Trade turnover between Russia and Japan grows by over 17% in 2018 — official
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Bilateral trade turonver between Japan and Russia grew by almost 18% this year and reached $14 bln, Deputy Prime Minister and Russian presidential envoy for the Far Eastern Federal District Yury Trutnev told the roundtable with Japanese businesses on Tuesday, TASS reports.
"Japan has traditionally been one of Russia's main economic partners in the Asia Pacific. The volume of our [trade] relations is growing. Since the beginning of the year, trade grew by 17.7% and reached $14 bln," Trutnev said.
"The growth for the Far Eastern region is even more considerable - 23% The Far East is responsible for one third of trade turnover between Japan and Russia," he added.
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