Russian trade with Morocco in 2021
February 16, 2022
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 Morocco in 2021: exports, imports, products, dynamics.
Russia’s Trade with Morocco
In 2021, Russia’s trade with Morocco totaled $1,649,473,562, up 42.34% ($490,633,244) from 2020.
Russia’s exports to Morocco in 2021 totaled $1,213,927,538, up 58.50% ($448,043,619) from 2020.
Russia’s imports from Morocco in 2021 totaled $435,546,024, up 10.84% ($42,589,625) from 2020.
Russia’s trade surplus with Morocco in 2021 was $778,381,514, a 108.72% increase ($405,453,994) over 2020.
Morocco was Russia’s 60th largest trading partner in 2021 (up from 61st in 2020), accounting for 0.2101% of Russia’s total trade (up from 0.2041% in 2020).
Morocco was Russia’s 55th largest export market in 2021 (up from 58th in 2020), accounting for 0.2469% of Russia’s total exports (up from 0.2277% in 2020).
Morocco was Russia’s 61st largest supplier in 2021 (just as in 2020), accounting for 0.1484% of Russia’s total imports (down from 0.1698% in 2020).
Russia’s Exports to Morocco
The major share of Russian exports to Morocco in 2021 (and in 2020) was accounted for the following product types:
- Mineral products (HS codes 25-27) - 61.85% of Russia’s total exports to Morocco (63.20% in 2020);
- Chemical products (HS codes 28-40) - 27.24% of Russia’s total exports to Morocco (19.41% in 2020);
- Metals and products from them (HS codes 72-83) - 5.49% of Russia’s total exports to Morocco (3.42% in 2020);
- Food products and agricultural raw materials (HS codes 01-24) - 3.42% of Russia’s total exports to Morocco (12.64% in 2020);
- Wood and wood products (HS codes 44-49) - 1.18% of Russia’s total exports to Morocco (0.79% in 2020).
The largest gains in Russia’s exports to Morocco in 2021 over 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 $245,587,567;
- 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 $95,320,549;
- Fertilizers (HS code 31) - an increase of $68,875,443;
- Aluminum and articles thereof (HS code 76) - an increase of $43,321,931;
- Salt; sulfur; earths and stone; plastering materials, lime and cement (HS code 25) - an increase of $21,130,776;
- Organic chemicals (HS code 29) - an increase of $18,447,173;
- Meat and edible meat offal (HS code 02) - an increase of $9,420,958;
- Paper and paperboard; articles of paper pulp, of paper or of paperboard (HS code 48) - an increase of $5,165,511;
- Vehicles other than railway or tramway rolling stock, and parts and accessories thereof (HS code 87) - an increase of $5,106,452.
The largest declines in Russia’s exports to Morocco in 2021 over 2020 were recorded for the following product groups:
- Cereals (HS code 10) - a decrease of $64,022,658.
| HS code |
Name of product group | Value of exports in 2021, US dollars ($) |
Percent share in total export | Value of exports in 2020, US dollars ($) |
Percent change in 2021 over 2020 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 02 | Meat and edible meat offal | 9,420,958 | 0.78 | 0 | ∞ |
| 04 | Dairy produce; birds eggs; natural honey; edible products of animal origin, not elsewhere specified or included | 17,375 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
| 10 | Cereals | 30,231,735 | 2.49 | 94,254,393 | -67.93 |
| 11 | Products of the milling industry; malt; starches; inulin; wheat gluten | 0 | 0.00 | 1 | -100.00 |
| 12 | Oil seeds and oleaginous fruits; miscellaneous grains, seeds and fruits; industrial or medicinal plants; straw and fodder | 77,598 | 0.01 | 1,779,927 | -95.64 |
| 16 | Preparations of meat, of fish or of crustaceans, molluscs or other aquatic invertebrates | 1,595,612 | 0.13 | 551,645 | 189.25 |
| 18 | Cocoa and cocoa preparations | 141,757 | 0.01 | 74,603 | 90.02 |
| 19 | Preparations of cereals, flour, starch or milk; bakers’ wares | 0 | 0.00 | 3 | -100.00 |
| 21 | Miscellaneous edible preparations | 36,839 | 0.00 | 129,407 | -71.53 |
| 22 | Beverages, spirits and vinegar | 36,207 | 0.00 | 54,156 | -33.14 |
| 25 | Salt; sulfur; earths and stone; plastering materials, lime and cement | 68,871,352 | 5.67 | 47,740,576 | 44.26 |
| 27 | Mineral fuels, mineral oils and products of their distillation; bituminous substances; mineral waxes | 681,922,554 | 56.17 | 436,334,987 | 56.28 |
| 28 | Inorganic chemicals; organic or inorganic compounds of precious metals, of rare-earth metals,of radioactive elements or of isotopes | 197,842,275 | 16.30 | 102,521,726 | 92.98 |
| 29 | Organic chemicals | 24,044,305 | 1.98 | 5,597,132 | 329.58 |
| 30 | Pharmaceutical products | 11,059,641 | 0.91 | 12,488,029 | -11.44 |
| 31 | Fertilizers | 85,122,707 | 7.01 | 16,247,264 | 423.92 |
| 32 | Tanning or dyeing extracts; dyes, pigments, paints, varnishes, putty and mastics | 1,007,760 | 0.08 | 495,514 | 103.38 |
| 33 | Essential oils and resinoids; perfumery, cosmetic or toilet preparations | 229,613 | 0.02 | 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 | 17,101 | 0.00 | 15,875 | 7.72 |
| 38 | Miscellaneous chemical products | 888,952 | 0.07 | 314,687 | 182.49 |
| 39 | Plastics and articles thereof | 10,388,604 | 0.86 | 10,948,181 | -5.11 |
| 40 | Rubber and articles thereof | 61,507 | 0.01 | 11,155 | 451.39 |
| 42 | Articles of leather; saddlery and harness; travel goods, handbags and similar containers; articles of animal gut (other than silkworm gut) | 42 | 0.00 | 74 | -43.24 |
| 44 | Wood and articles of wood; wood charcoal | 4,491,947 | 0.37 | 1,537,476 | 192.16 |
| 47 | Pulp of wood or of other fibrous cellulosic material; waste and scrap of paper or paperboard | 102,042 | 0.01 | 0 | ∞ |
| 48 | Paper and paperboard; articles of paper pulp, of paper or of paperboard | 9,691,057 | 0.80 | 4,525,546 | 114.14 |
| 49 | Printed books, newspapers, pictures and other products of the printing industry; manuscripts, typescripts and plans | 28,031 | 0.00 | 3,503 | 700.20 |
| 54 | Man-made filaments | 10,512 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
| 56 | Wadding, felt and nonwovens; special yarns, twine, cordage, ropes and cables and articles thereof | 21,216 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
| 57 | Carpets and other textile floor coverings | 139 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
| 59 | Impregnated, coated, covered or laminated textile fabrics; textile articles of a kind suitable for industrial use | 6,898 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
| 61 | Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, knitted or crocheted | 0 | 0.00 | 2 | -100.00 |
| 63 | Other made up textile articles; sets; worn clothing and worn textile articles; rags | 0 | 0.00 | 25,872 | -100.00 |
| 68 | Articles of stone, plaster, cement, asbestos, mica or similar materials | 4 | 0.00 | 20,040 | -99.98 |
| 70 | Glass and glassware | 190,555 | 0.02 | 29,158 | 553.53 |
| 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 | 2,400 | -100.00 |
| 72 | Iron and steel | 12,440,113 | 1.02 | 15,797,332 | -21.25 |
| 73 | Articles of iron or steel | 498,467 | 0.04 | 2,677 | 18,520.36 |
| 74 | Copper and articles thereof | 39 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
| 76 | Aluminum and articles thereof | 53,696,516 | 4.42 | 10,374,585 | 417.58 |
| 81 | Other base metals; cermets; articles thereof | 0 | 0.00 | 52,925 | -100.00 |
| 82 | Tools, implements, cutlery, spoons and forks, of base metal; parts thereof of base metal | 13,342 | 0.00 | 382 | 3,392.67 |
| 83 | Miscellaneous articles of base metal | 1,814 | 0.00 | 90 | 1,915.56 |
| 84 | Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof | 2,466,058 | 0.20 | 1,147,138 | 114.97 |
| 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 | 764,311 | 0.06 | 1,172,190 | -34.80 |
| 87 | Vehicles other than railway or tramway rolling stock, and parts and accessories thereof | 6,112,218 | 0.50 | 1,005,766 | 507.72 |
| 90 | Optical, photographic, cinematographic, measuring, checking, precision, medical or surgical instruments and apparatus; parts and accessories thereof | 161,341 | 0.01 | 477,179 | -66.19 |
| 91 | Clocks and watches and parts thereof | 0 | 0.00 | 2,520 | -100.00 |
| 92 | Musical instruments; parts and accessories of such articles | 938 | 0.00 | 1,462 | -35.84 |
| 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 | 59,878 | 0.00 | 12,858 | 365.69 |
| 95 | Toys, games and sports requisites; parts and accessories thereof | 127,077 | 0.01 | 133,483 | -4.80 |
| 96 | Miscellaneous manufactured articles | 66 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
Russia’s Imports from Morocco
The major share of Russian imports from Morocco in 2021 (and in 2020) was accounted for the following product types:
- Food products and agricultural raw materials (HS codes 01-24) - 47.62% of Russia’s total imports from Morocco (60.07% in 2020);
- Textiles, textile products and footwear (HS codes 50-67) - 34.72% of Russia’s total imports from Morocco (28.01% in 2020);
- Machinery, equipment and vehicles (HS codes 84-90) - 13.27% of Russia’s total imports from Morocco (4.94% in 2020);
- Mineral products (HS codes 25-27) - 2.02% of Russia’s total imports from Morocco (0.73% in 2020);
- Metals and products from them (HS codes 72-83) - 0.99% of Russia’s total imports from Morocco (1.53% in 2020).
The largest gains in Russia’s imports from Morocco in 2021 over 2020 were recorded for the following product groups:
- Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof (HS code 84) - an increase of $33,752,119;
- Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, not knitted or crocheted (HS code 62) - an increase of $28,546,469;
- Edible fruit and nuts; peel of citrus fruit or melons (HS code 08) - an increase of $13,694,901;
- Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, knitted or crocheted (HS code 61) - an increase of $7,728,183;
- Sugars and sugar confectionery (HS code 17) - an increase of $4,903,405;
- Salt; sulfur; earths and stone; plastering materials, lime and cement (HS code 25) - an increase of $4,903,071;
- 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 $1,830,813.
The largest declines in Russia’s imports from Morocco in 2021 over 2020 were recorded for the following product groups:
- Edible vegetables and certain roots and tubers (HS code 07) - a decrease of $54,055,902;
- Copper and articles thereof (HS code 74) - a decrease of $1,957,463.
| HS code |
Name of product group | Value of imports in 2021, US dollars ($) |
Percent share in total import | Value of imports in 2020, US dollars ($) |
Percent change in 2021 over 2020 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 03 | Fish and crustaceans, molluscs and other aquatic invertebrates | 17,532,639 | 4.03 | 16,865,185 | 3.96 |
| 06 | Live trees and other plants; bulbs, roots and the like; cut flowers and ornamental foliage | 205 | 0.00 | 1,990 | -89.70 |
| 07 | Edible vegetables and certain roots and tubers | 1,388,382 | 0.32 | 55,444,284 | -97.50 |
| 08 | Edible fruit and nuts; peel of citrus fruit or melons | 173,555,287 | 39.85 | 159,860,386 | 8.57 |
| 09 | Coffee, tea, maté and spices | 64,869 | 0.01 | 64,880 | -0.02 |
| 12 | Oil seeds and oleaginous fruits; miscellaneous grains, seeds and fruits; industrial or medicinal plants; straw and fodder | 1,309,353 | 0.30 | 922,504 | 41.93 |
| 13 | Lac; gums, resins and other vegetable saps and extracts | 935,291 | 0.21 | 667,302 | 40.16 |
| 15 | Animal or vegetable fats and oils and their cleavage products prepared edible fats; animal or vegetable waxes | 154,482 | 0.04 | 205,237 | -24.73 |
| 16 | Preparations of meat, of fish or of crustaceans, molluscs or other aquatic invertebrates | 140,009 | 0.03 | 204,144 | -31.42 |
| 17 | Sugars and sugar confectionery | 4,930,970 | 1.13 | 27,565 | 17,788.52 |
| 19 | Preparations of cereals, flour, starch or milk; bakers’ wares | 213,021 | 0.05 | 234,889 | -9.31 |
| 20 | Preparations of vegetables, fruit, nuts or other parts of plants | 528,737 | 0.12 | 497,386 | 6.30 |
| 21 | Miscellaneous edible preparations | 1,749 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
| 22 | Beverages, spirits and vinegar | 1,647 | 0.00 | 5,847 | -71.83 |
| 23 | Residues and waste from the food industries; prepared animal feed | 908,372 | 0.21 | 1,035,110 | -12.24 |
| 25 | Salt; sulfur; earths and stone; plastering materials, lime and cement | 7,748,459 | 1.78 | 2,845,388 | 172.32 |
| 26 | Ores, slag and ash | 807,862 | 0.19 | 4,520 | 17,773.05 |
| 27 | Mineral fuels, mineral oils and products of their distillation; bituminous substances; mineral waxes | 1,834 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
| 28 | Inorganic chemicals; organic or inorganic compounds of precious metals, of rare-earth metals,of radioactive elements or of isotopes | 123 | 0.00 | 77 | 59.74 |
| 29 | Organic chemicals | 39 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
| 30 | Pharmaceutical products | 165 | 0.00 | 158 | 4.43 |
| 33 | Essential oils and resinoids; perfumery, cosmetic or toilet preparations | 2,586,497 | 0.59 | 2,596,404 | -0.38 |
| 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 | 9,741 | 0.00 | 5,450 | 78.73 |
| 38 | Miscellaneous chemical products | 0 | 0.00 | 75 | -100.00 |
| 39 | Plastics and articles thereof | 668,434 | 0.15 | 699,365 | -4.42 |
| 40 | Rubber and articles thereof | 172,195 | 0.04 | 129,426 | 33.05 |
| 42 | Articles of leather; saddlery and harness; travel goods, handbags and similar containers; articles of animal gut (other than silkworm gut) | 322,899 | 0.07 | 351,898 | -8.24 |
| 43 | Furskins and artificial fur; manufactures thereof | 37 | 0.00 | 1,870 | -98.02 |
| 44 | Wood and articles of wood; wood charcoal | 19,810 | 0.00 | 116,462 | -82.99 |
| 46 | Manufactures of straw, of esparto or of other plaiting materials; basketware and wickerwork | 81,905 | 0.02 | 27,789 | 194.74 |
| 48 | Paper and paperboard; articles of paper pulp, of paper or of paperboard | 118,771 | 0.03 | 117,031 | 1.49 |
| 49 | Printed books, newspapers, pictures and other products of the printing industry; manuscripts, typescripts and plans | 0 | 0.00 | 666 | -100.00 |
| 51 | Wool, fine or coarse animal hair; horsehair yarn and woven fabric | 25,298 | 0.01 | 9,219 | 174.41 |
| 52 | Cotton | 10,232 | 0.00 | 74 | 13,727.03 |
| 55 | Man-made staple fibers | 1,549 | 0.00 | 691 | 124.17 |
| 56 | Wadding, felt and nonwovens; special yarns, twine, cordage, ropes and cables and articles thereof | 210,197 | 0.05 | 102,891 | 104.29 |
| 57 | Carpets and other textile floor coverings | 34,562 | 0.01 | 5,395 | 540.63 |
| 58 | Special woven fabrics; tufted textile fabrics; lace, tapestries; trimmings; embroidery | 253,271 | 0.06 | 183,026 | 38.38 |
| 59 | Impregnated, coated, covered or laminated textile fabrics; textile articles of a kind suitable for industrial use | 21,994 | 0.01 | 26,412 | -16.73 |
| 60 | Knitted or crocheted fabrics | 0 | 0.00 | 1 | -100.00 |
| 61 | Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, knitted or crocheted | 27,262,102 | 6.26 | 19,533,919 | 39.56 |
| 62 | Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, not knitted or crocheted | 97,838,617 | 22.46 | 69,292,148 | 41.20 |
| 63 | Other made up textile articles; sets; worn clothing and worn textile articles; rags | 123,302 | 0.03 | 123,197 | 0.09 |
| 64 | Footwear, gaiters and the like; parts of such articles | 21,203,353 | 4.87 | 20,724,481 | 2.31 |
| 65 | Headgear and parts thereof | 59,061 | 0.01 | 66,357 | -11.00 |
| 68 | Articles of stone, plaster, cement, asbestos, mica or similar materials | 145,229 | 0.03 | 207,677 | -30.07 |
| 69 | Ceramic products | 1,647,888 | 0.38 | 1,578,236 | 4.41 |
| 70 | Glass and glassware | 42,621 | 0.01 | 17,490 | 143.69 |
| 71 | Natural or cultured pearls, precious or semi-precious stones,precious metals, metals clad with precious metal and articles thereof; imitation jewelry; coin | 8,558 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
| 73 | Articles of iron or steel | 3,851,421 | 0.88 | 3,871,433 | -0.52 |
| 74 | Copper and articles thereof | 70 | 0.00 | 1,957,533 | -100.00 |
| 76 | Aluminum and articles thereof | 18,481 | 0.00 | 33,458 | -44.76 |
| 79 | Zinc and articles thereof | 91 | 0.00 | 189 | -51.85 |
| 81 | Other base metals; cermets; articles thereof | 250,518 | 0.06 | 24,470 | 923.78 |
| 83 | Miscellaneous articles of base metal | 78,552 | 0.02 | 141,318 | -44.41 |
| 84 | Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof | 38,902,817 | 8.93 | 5,150,698 | 655.29 |
| 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 | 13,989,110 | 3.21 | 12,158,297 | 15.06 |
| 87 | Vehicles other than railway or tramway rolling stock, and parts and accessories thereof | 3,237,126 | 0.74 | 2,078,024 | 55.78 |
| 90 | Optical, photographic, cinematographic, measuring, checking, precision, medical or surgical instruments and apparatus; parts and accessories thereof | 52,515 | 0.01 | 8,890 | 490.72 |
| 91 | Clocks and watches and parts thereof | 1,855 | 0.00 | 270 | 587.04 |
| 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 | 25,631 | 0.01 | 5,112 | 401.39 |
| 95 | Toys, games and sports requisites; parts and accessories thereof | 155 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
| 96 | Miscellaneous manufactured articles | 7,841 | 0.00 | 3,091 | 153.67 |
| SS | Classified | 0 | 0.00 | 12 719 114 | -100.00 |