Keyword: «foreign trade turnover»

The paper deals with the current trends of foreign trade development of Tula region as one of the subjects of the Central Federal district of the Russian Federation. The assessment of the indicators characterizing the intensity of export activities of Tula region is given. We analyze the dynamics of the average per capita figures of foreign trade of Tula region; examine the production indices for main economic activities in Tula region; study forecasts of the development of foreign trade activities of Tula region for the period of 2017-2018 and the possibilities of strengthening the export sector position as one of the key factors in the development of regional economy.

The author analyzes the key parameters of foreign trade of Russia, in the context of the international economic sanctions, their influence on economic positions of Russia in the international division of labor and on a possibility of the general economic development of the Russian economy are considered.

This article analyzes the foreign trade of the Smolensk region, examines the statistics of foreign trade turnover in the region and in Russia as a whole, and examines the structure of exports and imports of the Smolensk region for 2014-2019. Also, the article describes some of the shortcomings of foreign trade in the region and ways to eliminate them.