In January-October 2018, exports of fuel and energy commodities increased by 36% as compared to the relevant period of the previous year (78% relative to the level of 2013). Other goods exports increased by 16%, having returned to the pre-crisis values (103% relative to the level of 2013). In...

In 2022, Russia’s trade turnover stood at $850.5 bn and the surplus rose to $332.4 bn. Exports hit a record high of $591.5 bn (+19.9%) on the back of an increase in exports of mineral fuels to the tune of $383.7 bn (+42.8%), which offset the decline in exports of other goods (-7.4%). The share...

In January-September 2020, exports of energy commodities and other minerals decreased by 36.5% (45% of the level seen in 2013) on the relevant period of the previous year. Non-oil and gas exports increased by 1.8% following a six-fold increase in gold sales. Without including gold exports,...

In 2018, Russian exports of services increased by 12.4%. This dynamic growth is of a recovery nature. However, it may slow down after it has attained the pre-crisis volumes seen in 2013. In 2018, imports of services rose by 6.6%, having stopped growing in Q4 because of the dynamics of the...

In 2018, exports of fuel and energy commodities increased by nearly 36%t as compared to the previous year, while growth in non-oil and gas exports amounted to over 11%. However, it was mainly facilitated by improvement of the pricing situation on the market. Within a year, imports rose by 5%...

Over the course of the first ten months of 2019, Russia's exports of fuel and energy resources in money terms dropped relative to the same period of the previous year by 8.1%, to $ 217.4bn (or 77% of the pre-crisis level registered in 2013). The value of other exports declined to $ 128.0bn...

Russia's foreign trade turnover continued to fall in Q1 2016. Unlike 2015, exports fell at faster pace than imports. At the same time, the rouble exchange rate moved synchronously with imports for two straight years. The structure of exports saw a few (non-fuel) commodities change in terms of...

Export and import value indices were synchronous in their decline throughout the past year, 2015. The behavior of exports was naturally shaped by the plunge of prices of raw materials (even though their physical volume remained roughly the same), while the declining value of imports was caused...

A tax maneuver in the oil and oil refining industries contributed to some changes in the pattern of production of petrochemicals: the total volume of oil refining decreased, while the volume of production of motor gasoline increased somewhat. It is to be noted that the tax maneuver had an effect...

In 2016, Russian exports contracted to EUR 119 billion, which is its lowest level for the last decade (-12.9% to the 2015 level). The share of Russia in the total EU imports declined to 7.0% (-0.9 percentage point). At the same time, Russian share in EU imports across six main types of goods...