Trade turnover between Russia and Spain grows
Russia significantly prevails in mutual trade. Its shipments to Spain in 2000 were worth $1.55 billion against $312 million in goods shipped by Spain. Eighty percent of Russia's exports to Spain are oil and petroleum products, the source said. Russia also sells steel, aluminum, nickel, timber, and fish to Spain, while it imports mainly foodstuffs, as well as furniture, ceramics, plastics, machinery, and equipment
Nov 14 (Interfax) - Commercial relations between Russia and Spain are characterized today not only by a growth in trade turnover but also by the desire of a number of Spanish firms to invest in Russia.
A source at the Economic Development and Trade Ministry told Interfax on Wednesday in connection with Russian Prime Minister Mikhail Kasyanov's three-day official visit to Spain, which begins on Wednesday, that trade turnover between the two countries increased by 84% to $1.3 billion in 2000 compared to 1999. It was up another 8% in the first half of 2001.
The source said Russia significantly prevails in mutual trade. Its shipments to Spain in 2000 were worth $1.55 billion against $312 million in goods shipped by Spain. Eighty percent of Russia's exports to Spain are oil and petroleum products, the source said. Russia also sells steel, aluminum, nickel, timber, and fish to Spain, while it imports mainly foodstuffs, as well as furniture, ceramics, plastics, machinery, and equipment