In the first half of the year, it was reported that the trade turnover between Russia and India increased to 33.5 billion dollars. DEA News.
India’s imports of Russian goods tripled to $31.5 billion. The country mainly imports oil, fertilizer and diamonds.
The deliveries of Indian products to Russia increased by 1.7 times and reached 1.9 billion dollars. The main ones are drugs, crustaceans and tobacco.
Formerly Ministry of Commerce and Industry of India reported About the start of local gin exports to the Russian market, despite the 3.6-fold increase in vodka imports from Russia.
It is reported that Russia supplied 750,000 dal (branch) of vodka to India in the first half of 2023. India supplied 130 thousand deciliters of gin to the Russian Federation in two months (May-June) of 2023, and no such delivery took place in 2022.
Alexander Stavtsev, head of the WineRetail information center, said that Indian gin Radico Khaitan, as well as products from small producers, are entering the mass market.
Formerly SIPRI reported Reduction of defense exports of the Russian Federation by one third.