A complicated global economic situation has a negative effect on development of the foreign economic sphere of the Russian Federation. Early in 2013, worsening of the trade balance of the Russian Federation was observed: with reduction of export supplies import has increased. The member-states...

The free trade zone agreement between Eurasian Economic Union (EAEU) and the Socialist Republic of Vietnam will come into force starting 5 October 2016. The document, which envisages easing of access to their markets in the framework of mutual trade of member states, will allow to significantly...

In September 2015, the Russian foreign trade turnover was contracting. Deterioration of relations with Turkey, which is a major trading and economic partner of the Russian Federation, added to many negative factors affecting Russian foreign trade

Prevailing Russia's export commodity pattern failed to take advantage of the ruble depreciation and increase commodities export. Export dynamic as before is determined by the impact of the reduction of global prices on main Russian export commodities. Russia's import is affected by the negative...

Continued contraction of the Russian foreign trade turnover is accompanied by adjustments both in commodity composition of trade and its regional pattern. Deteriorated terms of trade posted in H1 2015 became main determinant of the trade balance reduction against H1 2014. The Russian Federation...

The WTO has revised downwards the forecast of global trade growth. As compared to the same period of the previous year, in Russia there is still weak positive dynamics of the export with a reduction of the import volume

Russia's foreign trade turnover shrank in June 2014. At the same time, Russian export stagnation observed in the last months changed for the worse and began falling. Sanctions against Russia and retaliation measures taken by the Russian government most likely will lead to the fall in Russia's...

On 1 April 2016, the transition on period terminates for a number of enterprises, which exploit preferential customs treatment in trading of goods manufactured in the territory of the Special Economic Zone (SEZ) of the Kaliningrad region to the rest of the territory of Eurasian Economic Union (EEU)