Russia’s imports from foreign countries rise in Jan-Sept by 35.5%

The volume of inbound goods to Russia from foreign countries in January-September 2010 increased by 35,5%, in value terms amounted to $135 billion 508.7 million, the Federal Customs Service reports citing the provisional data of customs statistics.

In September 2010, the value of imports of goods from non-CIS countries totaled $18 billion 800 million, or a 2.9-percent drop (-$557.1m) from this year’s August.

In the group of foodstuffs and raw materials for its production imports of cereal crops increased 2,5 times as much, vegetables - by 22.9%, meat and by-products - by 22.7%, milk products – 20.9%, fish - 18 %, sugar - by 10.9%. However, the volume of the procurement of fruit, alcohol and soft drinks in September this year, remained virtually unchanged from a month earlier, while imports of vegetable oil and tobacco shrank by 10.3%.

In the segment of engineering products purchases of aircrafts jumped 2.7 times as much, optical instruments and equipment - by 15.9%, electrical equipment - by 7,3%, means of land transport - 4%, the mechanical equipment - by 3,6%. At the same imports of ships and offshore facilities in September of this year dropped 5.4 times compared with the previous month.

This September the volume of goods imported from CIS countries rose 38.7% from September, 2009.