How dependent is Egypt on Russia?

A product has a dominant supplier when a single country sells more than 50% of what is bought of it; we flag it separately above 75%.

• Russia sells 16.1% of what the world exports of wheat; next come Canada (13.7%), United States (11.5%) and Australia (9.6%). The rest of the world exported 15.7 times what Egypt buys from Russia.
• Russia sells 24.1% of what the world exports of sunflower, safflower and cottonseed oil; next come Ukraine (29.5%), Turkey (7%) and Netherlands (5.9%). The rest of the world exported 29.9 times what Egypt buys from Russia.
• Russia sells 1.2% of what the world exports of steel structures; next come China (29.7%), Germany (8.4%) and Poland (4.7%). The rest of the world exported 223.2 times what Egypt buys from Russia.
• Russia sells 4.5% of what the world exports of plywood; next come China (27.4%), Indonesia (10.9%) and Vietnam (7.7%). The rest of the world exported 117.2 times what Egypt buys from Russia.
• Russia sells 0.17% of what the world exports of discs and storage media; next come South Korea (17.4%), Taiwan (12.9%) and China (12.3%). The rest of the world exported 660.7 times what Egypt buys from Russia.
• Russia sells 2.3% of what the world exports of steel wire rod; next come China (17.5%), Germany (10%) and Italy (5.5%). The rest of the world exported 135.5 times what Egypt buys from Russia.
• Russia sells 4.3% of what the world exports of steel bars; next come Turkey (11.5%), China (10.8%) and Malaysia (10.3%). The rest of the world exported 215.3 times what Egypt buys from Russia.
• Russia sells 3.6% of what the world exports of soybean oil; next come Argentina (44.4%), Brazil (10%) and Netherlands (3.9%). The rest of the world exported 209.2 times what Egypt buys from Russia.
• Russia sells 18.5% of what the world exports of direct-reduced iron; next come Oman (16.7%), Trinidad and Tobago (13.4%) and United States (12.5%). The rest of the world exported 89.8 times what Egypt buys from Russia.
• Russia sells 1.1% of what the world exports of steel tanks over 300 liters; next come China (19.2%), United States (8.3%) and Germany (6.3%). The rest of the world exported 205.6 times what Egypt buys from Russia.

Exports from the rest of the world already have buyers; the figure shows scale, not availability.

Egypt is Russia’s 10th-largest customer, with 1.6% of its exports.

• Trade between Egypt and Russia
• Who does Egypt rely on?
• Who does Russia rely on?
• Dependence of Egypt on China
• Dependence of Egypt on Brazil
• Dependence of Egypt on the United States
• Dependence of Egypt on Saudi Arabia
• Dependence of Egypt on the United Arab Emirates
• Dependence of Egypt on India
• Dependence of Egypt on Indonesia
• Dependence of Egypt on the Democratic Republic of the Congo
• Trade profile of Egypt
• Trade profile of Russia
• All countries

Sources and licenses

• CEPII BACI · Licence Ouverte Etalab 2.0
• Natural Earth · Public domain

Methodology

The data come from CEPII BACI (Etalab 2.0 licence), which reconciles what the exporting and the importing country report, in current USD, FOB. Data up to 2024.

Dependence is the share of a country’s imports (or exports) that each partner accounts for. It does not measure whether a product has a substitute or how much it would cost to change supplier.

The concentration index (HHI) adds up the square of each partner’s share, in percent: it runs from 0 to 10,000. Its equivalent is 10,000 ÷ HHI, the number of partners of the same size that would give that value.

Products are HS4 headings of the 1992 nomenclature (some combine different goods), with a floor of $1 million per product and country.

The EU is the 27 current members in every year; the United Kingdom is outside the EU throughout the series.

Re-exports: countries that act as redistribution hubs carry their notice and the figures are not corrected.