This reference book deciphers the basic economic concepts, both Russian and international. Significant foreign trade terms of recent times have been introduced, the concepts of exhibition and advertising and trade activities - which are not sufficiently reflected in the economic and business literature. The reference book includes an English-Russian dictionary of the most commonly used English expressions in international trade.

Biographical information about prominent domestic ones is provided (S. Strumilin, V. Nemchinov, N. Patolichev, N. Petrakov, E. Primakov, M Delyagin, I. Ivanov) and foreign (L. Erhard, P. Krugman, M. Friedman, L. Klein) economists.

The directory includes a section “Exhibitions”, reflecting the exhibition sector of the economy, its history, provides data on the current situation and prospects for the development of the exhibition industry. Information is provided about the most popular international fairs and exhibitions, about the largest exhibition centers.

The reference book contains extensive analytical statistical material characterizing the foreign trade of the Russian Federation and international trade, allowing the reader to analyze the state and trends in the development of the country's foreign economic relations and international trade .

This is certainly a necessary book, not only for a modern businessman, but also for a civil servant in his work, and for a student at an economics university.