From January to June, the share of the European Union in the composition of Russia’s foreign trade has increased, reaching USD202.7 billion. The monetary value corresponds to a 50.1-percent share of the country’s foreign trade as a whole.

The member-states of the C.I.S. have a 13.3-percent share of the total trade volume. The Customs Union takes up about 7.1 percent, and the Eurasian Economic Community about 7.5 percent. The share for APEC member-countries is the second highest at 24.3 percent.

In the reporting period, the main partners for Russia in trade among the non-C.I.S. countries were China, the Netherlands, Germany, Italy, Japan, Turkey, Poland, the United States, France, and South Korea. The monetary values for trade with each of these countries is given below, along with a percentage indicator relating the current value with the value recorded in the previous reporting period: China – 99.8 percent at USD41.9 billion; the Netherlands – 93 percent at USD39.7 billion; Germany – 96.2 percent at USD34.8 billion; Italy – 123.8 percent at USD26.2 billion; Japan – 107.4 percent at USD15.7 billion; Turkey – 94 percent at USD15.6 billion; Poland – 91.7 percent at USD12.8 billion; United States – 89.7 percent at USD12.6 billion; France – 98.5 percent at USD12 billion; South Korea – 102.9 percent at USD11.9 billion.