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Trade between Russia and Tunisia

In 2024, Russia exported $1.8 billion to Tunisia and imported $20 million. Russia ran a surplus of $1.7 billion with Tunisia, compared with a surplus of $422 million in 2019. Tunisia was Russia’s 34th largest trading partner (0.3% of its trade), and Russia was Tunisia’s 7th (4%).

Summary

Russia → Tunisia
$1.8billion
Tunisia → Russia
$20million
Russia’s balance
$1.7billion

Balance

Russia’s trade balance with Tunisia

Trade between Russia and Tunisia grew 7.7-fold since 1995

USD billions (current). Russia’s exports and imports; bars: its balance (green surplus, red deficit).

  • Exports 1.8
  • Imports 0
  • Balance +1.7

Source: CEPII BACI

Show the numbers
YearExportsImportsTrade balance
1995$228 million$2 million$227 million
1996$95 million$4 million$91 million
1997$127 million$6 million$120 million
1998$105 million$8 million$97 million
1999$115 million$6 million$109 million
2000$154 million$6 million$149 million
2001$144 million$7 million$138 million
2002$165 million$2 million$163 million
2003$214 million$6 million$208 million
2004$363 million$6 million$357 million
2005$344 million$13 million$331 million
2006$585 million$13 million$572 million
2007$827 million$43 million$784 million
2008$1.8 billion$61 million$1.7 billion
2009$626 million$57 million$569 million
2010$1 billion$88 million$946 million
2011$1.3 billion$100 million$1.2 billion
2012$863 million$102 million$761 million
2013$542 million$137 million$405 million
2014$919 million$128 million$791 million
2015$911 million$91 million$820 million
2016$594 million$115 million$479 million
2017$464 million$144 million$320 million
2018$813 million$134 million$678 million
2019$562 million$139 million$422 million
2020$495 million$122 million$373 million
2021$530 million$144 million$385 million
2022$933 million$17 million$917 million
2023$2.1 billion$17 million$2.1 billion
2024$1.8 billion$20 million$1.7 billion

What they sell each other

What Russia sells to Tunisia

The top 10 headings in 2024, with their share of the total.

  1. Refined petroleum$1.2 billion · 69.8%
    678 thousand tonnes · Russia’s destinations
  2. Wheat$297 million · 16.9%
    1 million tonnes · Russia’s destinations
  3. Barley$84 million · 4.8%
    345 thousand tonnes
  4. Nitrogen fertilizers$51 million · 2.9%
    60 thousand tonnes
  5. 36 thousand tonnes
  6. Semi-finished steel$17 million · 0.98%
  7. Sawn wood$12 million · 0.66%
    18 thousand tonnes · Russia’s destinations
  8. Rapeseed and mustard oil$7 million · 0.38%
    6 thousand tonnes
  9. 2 thousand tonnes
  10. Copper wire$3 million · 0.18%
    325 tonnes

What Tunisia sells to Russia

The top 10 headings in 2024, with their share of the total.

  1. 2 thousand tonnes
  2. Centrifuges and filters$3 million · 16%
    160 tonnes
  3. Prepared fish and caviar$3 million · 13.7%
    167 tonnes
  4. Olive oil$1 million · 7.4%
    148 tonnes · Tunisia’s destinations
  5. 428 tonnes
  6. Pasta$677 thousand · 3.4%
    385 tonnes
  7. 25 tonnes
  8. Tracksuits and swimwear$403 thousand · 2%
    1 tonne
  9. Men's suits and trousers$318 thousand · 1.6%
    8 tonnes
  10. Women's suits and dresses$307 thousand · 1.5%
    8 tonnes

How it travels

Estimated sea route from Saint Petersburg to Tunis.

The estimated sea route between Saint Petersburg and Tunis is 3,562 nautical miles (6,596 km) long: ≈ 8–10.5 days at sea (at 18 and 14 knots).

Passages it crosses: Øresund, Strait of Dover and Strait of Gibraltar.

Sailing estimate without port calls, waiting or transshipment; not a schedule. One main reference port per country: in large countries it does not represent all of its ports.

Split by transport mode

  1. Sea$1.8 billion · 100%
  2. Air$831 thousand · 0.05%

Mode estimated from value per kilo and geography; both directions together.

How much each matters to the other

Tunisia was Russia’s 34th largest trading partner (0.3% of its trade), and Russia was Tunisia’s 7th (4%).

Tunisia in Russia’s trade
0.3%
Tunisia’s rank among Russia’s partners
34th
Russia in Tunisia’s trade
3.7%
Russia’s rank among Tunisia’s partners
7th

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Sources and methodology

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Methodology

Goods trade from CEPII BACI (BACI_HS92_V202601), in current US dollars, with exports and imports reconciled between countries. The transport mode is our own estimate based on value per kilo and geography. The sea route comes from our own network derived from World Bank shipping density (not from nautical charts), between one main reference port per country (World Port Index); days are the distance at 14 and 18 knots, without port calls or waiting. Data up to 2024.