UPDATE: Cbank: Russia’s trade surplus rises 4.7% to $11.8 bln in Dec

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MOSCOW, Feb 10 (PRIME) -- Russia’s trade surplus rose 4.7% on the year to U.S. $11.83 billion in December and fell 39% to $90.4 billion in the entire 2016, as seen by PRIME in the central bank’s materials on Friday.

Exports amounted to $281.825 billion in a whole of 2016, marking a decline of 17%, and to $31.13 billion in December.

Imports came to $191.406 billion in full 2016, a drop of 0.8%, and to $19.3 billion in December.

(59.0235 rubles – U.S. $1)

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