date:Jun 22, 2012
uding meat and machinery parts and 14th largest source of imports for the US in 2011.
The surge in the value of imports is largely attributable to the rise in the world prices of oil and other natural resourceswhich comprise most of US imports from Russiaand not to an increase in the volume of imports.
US imports increased more than 244%, from $7.8bn to $26.8bn from 2000 to 2008, and exports rose 343%, from $2.1bn to $9.3bn, it added.