Russian trade with Saudi Arabia in 2020
based on data from the Federal Customs Service of Russia
Russia’s Trade with Saudi Arabia
In 2020, Russia’s trade with Saudi Arabia totaled $1,677,427,155, up 0.62% ($10,267,587) from 2019.
Russia’s exports to Saudi Arabia in 2020 totaled $1,458,728,963, up 3.98% ($55,787,325) from 2019.
Russia’s imports from Saudi Arabia in 2020 were $218,698,192, down 17.23% ($45,519,738) from 2019.
Russia’s trade surplus with Saudi Arabia in 2020 was $1,240,030,771, a 8.90% increase ($101,307,063) over 2019.
Saudi Arabia was Russia’s 54th largest trading partner in 2020 (up from 57th in 2019), accounting for 0.2954% of Russia’s total trade (up from 0.2501% in 2019).
Saudi Arabia was Russia’s 43rd largest export market in 2020 (up from 49th in 2019), accounting for 0.4336% of Russia’s total exports (up from 0.3318% in 2019).
Saudi Arabia was Russia’s 73rd largest supplier in 2020 (down from 68th in 2019), accounting for 0.0945% of Russia’s total imports (down from 0.1084% in 2019).
Russia’s Exports to Saudi Arabia
The major share of Russian exports to Saudi Arabia in 2020 (and in 2019) was accounted for the following product types:
- Food products and agricultural raw materials (HS codes 01-24) - 47.33% of Russia’s total exports to Saudi Arabia (24.76% in 2019);
- Mineral products (HS codes 25-27) - 27.12% of Russia’s total exports to Saudi Arabia (11.35% in 2019);
- Metals and products from them (HS codes 72-83) - 5.87% of Russia’s total exports to Saudi Arabia (3.20% in 2019);
- Wood and wood products (HS codes 44-49) - 3.43% of Russia’s total exports to Saudi Arabia (3.06% in 2019);
- Machinery, equipment and vehicles (HS codes 84-90) - 3.00% of Russia’s total exports to Saudi Arabia (27.29% in 2019);
- Chemical products (HS codes 28-40) - 2.36% of Russia’s total exports to Saudi Arabia (4.23% in 2019).
The largest gains in Russia’s exports to Saudi Arabia in 2020 over 2019 were recorded for the following product groups:
- Cereals (HS code 10) - an increase of $331,833,500;
- Mineral fuels, mineral oils and products of their distillation; bituminous substances; mineral waxes (HS code 27) - an increase of $236,436,074;
- Iron and steel (HS code 72) - an increase of $40,161,206;
- Meat and edible meat offal (HS code 02) - an increase of $15,463,890;
- 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 $10,687,556;
- Cocoa and cocoa preparations (HS code 18) - an increase of $5,984,448;
- Paper and paperboard; articles of paper pulp, of paper or of paperboard (HS code 48) - an increase of $4,869,402.
The largest declines in Russia’s exports to Saudi Arabia in 2020 over 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 $254,599,148;
- Optical, photographic, cinematographic, measuring, checking, precision, medical or surgical instruments and apparatus; parts and accessories thereof (HS code 90) - a decrease of $96,115,545;
- Miscellaneous chemical products (HS code 38) - a decrease of $20,937,711;
- Animal or vegetable fats and oils and their cleavage products prepared edible fats; animal or vegetable waxes (HS code 15) - a decrease of $7,658,852;
- Rubber and articles thereof (HS code 40) - a decrease of $7,048,398.
HS code |
Name of product group | Value of exports in 2020, US dollars ($) |
Percent share in total export | Value of exports in 2019, US dollars ($) |
Percent change in 2020 over 2019 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
02 | Meat and edible meat offal | 44,469,046 | 3.05 | 29,005,156 | 53.31 |
04 | Dairy produce; birds eggs; natural honey; edible products of animal origin, not elsewhere specified or included | 160,731 | 0.01 | 11,330 | 1,318.63 |
07 | Edible vegetables and certain roots and tubers | 3,565,154 | 0.24 | 3,823,343 | -6.75 |
08 | Edible fruit and nuts; peel of citrus fruit or melons | 0 | 0.00 | 54,978 | -100.00 |
09 | Coffee, tea, maté and spices | 25,515 | 0.00 | 263,980 | -90.33 |
10 | Cereals | 567,681,169 | 38.92 | 235,847,669 | 140.70 |
11 | Products of the milling industry; malt; starches; inulin; wheat gluten | 10 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
12 | Oil seeds and oleaginous fruits; miscellaneous grains, seeds and fruits; industrial or medicinal plants; straw and fodder | 302,217 | 0.02 | 44,750 | 575.35 |
13 | Lac; gums, resins and other vegetable saps and extracts | 0 | 0.00 | 36,915 | -100.00 |
15 | Animal or vegetable fats and oils and their cleavage products prepared edible fats; animal or vegetable waxes | 38,028,540 | 2.61 | 45,687,392 | -16.76 |
16 | Preparations of meat, of fish or of crustaceans, molluscs or other aquatic invertebrates | 9,965 | 0.00 | 160 | 6,128.13 |
17 | Sugars and sugar confectionery | 1,782 | 0.00 | 334,196 | -99.47 |
18 | Cocoa and cocoa preparations | 34,220,775 | 2.35 | 28,236,327 | 21.19 |
19 | Preparations of cereals, flour, starch or milk; bakers’ wares | 812,274 | 0.06 | 515,616 | 57.53 |
20 | Preparations of vegetables, fruit, nuts or other parts of plants | 20,880 | 0.00 | 639 | 3,167.61 |
21 | Miscellaneous edible preparations | 1,078,147 | 0.07 | 8,120 | 13,177.67 |
22 | Beverages, spirits and vinegar | 21,498 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
24 | Tobacco and manufactured tobacco substitutes | 0 | 0.00 | 3,428,590 | -100.00 |
25 | Salt; sulfur; earths and stone; plastering materials, lime and cement | 48,452 | 0.00 | 96,901 | -50.00 |
27 | Mineral fuels, mineral oils and products of their distillation; bituminous substances; mineral waxes | 395,531,002 | 27.11 | 159,094,928 | 148.61 |
28 | Inorganic chemicals; organic or inorganic compounds of precious metals, of rare-earth metals,of radioactive elements or of isotopes | 2,617,041 | 0.18 | 1,614,140 | 62.13 |
29 | Organic chemicals | 15,475 | 0.00 | 419,714 | -96.31 |
30 | Pharmaceutical products | 4,234,254 | 0.29 | 2,705,080 | 56.53 |
31 | Fertilizers | 1,153,686 | 0.08 | 713,064 | 61.79 |
32 | Tanning or dyeing extracts; dyes, pigments, paints, varnishes, putty and mastics | 450 | 0.00 | 844 | -46.68 |
33 | Essential oils and resinoids; perfumery, cosmetic or toilet preparations | 576,717 | 0.04 | 298,027 | 93.51 |
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 | 136,640 | 0.01 | 62,231 | 119.57 |
35 | Albuminoidal substances; modified starches; glues; enzymes | 36,278 | 0.00 | 2,509 | 1,345.91 |
38 | Miscellaneous chemical products | 19,161,509 | 1.31 | 40,099,220 | -52.21 |
39 | Plastics and articles thereof | 1,826,411 | 0.13 | 1,811,014 | 0.85 |
40 | Rubber and articles thereof | 4,619,602 | 0.32 | 11,668,000 | -60.41 |
42 | Articles of leather; saddlery and harness; travel goods, handbags and similar containers; articles of animal gut (other than silkworm gut) | 2,986 | 0.00 | 657 | 354.49 |
43 | Furskins and artificial fur; manufactures thereof | 6 | 0.00 | 192 | -96.88 |
44 | Wood and articles of wood; wood charcoal | 25,407,831 | 1.74 | 22,811,879 | 11.38 |
47 | Pulp of wood or of other fibrous cellulosic material; waste and scrap of paper or paperboard | 1,538,602 | 0.11 | 1,946,937 | -20.97 |
48 | Paper and paperboard; articles of paper pulp, of paper or of paperboard | 23,101,960 | 1.58 | 18,232,558 | 26.71 |
49 | Printed books, newspapers, pictures and other products of the printing industry; manuscripts, typescripts and plans | 7,121 | 0.00 | 1,589 | 348.14 |
52 | Cotton | 879 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
53 | Other vegetable textile fibers; paper yarn and woven fabric of paper yarn | 598 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
54 | Man-made filaments | 199,296 | 0.01 | 87,058 | 128.92 |
55 | Man-made staple fibers | 1,388 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
56 | Wadding, felt and nonwovens; special yarns, twine, cordage, ropes and cables and articles thereof | 35 | 0.00 | 662,993 | -99.99 |
57 | Carpets and other textile floor coverings | 0 | 0.00 | 3,487 | -100.00 |
58 | Special woven fabrics; tufted textile fabrics; lace, tapestries; trimmings; embroidery | 0 | 0.00 | 5 | -100.00 |
59 | Impregnated, coated, covered or laminated textile fabrics; textile articles of a kind suitable for industrial use | 2,032,695 | 0.14 | 2,275,291 | -10.66 |
60 | Knitted or crocheted fabrics | 10,673 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
61 | Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, knitted or crocheted | 1,799 | 0.00 | 7,655 | -76.50 |
62 | Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, not knitted or crocheted | 135,398 | 0.01 | 111,190 | 21.77 |
63 | Other made up textile articles; sets; worn clothing and worn textile articles; rags | 8,637 | 0.00 | 14,015 | -38.37 |
64 | Footwear, gaiters and the like; parts of such articles | 3,087 | 0.00 | 9,977 | -69.06 |
65 | Headgear and parts thereof | 109 | 0.00 | 221 | -50.68 |
66 | Umbrellas, sun umbrellas, walking sticks, seatsticks, whips, riding-crops and parts thereof | 0 | 0.00 | 10,370 | -100.00 |
68 | Articles of stone, plaster, cement, asbestos, mica or similar materials | 8,285 | 0.00 | 25,503 | -67.51 |
69 | Ceramic products | 21,254 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
70 | Glass and glassware | 37,303 | 0.00 | 168,878 | -77.91 |
71 | Natural or cultured pearls, precious or semi-precious stones,precious metals, metals clad with precious metal and articles thereof; imitation jewelry; coin | 0 | 0.00 | 22 | -100.00 |
72 | Iron and steel | 83,880,499 | 5.75 | 43,719,293 | 91.86 |
73 | Articles of iron or steel | 1,606,237 | 0.11 | 1,053,472 | 52.47 |
74 | Copper and articles thereof | 12,867 | 0.00 | 6,892 | 86.69 |
75 | Nickel and articles thereof | 26,413 | 0.00 | 12,911 | 104.58 |
76 | Aluminum and articles thereof | 5,186 | 0.00 | 361 | 1,336.57 |
78 | Lead and articles thereof | 190 | 0.00 | 70 | 171.43 |
81 | Other base metals; cermets; articles thereof | 0 | 0.00 | 19,469 | -100.00 |
82 | Tools, implements, cutlery, spoons and forks, of base metal; parts thereof of base metal | 99,715 | 0.01 | 98,519 | 1.21 |
83 | Miscellaneous articles of base metal | 50,554 | 0.00 | 22,051 | 129.26 |
84 | Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof | 3,448,018 | 0.24 | 2,578,741 | 33.71 |
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 | 34,029,598 | 2.33 | 23,342,042 | 45.79 |
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 | 25,541 | 0.00 | 17,000 | 50.24 |
87 | Vehicles other than railway or tramway rolling stock, and parts and accessories thereof | 158,139 | 0.01 | 254,757,287 | -99.94 |
90 | Optical, photographic, cinematographic, measuring, checking, precision, medical or surgical instruments and apparatus; parts and accessories thereof | 6,091,378 | 0.42 | 102,206,923 | -94.04 |
92 | Musical instruments; parts and accessories of such articles | 3,814 | 0.00 | 1,806 | 111.18 |
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 | 141,581 | 0.01 | 497,701 | -71.55 |
95 | Toys, games and sports requisites; parts and accessories thereof | 69,003 | 0.00 | 581,358 | -88.13 |
96 | Miscellaneous manufactured articles | 123,733 | 0.01 | 8,082 | 1,430.97 |
97 | Works of art, collectors’ pieces and antiques | 21,790 | 0.00 | 417 | 5,125.42 |
SS | Classified | 156,059,545 | 10.70 | 361 761 933 | -56.86 |
Russia’s Imports from Saudi Arabia
The major share of Russian imports from Saudi Arabia in 2020 (and in 2019) was accounted for the following product types:
- Chemical products (HS codes 28-40) - 85.57% of Russia’s total imports from Saudi Arabia (94.09% in 2019);
- Metals and products from them (HS codes 72-83) - 8.66% of Russia’s total imports from Saudi Arabia (1.13% in 2019);
- Machinery, equipment and vehicles (HS codes 84-90) - 2.87% of Russia’s total imports from Saudi Arabia (1.97% in 2019);
- Textiles, textile products and footwear (HS codes 50-67) - 1.11% of Russia’s total imports from Saudi Arabia (1.36% in 2019);
- Wood and wood products (HS codes 44-49) - 1.08% of Russia’s total imports from Saudi Arabia (1.07% in 2019).
The largest gains in Russia’s imports from Saudi Arabia in 2020 over 2019 were recorded for the following product groups:
- Copper and articles thereof (HS code 74) - an increase of $16,698,474;
- Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof (HS code 84) - an increase of $1,063,419;
- Rubber and articles thereof (HS code 40) - an increase of $846,841.
The largest declines in Russia’s imports from Saudi Arabia in 2020 over 2019 were recorded for the following product groups:
- Plastics and articles thereof (HS code 39) - a decrease of $33,409,692;
- Pharmaceutical products (HS code 30) - a decrease of $21,584,100;
- Tanning or dyeing extracts; dyes, pigments, paints, varnishes, putty and mastics (HS code 32) - a decrease of $4,209,609;
- Miscellaneous chemical products (HS code 38) - a decrease of $3,228,807;
- Man-made filaments (HS code 54) - a decrease of $1,005,249.
HS code |
Name of product group | Value of imports in 2020, US dollars ($) |
Percent share in total import | Value of imports in 2019, US dollars ($) |
Percent change in 2020 over 2019 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
03 | Fish and crustaceans, molluscs and other aquatic invertebrates | 112,320 | 0.05 | 0 | ∞ |
08 | Edible fruit and nuts; peel of citrus fruit or melons | 1,035,159 | 0.47 | 707,524 | 46.31 |
09 | Coffee, tea, maté and spices | 1,360 | 0.00 | 7,525 | -81.93 |
11 | Products of the milling industry; malt; starches; inulin; wheat gluten | 860 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
15 | Animal or vegetable fats and oils and their cleavage products prepared edible fats; animal or vegetable waxes | 92,344 | 0.04 | 6,100 | 1,413.84 |
17 | Sugars and sugar confectionery | 12,699 | 0.01 | 3,440 | 269.16 |
18 | Cocoa and cocoa preparations | 31,770 | 0.01 | 5,461 | 481.76 |
19 | Preparations of cereals, flour, starch or milk; bakers’ wares | 23,013 | 0.01 | 5,051 | 355.61 |
20 | Preparations of vegetables, fruit, nuts or other parts of plants | 150,438 | 0.07 | 107,182 | 40.36 |
21 | Miscellaneous edible preparations | 0 | 0.00 | 880 | -100.00 |
22 | Beverages, spirits and vinegar | 88,209 | 0.04 | 140,568 | -37.25 |
27 | Mineral fuels, mineral oils and products of their distillation; bituminous substances; mineral waxes | 8 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
29 | Organic chemicals | 61,462,772 | 28.10 | 61,352,245 | 0.18 |
30 | Pharmaceutical products | 0 | 0.00 | 21,584,100 | -100.00 |
32 | Tanning or dyeing extracts; dyes, pigments, paints, varnishes, putty and mastics | 2,605,278 | 1.19 | 6,814,887 | -61.77 |
33 | Essential oils and resinoids; perfumery, cosmetic or toilet preparations | 147,381 | 0.07 | 91,644 | 60.82 |
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 | 225 | -100.00 |
35 | Albuminoidal substances; modified starches; glues; enzymes | 5,131 | 0.00 | 27,256 | -81.17 |
38 | Miscellaneous chemical products | 1,139,098 | 0.52 | 4,367,905 | -73.92 |
39 | Plastics and articles thereof | 119,307,303 | 54.55 | 152,716,995 | -21.88 |
40 | Rubber and articles thereof | 2,482,897 | 1.14 | 1,636,056 | 51.76 |
42 | Articles of leather; saddlery and harness; travel goods, handbags and similar containers; articles of animal gut (other than silkworm gut) | 0 | 0.00 | 623 | -100.00 |
48 | Paper and paperboard; articles of paper pulp, of paper or of paperboard | 2,355,927 | 1.08 | 2,821,328 | -16.50 |
49 | Printed books, newspapers, pictures and other products of the printing industry; manuscripts, typescripts and plans | 0 | 0.00 | 2,139 | -100.00 |
54 | Man-made filaments | 2,429,528 | 1.11 | 3,434,777 | -29.27 |
56 | Wadding, felt and nonwovens; special yarns, twine, cordage, ropes and cables and articles thereof | 0 | 0.00 | 32,332 | -100.00 |
61 | Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, knitted or crocheted | 0 | 0.00 | 119,466 | -100.00 |
62 | Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, not knitted or crocheted | 7,382 | 0.00 | 728 | 914.01 |
65 | Headgear and parts thereof | 0 | 0.00 | 4,397 | -100.00 |
68 | Articles of stone, plaster, cement, asbestos, mica or similar materials | 1,750 | 0.00 | 25,991 | -93.27 |
72 | Iron and steel | 0 | 0.00 | 42,330 | -100.00 |
73 | Articles of iron or steel | 29,731 | 0.01 | 276,851 | -89.26 |
74 | Copper and articles thereof | 17,999,213 | 8.23 | 1,300,739 | 1,283.77 |
76 | Aluminum and articles thereof | 3,113 | 0.00 | 37 | 8,313.51 |
79 | Zinc and articles thereof | 269,614 | 0.12 | 280,481 | -3.87 |
81 | Other base metals; cermets; articles thereof | 0 | 0.00 | 28 | -100.00 |
82 | Tools, implements, cutlery, spoons and forks, of base metal; parts thereof of base metal | 106,891 | 0.05 | 109,770 | -2.62 |
83 | Miscellaneous articles of base metal | 523,165 | 0.24 | 983,938 | -46.83 |
84 | Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof | 6,228,419 | 2.85 | 5,165,000 | 20.59 |
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 | 42,674 | 0.02 | 33,950 | 25.70 |
87 | Vehicles other than railway or tramway rolling stock, and parts and accessories thereof | 2,745 | 0.00 | 2,548 | 7.73 |
90 | Optical, photographic, cinematographic, measuring, checking, precision, medical or surgical instruments and apparatus; parts and accessories thereof | 0 | 0.00 | 378 | -100.00 |
96 | Miscellaneous manufactured articles | 0 | 0.00 | 3,311 | -100.00 |
97 | Works of art, collectors’ pieces and antiques | 0 | 0.00 | 1,744 | -100.00 |