ИЗМЕНЕНИЕ СТРУКТУРЫ ВНЕШНЕЙ ТОРГОВЛИ И ХАРАКТЕРИСТИКА ТОРГОВЫХ СВЯЗЕЙ РОССИИ С ПАРТНЕРАМИ ПО ЕАЭС В ПЕРИОД 2013-2016 ГОДОВ

This article presents the research of Russian foreign trade in 2013-2016 using several relevant analytical groupings and indicators reflecting geography and structure of exports and imports of goods, trade balance, dependence on imports, export-oriented nature of the Russian economy and also the development potential of the mutual trade with its-partners in the EAEU. For the analysis the authors used data from the Federal Customs Service, which was regrouped in accordance with the Russian Classification of Products by Economic Activities to correspond with the production statistics and combined in 40 groups of industrial and agricultural exports and imports products. Geographical dimension in the context of these types of products is presented by two groups of countries: one group - Russia and the EAEU-members (EAEU-4) broken down by each country and another group - that includes «other courtiers of the world». The article consists of two parts. The first part contains general characteristics of the external and internal conditions, which determined the directions for changes in the Russian foreign trade in 2014-2016. It also presents the estimations and conclusions received following the analysis of changes of the Russian trade balance with the EAEU-4 group of countries and other countries of the world, by types of products, dependence of the Russian economy on imports and export-oriented nature of different economic sectors. The second part is devoted to the analysis of the Russian trade with each country of EAEU-4. The authors itemized the aspects of Russian trade with each of the EAEU-4 countries and described the complementarity of their economies. The importance of trade with each country in meeting the Russian demand for imports of different types of products and the development of Russian industries is assessed. The conclusions on the possibility of a fuller use of the integration potential of foreign trade connections between Russia and its EAEU-partners are provided. The article contains table materials that include specific data on structural, dynamic and comparative analysis of Russian foreign trade during its adaptation to radical change in prices on the world energy market and to other external factors. These table materials can be widely used in different directions of macroeconomic research, including the estimates of integration effects within the EAEU.