Africa
May 29, 2022

Trade between Russia and Tunisia in 2021

based on data from the Federal Customs Service of Russia

Report on foreign trade between Russia and Tunisia in 2021: trade turnover, exports, imports, structure, goods, dynamics.

Russian exports to Tunisia

Russia's exports to Tunisia in 2021 by commodity groups

Import of Russia from Tunisia

In the structure of Russia's imports from Tunisia in 2021 (and in 2020), the main share of deliveries fell on the following types of goods:

• Textiles and footwear (HS codes 50-67) - 55.87% of the total volume of Russian imports from Tunisia (in 2020 – 57.21%);

• Machinery, equipment and vehicles (HS codes 84-90) - 22.86% of the total volume of Russian imports from Tunisia (in 2020 – 18.23%);

• Chemical industry products (HS codes 28-40) - 11.36% of Russia's total imports from Tunisia (in 2020 – 11.69%);

• Food products and agricultural raw materials (HS codes 01-24) - 7.95% of the total volume of Russian imports from Tunisia (in 2020 – 10.24%).

The largest increase in Russian imports from Tunisia in 2021 compared to 2020 was recorded for the following commodity groups:

• Plastics and products made of them (HS Code 39) - an increase of 7,632,795 US dollars;

• Electrical machines and equipment, their parts; sound recording and reproducing equipment, equipment for recording and reproducing television images and sound, their parts and accessories (HS code 85) - an increase of $6,944,787;

• Items of clothing and clothing accessories, except knitted or crocheted (HS Code 62) - an increase of 5,548,540 US dollars;

• Garments and clothing accessories, knitted or crocheted (HS Code 61) - an increase of $4,612,710;

• Nuclear reactors, boilers, equipment and mechanical devices; their parts (HS code 84) - an increase of $2,881,356;

• Fish and crustaceans, mollusks and other aquatic invertebrates (HS Code 03) - an increase of $499,873;

• Optical, photographic, cinematographic, measuring, control, precision, medical or surgical instruments and apparatus; their parts and accessories (HS Code 90) - an increase of 466,191 US dollars.

The largest reduction in Russian imports from Tunisia in 2021 compared to 2020 was recorded for the following commodity groups:

• Products of inorganic chemistry; inorganic or organic compounds of precious metals, rare earth metals, radioactive elements or isotopes (HS Code 28) - a reduction of 5,589,810 US dollars;

• Vegetables and Some Edible root Crops and Tubers (HS Code 07) - a reduction of $1,141,143;

• Edible fruits and nuts; citrus fruit peel or melon peel (HS Code 08) - a reduction of $867,986;

• Copper and its products (HS Code 74) - a reduction of 648,095 US dollars;

• Shoes, gaiters and similar products; their details (HS Code 64) - a reduction of 473,055 US dollars