Russia managed to bring its imports of chips and electronic components to the level of 2021, Wrote The Wall Street Journal newspaper.
According to the publication, more than 50% of sales come from China. Moscow sold such products worth $179 million to Beijing in 2022. In 2021, Russia’s chip and electronic component imports amounted to 74 million dollars.
The publication also drew attention to Turkey’s growing role as an intermediary in the trade of certain types of semiconductors between China and Russia. In addition, Ankara has become Russia’s main electronics supplier.
At the same time, Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu said that Ankara had not previously exported goods that Moscow could use in the defense industry.
This week, Russian Ambassador to China Igor Morgulov in an interview with Chinese newspaper Huanqiu Shibao declarationThat the relations between Russia and China have a bright future and that no one can spoil their friendship. According to him, the parties broke a record in mutual trade, which grew by 29 percent in 2022 and reached 190 billion dollars.