Total trade between Russia and China has notched 1.28 trillion yuan from the start of the year through September.
Russia’s imports of goods from China increased sharply last month, a sign that Moscow is leaning more heavily on Beijing after the two countries affirmed their economic ties.
China exported around 80 billion yuan worth of goods to Russia in the month of September, a 9% increase from the 73 billion yuan worth of goods it exported the prior month, according to Chinese customs data published on Tuesday. That’s larger than the increase recorded over the last several months, with Chinese exports to Russia rising 3% in August and 1% in July.
The surge of trading activity follows a fresh cooperation agreement Russia and China finalized in late August, which vowed, among other things, to deepen trade ties.
