Translation. Region: Russian Federal
Source: People’s Republic of China in Russian – People’s Republic of China in Russian –
Source: People’s Republic of China – State Council News
Moscow, July 3 /Xinhua/ — The share of “friendly countries” in Russia’s foreign trade has increased from 46 to 82 percent in three years, Deputy Prime Minister of the Russian Federation Alexander Novak reported on Thursday.
Speaking at a strategic session on personnel development for the foreign economic activity sphere, he noted that trade with “friendly countries” has reached about 550 billion US dollars. In Russia’s trade turnover, “friendly countries” currently account for more than 85 percent of exports and about 75 percent of imports.
Russia is most actively developing trade with China, India, the countries of Central Asia, Africa and the Middle East, A. Novak specified. –0–