | Optical, photographic, cinematographic, measuring, checking, precision, medical or surgical instruments and apparatus; parts and accessories thereof | 7,121 | 0.26 | 169,814 | -95.81 |
| 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 | 3,677 | 0.14 | 0 | ∞ |
| SS | Classified | 0 | 0.00 | 305 810 | -100.00 |