Exports of Russian commodities to the US went up one-and-a-half instances within the first 5 months of the present 12 months in comparison with the identical interval a 12 months in the past, in keeping with statistics launched by the US Census Bureau.
Commodity exports from Russia to the US in financial phrases totaled $ 11.5 billion, with purchases of oil and petrochemicals seeing a considerable progress of 78%. US imports of mineral fuels, oil, and petrochemicals practically doubled from $ three.eight billion to $ 6.7 billion.
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US imports of treasured and semiprecious metals and stones grew by practically 50% from $ 1.1 billion to $ 1.6 billion, whereas purchases of Russian fertilizers elevated by 35% to $ 500 million. Imports of iron and metal jumped up by 25% to $ 700 million.
Non-resource exports from Russia to the US additionally noticed a rise, with gross sales of frozen crab rising from $ 263 million to $ 395 million. The US additionally bought $ 126 million value of area rocket engines from Russian state-run producers.
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The rise in commodity imports is attributed to the most recent worth rally within the world commodity markets. Statistics from the US Census Bureau seen by Russian enterprise each day RBK don’t match up with the info tracked by the Federal Customs Service of Russia, which reviews that the variety of US imports in financial phrases reached $ 6.1 billion, marking a progress of 26%.
The distinction is attributed to contrasting strategies of evaluation, as Russian customs generally calculate solely direct shipments of Russian produce to the US, whereas the US Census Bureau contains all of the Russian-produced items coming into the nation.
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