Sverdlovsk Region’s foreign trade turnover came to $9,493,300,000 in 2006, which exceeds the figures for a year earlier by 27.1%. The share of export went up 25.8% and amounted to $7,472,200,000; that of import increased by 32.3% and reached the point of $2,022,000,000. This means the export/import ratio came to 3.7/1.The foreign trade positive balance grew by 23.6%. These data were presented by Minister for International and Foreign Economic Relations of Sverdlovsk Region Viktor Koksharov at the Ministry meeting today.