| |
| Russian
Federation |
| Foreign
Trade |
| Year |
Total Exports US$
mn |
Total imports US$
mn |
Trade Balance US$
mn |
| 1992 |
53,605 |
42,971 |
10,634 |
| 1993 |
59,177 |
36,055 |
23,122 |
| 1994 |
66,862 |
38,661 |
28,201 |
| 1995 |
79,869 |
46,709 |
33,160 |
| 1996 |
87,629 |
46,238 |
41,391 |
| 1997 |
86,078 |
52,942 |
33,136 |
| Major import products
(in 1997) |
| Description of Goods and Units |
Value US$ mn |
Volume |
Growth Rate 1996/97 |
| 1.Machinery and equipment |
18,446.7 |
- |
126.0 |
| 2.Meat - frozen (000 t) |
1,443.3 |
962.5 |
127.1 |
| 3.Medicaments |
1,607.0 |
- |
141.4 |
| 4.Beverages |
1,036.6 |
- |
90.6 |
| 5.Tubes (000 t) |
888.1 |
1,131.1 |
95.1 |
| 6.Raw sugar (000 t) |
853.3 |
2,638.1 |
142.2 |
| 7.Poultry - frozen (000 t) |
815.9 |
1,146.0 |
160.1 |
| 8.Ferrous metals |
790.3 |
- |
81.4 |
| 9.Furniture |
735.9 |
- |
132.2 |
| 10.Cigarettes |
709.2 |
- |
180.8 |
| |
| Russia's
Major Suppliers in 1997 |
| Country |
% |
| Germany |
12.4 |
| Belarus |
8.8 |
| USA |
7.6 |
| Ukraine |
7.5 |
| Kazakhstan |
5.2 |
| Italy |
5.0 |
| Finland |
3.6 |
| France |
3.0 |
| UK |
2.8 |
| Poland |
2.6 |
| |
|
| Principal
Consumer Imports of Russia (in US$ mn) |
| Commodities |
1995 |
1996 |
1997 |
| Medicines |
1007.2 |
1128.2 |
1607.7 |
| Meat - frozen |
1096.2 |
1112.3 |
1413.3 |
| Beverages |
1963.0 |
1144.7 |
1036.6 |
| Sugar - raw |
481.9 |
600.1 |
853.3 |
| Poultry - frozen |
698.2 |
509.5 |
815.9 |
| Furniture |
726.2 |
553.3 |
735.9 |
| Cigarettes |
506.0 |
392.3 |
709.2 |
| Apparel |
598.6 |
359.9 |
469.1 |
| Sugar - white |
819.2 |
676.4 |
389.1 |
| Butter |
485.2 |
240.4 |
316.2 |
| Tea |
291.7 |
202.9 |
280.9 |
| Footwear - leather |
259.9 |
314.5 |
278.9 |
| Fish - frozen |
197.1 |
255.1 |
270.9 |
| Sunflower seed
oil |
255.2 |
145.4 |
204.9 |
| Meat - canned |
457.2 |
221.0 |
192.7 |
| Citrus fruits |
245.0 |
197.7 |
191.1 |
| |
| Russia's
Total Import Shares by Area |
| Area |
1993 |
1994 |
1995 |
1997 |
| Europe |
41.3 |
52.0 |
45.0 |
49.3 |
| Asia |
22.6 |
12.0 |
12.2 |
11.5 |
| America |
9.1 |
7.9 |
9.7 |
11.1 |
| Africa |
1.1 |
0.6 |
1.3 |
0.8 |
| Australia & Oceanic |
0.3 |
0.8 |
0.6 |
0.6 |
| Other |
25.6 |
26.7 |
31.2 |
26.7 |
| |
| Major
Export Products of Russia (in 1997) |
| Description of goods and Unit |
Value |
Volume |
Growth Rate 1996/97 |
| 1. Crude petroleum
(000 t) |
147,725.0 |
126,846.8 |
92.5 |
| 2. Natural gas (mn.cu.m) |
16,419.4 |
200,858.0 |
103.8 |
| 3. Machinery and
Transport equipment |
8,548.6 |
- |
103.8 |
| 4. Petroleum products (000 t) |
7,173.4 |
60,592.6 |
95.6 |
| 5. Ferrous metals |
6.427.8 |
- |
96.1 |
| 6. Aluminium (000 t) |
3,795.3 |
2,706.3 |
96.6 |
| 7. Nickel (000
t) |
1,495.2 |
221.5 |
122.9 |
| 8. Copper (000 t) |
1,124.1 |
534.6 |
99.2 |
| 9. Round wood
(000 cu.m) |
1,016.9 |
17,699.4 |
107.6 |
| |
| Russia's
Major Export Markets |
Ukraine
2. Germany
3. Belarus
4. Netherlands
5. USA
|
6. China
7. Italy
8. Switzerland
9. Japan
10. UK |
| Year |
Exports to Russia |
Imports from Russia |
Trade Balance |
| 1994 |
1772.09 |
368.94 |
1403.15 |
| 1995 |
4457.52 |
411.09 |
4046.43 |
| 1996 |
6292.39 |
919.79 |
5372.60 |
| 1997 |
9115.05 |
832.29 |
8283.36 |
| 1998 |
8257.53 |
655.32 |
7602.21 |
| 1999 |
2710.34 |
268.44 |
2441.90 |
| |
| Major
Export Products to Russia in 1998 |
| Description |
Volume |
Value
|
| 1. Tea |
38,479,094 |
8,088.7 |
| 2. Textile
and garments |
173,517 |
59.6 |
| 3. Rubber and rubber products |
- |
33.5 |
| 4. Other
export crops |
116,205 |
21.5 |
| 5. Desiccated coconut |
437,460 |
30.5 |
| 6. Ceramic
and porcelain products |
53,093 |
20.7 |
| 7. Activated carbon |
190,000 |
16.2 |
| 8. Metal
furniture and articles of moulding material |
55,720 |
10.4 |
|
Major Import Products from Russia
1. Iron and steel products
2. Paper and paper products
3. Aeroplanes and other aircrafts
4. Cotton, cotton yarn, cotton fabrics
Past Market Development Programmes by Sri Lanka
1. Participation at trade fairs with selected Sri Lanka exporters,
such as Consumer Expo or Byt & Moda.
2. Single country exhibition of Sri Lanka in 1996. |
