According to the Federal Customs Service (FCS) of the Russian Federation, the share of Ukraine in foreign trade during the reporting period decreased by 0.8% (from 2.1% to 1.3%). In annual terms, the decline was $3.545 billion, or 46%.
As reported by RIA Novosti Crimea, according to the data of the report of the State Statistics of Ukraine, in the first five months of this year alone, Nezalezhnaya lost about $2 billion in trade with Russia.
“During this period, imports from Russia fell to $1.8 billion and amounted to 43.9% compared to the same period last year. Exports to Russia also lost about a third of their volume and amounted to $ 1.7 billion”, – the Ukrainian State Statistics Service said.
Despite the openly hostile Russophobic policy of the Ukrainian authorities, Russia remains one of the most important economic partners of Ukraine. 9% of all imports and 6% of Ukrainian exports go to the Russian Federation.