# Russia exports to Egypt: Trade Route Risk | Yugalinks

Understand reported exports from Russia to Egypt, the product routes that need a closer look, and the conditions that may affect planning.

Canonical: https://www.yugalinks.com/trade/corridor/RUS-EGY/risk

## Route overview

In 2024, Russia reported $5.4B in goods exports to Egypt. The overall review level is High attention.

## How to read this page

High attention means one or more conditions on these product types deserve a closer look. It is not a prediction that trade will stop or that a loss is certain. An HS6 code is the international six-digit code used to describe and compare traded goods.

## Key numbers

| Measure | Value | What it means |
| --- | ---: | --- |
| Latest reported exports | $5.4B | 2024 route total |
| Exports needing review | 93.1% | Share of route exports |
| Highest-priority products | 6 | Need the closest review |
| Products needing review | 53 | High-attention product types |
| Export volatility | 1.9 | Higher means bigger yearly swings |
| Below highest year | 10.5% | Compared with the route's best year |

## Product types to review

| Rank | HS6 | Product | Buyer-market imports | Below product high | Review level |
| ---: | --- | --- | ---: | ---: | --- |
| 1 | 100119 | Cereals: wheat and meslin, durum wheat, other than seed | $3.4B | 0% | High attention |
| 2 | 720719 | Iron or non-alloy steel: semi-finished products of iron or non-alloy steel, containing by weight less than 0.25% of carbon, other than rectangular or square cross-section | $528.1M | 20.3% | High attention |
| 3 | 151211 | Vegetable oils: sunflower seed or safflower oil and their fractions, crude, not chemically modified | $636.9M | 0% | High attention |
| 4 | 730890 | Iron or steel: structures and parts thereof, n.e.s. in heading no. 7308 | $353.9M | 0% | High attention |
| 5 | 740311 | Copper: refined, unwrought, cathodes and sections of cathodes | $641.4M | 0% | Stable |
| 6 | 271012 | Not reported | $6.1B | 63.6% | Critical attention |
| 7 | 441231 | Plywood: consisting only of sheets of wood (not bamboo), each ply 6mm or thinner, with at least one outer ply of tropical wood, (as specified in subheading note 1, chapter 44, customs tariff) | $124.2M | 35.3% | High attention |
| 8 | 720711 | Iron or non-alloy steel: semi-finished products of iron or non-alloy steel: containing by weight less than 0.25% of carbon, of rectangular (including square) cross-section, width less than twice thickness | $196.1M | 57.9% | Critical attention |
| 9 | 440711 | Wood: coniferous species, of pine (Pinus spp.), sawn or chipped lengthwise, sliced or peeled, whether or not planed, sanded or finger-jointed, of a thickness exceeding 6mm | $531.8M | 58.3% | High attention |
| 10 | 852349 | Optical media: recorded, excluding products of Chapter 37 | $99.0M | 14.1% | High attention |

## Data sources

- Primary trade series: OECD (2025), Balanced international merchandise trade statistics (BIMTS) - HS2017-6D, OECD Data Explorer (accessed on 2026-08-29). [OECD Data Explorer](https://data-explorer.oecd.org/) - [OECD Terms & Conditions](https://www.oecd.org/termsandconditions/)
- CEPII BACI bilateral trade flows (202601): [dataset page](https://www.cepii.fr/CEPII/en/bdd_modele/bdd_modele_item.asp?id=37) - [BACI documentation](https://www.cepii.fr/DATA_DOWNLOAD/baci/doc/baci_webpage.html) - [Etalab 2.0 Open Licence](https://www.etalab.gouv.fr/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/open-licence.pdf)

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