Trade between China and Russia down 4.3 per cent

BEIJING, Sept. 16, 2019 (Xinhua) -- Workers from China and Russia shake hands after the two ends of the Blagoveshchensk-Heihe highway bridge were joined together on May 31, 2019. (Xinhua/Wang Jian). Sketched by the Pan Pacific Agency.

BEIJING, Aug 7, 2020, TASS. The volume of trade between China and Russia decreased from January to July 2020 by 4.3% year-on-year and amounted to 58.83 bln, according to a report published on Friday by the General Administration of Customs of China, TASS reported.

According to the published data, China’s exports to Russia fell by 3.7% to $25.83 bln. Imports of Russian goods to China decreased by 4.7% to $33 bln.

In July, trade between the two countries amounted to $9.67 bln. At the same time, China’s exports to Russia reached $4.89 bln, and imports of Russian goods to China amounted to $4.78 bln.