MOSCOW, July 27 (RIA Novosti) - Russia's foreign trade surplus totaled an estimated $75.1 billion in the first half of 2006 compared to $54.7 billion in the same period of 2005, representing a year-on-year increase of 37%, the Economic Development and Trade Ministry said Thursday.
The ministry said Russia's trade in June 2006 totaled $39.3 billion, and $213.9 billion in January-June.