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Export to Russia down 50 percent

Trucks on the border

Finnish customs authorities say the value of exports to Russia went down in January by about 50 per cent compared with January last year.

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The number of trucks leaving Finland for Russia was 40 per cent lower in January than at the same time last year, writes Helsingin Sanomat.

In addition to reduced exports, the decline in overland transport to Russia was affected by the reduction in transit traffic, where goods imported into Russia from other countries pass through Finland.