90 Mr. Barry asked the Taoiseach the value of our exports to Russia in each of the past five years; and the total of Russian imports to this country. [21848/96]

The information requested by the Deputy is given in the following table, which provides details of trade with Russia for the years 1992 to 1995 and for the first six months of this year. For the earlier part of 1992, the data cover the former USSR excluding Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania.