Republic of Bashkortostan’s foreign trade turnover in January – May 2010 was $4.19bn, up 2.3 times on the same period last year, regional officials report.
Exports reportedly totaled $4bn, up 2.6 times, while imports came in at $189.2m, down 16.5%.
The region’s top ten trading partners include Netherlands, France, Latvia, Czech Republic, Kazakhstan, Turkey, Poland, Hungary, China and USA.