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5.0 External Sector & Trade 5.1 External sector overview
There was very little change to the make up of Russia’s trading partners and the distribution of goods between the markets over the summer.
Exports in July were up by $1bn in July (latest data available) to $33.4bn
from the month before, but imports grew by $2bn to $22.2bn from $20bn over the same time period.
All-in-all imports have remained depressed and very steady for more than two years, fluctuating between $19bn and $22bn.
Exports have been more volatile but have bounced around in the mid- to high- 30s for most of the last two years. The last three months have seen a cooling of exports, which have grown from this year’s low of $31.6bn to $33.4bn in July, still down from the $41.4bn of exports in January.
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