MOSPROM reported that Moscow's non-resource non-energy exports jumped 28% year-on-year to USD 23 billion in the first nine months of 2021.

Moscow-based companies exported USD 39.64 million in ice cream in the first nine months of 2021, up 72.6% year-on-year. According to Alexander Prokhorov, head of Moscow's department for investment and industrial policy, ice cream exports by weight were up 65.3% to 15,940 tons.

Between January and August 2021, Moscow exported USD 1.4 billion in non-resource non-energy goods to the Middle East, up 42% from approximately USD 1 billion in the first eight months of last year, according to Moscow's deputy mayor for economic policy and property and land relations Vladimir Yefimov.

According to data from the Mosprom Center for Export Support, Moscow-based cosmetics companies exported USD 933,910 in product to the United States in the period from January through July 2021, up 19.7% year-on-year and 261.1% from the first half of 2019. Moscow remains a key exporter in the cosmetics industry, accounting for almost a quarter (24.2%) of Russia's total cosmetics exports to the United States. This puts it in second place nationally, right ahead of the Moscow Region.

The first half of 2021 saw pasta exports from Moscow reach USD 18.99 million, up 17% year-on-year and up 60% from the first half of 2019, when exports totaled USD 12.04 million.

According to Mosprom Center, local companies exported USD 53.58 million in lighting equipment in the first half of 2021, up 84% from the same period of 2020 and up 89.4% from the first half of 2019.

Trade turnover between Moscow and Spain reached USD 1.54 billion in the first half of 2021, up 40.3% year-on-year and up 28.3% from the same period of 2019. Moscow-based exporters account for almost half (48.4%) of the total trade turnover between Russia and Spain, as reported by head of Moscow's department of investment and industrial policy Alexander Prokhorov.

Recently, Mosprom Center has released a report on "Moscow's Exports of Processed Meats up 20.7% in 2021". Moscow-based companies exported processed meat products to 18 countries in the first half of 2021. Exports of meat products continue to show stable growth, up 20.7% year-on-year and 24.2% higher than in the first half of 2019, according to Alexander Prokhorov, head of Moscow's department for investment and industrial policy.

Buy in Moscow is an international export forum organized by the Mosprom Center for Export Support. The schedule included sessions and strategic talks on promoting products in foreign markets and accessing available financial and legal support. Alexander Prokhorov, the director of Moscow's department for investment and industrial policy, reports that over 250 companies attended the forum's in-person events.

European Union member states posted $245 billion in exports for the first half of 2021, up 23.3% year-on-year. According to Eurostat data, in that same period Russia took fifth place among EU trade partners measured by trade turnover.

Between January and June 2021, Moscow's exports of dairy products were up 54.9% year-on-year to USD 19.07 million, according to Alexander Prokhorov, head of Moscow's department for investment and industrial policy.

Mosprom Center will hold a Moscow-Latin America international teleconference on September 14. The open dialogue will identify future directions for mutually beneficial cooperation and will showcase the export potential of Moscow's industrial firms.

In the period from January to March 2021, total trade between Moscow and EU member states rose 2% to USD 27.46 billion. According to Vladimir Yefimov, Moscow's deputy mayor for economic policy and property and land relations, the capital city accounts for half of the volume of trade between Russian and the European Union.

Total exports to the United States, Canada, and Mexico reached $49.85 million in U.S. dollars, soaring by 7.5% in 2020 compared with 2019.