June 10, 2013. Russia’s foreign trade turnover dropped by 0.7% in the first quarter of 2013 against January-April 2012 and came to $267.6bn. The export figures amounted to $168.8bn RUR (a 4.1% decrease). For one, copper export declined by 24.8% and nickel export dropped by 35.6%, the Federal Customs Service’s website reports.

Most of the goods exported by Russia to the far abroad were fuel and energy ones (their share in the export volume was 75.1% against 73.7% in January-April 2012). The physical volume of gasoline exports rose by 15.6% and that of coke rose by 26.6%. The share of metals and metal goods amounted to 7.6% of all exported goods. As for the physical volume of exported copper, this dropped by 24.8% and that of nickel declined by 35.8%.

The share of exported foods and food stuffs was 5.8% of the total export figures on 4.7% in January-April 2012. In terms of money, these exports rose by 7.8%. In terms of physical volume, the export of fresh and frozen fish increased by 74.3%, the export of milk and cream rose by 60.6%, and the export of wheat went up by 14.9%.