<|begin_of_text|><|begin_of_text|><|begin_of_text|>Trade turnover between Russia and its second largest trade partner, Germany, increased 8.4 percent and reached nearly €62 billion ($70 billion) in 2018 compared to previous year, according to the German trade lobby.
Year-on-year<wm> increase is mostly due to the large trade surplus in goods such as machinery, electronics, vehicles, and machinery, with the latest German exports reaching €54.6 billion.
In 2015, the combined Russian-German trade reached a small surplus of €-21 billion.
It's also notable that their imports have decreased, with most German exports reaching €48 billion in 2018 and imports reaching 38.4 million tons, down to (2 million tons in 2015, a significant</wm> drop in goods shipped between them that year.
Total international transport volume between Russia and Germany in 201