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Russian trade with Egypt in 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 Egypt in 2021: exports, imports, products, dynamics.

Russia’s Trade with Egypt

In 2021, Russia’s trade with Egypt totaled $4,770,201,008, up 5.19% ($235,176,568) from 2020.

Russia’s exports to Egypt in 2021 totaled $4,178,426,924, up 3.96% ($158,975,792) from 2020.

Russia’s imports from Egypt in 2021 totaled $591,774,084, up 14.78% ($76,200,776) from 2020.

Russia’s trade surplus with Egypt in 2021 was $3,586,652,840, a 2.36% increase ($82,775,016) over 2020.

Egypt was Russia’s 33rd largest trading partner in 2021 (down from 26th in 2020), accounting for 0.6077% of Russia’s total trade (down from 0.7987% in 2020).

Egypt was Russia’s 25th largest export market in 2021 (down from 19th in 2020), accounting for 0.8500% of Russia’s total exports (down from 1.1949% in 2020).

Egypt was Russia’s 54th largest supplier in 2021 (just as in 2020), accounting for 0.2017% of Russia’s total imports (down from 0.2228% in 2020).

Russia’s Exports to Egypt

The major share of Russian exports to Egypt in 2021 (and in 2020) was accounted for the following product types:

  • Food products and agricultural raw materials (HS codes 01-24) - 47.60% of Russia’s total exports to Egypt (48.64% in 2020);
  • Metals and products from them (HS codes 72-83) - 18.32% of Russia’s total exports to Egypt (13.05% in 2020);
  • Machinery, equipment and vehicles (HS codes 84-90) - 13.76% of Russia’s total exports to Egypt (9.26% in 2020);
  • Wood and wood products (HS codes 44-49) - 12.70% of Russia’s total exports to Egypt (7.22% in 2020);
  • Mineral products (HS codes 25-27) - 4.99% of Russia’s total exports to Egypt (5.35% in 2020);
  • Chemical products (HS codes 28-40) - 2.50% of Russia’s total exports to Egypt (1.68% in 2020).

The largest gains in Russia’s exports to Egypt in 2021 over 2020 were recorded for the following product groups:

  • Wood and articles of wood; wood charcoal (HS code 44) - an increase of $122,525,877;
  • Copper and articles thereof (HS code 74) - an increase of $109,427,552;
  • Animal or vegetable fats and oils and their cleavage products prepared edible fats; animal or vegetable waxes (HS code 15) - an increase of $102,561,287;
  • Optical, photographic, cinematographic, measuring, checking, precision, medical or surgical instruments and apparatus; parts and accessories thereof (HS code 90) - an increase of $50,159,081;
  • Printed books, newspapers, pictures and other products of the printing industry; manuscripts, typescripts and plans (HS code 49) - an increase of $44,170,044;
  • 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 (HS code 86) - an increase of $42,711,038;
  • 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 $40,056,221;
  • Articles of iron or steel (HS code 73) - an increase of $37,216,642;
  • Iron and steel (HS code 72) - an increase of $29,674,272;
  • Paper and paperboard; articles of paper pulp, of paper or of paperboard (HS code 48) - an increase of $28,968,667;
  • Ships, boats and floating structures (HS code 89) - an increase of $25,258,429;
  • Miscellaneous chemical products (HS code 38) - an increase of $16,150,638.

The largest declines in Russia’s exports to Egypt in 2021 over 2020 were recorded for the following product groups:

  • Cereals (HS code 10) - a decrease of $249,199,827;
  • Mineral fuels, mineral oils and products of their distillation; bituminous substances; mineral waxes (HS code 27) - a decrease of $21,443,361.
Russia’s exports to Egypt in 2021 by product groups
HS
code
Name of product group Value of exports
in 2021,
US dollars ($)
Percent share in total export Value of exports
in 2020,
US dollars ($)
Percent change
in 2021
over 2020
02 Meat and edible meat offal 8,494 0.00 151,158-94.38
05 Products of animal origin, not elsewhere specified or included 102,458 0.00 0
07 Edible vegetables and certain roots and tubers 13,580,612 0.33 3,858,557251.96
09 Coffee, tea, maté and spices 2,187,894 0.05 0
10 Cereals 1,547,754,642 37.04 1,796,954,469-13.87
11 Products of the milling industry; malt; starches; inulin; wheat gluten 61,121 0.00 6,296870.79
12 Oil seeds and oleaginous fruits; miscellaneous grains, seeds and fruits; industrial or medicinal plants; straw and fodder 2,801,316 0.07 4,881,000-42.61
13 Lac; gums, resins and other vegetable saps and extracts 44,852 0.00 63,108-28.93
15 Animal or vegetable fats and oils and their cleavage products prepared edible fats; animal or vegetable waxes 245,623,770 5.88 143,062,48371.69
17 Sugars and sugar confectionery 733,356 0.02 160,255357.62
18 Cocoa and cocoa preparations 1,571,899 0.04 1,546,6801.63
19 Preparations of cereals, flour, starch or milk; bakers’ wares 25,778 0.00 62,633-58.84
21 Miscellaneous edible preparations 1,349,490 0.03 1,533,272-11.99
22 Beverages, spirits and vinegar 378 0.00 3,100-87.81
23 Residues and waste from the food industries; prepared animal feed 5,060,171 0.12 2,754,38683.71
24 Tobacco and manufactured tobacco substitutes 577,122 0.01 0
25 Salt; sulfur; earths and stone; plastering materials, lime and cement 4,964,962 0.12 6,015,603-17.47
26 Ores, slag and ash 44,917,698 1.07 46,378,320-3.15
27 Mineral fuels, mineral oils and products of their distillation; bituminous substances; mineral waxes 141,060,300 3.38 162,503,661-13.20
28 Inorganic chemicals; organic or inorganic compounds of precious metals, of rare-earth metals,of radioactive elements or of isotopes 13,639,770 0.33 10,851,78825.69
29 Organic chemicals 17,794,799 0.43 7,552,303135.62
30 Pharmaceutical products 1,167,444 0.03 687,84769.72
31 Fertilizers 2,530,971 0.06 1,213,607108.55
32 Tanning or dyeing extracts; dyes, pigments, paints, varnishes, putty and mastics 66,979 0.00 58,45814.58
33 Essential oils and resinoids; perfumery, cosmetic or toilet preparations 79,753 0.00 130,566-38.92
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 230,624 0.01 202,36013.97
35 Albuminoidal substances; modified starches; glues; enzymes 43,096 0.00 57,749-25.37
36 Explosives; pyrotechnic products; matches; pyrophoric alloys; certain combustible preparations 0 0.00 1,005,124-100.00
37 Photographic or cinematographic goods 26,177 0.00 0
38 Miscellaneous chemical products 39,269,686 0.94 23,119,04869.86
39 Plastics and articles thereof 5,619,395 0.13 6,068,393-7.40
40 Rubber and articles thereof 15,131,511 0.36 16,767,803-9.76
41 Raw hides and skins (other than furskins) and leather 640 0.00 0
42 Articles of leather; saddlery and harness; travel goods, handbags and similar containers; articles of animal gut (other than silkworm gut) 289,543 0.01 728,503-60.26
44 Wood and articles of wood; wood charcoal 385,190,222 9.22 262,664,34546.65
45 Cork and articles of cork 137 0.00 0
47 Pulp of wood or of other fibrous cellulosic material; waste and scrap of paper or paperboard 307,720 0.01 0
48 Paper and paperboard; articles of paper pulp, of paper or of paperboard 56,170,048 1.34 27,201,381106.50
49 Printed books, newspapers, pictures and other products of the printing industry; manuscripts, typescripts and plans 44,449,635 1.06 279,59115,798.09
50 Silk 1,149 0.00 1,526-24.71
51 Wool, fine or coarse animal hair; horsehair yarn and woven fabric 348 0.00 0
52 Cotton 1,973 0.00 1612,231.25
53 Other vegetable textile fibers; paper yarn and woven fabric of paper yarn 8,212 0.00 0
54 Man-made filaments 918 0.00 0
56 Wadding, felt and nonwovens; special yarns, twine, cordage, ropes and cables and articles thereof 9,565 0.00 4,95693.00
57 Carpets and other textile floor coverings 2,770 0.00 793,406.33
58 Special woven fabrics; tufted textile fabrics; lace, tapestries; trimmings; embroidery 85 0.00 32,733.33
59 Impregnated, coated, covered or laminated textile fabrics; textile articles of a kind suitable for industrial use 691,080 0.02 6,56110,433.15
61 Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, knitted or crocheted 124,992 0.00 24051,980.00
62 Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, not knitted or crocheted 685,713 0.02 11,2445,998.48
63 Other made up textile articles; sets; worn clothing and worn textile articles; rags 19,319 0.00 2,432694.37
64 Footwear, gaiters and the like; parts of such articles 148,095 0.00 0
65 Headgear and parts thereof 421,368 0.01 0
66 Umbrellas, sun umbrellas, walking sticks, seatsticks, whips, riding-crops and parts thereof 70 0.00 0
68 Articles of stone, plaster, cement, asbestos, mica or similar materials 190,312 0.00 42,552347.25
69 Ceramic products 133,777 0.00 38,583246.73
70 Glass and glassware 301,570 0.01 1,027,491-70.65
72 Iron and steel 214,357,628 5.13 184,683,35616.07
73 Articles of iron or steel 65,413,970 1.57 28,197,328131.99
74 Copper and articles thereof 418,732,771 10.02 309,305,21935.38
75 Nickel and articles thereof 74,067 0.00 32,663126.76
76 Aluminum and articles thereof 1,699,310 0.04 412,288312.17
78 Lead and articles thereof 700 0.00 391,694.87
79 Zinc and articles thereof 42 0.00 0
80 Tin and articles thereof 313 0.00 0
81 Other base metals; cermets; articles thereof 61,688 0.00 46,12233.75
82 Tools, implements, cutlery, spoons and forks, of base metal; parts thereof of base metal 351,148 0.01 1,296,936-72.92
83 Miscellaneous articles of base metal 417,993 0.01 459,494-9.03
84 Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof 21,280,498 0.51 13,842,65953.73
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 154,199,918 3.69 114,143,69735.09
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 163,049,692 3.90 120,338,65435.49
87 Vehicles other than railway or tramway rolling stock, and parts and accessories thereof 101,270,323 2.42 112,709,907-10.15
89 Ships, boats and floating structures 25,258,429 0.60 0
90 Optical, photographic, cinematographic, measuring, checking, precision, medical or surgical instruments and apparatus; parts and accessories thereof 61,443,981 1.47 11,284,900444.48
91 Clocks and watches and parts thereof 315 0.00 0
92 Musical instruments; parts and accessories of such articles 713 0.00 3,034-76.50
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 1,424,852 0.03 394,645261.05
95 Toys, games and sports requisites; parts and accessories thereof 204,565 0.00 43,409371.25
96 Miscellaneous manufactured articles 8,721 0.00 958810.33
97 Works of art, collectors’ pieces and antiques 0 0.00 1,269-100.00
SS Classified 0 0.00 592 595 025-100.00

Russia’s Imports from Egypt

The major share of Russian imports from Egypt in 2021 (and in 2020) was accounted for the following product types:

  • Food products and agricultural raw materials (HS codes 01-24) - 81.17% of Russia’s total imports from Egypt (81.41% in 2020);
  • Machinery, equipment and vehicles (HS codes 84-90) - 6.09% of Russia’s total imports from Egypt (6.52% in 2020);
  • Textiles, textile products and footwear (HS codes 50-67) - 4.98% of Russia’s total imports from Egypt (4.32% in 2020);
  • Chemical products (HS codes 28-40) - 4.39% of Russia’s total imports from Egypt (5.56% in 2020);
  • Mineral products (HS codes 25-27) - 0.74% of Russia’s total imports from Egypt (1.09% in 2020).

The largest gains in Russia’s imports from Egypt in 2021 over 2020 were recorded for the following product groups:

  • Edible fruit and nuts; peel of citrus fruit or melons (HS code 08) - an increase of $29,306,090;
  • Edible vegetables and certain roots and tubers (HS code 07) - an increase of $22,125,272;
  • Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, not knitted or crocheted (HS code 62) - an increase of $5,346,967;
  • 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 $4,946,643;
  • Glass and glassware (HS code 70) - an increase of $4,482,804;
  • Aluminum and articles thereof (HS code 76) - an increase of $3,075,889;
  • Preparations of cereals, flour, starch or milk; bakers’ wares (HS code 19) - an increase of $2,579,193.

The largest declines in Russia’s imports from Egypt in 2021 over 2020 were recorded for the following product groups:

  • Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof (HS code 84) - a decrease of $2,774,908.
Russia’s imports from Egypt in 2021 by product groups
HS
code
Name of product group Value of imports in 2021,
US dollars ($)
Percent share in total import Value of imports in 2020,
US dollars ($)
Percent change
in 2021
over 2020
01 Live animals 2,355 0.00 0
03 Fish and crustaceans, molluscs and other aquatic invertebrates 1,171,178 0.20 0
04 Dairy produce; birds eggs; natural honey; edible products of animal origin, not elsewhere specified or included 408,734 0.07 214,61590.45
05 Products of animal origin, not elsewhere specified or included 35 0.00 0
06 Live trees and other plants; bulbs, roots and the like; cut flowers and ornamental foliage 0 0.00 85-100.00
07 Edible vegetables and certain roots and tubers 164,325,459 27.77 142,200,18715.56
08 Edible fruit and nuts; peel of citrus fruit or melons 294,293,198 49.73 264,987,10811.06
09 Coffee, tea, maté and spices 1,045,153 0.18 712,39446.71
12 Oil seeds and oleaginous fruits; miscellaneous grains, seeds and fruits; industrial or medicinal plants; straw and fodder 7,829,420 1.32 6,203,61726.21
13 Lac; gums, resins and other vegetable saps and extracts 44,274 0.01 0
14 Vegetable plaiting materials; vegetable products not elsewhere specified or included 0 0.00 645-100.00
15 Animal or vegetable fats and oils and their cleavage products prepared edible fats; animal or vegetable waxes 339,321 0.06 215,40457.53
17 Sugars and sugar confectionery 6,933 0.00 1,405393.45
18 Cocoa and cocoa preparations 2,145 0.00 1,024109.47
19 Preparations of cereals, flour, starch or milk; bakers’ wares 3,673,680 0.62 1,094,487235.65
20 Preparations of vegetables, fruit, nuts or other parts of plants 3,048,687 0.52 1,770,17472.23
21 Miscellaneous edible preparations 2,465,058 0.42 2,031,80821.32
22 Beverages, spirits and vinegar 0 0.00 18,038-100.00
23 Residues and waste from the food industries; prepared animal feed 0 0.00 1,632-100.00
24 Tobacco and manufactured tobacco substitutes 1,189 0.00 267,986-99.56
25 Salt; sulfur; earths and stone; plastering materials, lime and cement 3,129,708 0.53 4,310,675-27.40
27 Mineral fuels, mineral oils and products of their distillation; bituminous substances; mineral waxes 1,260,174 0.21 1,311,980-3.95
28 Inorganic chemicals; organic or inorganic compounds of precious metals, of rare-earth metals,of radioactive elements or of isotopes 129,149 0.02 15,600727.88
29 Organic chemicals 265,656 0.04 0
30 Pharmaceutical products 3,538,482 0.60 4,092,667-13.54
32 Tanning or dyeing extracts; dyes, pigments, paints, varnishes, putty and mastics 400,481 0.07 410,343-2.40
33 Essential oils and resinoids; perfumery, cosmetic or toilet preparations 279,863 0.05 426,492-34.38
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 4,987,142 0.84 6,271,628-20.48
35 Albuminoidal substances; modified starches; glues; enzymes 1,212,143 0.20 918,83431.92
38 Miscellaneous chemical products 2,117,226 0.36 2,341,059-9.56
39 Plastics and articles thereof 7,966,197 1.35 8,200,576-2.86
40 Rubber and articles thereof 4,994,832 0.84 5,976,173-16.42
41 Raw hides and skins (other than furskins) and leather 171,993 0.03 87019,669.31
42 Articles of leather; saddlery and harness; travel goods, handbags and similar containers; articles of animal gut (other than silkworm gut) 7,314 0.00 1452,142.86
44 Wood and articles of wood; wood charcoal 31,385 0.01 0
46 Manufactures of straw, of esparto or of other plaiting materials; basketware and wickerwork 76 0.00 0
48 Paper and paperboard; articles of paper pulp, of paper or of paperboard 35,453 0.01 25,03541.61
49 Printed books, newspapers, pictures and other products of the printing industry; manuscripts, typescripts and plans 6,926 0.00 3921,666.84
51 Wool, fine or coarse animal hair; horsehair yarn and woven fabric 182,643 0.03 139,67730.76
52 Cotton 205,272 0.03 341,634-39.91
53 Other vegetable textile fibers; paper yarn and woven fabric of paper yarn 242,566 0.04 180,50334.38
54 Man-made filaments 506,678 0.09 905,689-44.06
55 Man-made staple fibers 34,467 0.01 0
56 Wadding, felt and nonwovens; special yarns, twine, cordage, ropes and cables and articles thereof 62,559 0.01 22,674175.91
57 Carpets and other textile floor coverings 3,889,308 0.66 2,419,11060.77
58 Special woven fabrics; tufted textile fabrics; lace, tapestries; trimmings; embroidery 652 0.00 4,258-84.69
59 Impregnated, coated, covered or laminated textile fabrics; textile articles of a kind suitable for industrial use 1,085 0.00 26,249-95.87
61 Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, knitted or crocheted 4,601,752 0.78 4,161,48010.58
62 Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, not knitted or crocheted 19,299,155 3.26 13,952,18838.32
63 Other made up textile articles; sets; worn clothing and worn textile articles; rags 341,975 0.06 97,542250.59
64 Footwear, gaiters and the like; parts of such articles 67 0.00 401-83.29
65 Headgear and parts thereof 2,637 0.00 2,653-0.60
68 Articles of stone, plaster, cement, asbestos, mica or similar materials 705,094 0.12 336,777109.37
69 Ceramic products 3,799,010 0.64 2,741,71238.56
70 Glass and glassware 6,410,592 1.08 1,927,788232.54
71 Natural or cultured pearls, precious or semi-precious stones,precious metals, metals clad with precious metal and articles thereof; imitation jewelry; coin 41,661 0.01 20220,524.26
72 Iron and steel 9,254 0.00 0
73 Articles of iron or steel 71,299 0.01 116,076-38.58
74 Copper and articles thereof 10,315 0.00 0
76 Aluminum and articles thereof 3,076,610 0.52 721426,614.29
81 Other base metals; cermets; articles thereof 0 0.00 80-100.00
82 Tools, implements, cutlery, spoons and forks, of base metal; parts thereof of base metal 4,526 0.00 877416.08
83 Miscellaneous articles of base metal 1,357 0.00 711,811.27
84 Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof 3,268,881 0.55 6,043,789-45.91
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 31,591,765 5.34 26,645,12218.56
87 Vehicles other than railway or tramway rolling stock, and parts and accessories thereof 179,761 0.03 84,478112.79
90 Optical, photographic, cinematographic, measuring, checking, precision, medical or surgical instruments and apparatus; parts and accessories thereof 885,183 0.15 858,3063.13
91 Clocks and watches and parts thereof 150 0.00 0
92 Musical instruments; parts and accessories of such articles 302 0.00 612-50.65
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 362,329 0.06 220,84064.07
95 Toys, games and sports requisites; parts and accessories thereof 12,848 0.00 0
96 Miscellaneous manufactured articles 667,327 0.11 318,852109.29
97 Works of art, collectors’ pieces and antiques 2,849 0.00 0
Russian foreign trade statistics
Source: Federal Customs Service of Russia