The Impact Assessment of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Foreign Trade Between Russia and the Asia-Pacific Countries

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	Regionalistica 2021 Volume 8 number 5 pages 5-17

Title of the article	The Impact Assessment of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Foreign Trade Between Russia and the Asia-Pacific Countries
Pages	5-17
Author	Tomilov Mikhail Vladimirovich candidate of sciences (economics), junior researcher Economic Research Institute FEB RAS 153, Tikhookeanskaya Street, Khabarovsk, Russia, 680042 This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. ORCID: 0000-0002-5048-984X
Abstract	The article represents the assessment of the COVID-19 pandemic impact on foreign trade in goods in the Asia-Pacific region. As a result, it is concluded that the developed countries of the region with a strong dependence on global production chains suffered the greatest damage. At the same time, the least developed ones showed positive dynamics due to the later arrival of the pandemic. The European Union share in the Russian trade turnover has significantly decreased, while the Asia-Pacific countries share, on the contrary, has increased. However, a detailed analysis of the Russian exports commodity structure showed that these positive results were achieved due to an increase in the supply of traditional goods, but not exports diversification by products and directions.
Code	339.54+339.56
DOI	10.14530/reg.2021.5.5
Keywords	foreign trade ♦ export ♦ import ♦ COVID-19 ♦ APR ♦ CPTPP ♦ RCEP
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For citation	Tomilov M.V. The Impact Assessment of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Foreign Trade Between Russia and the Asia-Pacific Countries. Regionalistica [Regionalistics]. 2021. Vol. 8. No. 5. Pp. 5–17. http://dx.doi.org/10.14530/reg.2021.5.5 (In Russian)
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Financing	The article was prepared with the financial support of the Ministry of Education and Science of the Khabarovsk Territory (Agreement No. 57C / 2021 of July 28, 2021, on the provision of a grant for the implementation of a project in the field of scientific research in the direction of humanitarian and social sciences in 2021).
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