Current state of Buryatia's foreign trade with China

The article considers the current state of the foreign trade of the Republic of Buryatia with China as a main foreign trade partner of the region; presents the statistics on the dynamics of volumes and main trends in the commodity composition of export-import operations of the republic. Buryatia is an export-oriented subject of the Russian Federation, but the main share in the commodity composition of the region’s export is occupied by raw materials: coal, roundwood and timber, while the supply of engineering products is irregular. The development of Buryatia’s foreign trade with China is associated with the preservation of a high share of engineering products in exports, as well as with an increase of finished products export, primarily due to the creation of new industries focused on the processing of raw materials extracted in the region.