MOSCOW, Aug. 9 (Xinhua) -- Russia's trade surplus increased by 28.3 percent year-on-year to 71.7 billion U.S. dollars in the first half of the year, the Russian Federal Customs Service said Monday.
Trade turnover amounted to 347 billion dollars in the January-June period, with exports up 28.4 percent to reach 209.4 billion dollars.
Fuel and energy products accounted for 53.8 percent of the exports, with an increase in volume of 25.2 percent and a decline in value of 3.1 percent.
Imports also witnessed a 28.4-percent surge in the reporting period.
The European Union emerged as Russia's biggest trading partner in the first half of 2021, followed by the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation members, the Commonwealth of Independent States and the Eurasian Economic Union. Enditem
