Balance of Payments of the Russian Federation for January-September of 2017

Main Components
mln of US dollars
January-September
Q1 2017 Q2 2017 Q3 2017
of 2017
Current account 22,618 2,338 -2,509 22,446
Goods and services 29,409 17,772 10,955 58,136
Exports 94,980 98,589 99,768 293,337
Imports 65,571 80,817 88,813 235,201
Goods 34,509 25,217 20,555 80,281
Exports 82,558 83,707 84,309 250,574
Imports 48,049 58,490 63,754 170,292
Services -5,099 -7,445 -9,600 -22,145
Exports 12,423 14,882 15,459 42,764
Imports 17,522 22,327 25,059 64,909
Primary income -5,037 -14,096 -10,920 -30,054
Receivable 11,016 10,381 11,358 32,754
Payable 16,053 24,477 22,278 62,808
Compensation of employees -730 -788 -558 -2,076
Receivable 917 1,002 1,116 3,035
Payable 1,646 1,790 1,674 5,111
Investment income -4,322 -13,318 -10,368 -28,008
Receivable 10,070 9,350 10,212 29,632
Payable 14,392 22,667 20,580 57,640
Rent 14 9 6 30
Receivable 29 29 30 87
Payable 15 19 24 58
Secondary income -1,754 -1,338 -2,544 -5,636
Receivable 1,708 2,952 2,796 7,456
Payable 3,462 4,290 5,340 13,092
Capital account 43 -181 -72 -209
Gross acquisitions / disposals of nonproduced nonfinancial assets 24 -3 -49 -27
Capital transfers 19 -178 -23 -182
Receivable 99 39 40 177
Payable 79 217 63 359
Net lending (+) / net borrowing (-) (Balance from current and capital accounts) 22,661 2,157 -2,581 22,237
Net lending (+) / net borrowing (-) (Balance from financial account) 22,722 5,316 -3,721 24,317
Direct investment 3,346 -5,484 1,746 -392
Net acquisition of financial assets 8,189 7,678 9,079 24,946
Net incurrence of liabilities 4,844 13,161 7,333 25,338
Portfolio investment 2,176 1,523 -10,216 -6,516
Net acquisition of financial assets 131 2,383 -358 2,156
Net incurrence of liabilities -2,045 860 9,857 8,672
Financial derivatives 427 185 106 718
Net acquisition of financial assets -2,842 -4,756 -2,813 -10,410
Net incurrence of liabilities -3,269 -4,941 -2,919 -11,128
Other investment 5,471 1,542 -1,871 5,142
Net acquisition of financial assets 5,575 321 -9,198 -3,302
Other equity 102 269 3 374
Foreign currency 2,224 2,014 6,347 10,585
Current accounts and deposits 16,329 -3,077 -15,631 -2,379
Loans -13,399 3,117 1,126 -9,156
Insurance, pension, and standardized guarantee schemes -174 -368 251 -292
Trade credit and advances -498 -2,723 657 -2,564
Indebtedness on supplies according to intergovernmental agreements 443 -129 167 482
Fictitious transactions* 117 419 195 731
Other accounts receivable 431 799 -2,312 -1,082
Net incurrence of liabilities 104 -1,221 -7,327 -8,444
Other equity 8 19 -20 7
Domestic currency 1 284 -272 13
Current accounts and deposits -717 -7,663 -3,790 -12,170
Loans 1,070 1,576 128 2,773
Insurance, pension, and standardized guarantee schemes -53 161 63 171
Trade credit and advances -67 158 229 319
Other accounts payable -139 4,242 -3,665 438
Special drawing rights 1 3 -0 4
Reserve assets 11,302 7,550 6,514 25,365
Net errors and omissions 61 3,159 -1,140 2,080

* Includes fictitious transactions related to foreign trade in goods and services, securities trading, lending to nonresidents and fictitious transactions with money transfers to
residents' accounts abroad, which purpose is cross-border money transfer.
Notes. The balance of payments data may be subject to changes (mainly, during a year after being published).
Minor discrepances between the total and the sum of components are due to the rounding of data.
Updated on 29 December 2017.