SUKHUMI, January 31 (RIA Novosti) - The breakaway Georgian republic of Abkhazia's foreign trade reached 4.7 billion Russian rubles ($192 million) in 2007, up 20.5% year-on-year, the province's customs committee said on Thursday.
The committee's chairman, Grigory Yenik, said the figure is lower than expected due to lower-than-planned exports of citrus fruit, wood and timber.
He said Russia's ban on Abkhaz agriculture products has also had a negative effect on trade.
Russia banned agriculture imports from Abkhazia, including citrus fruits, in August last year on sanitary and health grounds.
