According to the results of April this year, the volume of imports of Russian products to the US domestic market fell sharply. For the second month of spring, this figure is halved to $215.6 million in monetary terms, informs The prime ministerial agency is referring to US statistics.
At the same time, exports of US products to the Russian market decreased less during the same period. According to the article, volumes dropped by only $1.2 million in April.
“The US halved its imports from Russia in April and kept its exports almost at the March level. Imports fell to $215.6 million from $561.9 million a month ago, while exports fell to $65.2 million from $66.4 million.
June 5 US Department of the Treasury (MoF) leadership including The sanctions list includes seven persons from Russia and one legal entity. Svetlana Boyko, Vasily Gromovikov, Gleb Khloponin, Alexei Losev, Anna Travnikova, Yuri Makolov and Konstantin Sapozhnikov were under restraint. Sanctions were also imposed on Perko Julleuchter, the ceramics workshop in Kaluga.