Template-Type: ReDIF-Article 1.0 Author-Name: Karina Kharina Author-Name-First: Karina Author-Name-Last: Kharina Author-Workplace-Name: Gaidar Institute for Economic Policy Author-Name: Nadezhda Volovik Author-Name-First: Nadezhda Author-Name-Last: Volovik Author-Workplace-Name: Gaidar Institute for Economic Policy Title: RUSSIAN FOREIGN TRADE IN APRIL 2013 Abstract: In April 2013, a decrease in the export with simultaneous growth in import was observed; due to the above the surplus of the trade balance of the Russian Federation dropped dramatically. In Russia’s foreign trade turnover, the share of CIS states keeps decreasing. On June 25, at the meeting of the Collegium of the Eurasian Economic Commission a special protective duty on the import of combined harvesters and assembly units of combined harvesters to the territory of the Customs Union was introduced for the period of three years. Classification-JEL: F10, F14, F15, F40 Keywords: Foreign trade Journal: Russian Economic Developments Year: 2013 Issue: 7 Month: July Pages: 27-29 File-URL: http://www.iep.ru/files/RePEc/gai/recdev/157Volovik.pdf File-Format: Application/pdf Handle: RePEc:gai:recdev:157