Russian trade with Saudi Arabia in 2021
based on data from the Federal Customs Service of Russia
Russia’s Trade with Saudi Arabia
In 2021, Russia’s trade with Saudi Arabia totaled $2,252,503,434, up 34.28% ($575,076,279) from 2020.
Russia’s exports to Saudi Arabia in 2021 totaled $1,917,149,955, up 31.43% ($458,420,992) from 2020.
Russia’s imports from Saudi Arabia in 2021 totaled $335,353,479, up 53.34% ($116,655,287) from 2020.
Russia’s trade surplus with Saudi Arabia in 2021 was $1,581,796,476, a 27.56% increase ($341,765,705) over 2020.
Saudi Arabia was Russia’s 54th largest trading partner in 2021 (just as in 2020), accounting for 0.2869% of Russia’s total trade (down from 0.2954% in 2020).
Saudi Arabia was Russia’s 43rd largest export market in 2021 (just as in 2020), accounting for 0.3900% of Russia’s total exports (down from 0.4336% in 2020).
Saudi Arabia was Russia’s 66th largest supplier in 2021 (up from 73rd in 2020), accounting for 0.1143% of Russia’s total imports (up from 0.0945% in 2020).
Russia’s Exports to Saudi Arabia
The major share of Russian exports to Saudi Arabia in 2021 (and in 2020) was accounted for the following product types:
- Mineral products (HS codes 25-27) - 47.51% of Russia’s total exports to Saudi Arabia (27.12% in 2020);
- Food products and agricultural raw materials (HS codes 01-24) - 35.01% of Russia’s total exports to Saudi Arabia (47.33% in 2020);
- Metals and products from them (HS codes 72-83) - 9.60% of Russia’s total exports to Saudi Arabia (5.87% in 2020);
- Chemical products (HS codes 28-40) - 3.91% of Russia’s total exports to Saudi Arabia (2.36% in 2020);
- Wood and wood products (HS codes 44-49) - 2.31% of Russia’s total exports to Saudi Arabia (3.43% in 2020);
- Machinery, equipment and vehicles (HS codes 84-90) - 1.38% of Russia’s total exports to Saudi Arabia (3.00% in 2020).
The largest gains in Russia’s exports to Saudi Arabia 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 $500,863,298;
- Copper and articles thereof (HS code 74) - an increase of $160,804,447;
- Meat and edible meat offal (HS code 02) - an increase of $62,159,992;
- Animal or vegetable fats and oils and their cleavage products prepared edible fats; animal or vegetable waxes (HS code 15) - an increase of $40,446,064;
- Pharmaceutical products (HS code 30) - an increase of $26,112,283;
- Rubber and articles thereof (HS code 40) - an increase of $8,725,668;
- Organic chemicals (HS code 29) - an increase of $6,340,898.
The largest declines in Russia’s exports to Saudi Arabia in 2021 over 2020 were recorded for the following product groups:
- Cereals (HS code 10) - a decrease of $138,954,297;
- Iron and steel (HS code 72) - a decrease of $65,050,361;
- 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) - a decrease of $16,552,656;
- Miscellaneous chemical products (HS code 38) - a decrease of $6,624,353;
- Paper and paperboard; articles of paper pulp, of paper or of paperboard (HS code 48) - a decrease of $6,135,755.
HS code |
Name of product group | Value of exports in 2021, US dollars ($) |
Percent share in total export | Value of exports in 2020, US dollars ($) |
Percent change in 2021 over 2020 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
01 | Live animals | 4,846 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
02 | Meat and edible meat offal | 106,629,038 | 5.56 | 44,469,046 | 139.78 |
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 | 6,239,632 | 0.33 | 3,565,154 | 75.02 |
09 | Coffee, tea, maté and spices | 696,530 | 0.04 | 25,515 | 2,629.88 |
10 | Cereals | 428,726,872 | 22.36 | 567,681,169 | -24.48 |
11 | Products of the milling industry; malt; starches; inulin; wheat gluten | 46,468 | 0.00 | 10 | 464,580.00 |
12 | Oil seeds and oleaginous fruits; miscellaneous grains, seeds and fruits; industrial or medicinal plants; straw and fodder | 116,783 | 0.01 | 302,217 | -61.36 |
15 | Animal or vegetable fats and oils and their cleavage products prepared edible fats; animal or vegetable waxes | 78,474,604 | 4.09 | 38,028,540 | 106.36 |
16 | Preparations of meat, of fish or of crustaceans, molluscs or other aquatic invertebrates | 0 | 0.00 | 9,965 | -100.00 |
17 | Sugars and sugar confectionery | 134,659 | 0.01 | 1,782 | 7,456.62 |
18 | Cocoa and cocoa preparations | 33,336,948 | 1.74 | 34,220,775 | -2.58 |
19 | Preparations of cereals, flour, starch or milk; bakers’ wares | 578,930 | 0.03 | 812,274 | -28.73 |
20 | Preparations of vegetables, fruit, nuts or other parts of plants | 84,188 | 0.00 | 20,880 | 303.20 |
21 | Miscellaneous edible preparations | 5,283,463 | 0.28 | 1,078,147 | 390.05 |
22 | Beverages, spirits and vinegar | 165,278 | 0.01 | 21,498 | 668.81 |
25 | Salt; sulfur; earths and stone; plastering materials, lime and cement | 58,915 | 0.00 | 48,452 | 21.59 |
27 | Mineral fuels, mineral oils and products of their distillation; bituminous substances; mineral waxes | 896,394,300 | 46.76 | 395,531,002 | 126.63 |
28 | Inorganic chemicals; organic or inorganic compounds of precious metals, of rare-earth metals,of radioactive elements or of isotopes | 6,344,253 | 0.33 | 2,617,041 | 142.42 |
29 | Organic chemicals | 6,356,373 | 0.33 | 15,475 | 40,975.11 |
30 | Pharmaceutical products | 30,346,537 | 1.58 | 4,234,254 | 616.69 |
31 | Fertilizers | 1,037,293 | 0.05 | 1,153,686 | -10.09 |
32 | Tanning or dyeing extracts; dyes, pigments, paints, varnishes, putty and mastics | 26,933 | 0.00 | 450 | 5,885.11 |
33 | Essential oils and resinoids; perfumery, cosmetic or toilet preparations | 888,551 | 0.05 | 576,717 | 54.07 |
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 | 1,161,328 | 0.06 | 136,640 | 749.92 |
35 | Albuminoidal substances; modified starches; glues; enzymes | 592 | 0.00 | 36,278 | -98.37 |
38 | Miscellaneous chemical products | 12,537,156 | 0.65 | 19,161,509 | -34.57 |
39 | Plastics and articles thereof | 1,715,589 | 0.09 | 1,826,411 | -6.07 |
40 | Rubber and articles thereof | 13,345,270 | 0.70 | 4,619,602 | 188.88 |
42 | Articles of leather; saddlery and harness; travel goods, handbags and similar containers; articles of animal gut (other than silkworm gut) | 237 | 0.00 | 2,986 | -92.06 |
43 | Furskins and artificial fur; manufactures thereof | 0 | 0.00 | 6 | -100.00 |
44 | Wood and articles of wood; wood charcoal | 23,523,136 | 1.23 | 25,407,831 | -7.42 |
47 | Pulp of wood or of other fibrous cellulosic material; waste and scrap of paper or paperboard | 2,986,963 | 0.16 | 1,538,602 | 94.13 |
48 | Paper and paperboard; articles of paper pulp, of paper or of paperboard | 16,966,205 | 0.88 | 23,101,960 | -26.56 |
49 | Printed books, newspapers, pictures and other products of the printing industry; manuscripts, typescripts and plans | 25,054 | 0.00 | 7,121 | 251.83 |
52 | Cotton | 0 | 0.00 | 879 | -100.00 |
53 | Other vegetable textile fibers; paper yarn and woven fabric of paper yarn | 0 | 0.00 | 598 | -100.00 |
54 | Man-made filaments | 199,718 | 0.01 | 199,296 | 0.21 |
55 | Man-made staple fibers | 211,471 | 0.01 | 1,388 | 15,135.66 |
56 | Wadding, felt and nonwovens; special yarns, twine, cordage, ropes and cables and articles thereof | 38 | 0.00 | 35 | 8.57 |
59 | Impregnated, coated, covered or laminated textile fabrics; textile articles of a kind suitable for industrial use | 1,520,409 | 0.08 | 2,032,695 | -25.20 |
60 | Knitted or crocheted fabrics | 0 | 0.00 | 10,673 | -100.00 |
61 | Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, knitted or crocheted | 5,193 | 0.00 | 1,799 | 188.66 |
62 | Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, not knitted or crocheted | 198,350 | 0.01 | 135,398 | 46.49 |
63 | Other made up textile articles; sets; worn clothing and worn textile articles; rags | 10,986 | 0.00 | 8,637 | 27.20 |
64 | Footwear, gaiters and the like; parts of such articles | 4,843 | 0.00 | 3,087 | 56.88 |
65 | Headgear and parts thereof | 0 | 0.00 | 109 | -100.00 |
67 | Prepared feathers and down and articles made of feathers or of down; artificial flowers; articles of human hair | 3,088 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
68 | Articles of stone, plaster, cement, asbestos, mica or similar materials | 6,119 | 0.00 | 8,285 | -26.14 |
69 | Ceramic products | 20 | 0.00 | 21,254 | -99.91 |
70 | Glass and glassware | 926,691 | 0.05 | 37,303 | 2,384.23 |
72 | Iron and steel | 18,830,138 | 0.98 | 83,880,499 | -77.55 |
73 | Articles of iron or steel | 930,491 | 0.05 | 1,606,237 | -42.07 |
74 | Copper and articles thereof | 160,817,314 | 8.39 | 12,867 | 1,249,743.12 |
75 | Nickel and articles thereof | 19,118 | 0.00 | 26,413 | -27.62 |
76 | Aluminum and articles thereof | 28,492 | 0.00 | 5,186 | 449.40 |
78 | Lead and articles thereof | 3,610 | 0.00 | 190 | 1,800.00 |
81 | Other base metals; cermets; articles thereof | 97,517 | 0.01 | 0 | ∞ |
82 | Tools, implements, cutlery, spoons and forks, of base metal; parts thereof of base metal | 367,241 | 0.02 | 99,715 | 268.29 |
83 | Miscellaneous articles of base metal | 47,340 | 0.00 | 50,554 | -6.36 |
84 | Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof | 5,355,467 | 0.28 | 3,448,018 | 55.32 |
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 | 17,476,942 | 0.91 | 34,029,598 | -48.64 |
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 | 25,541 | -100.00 |
87 | Vehicles other than railway or tramway rolling stock, and parts and accessories thereof | 117,882 | 0.01 | 158,139 | -25.46 |
90 | Optical, photographic, cinematographic, measuring, checking, precision, medical or surgical instruments and apparatus; parts and accessories thereof | 3,061,629 | 0.16 | 6,091,378 | -49.74 |
91 | Clocks and watches and parts thereof | 12,795 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
92 | Musical instruments; parts and accessories of such articles | 2,281 | 0.00 | 3,814 | -40.19 |
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 | 138,687 | 0.01 | 141,581 | -2.04 |
95 | Toys, games and sports requisites; parts and accessories thereof | 473,705 | 0.02 | 69,003 | 586.50 |
96 | Miscellaneous manufactured articles | 1,626,289 | 0.08 | 123,733 | 1,214.35 |
97 | Works of art, collectors’ pieces and antiques | 0 | 0.00 | 21,790 | -100.00 |
SS | Classified | 0 | 0.00 | 156 059 545 | -100.00 |
Russia’s Imports from Saudi Arabia
The major share of Russian imports from Saudi Arabia in 2021 (and in 2020) was accounted for the following product types:
- Chemical products (HS codes 28-40) - 86.36% of Russia’s total imports from Saudi Arabia (85.57% in 2020);
- Metals and products from them (HS codes 72-83) - 6.76% of Russia’s total imports from Saudi Arabia (8.66% in 2020);
- Machinery, equipment and vehicles (HS codes 84-90) - 3.12% of Russia’s total imports from Saudi Arabia (2.87% in 2020);
- Food products and agricultural raw materials (HS codes 01-24) - 2.42% of Russia’s total imports from Saudi Arabia (0.71% in 2020);
- Textiles, textile products and footwear (HS codes 50-67) - 1.30% of Russia’s total imports from Saudi Arabia (1.11% in 2020);
- Wood and wood products (HS codes 44-49) - 0.03% of Russia’s total imports from Saudi Arabia (1.08% in 2020).
The largest gains in Russia’s imports from Saudi Arabia in 2021 over 2020 were recorded for the following product groups:
- Plastics and articles thereof (HS code 39) - an increase of $72,332,571;
- Organic chemicals (HS code 29) - an increase of $21,411,430;
- Aluminum and articles thereof (HS code 76) - an increase of $14,024,668;
- Fish and crustaceans, molluscs and other aquatic invertebrates (HS code 03) - an increase of $6,753,260;
- Tanning or dyeing extracts; dyes, pigments, paints, varnishes, putty and mastics (HS code 32) - an increase of $5,548,810;
- Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof (HS code 84) - an increase of $4,175,375;
- Miscellaneous articles of base metal (HS code 83) - an increase of $3,814,476;
- Rubber and articles thereof (HS code 40) - an increase of $2,463,352;
- Man-made filaments (HS code 54) - an increase of $1,914,413.
The largest declines in Russia’s imports from Saudi Arabia in 2021 over 2020 were recorded for the following product groups:
- Copper and articles thereof (HS code 74) - a decrease of $14,544,536;
- Paper and paperboard; articles of paper pulp, of paper or of paperboard (HS code 48) - a decrease of $2,256,420.
HS code |
Name of product group | Value of imports in 2021, US dollars ($) |
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 | 6,865,580 | 2.05 | 112,320 | 6,012.52 |
08 | Edible fruit and nuts; peel of citrus fruit or melons | 997,829 | 0.30 | 1,035,159 | -3.61 |
09 | Coffee, tea, maté and spices | 1,185 | 0.00 | 1,360 | -12.87 |
11 | Products of the milling industry; malt; starches; inulin; wheat gluten | 0 | 0.00 | 860 | -100.00 |
15 | Animal or vegetable fats and oils and their cleavage products prepared edible fats; animal or vegetable waxes | 0 | 0.00 | 92,344 | -100.00 |
17 | Sugars and sugar confectionery | 8,292 | 0.00 | 12,699 | -34.70 |
18 | Cocoa and cocoa preparations | 20,152 | 0.01 | 31,770 | -36.57 |
19 | Preparations of cereals, flour, starch or milk; bakers’ wares | 15,635 | 0.00 | 23,013 | -32.06 |
20 | Preparations of vegetables, fruit, nuts or other parts of plants | 49,417 | 0.01 | 150,438 | -67.15 |
22 | Beverages, spirits and vinegar | 127,101 | 0.04 | 88,209 | 44.09 |
25 | Salt; sulfur; earths and stone; plastering materials, lime and cement | 33,144 | 0.01 | 0 | ∞ |
27 | Mineral fuels, mineral oils and products of their distillation; bituminous substances; mineral waxes | 0 | 0.00 | 8 | -100.00 |
28 | Inorganic chemicals; organic or inorganic compounds of precious metals, of rare-earth metals,of radioactive elements or of isotopes | 4,085 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
29 | Organic chemicals | 82,874,202 | 24.71 | 61,462,772 | 34.84 |
30 | Pharmaceutical products | 8,695 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
32 | Tanning or dyeing extracts; dyes, pigments, paints, varnishes, putty and mastics | 8,154,088 | 2.43 | 2,605,278 | 212.98 |
33 | Essential oils and resinoids; perfumery, cosmetic or toilet preparations | 192,637 | 0.06 | 147,381 | 30.71 |
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 | 643,550 | 0.19 | 0 | ∞ |
35 | Albuminoidal substances; modified starches; glues; enzymes | 0 | 0.00 | 5,131 | -100.00 |
38 | Miscellaneous chemical products | 545,730 | 0.16 | 1,139,098 | -52.09 |
39 | Plastics and articles thereof | 191,639,874 | 57.15 | 119,307,303 | 60.63 |
40 | Rubber and articles thereof | 4,946,249 | 1.47 | 2,482,897 | 99.21 |
48 | Paper and paperboard; articles of paper pulp, of paper or of paperboard | 99,507 | 0.03 | 2,355,927 | -95.78 |
49 | Printed books, newspapers, pictures and other products of the printing industry; manuscripts, typescripts and plans | 1,919 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
54 | Man-made filaments | 4,343,941 | 1.30 | 2,429,528 | 78.80 |
57 | Carpets and other textile floor coverings | 3,224 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
62 | Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, not knitted or crocheted | 18,376 | 0.01 | 7,382 | 148.93 |
68 | Articles of stone, plaster, cement, asbestos, mica or similar materials | 0 | 0.00 | 1,750 | -100.00 |
69 | Ceramic products | 98 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
71 | Natural or cultured pearls, precious or semi-precious stones,precious metals, metals clad with precious metal and articles thereof; imitation jewelry; coin | 2,428 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
73 | Articles of iron or steel | 54,689 | 0.02 | 29,731 | 83.95 |
74 | Copper and articles thereof | 3,454,677 | 1.03 | 17,999,213 | -80.81 |
76 | Aluminum and articles thereof | 14,027,781 | 4.18 | 3,113 | 450,519.37 |
79 | Zinc and articles thereof | 543,051 | 0.16 | 269,614 | 101.42 |
82 | Tools, implements, cutlery, spoons and forks, of base metal; parts thereof of base metal | 197,480 | 0.06 | 106,891 | 84.75 |
83 | Miscellaneous articles of base metal | 4,337,641 | 1.29 | 523,165 | 729.12 |
84 | Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof | 10,403,794 | 3.10 | 6,228,419 | 67.04 |
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 | 4,072 | 0.00 | 42,674 | -90.46 |
87 | Vehicles other than railway or tramway rolling stock, and parts and accessories thereof | 0 | 0.00 | 2,745 | -100.00 |
90 | Optical, photographic, cinematographic, measuring, checking, precision, medical or surgical instruments and apparatus; parts and accessories thereof | 26,818 | 0.01 | 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 | 22,485 | 0.01 | 0 | ∞ |