Beijing-Sana
The Russian Embassy in Beijing announced today that coal and natural gas exports from Russia to China reached a historic record last August.
"According to the General Administration of Customs of the People's Republic of China, last August, China imported quantities of natural gas from Russia, with a total of 409.37 million US dollars. This figure is the highest since at least January 2017," RIA Novosti quoted the embassy as saying in a statement.
The statement added that coal exports in August also recorded their highest level in the past five years, reaching 8.542 million tons.
Russian President Vladimir Putin said earlier after the Shanghai Cooperation Organization summit that the volume of trade with China this year will be between 180 and 190 billion.
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