Template-Type: ReDIF-Article 1.0 Author-Name:Knobel Alexander Author-Name-First: Alexander Author-Name-Last:Knobel Author-Workplace-Name: Gaidar Institute for Economic Policy Author-Name:Firanchuk Alexander Author-Name-First: Alexander Author-Name-Last:Firanchuk Author-Workplace-Name: Gaidar Institute for Economic Policy Title: Russia in global exports: 2015–2016 Abstract: Exports in Russia dropped to $129.7bn in H1 2016, representing 71.3% and 50.8% of what they were in H1 2015 and H1 2014, respectively. Russia’s share of global exports of all goods stood at 2.1% at 2015 year end, down 6 p.p. from 2.7% in 2014. The share of Russia exports in global markets of cereal grains, inorganic chemicals, fertilizers, resins, rubber, wood, ferrous metals, nickel dropped, too, while it increased slightly in global markets of mineral fuels and of some non-ferrous metals (copper, aluminium, lead). Russia exports fell almost in all major commodity markets (EU, China, EFTA), except the Eurasian Economic Union (EAEU). Classification-JEL: F22, J11, J61, J62 Keywords: Foreign Trade, Russian Industry, Russian Economy Year: 2016 Issue:9 Month: September Pages: 28-31 File-URL: https://iep.ru/files/RePEc/gai/recdev/recdev-2016-9-722.pdf File-Format: application/pdf File-Function: Revised version, 2016 Handle: RePEc:gai:recdev:recdev-2016-9-722