MOSCOW, June 22 (RIA Novosti) - Russia's foreign trade grew 27.6% year on year in the first four months of 2006 to $134.6 billion, the Federal State Statistics Service said Thursday.
Exports rose 30.8% to $91.7 billion and imports were up 21.3% to $42.9 billion, the service said.
In the reporting period, Russia's foreign trade surplus stood at $48.8 billion compared with $34.7 billion a year earlier.