Customs: Russia’s imports of medicines fall 5.2% in May

MOSCOW, Jul 9 (PRIME) -- Russia’s imports of medicines decreased 5.2% on the month to U.S. $657.9 million in May, as seen by PRIME in the materials of the Federal Customs Service on Monday.

In January–May, the imports rose 2.8% on the year to $3.33 billion.

Imports of antibiotics shrank 50.3% in May to $8.5 million and 0.9% in January–May to $53.6 million.

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