Russia - Foreign trade

Principal exports have traditionally been oil (accounting for about 33% of earnings), gas, minerals, military equipment and weapons, gold, shipping, and transport services. Principal imports include machinery and equipment, consumer goods, medicines, meat, grain, sugar, and semi-finished metal products.

In 2000 the Russian Federation's imports were distributed among the following categories:

Consumer goods	7.8%
Food	12.8%
Fuels	3.3%
Industrial supplies	22.1%
Machinery	14.9%
Transportation	3.8%
Other	35.3%

Imports and exports to principal trading partners in 2000 (in millions of US dollars) were as follows:

COUNTRY	EXPORTS	IMPORTS	BALANCE
Germany	9,231	3,896	5,335
Italy	7,255	1,211	6,044
Belarus	5,535	3,764	1,771
China (inc. Hong Kong)	5,235	949	4,286
Ukraine	5,025	3,650	1,375
United Kingdom	4,669	861	3,808
United States	4,648	2,703	1,945
Netherlands	4,341	739	3,602
Switzerland	3,976	280	3,696
Kazakhstan	2,247	2,200	47