Foreign Economic Activities
Activity	Jan - May 1996 ($US mln.)	Jan - May 1997 ($US mln)	% of difference
Foreign trade	1094.7	900.3	-17.7
Export	616.3	455.1	-26.1
Import	478.4	445.2	-6.9
Balance	137.9	9.9	14 times as less

Export and Import of Services (First quarter 1997)
Services	Export	Import	Balance
Total Services	32.4	114.3	-81.9
Transport services	19.6	29.5	-9.9
Railroad	11.7	15.0	-3.3
Sea	0.1	1.4	-1.3
River	0.0	0.0	0.0
Air	7.6	6.0	1.6
Automotive	0.2	4.2	-4.0
Tourism services	1.4	12.7	-11.3
Other services	10.1	30.5	-20.4
MFA services	1.1	1.2	-0.1
Insurance services	0.0	2.4	-2.4
Communications services	0.2	1.6	-1.4
Construction services	0.0	36.4	-36.4

Foreign Trade Turn (Main Foreign Partners in 1997)
Export to	Million $	Import from	Million $
Russia	295.1	Ukraine	115.9
Iran	39.2	Kazakhstan	62.3
Turkey	21.6	Uzbekistan	45.9
Switzerland	15.2	Russian	36.7
Hong Kong	14.4	Turkey	29.7
Tajikistan	9.4	Germany	29.5
Sweden	8.4	Iran	16.1
Azerbaijan	8.2	Lithuania	10.2
Afghanistan	7.7	Netherlands	10
Singapore	5.0	Armenia	7.9