Trade and services

The Ministry of Labor understands the situation around the Wildberries marketplace, Labor Minister Anton Kotyakov told reporters.

Russian laptop manufacturers have more than doubled their share in the domestic market in 2022.

Designers from all over Russia will present their collections in the capital's shopping malls during the Moscow Fashion Week project in April.

In January and February 2023, Coca-Cola accounted for 14.1 percent of all soda-flavored soda sales in Russia. According to this indicator

Every third Russian is sure that he has a caffeine addiction, and 42 percent of respondents cannot live a day without their favorite drink.

Due to the reduction in the number of foreign brands in the Russian market, there was an increased demand for Belarusian refrigerators.

The Kazakh authorities have agreed with the Russian side to import up to 850 thousand tons of diesel fuel this year. This was announced to journalists on Tuesday by the Minister of Energy of the republic Bolat Akchulakov.

Lead exports from Russia in monetary terms in 2022 fell by 70%, to $ 80 million, while aluminum grew by 7% over the year, to 9.2 billion, according to data from the Federal Customs Service (FCS) of Russia.

The Federal Customs Service has partially resumed the publication of foreign trade customs statistics. From the above data it follows that the turnover of Russia's foreign trade in 2022 grew by 8.1%

Journalists revealed new details about the return of Spanish brands Bershka and Pull & Bear to Russia. The corresponding message appeared in the Telegram channel of the publication.

At the beginning of 2023, Russians bought 868,257 used cars, which is 16 percent more than in January-February last year. This is reported by Vedomosti with reference to the data of Avtostat info.

Elena Tyurina, Director of the Analytics Department of the Russian Grain Union (RZS), announced an increase in purchases of Russian wheat by African countries. Her words are quoted by RIA Novosti.

One of the world's largest suppliers of crystals for jewelry, clothing and lighting manufacturers Swarovski will completely withdraw from the Russian market and close its business in the country

Chocolate, sweets, cookies, ice cream and many other goods will be processed and sold in China by Russian companies registered in the territory of the new Russian-Chinese commercial and industrial park in Shenyang (Liaoning Province)

U.S. exports to Russia in January 2023 fell to 44.6 million dollars – a record low for more than 30 years, according to official statistics.