According to data for the first half of 2020, deliveries to the Astrakhan region increased by $205.7 million, according to SeaNews. At the same time, almost three-quarters of the cargo was from Turkmenistan.
159.8 thousand tons were imported to the Astrakhan region. This is 2.4 times more than in the first half of last year.
In total, the source notes, in the first half of the year, goods worth $104.7 billion were imported to the Russian Federation, which is $6.9 billion. less than in the first half of 2019. At the same time, the largest increase in imports in percentage terms in terms of value was in the Astrakhan region.
