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Export statistics: they're all a load of inconsistent nonsense
According to the CIA Factbook entry for Russia,
Russia imports $15.68b worth of Stuff from Ukraine
Russia exports $11b worth of Stuff to Ukraine
According to the entry for Ukraine,
Ukraine imports $6.88b worth of Stuff from Russia
Russia exports $15.54b worth of Stuff to Ukraine.
There's no possible purchasing-power-parity adjustment that makes these figures make sense; where has the four billion dollars gone?
If you mutter darkly about corruption in the East, consider
US entry says US -> Canada is $213.3b
Canada entry says US -> Canada is $187.1b
Canada entry says Canada -> US is $310.4b
US entry says Canada -> US is $293.6b
which set of entries indicate that a sum of about the GDP of Kenya annually has been statistically mislaid.
Russia imports $15.68b worth of Stuff from Ukraine
Russia exports $11b worth of Stuff to Ukraine
According to the entry for Ukraine,
Ukraine imports $6.88b worth of Stuff from Russia
Russia exports $15.54b worth of Stuff to Ukraine.
There's no possible purchasing-power-parity adjustment that makes these figures make sense; where has the four billion dollars gone?
If you mutter darkly about corruption in the East, consider
US entry says US -> Canada is $213.3b
Canada entry says US -> Canada is $187.1b
Canada entry says Canada -> US is $310.4b
US entry says Canada -> US is $293.6b
which set of entries indicate that a sum of about the GDP of Kenya annually has been statistically mislaid.
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