Foreign trade as a factor influencing the development of transnational transport and logistics systems

Abstract

BRICS, an international association of countries with the greatest potential for economic growth is an example of a promising international alliance capable of effectively integrating economic interests and processes to provide a serious alternative to the developed countries in terms of the international trade scale and efficiency. At the same time, the existing format for discussing intentions and statements requires the targeted institutionalization of economic interactions and the creation of international economic, primarily transport and logistics, systems. These systems should be capable of using advanced transport and logistics concepts in terms of full consumer value chains to ensure effective support for international trade commodity flows based on real-time requests and existing import-export specialization of the participating countries.The article provides statistical data characterizing the volumes of Russia’s foreign trade with key international partners in non-CIS countries including the BRICS countries. The Federal State Statistics Service of the Russian Federation provided the statistical information in the field of foreign trade and its main aspects.The analysis of existing international commodity flows unequivocally demonstrates a possibility of increasing international trade through the creation of transnational transport and logistics systems capable of ensuring the functioning of international value chains and efficient international exchange.