The US still imports billions of dollars of Russian goods amid the "storm" of sanctions

Statistics from the US show that the country imports billions of dollars of goods from Russia, amid rising tensions between the two countries because of Moscow's military campaign in Ukraine.

The US still imports billions of dollars of Russian goods amid the storm of sanctions - 1

Except for the goods on the sanctions list, the US still imports billions of dollars of other products from Russia (Artwork: AP).

RT cited a report by the US Census Bureau published this week that from January to August, the US imported goods from Russia worth $12.1 billion, while exporting to Moscow about 1.3 billion USD.

Statistics also show that the US imported goods from Russia worth $522.1 million in August, up 7.7% from July ($484.4 million). This is the first time that US imports of goods from Russia have increased since April.

Meanwhile, exports from the US to Russia have witnessed a decline in recent months. In August, Russia imported US$66.8 million from the US, down 19% from July ($82.5 million).

The US continues to import from Russia a wide range of goods not on the sanctions list despite US President Joe Biden's previous pledge to launch strong measures to "deal pain" with Moscow.

In the middle of last month, US media said that US officials were quite disappointed that the sanctions imposed by the West on Russia did not have enough impact to hurt Russia as Washington expected.

US measures target key Russian goods such as vodka, diamonds, gasoline, oil... However, many other goods that have not been embargoed from Russia have still poured into the US in the past few months, including such as aluminum, steel, titanium, wood or enriched uranium to operate nuclear power plants.

Last month, a Russian official estimated that the West had imposed 11,000 sanctions on the country to pressure Moscow to halt its more than seven-month military campaign in Ukraine.

Russia said that it is still withstanding Western sanctions, although the measures cause many difficulties for Moscow.

Russian Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin on October 6 expected the country's economy to return to solid growth in the next more than a year due to increased domestic demand, consumption and investment demand, as well as thanks to the expansion of the economy. implement strategic priorities.

Russian President Vladimir Putin said that inflation in Russia has dropped to 13.5%, after peaking in April at 17.83%. Meanwhile, Mr. Putin pointed out that inflation in the Eurozone is 10%, in Germany at 10.9%, in the Netherlands at 17.1%, in Latvia at 22.4%, and in Lithuania at 22 .5% due to the severe energy crisis.

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