Russia’s statistics office revealed last week that the country’s foreign trade surplus period fell to $33.8 billion for the first nine months of the year, from $38.8 billion for the year before.

Foreign trade reached $119.36 billion, up 3.7% from $115.10 billion the year previous. Exports fell by 0.5% to $76.6 billion, while imports went up 12.1% to $42.771 billion.

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