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)

In September 2012, mixed dynamics of the main Russian foreign trade indices was observed: insignificant growth in the export and a decrease in the import (as compared to September 2011). Russia's accession to the WTO has resulted neither in sharp import growth, nor abolishment of restrictive...

In November 2018, the Organization for Economic Development and Cooperation (OECD) presented its updated forecasts2, according to which global economic growth would slow down from the current 3.7 percent (the OECD's estimate as of 2018) to 3.5 percent in 2019–2020. Earlier, the OECD's experts...

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...

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...

Downtrend forecast of the global economy, unfavorable conditions of the global markets, contraction in the real sector of the economy due to inflation, sharp growth of credits and anti-Russian sanctions, ban on the import of certain types of foodstuffs from the countries which introduced...