Exports From Donetsk People's Republic Up By 80% In 2018 - Trade Ministry

Exports From Donetsk People's Republic Up by 80% in 2018 - Trade Ministry

Export of products made in the self-proclaimed Donetsk People's Republic (DPR) has increased by about 80 percent in 2018, DPR Minister of Industry and Trade Alexei Granovsky said on Tuesday.

DONETSK (Pakistan Point News / Sputnik - 04th September, 2018) Export of products made in the self-proclaimed Donetsk People's Republic (DPR) has increased by about 80 percent in 2018, DPR Minister of Industry and Trade Alexei Granovsky said on Tuesday.

"Export grows every month. Compared to last year, we have an increase of about 80 percent, primarily in exports in heavy industry, metal industry, coke industry and chemical industry," Granovsky told a briefing.

According to the minister, the DPR is primarily selling its products to Russia, Kazakhstan, Belarus and developing countries.

At the same time, the minister added that the share of imports to the self-proclaimed republic was decreasing.