RUSSIA'S CENTRAL BANK OFFERS BANKING & FOREIGN TRADE FIGURES, JUNE

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MOSCOW, September 8 (RIA Novosti) - Last June saw the biggest increase, since the year's start, of banking deposits in roubles, and the smallest in foreign currency, says the Central Bank of Russia.

Total rouble deposits amounted to 1,511 billion roubles, as of July 1, against 1,482.4 billion roubles for June 1. (One dollar equals approx. 29,22 rouble).

Deposits increased by 4.7% within January, 5.9% February, 2.8% March, 4.8% April, a mere 0.5% May, and a spectacular 9% June.

Private deposits for July 1 were at 1,312.215 billion roubles, and corporate 193.6 billion.

As for foreign currency deposits, in rouble equivalent, they made 739.148 billion roubles, July 1, against 732.508 billion, June 1-a 0.9% increase.

January brought such deposits 3.7% down. A reverse trend came next, with a 2% increase in February, 3.2% March, 3.1% April, and 1.7% May. June thus saw the smallest growth.

Private deposits made a lump 485.2 billion roubles, July 1.

July's foreign commodity trade surplus, calculated proceeding from payment balances, made $6.293 billion, as against $4.740 billion of July 2003. Commodity exports increased by 27.6% to $14.544 billion, and imports by 23.9% to $8.251 billion. Exports to countries outside the post-Soviet area came up by 24.5% to $11.916 billion, and within the CIS 43.4% to $2.628 billion.

Russian imports from countries outside the post-Soviet area made $6.447 billion, July, with a 22.8% increase, as against July 2003. The same for other CIS countries was &1.804 billion and 27.9%.

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