What Russia exports today

In the past two decades, the question that Russian exports are interested in not only the experts and analysts, but also the wider population.Once there was a transition to a market economy, the structure of industrial production changed significantly.According to statistics, over the last 20 years before the collapse of the Soviet Union abroad, exported large amounts of machine-building products.Trucks "ZIL" regularly came on the market in India and many Arab states.Today we all know that Russian exports of natural resources that are mined on its territory.

For a long time the international market was formed without the active participation of the Soviet state.More precisely, the country exported the goods and products that are produced in sufficient quantities national economy.Oil, natural gas and coal were exported to other countries through long-term contracts.In addition to this, the Soviet Union occupied the leading position in the list of arms exporters.In this context it is not surprising that Russian exports and weapons.Military-industrial complex in the country continues to operate, albeit in a truncated version.

According to experts and analysts, the US has 30% of the global arms market.It is important to emphasize that Russian exports of advanced technologies and takes its 25% market share.If we analyze the structure of the external supply, the highest proportion of military aircraft and helicopters.In recent years, no air show is held without the participation of Russian companies.Workmanship and combat characteristics of aircraft meet all modern requirements.In second place is listed Missiles.Armoured vehicles also competes with samples of American and European production.

course, international trade in Russia is based not only on weapons systems.The main share of exports consist of energy resources.Over the years, the proportion of up to seventy percent or more.In order to reduce costs for the delivery of hydrocarbons are being built along the pipeline.Currently, natural gas is delivered to Western Europe, bypassing the intermediate countries.In addition, the built factories for the production of liquefied gas.The existing infrastructure can count on long-term relations with consumers of energy.

worth noting that Russia exports oil, natural gas, metals and other raw materials not only in the CIS countries.The share of CIS countries in the supply of the external market has quite a large part - more than 50%.Currently, all power structures and individual citizens is absolutely clear that it is necessary to expand the range of products for delivery to the foreign market.Before the economy is not an easy task to abandon "the oil needle".To learn how to do it, is a lot of discussion, but the final and the only correct decision yet.