June 3, 2013. In January-April 2013, the foreign trade turnover of enterprises based in Ural Federal District came to $6.7bn, which is 5.9% less than a year earlier.

The spokesperson for Ural Customs Administration reports that that the physical volume of traded goods amounted to 4.7m tons, which was10.5% less than in the first four months of 2012.

Out of these goods, 84.9% were exported to or imported from the far abroad ($5.7bn) and 15.1% were imported from or exported to the CIS member states ($1bn). In terms of the foreign trade turnover involving the countries of the far abroad, this was 2.1% less than in January-April 2012, and in terms of the foreign trade turnover involving the CIS member states, this was 2.1% more than a year earlier. Import volume came to 29% ($2bn) and export volume amounted to 71% ($4.8bn) of the total amount.