Article: Russia's Economy: Food Import Growth, When?(Brief Article)

After a decade of freefall, Russia's economy is finally showing a growth trend. Today, despite its problems, Russia's import market is on the upswing and shows signs it may repeat its 1994 growth pattern, when it became the fastest growing food market ever.

In the 1990s, Russia's gross domestic product (GDP) spiraled downwards, approaching the decade's end with a disastrous currency devaluation in August 1998. That crisis knocked Russia off the short list of agricultural markets that import more than $1 billion worth of U.S. products.

After the ruble's devaluation, U.S. agricultural exports to Russia dropped precipitously as import demand evaporated. The ...

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