Russian trade surplus narrows 0.21% to $189.3 bln in 11M
MOSCOW. Jan 14 (Interfax) - Russia's trade surplus inched down 0.21% year-on-year in January-November 2013 to $189.3 billion, the Federal Customs Service (FCS) said.
Foreign trade in the period was $763.6 billion, level with the first 11 months of 2012. This included $660.6 billion in trade with non-CIS countries and $103 billion in trade with CIS countries.
The surplus in trade with non-CIS countries grew $2.6 billion to $160.6 billion, while the surplus in trade with the CIS fell $2.9 billion to $28.7 billion.
Russian exports in January-November 2013 remained at the same level as in 2012 at $476.5 billion. Export to the non-CIS export in the 11M of 2013 accounted for 86.2% of this and export to the CIS for 13.8%.
Russian imports in the 11M grew to $287.2 billion, the same level for January-November 2012. Import from non-CIS countries in the 11M accounted for 87.1% of total import, and from CIS countries - 12.9%.
Fuel and energy made up 74.4% of exports to the CIS in the 11M of 2013, compared with 72.9% in the same period of 2012, and machinery and equipment constituted 50.6% of imports (52%).
The EU accounted for 49.5% of Russian trade in the 11M of 2013 (48.5% in 11M of 2012), the CIS - 13.5% (14.8%), EurAsEc countries - 7.3% (8%), APEC - 24.8% (23.9%) and Customs Union - 7% (7.7%).
Russia's main non-CIS trading partners were China with $80 billion, up 0.3% year-on-year; Netherlands - $69.4 (down 8.3%), Germany - $67.8 billion (up 2.1%), Italy - $48.5 billion (up 18.4%), Japan - $30.2 billion (up 5.9%), Turkey - $29.3 billion (down 6.3%), Poland - $25.1 billion (up 0.3%), United States - $25.2 billion (down 2%), South Korea - $22.9 billon (up 0.8%) and Britain - $22.1 billion (up 4.7%).
