Cbank: Russia’s foreign trade surplus falls 78% to $21 bln Q2

MOSCOW, Jul 11 (PRIME) -- Russia’s foreign trade surplus plummeted by 77.5% on the year to U.S. $21.4 billion in April–June because of a decrease in the physical volume of exports and a price fall, most prominently, for energy, the central bank said on Tuesday.

In January–June, the surplus dove by 69.8% on the year to $54.3 billion.

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