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Shadow exports from Ukraine to Russia through the territory of the Russian-occupied Crimea amounts to $1-2 billion a year in monetary terms, according to economist Taras Zavgorodniy.
"In fact, this area is used as a black hole for re-export to the Russian Federation. It is about 1-2 billion Shadow exports to Russia," he said at a briefing in Kyiv on Thursday.
According to MP Ihor Lutsenko, who attended at the briefing, the flow of cargo transport from Crimea is evidence of significant volumes of exports, which is not monitored at the Ukrainian border.
Read alsoBlocking Crimea"There was a net outflow of 32 trucks from Crimea within one of last months alone. This is Ukraine’s shadow exports," said the deputy.
Read alsoChubarov: Poroshenko wants to close free economic zone in CrimeaAs UNIAN reported earlier, Ukraine in January-July 2015 Ukraine delivered goods to Crimea worth $472.149 million, which is 26 times the volume of deliveries of goods from Crimea to the mainland Ukraine, amounting to $18.090 million.