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Russian trade in goods with Saudi Arabia in Q3 2021

by Russian Foreign Trade
based on data from the Federal Customs Service of Russia
The Report on Russia’s foreign trade in goods with Saudi Arabia in the third quarter of 2021: exports, imports, products, dynamics.

Russia’s Trade with Saudi Arabia

In the 3rd quarter of 2021, Russia’s trade with Saudi Arabia totaled $759,244,590, up 90.76% ($361,225,122) from the 3rd quarter of 2020.

Russia’s exports to Saudi Arabia in the 3rd quarter of 2021 totaled $649,541,431, up 90.24% ($308,110,421) from the 3rd quarter of 2020.

Russia’s imports from Saudi Arabia in the 3rd quarter of 2021 totaled $109,703,159, up 93.86% ($53,114,701) from the 3rd quarter of 2020.

Russia’s trade surplus with Saudi Arabia in the 3rd quarter of 2021 was $539,838,272, a 89.52% increase ($254,995,720) over the 3rd quarter of 2020.

Saudi Arabia was Russia’s 46th largest trading partner in the 3rd quarter of 2021 (up from 52nd in the 3rd quarter of 2020), accounting for 0.3642% of Russia’s total trade (up from 0.2914% in the 3rd quarter of 2020).

Saudi Arabia was Russia’s 41st largest export market in the 3rd quarter of 2021 (just as in the 3rd quarter of 2020), accounting for 0.4870% of Russia’s total exports (up from 0.4341% in the 3rd quarter of 2020).

Saudi Arabia was Russia’s 60th largest supplier in the 3rd quarter of 2021 (up from 67th in the 3rd quarter of 2020), accounting for 0.1461% of Russia’s total imports (up from 0.0977% in the 3rd quarter of 2020).

Russia’s Exports to Saudi Arabia

The major share of Russian exports to Saudi Arabia in the 3rd quarter of 2021 (and in the 3rd quarter of 2020) was accounted for the following product types:

  • Mineral products (HS codes 25-27) - 52.74% of Russia’s total exports to Saudi Arabia (13.51% in the 3rd quarter of 2020);
  • Food products and agricultural raw materials (HS codes 01-24) - 34.94% of Russia’s total exports to Saudi Arabia (78.76% in the 3rd quarter of 2020);
  • Chemical products (HS codes 28-40) - 6.61% of Russia’s total exports to Saudi Arabia (1.29% in the 3rd quarter of 2020);
  • Metals and products from them (HS codes 72-83) - 3.16% of Russia’s total exports to Saudi Arabia (0.83% in the 3rd quarter of 2020);
  • Wood and wood products (HS codes 44-49) - 1.42% of Russia’s total exports to Saudi Arabia (3.35% in the 3rd quarter of 2020);
  • Machinery, equipment and vehicles (HS codes 84-90) - 0.93% of Russia’s total exports to Saudi Arabia (1.67% in the 3rd quarter of 2020).

The largest gains in Russia’s exports to Saudi Arabia in the 3rd quarter of 2021 over the 3rd quarter of 2020 were recorded for the following product groups:

  • Mineral fuels, mineral oils and products of their distillation; bituminous substances; mineral waxes (HS code 27) - an increase of $296,479,538;
  • Pharmaceutical products (HS code 30) - an increase of $28,837,767;
  • Meat and edible meat offal (HS code 02) - an increase of $18,146,540;
  • Copper and articles thereof (HS code 74) - an increase of $17,208,867;
  • Organic chemicals (HS code 29) - an increase of $6,356,353;
  • Animal or vegetable fats and oils and their cleavage products prepared edible fats; animal or vegetable waxes (HS code 15) - an increase of $4,074,689;
  • Cocoa and cocoa preparations (HS code 18) - an increase of $2,531,344;
  • 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 $2,213,353.

The largest declines in Russia’s exports to Saudi Arabia in the 3rd quarter of 2021 over the 3rd quarter of 2020 were recorded for the following product groups:

  • Cereals (HS code 10) - a decrease of $69,094,579.
Russia’s exports to Saudi Arabia in the 3rd quarter of 2021 by product groups
HS
code
Name of product group Value of exports
in Q3 2021,
US dollars ($)
Percent share in total export Value of exports
in Q3 2020,
US dollars ($)
Percent change
in Q3 2021
over Q3 2020
01 Live animals 3,068 0.00 0
02 Meat and edible meat offal 29,578,533 4.55 11,431,993158.73
04 Dairy produce; birds eggs; natural honey; edible products of animal origin, not elsewhere specified or included 0 0.00 160,731-100.00
07 Edible vegetables and certain roots and tubers 1,401,038 0.22 257,659443.76
09 Coffee, tea, maté and spices 284,858 0.04 25,5151,016.43
10 Cereals 170,155,777 26.20 239,250,356-28.88
11 Products of the milling industry; malt; starches; inulin; wheat gluten 23,350 0.00 9259,344.44
12 Oil seeds and oleaginous fruits; miscellaneous grains, seeds and fruits; industrial or medicinal plants; straw and fodder 989 0.00 38,883-97.46
15 Animal or vegetable fats and oils and their cleavage products prepared edible fats; animal or vegetable waxes 13,213,189 2.03 9,138,50044.59
17 Sugars and sugar confectionery 4,041 0.00 1,706136.87
18 Cocoa and cocoa preparations 10,625,221 1.64 8,093,87731.27
19 Preparations of cereals, flour, starch or milk; bakers’ wares 110,947 0.02 132,250-16.11
20 Preparations of vegetables, fruit, nuts or other parts of plants 6,482 0.00 6,516-0.52
21 Miscellaneous edible preparations 1,541,129 0.24 366,137320.92
22 Beverages, spirits and vinegar 0 0.00 21,498-100.00
25 Salt; sulfur; earths and stone; plastering materials, lime and cement 0 0.00 20,821-100.00
27 Mineral fuels, mineral oils and products of their distillation; bituminous substances; mineral waxes 342,583,651 52.74 46,104,113643.07
28 Inorganic chemicals; organic or inorganic compounds of precious metals, of rare-earth metals,of radioactive elements or of isotopes 2,523,114 0.39 309,761714.54
29 Organic chemicals 6,356,373 0.98 2031,781,765.00
30 Pharmaceutical products 28,837,767 4.44 0
31 Fertilizers 130,096 0.02 109,95018.32
32 Tanning or dyeing extracts; dyes, pigments, paints, varnishes, putty and mastics 0 0.00 450-100.00
33 Essential oils and resinoids; perfumery, cosmetic or toilet preparations 261,260 0.04 147,54177.08
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 38,961 0.01 29,47932.17
35 Albuminoidal substances; modified starches; glues; enzymes 0 0.00 3,043-100.00
38 Miscellaneous chemical products 2,401,966 0.37 1,671,68443.69
39 Plastics and articles thereof 178,776 0.03 359,144-50.22
40 Rubber and articles thereof 2,215,217 0.34 1,772,09625.01
42 Articles of leather; saddlery and harness; travel goods, handbags and similar containers; articles of animal gut (other than silkworm gut) 0 0.00 2,872-100.00
44 Wood and articles of wood; wood charcoal 4,249,864 0.65 5,674,732-25.11
47 Pulp of wood or of other fibrous cellulosic material; waste and scrap of paper or paperboard 899,920 0.14 174,185416.65
48 Paper and paperboard; articles of paper pulp, of paper or of paperboard 4,063,264 0.63 5,574,219-27.11
49 Printed books, newspapers, pictures and other products of the printing industry; manuscripts, typescripts and plans 663 0.00 5,669-88.30
54 Man-made filaments 47,297 0.01 119,514-60.43
56 Wadding, felt and nonwovens; special yarns, twine, cordage, ropes and cables and articles thereof 3 0.00 0
59 Impregnated, coated, covered or laminated textile fabrics; textile articles of a kind suitable for industrial use 12,011 0.00 270,610-95.56
60 Knitted or crocheted fabrics 0 0.00 10,673-100.00
61 Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, knitted or crocheted 0 0.00 1,501-100.00
62 Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, not knitted or crocheted 39,759 0.01 46,285-14.10
63 Other made up textile articles; sets; worn clothing and worn textile articles; rags 0 0.00 183-100.00
68 Articles of stone, plaster, cement, asbestos, mica or similar materials 189 0.00 1,149-83.55
69 Ceramic products 0 0.00 1,396-100.00
70 Glass and glassware 657,540 0.10 9,2666,996.27
72 Iron and steel 2,864,020 0.44 2,178,28231.48
73 Articles of iron or steel 369,217 0.06 611,479-39.62
74 Copper and articles thereof 17,213,943 2.65 5,076339,024.17
75 Nickel and articles thereof 405 0.00 1,193-66.05
81 Other base metals; cermets; articles thereof 287 0.00 0
82 Tools, implements, cutlery, spoons and forks, of base metal; parts thereof of base metal 24,169 0.00 18,11833.40
83 Miscellaneous articles of base metal 28,947 0.00 36,494-20.68
84 Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof 2,025,971 0.31 695,801191.17
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 3,520,043 0.54 4,332,787-18.76
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 0 0.00 25,204-100.00
87 Vehicles other than railway or tramway rolling stock, and parts and accessories thereof 4,473 0.00 7,799-42.65
90 Optical, photographic, cinematographic, measuring, checking, precision, medical or surgical instruments and apparatus; parts and accessories thereof 491,751 0.08 649,621-24.30
92 Musical instruments; parts and accessories of such articles 1,104 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 49,216 0.01 33,71845.96
95 Toys, games and sports requisites; parts and accessories thereof 82,460 0.01 51,45860.25
96 Miscellaneous manufactured articles 313,932 0.05 0
SS Classified 105,180 0.02 1 437 994-92.69

Russia’s Imports from Saudi Arabia

The major share of Russian imports from Saudi Arabia in the 3rd quarter of 2021 (and in the 3rd quarter of 2020) was accounted for the following product types:

  • Chemical products (HS codes 28-40) - 85.35% of Russia’s total imports from Saudi Arabia (88.98% in the 3rd quarter of 2020);
  • Metals and products from them (HS codes 72-83) - 8.10% of Russia’s total imports from Saudi Arabia (7.41% in the 3rd quarter of 2020);
  • Food products and agricultural raw materials (HS codes 01-24) - 3.61% of Russia’s total imports from Saudi Arabia (0.10% in the 3rd quarter of 2020);
  • Machinery, equipment and vehicles (HS codes 84-90) - 1.95% of Russia’s total imports from Saudi Arabia (2.67% in the 3rd quarter of 2020).

The largest gains in Russia’s imports from Saudi Arabia in the 3rd quarter of 2021 over the 3rd quarter of 2020 were recorded for the following product groups:

  • Plastics and articles thereof (HS code 39) - an increase of $32,811,220;
  • Organic chemicals (HS code 29) - an increase of $7,760,996;
  • Aluminum and articles thereof (HS code 76) - an increase of $6,271,400;
  • Fish and crustaceans, molluscs and other aquatic invertebrates (HS code 03) - an increase of $3,878,344;
  • Miscellaneous articles of base metal (HS code 83) - an increase of $2,290,790;
  • Rubber and articles thereof (HS code 40) - an increase of $1,622,309;
  • Tanning or dyeing extracts; dyes, pigments, paints, varnishes, putty and mastics (HS code 32) - an increase of $1,051,297;
  • Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof (HS code 84) - an increase of $669,574;
  • Man-made filaments (HS code 54) - an increase of $608,655.

The largest declines in Russia’s imports from Saudi Arabia in the 3rd quarter of 2021 over the 3rd quarter of 2020 were recorded for the following product groups:

  • Copper and articles thereof (HS code 74) - a decrease of $4,089,904.
Russia’s imports from Saudi Arabia in the 3rd quarter of 2021 by product groups
HS
code
Name of product group Value of imports in Q3 2021,
US dollars ($)
Percent share in total import Value of imports in Q3 2020,
US dollars ($)
Percent change
in Q3 2021
over Q3 2020
03 Fish and crustaceans, molluscs and other aquatic invertebrates 3,878,344 3.54 0
08 Edible fruit and nuts; peel of citrus fruit or melons 32,010 0.03 58,203-45.00
17 Sugars and sugar confectionery 1,744 0.00 0
18 Cocoa and cocoa preparations 4,579 0.00 0
19 Preparations of cereals, flour, starch or milk; bakers’ wares 3,244 0.00 0
20 Preparations of vegetables, fruit, nuts or other parts of plants 21,837 0.02 0
22 Beverages, spirits and vinegar 17,160 0.02 0
25 Salt; sulfur; earths and stone; plastering materials, lime and cement 1,248 0.00 0
29 Organic chemicals 24,225,507 22.08 16,464,51147.14
32 Tanning or dyeing extracts; dyes, pigments, paints, varnishes, putty and mastics 1,730,897 1.58 679,600154.69
33 Essential oils and resinoids; perfumery, cosmetic or toilet preparations 47,390 0.04 58,176-18.54
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 120,235 0.11 0
38 Miscellaneous chemical products 248,659 0.23 328,347-24.27
39 Plastics and articles thereof 65,014,858 59.26 32,203,638101.89
40 Rubber and articles thereof 2,239,754 2.04 617,445262.75
48 Paper and paperboard; articles of paper pulp, of paper or of paperboard 50,140 0.05 45,04211.32
54 Man-made filaments 1,038,568 0.95 429,913141.58
62 Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, not knitted or crocheted 2,035 0.00 1,62625.15
73 Articles of iron or steel 16,456 0.02 11,80239.43
74 Copper and articles thereof 232 0.00 4,090,136-99.99
76 Aluminum and articles thereof 6,271,400 5.72 0
79 Zinc and articles thereof 187,320 0.17 71,413162.31
82 Tools, implements, cutlery, spoons and forks, of base metal; parts thereof of base metal 123,023 0.11 18,998547.56
83 Miscellaneous articles of base metal 2,290,815 2.09 259,163,160.00
84 Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof 2,135,686 1.95 1,466,11245.67
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 18 0.00 41,051-99.96
87 Vehicles other than railway or tramway rolling stock, and parts and accessories thereof 0 0.00 2,420-100.00
Russian foreign trade statistics
Source: Federal Customs Service of Russia