MOSCOW, December 20 (RIA Novosti) - Fixed capital investment in Russia rose by 12.4% in November 2005, year-on-year, to 348.1 billion rubles (about $12 billion), the Federal Statistics Service of Russia (Rosstat) said Tuesday.
Fixed capital investment rose by 10.2% in January-November 2005 compared with the same period last year, Rosstat said.
Russia's foreign trade surplus grew by 46.2% in January-October 2005 to $102.81 billion from $70.33 billion a year earlier, Rosstat reported.
Russia's foreign trade expanded by 33.6% in the first ten months of 2005 to $296,67 billion, including $199.74 billion of exports (up 36.6%) and $96.93 billion of imports (up 27.8%).
