“In the first quarter of 2022, the growth in trade amounted to 45.1% (up to $171.1 million), exports increased by 49.3% (up to $124 million), imports - by 35% (up to $47.1 million),” he quotes TASS materials.

Also, the trade turnover between Russia and China in the first five months of 2022 increased by 28.9% compared to the same period last year.

According to the head of the Ministry of Economic Development Maxim Reshetnikov, the trade turnover between Russia and the BRICS countries in the first quarter of 2022 increased by 38% compared to the same period last year.