MOSCOW: Federal Customs Service of Russia reported that Russia’s foreign trade deficit has fallen 20.1 percent to $4.1 billion in January 2015, year on year drop of $16.3 billion.
Russia’s foreign trade declined by 33.9% in January as compared to the same month of the previous year to $39 billion, the customs data suggested.
Russia’s exports fell by 30.3% in January 2015 to $27.6 billion and imports were down by 41% to $11.4 billion.