In accordance with the Goskomstat data the foreign trade turnover in Russia exceeds $141 billion in 2001, and rises to 3.6 % in comparison with the level of previous year (Fig. 2). Russian economic performance has been influenced by the internal economic factors too. They include the increasing costs of the real economic sector simultaneously with the real wage rise, the quick increase of the price dynamics and tariffs of national monopolies. The slow down of the growth rate was caused by the correction of the restructuring programs aiming to provide entrance in to the new market segments in the country.The peculiarities of world conjecture and country development are reflected in the export decrease to 2.3 % in 2001 in comparison with previous year in Russia (Table 2).

The value of Russian trade turnover has amounted to the biggest magnitude in 2001 since the period from 1992-2001. The main Russian trade partners are the non-NIS. The share of these countries makes up 82 % in the total trade turnover, including export - 86 %, and import 73 % in 2001. The reduction of the oil prices, intermediate petroleum products, non-ferrous metals are compensated through the rise of the volume of petroleum and power supply sources deliveries. The machine and equipment export increases to 10 % and makes up 8.6 % in the export of non-NIS. The export of ferrous-alloys decreases to 12 %, rolled iron reduces to 23 %, copper - to 13%, nickel - 5, aluminum - 4 %. The share of chemical production reaches 6.8 %. The share of mineral fertilizers increases to 6 %, of artificial rubber rises to 6 %. The export of ammonia decreases to 5 %, methanol - 9 %. The export of timber and cellulose paper production rises to 6 %, and its share makes up 5 % in the export of non- NIS.

The Russian import of machines and equipment, food production and resources increases from non- NIS, and its share makes up 61 % in total import. The share of machines and equipment equals 37.2 % in total import, food production and raw materials - 23.6%. The chemical production purchases increase to 30 %, including decreasing of the share of import from non-NIS to 19.9%. The share of the rest goods is not significant and makes up 1/5 of the whole import from non-NIS countries.

The total foreign trade turnover makes up $ 25.6 billion from NIS in 2001, including the export increases to $ 14.5 billion, and import decreases to $ 11.1 billion. The main export item belongs to the fuel-power goods, their share decreases in the total export volume in 2001. The export of machines and equipment exceeds 23 %, export of chemical production rises to 17 %, including metal production - 31 %. The food deliveries and agricultural raw materials predominate in the import from NIS.

The share of fuel power goods increases to 1.2 %, the share of timber and cellulose-paper products rises to 0.3 % in the commodity structure of Russian export (Fig. 3). The growth of Russian export is caused by the stabilization of exchange rate, strengthening national currency, and the unification import duties. The export quota increases for oil, petroleum products, some kinds of timber production, mineral fertilizers, and decreases for natural gas in 2001. The high value of export in the total trade volume is provided by the price factor. The analysis of the dynamics of Russian export points out that the basic trade indicators are left behind the average world indicators. The Russian export share in the world export of raw materials and intermediate products makes up for oil - 8%; copper - 9 %; petroleum products - 15 %, calcium phosphates - 14 %, ferrous irons - 15 %, molybdenum - 15 %, mixed fertilizer - 15 %, sulphur - 17 %, diamonds for industrial purposes - 19 %, metals of platinum group (value assessment) - 23 %, nickel - 33 %, natural gas - 33 %, iron and concentrated products - 52 % in 2000. The Russian share in the world export of military equipment is equaled 30 % (Bulletin Foreign Commercial Information, 2002, NO 15).

The proportion of Russian machines, equipment and transport facilities doesn't exceed 0.4 % in the world export. In accordance with the estimations of the scientists the share of Russia's competitive production is equaled 1/1000 of the world export. The export of Russian high technology products makes up 0.3 % in the total volume of world trade (SPARTAK A.N., 2002). Russia is lagged behind the developed countries in growth rates of the export of finished products, especially know-how products. The comparison of basic foreign trade