Cross-Border Remittances via Money Transfer Operators and Post Offices in Breakdown by Countries
Cross-Border Remittances via Money Transfer Operators1 and Post Offices in Breakdown by Countries in Q2 2009
 
  Transfers to Russia Transfers from Russia Turnover Balance2
total amount of transactions, millions of US dollars average amount of one transaction, US dollars total amount of transactions, millions of US dollars average amount of one transaction, US dollars total amount of transactions, millions of US dollars total amount of the transactions, millions of US dollars
Total 423 557 2,307 485 2,729 -1,884
Non-CIS countries 173 592 192 1,162 364 -19
of which3:
CHINA, PR.: MAINLAND 14 1,975 75 2,205 89 -60
UNITED STATES 41 527 14 894 56 27
TURKEY 9 635 16 1,209 25 -8
ISRAEL 7 453 9 887 16 -2
ITALY 13 554 2 1,023 14 11
GERMANY 9 409 4 914 13 5
UNITED KINGDOM 7 681 3 1,092 11 4
UNITED ARAB EMIRATES 6 726 4 1,900 10 2
SPAIN 7 517 2 769 9 5
FRANCE 5 779 2 1,099 7 4
CANADA 5 491 2 1,080 7 3
LATVIA 2 275 5 552 7 -3
GREECE 4 524 1 1,148 6 3
CZECH REPUBLIC 1 631 3 961 5 -2
BULGARIA 1 728 3 915 4 -3
LITHUANIA 1 358 3 603 4 -2
POLAND, REPUBLIC OF 1 647 3 1,211 4 -2
KOREA, REPUBLIC OF 3 969 1 1,081 4 2
EGYPT, ARAB REPUBLIC OF 1 697 2 649 3 -2
MONGOLIA 1 624 1 784 3 0
CIS countries 250 536 2,115 460 2,365 -1,865
UZBEKISTAN 53 1,405 473 540 526 -420
TAJIKISTAN 16 908 388 388 404 -373
UKRAINE 39 243 312 421 352 -273
KYRGYZ REPUBLIC 20 859 217 366 237 -197
ARMENIA, REPUBLIC OF 17 1,073 197 591 214 -179
MOLDOVA 8 464 185 484 193 -177
AZERBAIJAN, REPUBLIC OF 12 572 154 640 167 -142
GEORGIA 11 730 121 600 132 -110
KAZAKHSTAN 59 552 36 359 95 23
BELARUS 10 239 23 212 34 -13
TURKMENISTAN 4 530 8 525 11 -4
   
Notes: 1 Allur, Anelik, AsiaExpress, Bistraya Pochta, Blitz, BLIZKO, Coinstar Money Transfer, Contact, InterExpress, LIDER, Migom, MoneyGram, PrivatMoney, UNIStream, Western Union, Zolotaya Korona.
  2 Negative balance reflects the excess of the amount of remittances from the Russian Federation over the amount of remittances to the Russian Federation.
  3 Data on top 20 countries by turnover.
   
Sources: Reports of the credit institutions "Data on Transfers of the Individuals from the Russian Federation and Transfers to the Russian Federation for the Benefit of the Individuals and Transactions of the Resident Individuals with the Non-residents on the Territory of the Russian Federation", reports of money transfer operators and of the government post service "Pochta Rossii".

Updated September 8, 2009.

Cross-Border Remittances via Money Transfer Operators and Post Offices in Breakdown by Countries 

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