On the analysis of Russia’s foreign trade in 2022

Abstract

The purpose of the research work is to analyze Russia's foreign trade with countries with which the Russian Federation is strengthening trade cooperation in connection with the current geopolitical situation in the world. The main problem of the analysis is the closeness of statistical information at the level of state authorities of the country. The article describes the main sources of statistical information on the foreign trade of the Russian Federation, identifies the problems of analyzing statistical data for 2022. The result of the search for a solution to the identified problem was the point collection of information on the countries-the main trading partners of Russia. In accordance with the structure of the country's foreign trade, mirror statistical data from a foreign counterparty on the example of China and India were collected and analyzed for the main partner countries. According to the results of 2021, Russia's key partners in foreign trade were countries that are currently included in the list of unfriendly countries, for example Germany, France, Poland, Japan. Trade with these countries has practically stopped. Participants in foreign trade activities in the country had to look for counterparties in other countries. The example of China and India shows the increase in the volume of trade in Russia. Therefore, the author came to the conclusion that it is possible to make an assessment of changes in the country structure of Russia's foreign trade even in the absence of open access to Russian statistics, but the analysis will be incomplete. The novelty of this study is the justification of the need to apply cross-country analysis of statistics of the external sector of the economy of the partner countries of Russia.