Russian trade in goods with Algeria in Q2 2021
August 15, 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 second quarter of 2021: exports, imports, products, dynamics.
Russia’s Trade with Algeria
In the 2nd quarter of 2021, Russia’s trade with Algeria totaled $860,324,891, up 27.35% ($184,787,139) from the 2nd quarter of 2020.
Russia’s exports to Algeria in the 2nd quarter of 2021 totaled $847,962,050, up 25.94% ($174,670,104) from the 2nd quarter of 2020.
Russia’s imports from Algeria in the 2nd quarter of 2021 totaled $12,362,841, up 450.49% ($10,117,035) from the 2nd quarter of 2020.
Russia’s trade surplus with Algeria in the 2nd quarter of 2021 was $835,599,209, a 24.52% increase ($164,553,069) over the 2nd quarter of 2020.
Algeria was Russia’s 39th largest trading partner in the 2nd quarter of 2021 (down from 33rd in the 2nd quarter of 2020), accounting for 0.4546% of Russia’s total trade (down from 0.5537% in the 2nd quarter of 2020).
Algeria was Russia’s 31st largest export market in the 2nd quarter of 2021 (down from 22nd in the 2nd quarter of 2020), accounting for 0.7372% of Russia’s total exports (down from 0.9630% in the 2nd quarter of 2020).
Algeria was Russia’s 99th largest supplier in the 2nd quarter of 2021 (up from 117th in the 2nd quarter of 2020), accounting for 0.0167% of Russia’s total imports (up from 0.0043% in the 2nd quarter of 2020).
Russia’s Exports to Algeria
The major share of Russian exports to Algeria in the 2nd quarter of 2021 (and in the 2nd quarter of 2020) was accounted for the following product types:
- Machinery, equipment and vehicles (HS codes 84-90) - 21.65% of Russia’s total exports to Algeria (63.54% in the 2nd quarter of 2020);
- Food products and agricultural raw materials (HS codes 01-24) - 9.76% of Russia’s total exports to Algeria (4.61% in the 2nd quarter of 2020);
- Metals and products from them (HS codes 72-83) - 3.22% of Russia’s total exports to Algeria (7.33% in the 2nd quarter of 2020);
- Wood and wood products (HS codes 44-49) - 1.65% of Russia’s total exports to Algeria (0.13% in the 2nd quarter of 2020);
- Chemical products (HS codes 28-40) - 1.54% of Russia’s total exports to Algeria (0.53% in the 2nd quarter of 2020);
- Mineral products (HS codes 25-27) - 0.29% of Russia’s total exports to Algeria (1.94% in the 2nd quarter of 2020).
The largest gains in Russia’s exports to Algeria in the 2nd quarter of 2021 over the 2nd quarter of 2020 were recorded for the following product groups:
- Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof (HS code 84) - an increase of $56,987,304;
- 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 $40,593,256;
- Animal or vegetable fats and oils and their cleavage products prepared edible fats; animal or vegetable waxes (HS code 15) - an increase of $39,217,768;
- Printed books, newspapers, pictures and other products of the printing industry; manuscripts, typescripts and plans (HS code 49) - an increase of $13,723,035;
- Cereals (HS code 10) - an increase of $11,684,900;
- Optical, photographic, cinematographic, measuring, checking, precision, medical or surgical instruments and apparatus; parts and accessories thereof (HS code 90) - an increase of $8,442,626;
- Pharmaceutical products (HS code 30) - an increase of $3,488,121;
- Explosives; pyrotechnic products; matches; pyrophoric alloys; certain combustible preparations (HS code 36) - an increase of $2,894,123.
The largest declines in Russia’s exports to Algeria in the 2nd quarter of 2021 over the 2nd quarter of 2020 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 $349,807,334;
- Iron and steel (HS code 72) - a decrease of $11,834,115;
- Articles of iron or steel (HS code 73) - a decrease of $11,714,051;
- Mineral fuels, mineral oils and products of their distillation; bituminous substances; mineral waxes (HS code 27) - a decrease of $10,579,386.
| HS code |
Name of product group | Value of exports in Q2 2021, US dollars ($) |
Percent share in total export | Value of exports in Q2 2020, US dollars ($) |
Percent change in Q2 2021 over Q2 2020 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 07 | Edible vegetables and certain roots and tubers | 423,700 | 0.05 | 0 | ∞ |
| 10 | Cereals | 11,684,900 | 1.38 | 0 | ∞ |
| 12 | Oil seeds and oleaginous fruits; miscellaneous grains, seeds and fruits; industrial or medicinal plants; straw and fodder | 0 | 0.00 | 75,470 | -100.00 |
| 15 | Animal or vegetable fats and oils and their cleavage products prepared edible fats; animal or vegetable waxes | 68,661,317 | 8.10 | 29,443,549 | 133.20 |
| 21 | Miscellaneous edible preparations | 1,991,090 | 0.23 | 1,515,813 | 31.35 |
| 22 | Beverages, spirits and vinegar | 0 | 0.00 | 5 | -100.00 |
| 25 | Salt; sulfur; earths and stone; plastering materials, lime and cement | 847,533 | 0.10 | 872,897 | -2.91 |
| 27 | Mineral fuels, mineral oils and products of their distillation; bituminous substances; mineral waxes | 1,593,165 | 0.19 | 12,172,551 | -86.91 |
| 28 | Inorganic chemicals; organic or inorganic compounds of precious metals, of rare-earth metals,of radioactive elements or of isotopes | 655,710 | 0.08 | 365,172 | 79.56 |
| 29 | Organic chemicals | 1,432,186 | 0.17 | 1,032 | 138,677.71 |
| 30 | Pharmaceutical products | 3,488,121 | 0.41 | 0 | ∞ |
| 31 | Fertilizers | 1,989,378 | 0.23 | 1,289,238 | 54.31 |
| 32 | Tanning or dyeing extracts; dyes, pigments, paints, varnishes, putty and mastics | 1,148,899 | 0.14 | 1,245,243 | -7.74 |
| 33 | Essential oils and resinoids; perfumery, cosmetic or toilet preparations | 1,994 | 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 | 106 | 0.00 | 315 | -66.35 |
| 35 | Albuminoidal substances; modified starches; glues; enzymes | 36 | 0.00 | 3,540 | -98.98 |
| 36 | Explosives; pyrotechnic products; matches; pyrophoric alloys; certain combustible preparations | 3,138,480 | 0.37 | 244,357 | 1,184.38 |
| 38 | Miscellaneous chemical products | 19,821 | 0.00 | 28,616 | -30.73 |
| 39 | Plastics and articles thereof | 486,234 | 0.06 | 40,621 | 1,097.00 |
| 40 | Rubber and articles thereof | 699,063 | 0.08 | 321,169 | 117.66 |
| 42 | Articles of leather; saddlery and harness; travel goods, handbags and similar containers; articles of animal gut (other than silkworm gut) | 558,562 | 0.07 | 0 | ∞ |
| 44 | Wood and articles of wood; wood charcoal | 37,530 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
| 48 | Paper and paperboard; articles of paper pulp, of paper or of paperboard | 233,450 | 0.03 | 868,516 | -73.12 |
| 49 | Printed books, newspapers, pictures and other products of the printing industry; manuscripts, typescripts and plans | 13,729,755 | 1.62 | 6,720 | 204,211.83 |
| 52 | Cotton | 6,122 | 0.00 | 5,427 | 12.81 |
| 54 | Man-made filaments | 50 | 0.00 | 1 | 4,900.00 |
| 56 | Wadding, felt and nonwovens; special yarns, twine, cordage, ropes and cables and articles thereof | 8,110 | 0.00 | 54 | 14,918.52 |
| 59 | Impregnated, coated, covered or laminated textile fabrics; textile articles of a kind suitable for industrial use | 1,077 | 0.00 | 142 | 658.45 |
| 61 | Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, knitted or crocheted | 516,240 | 0.06 | 0 | ∞ |
| 63 | Other made up textile articles; sets; worn clothing and worn textile articles; rags | 708,183 | 0.08 | 13,784 | 5,037.72 |
| 64 | Footwear, gaiters and the like; parts of such articles | 38 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
| 68 | Articles of stone, plaster, cement, asbestos, mica or similar materials | 57,142 | 0.01 | 60,445 | -5.46 |
| 70 | Glass and glassware | 161,379 | 0.02 | 403,520 | -60.01 |
| 72 | Iron and steel | 21,358,208 | 2.52 | 33,192,323 | -35.65 |
| 73 | Articles of iron or steel | 4,113,039 | 0.49 | 15,827,090 | -74.01 |
| 74 | Copper and articles thereof | 7,196 | 0.00 | 15,787 | -54.42 |
| 76 | Aluminum and articles thereof | 556,085 | 0.07 | 315,710 | 76.14 |
| 80 | Tin and articles thereof | 6 | 0.00 | 1 | 500.00 |
| 81 | Other base metals; cermets; articles thereof | 0 | 0.00 | 2,829 | -100.00 |
| 82 | Tools, implements, cutlery, spoons and forks, of base metal; parts thereof of base metal | 1,124,951 | 0.13 | 12,312 | 9,037.03 |
| 83 | Miscellaneous articles of base metal | 161,044 | 0.02 | 0 | ∞ |
| 84 | Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof | 59,208,929 | 6.98 | 2,221,625 | 2,565.12 |
| 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 | 47,754,286 | 5.63 | 7,161,030 | 566.86 |
| 87 | Vehicles other than railway or tramway rolling stock, and parts and accessories thereof | 55,950,695 | 6.60 | 405,758,029 | -86.21 |
| 89 | Ships, boats and floating structures | 0 | 0.00 | 440,052 | -100.00 |
| 90 | Optical, photographic, cinematographic, measuring, checking, precision, medical or surgical instruments and apparatus; parts and accessories thereof | 20,676,857 | 2.44 | 12,234,231 | 69.01 |
| 91 | Clocks and watches and parts thereof | 27,270 | 0.00 | 9,675 | 181.86 |
| 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 | 451,620 | 0.05 | 329 | 137,170.52 |
| 96 | Miscellaneous manufactured articles | 8,661 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
| SS | Classified | 522,283,832 | 61.59 | 147 122 726 | 255.00 |
Russia’s Imports from Algeria
The major share of Russian imports from Algeria in the 2nd quarter of 2021 (and in the 2nd quarter of 2020) was accounted for the following product types:
- Food products and agricultural raw materials (HS codes 01-24) - 63.73% of Russia’s total imports from Algeria (100.00% in the 2nd quarter of 2020);
- Machinery, equipment and vehicles (HS codes 84-90) - 30.41% of Russia’s total imports from Algeria (0.00% in the 2nd quarter of 2020);
- Chemical products (HS codes 28-40) - 5.19% of Russia’s total imports from Algeria (0.00% in the 2nd quarter of 2020).
The largest gains in Russia’s imports from Algeria in the 2nd quarter of 2021 over the 2nd quarter of 2020 were recorded for the following product groups:
- Sugars and sugar confectionery (HS code 17) - an increase of $5,858,158;
- Vehicles other than railway or tramway rolling stock, and parts and accessories thereof (HS code 87) - an increase of $2,039,938;
- 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 $1,446,316;
- 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 $641,120;
- Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof (HS code 84) - an increase of $250,114;
- Articles of iron or steel (HS code 73) - an increase of $61,100;
- Preparations of vegetables, fruit, nuts or other parts of plants (HS code 20) - an increase of $39,532.
The largest declines in Russia’s imports from Algeria in the 2nd quarter of 2021 over the 2nd quarter of 2020 were recorded for the following product groups:
- Edible fruit and nuts; peel of citrus fruit or melons (HS code 08) - a decrease of $293,716.
| HS code |
Name of product group | Value of imports in Q2 2021, US dollars ($) |
Percent share in total import | Value of imports in Q2 2020, US dollars ($) |
Percent change in Q2 2021 over Q2 2020 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 08 | Edible fruit and nuts; peel of citrus fruit or melons | 1,839,261 | 14.88 | 2,132,977 | -13.77 |
| 12 | Oil seeds and oleaginous fruits; miscellaneous grains, seeds and fruits; industrial or medicinal plants; straw and fodder | 100,001 | 0.81 | 71,157 | 40.54 |
| 17 | Sugars and sugar confectionery | 5,858,158 | 47.39 | 0 | ∞ |
| 20 | Preparations of vegetables, fruit, nuts or other parts of plants | 81,172 | 0.66 | 41,640 | 94.94 |
| 28 | Inorganic chemicals; organic or inorganic compounds of precious metals, of rare-earth metals,of radioactive elements or of isotopes | 641,120 | 5.19 | 0 | ∞ |
| 73 | Articles of iron or steel | 61,100 | 0.49 | 0 | ∞ |
| 84 | Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof | 250,114 | 2.02 | 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 | 1,446,348 | 11.70 | 32 | 4,519,737.50 |
| 87 | Vehicles other than railway or tramway rolling stock, and parts and accessories thereof | 2,039,938 | 16.50 | 0 | ∞ |
| 90 | Optical, photographic, cinematographic, measuring, checking, precision, medical or surgical instruments and apparatus; parts and accessories thereof | 22,713 | 0.18 | 0 | ∞ |
| 91 | Clocks and watches and parts thereof | 906 | 0.01 | 0 | ∞ |
| SS | Classified | 22,010 | 0.18 | 0 | ∞ |