FACTBOX - Exports to Russia from Finland, Baltic countries

(Reuters) - Exports to Russia from Finland and Baltic countries have grown sharply in the past few years.

* In 2006 about 389,000 trucks crossed from Finland to Russia, compared with 348,000 in 2005.

* The transit traffic from Finland to its eastern neighbour increased 26 percent in January-June 2007 to 1.6 million tonnes.

* In the first half of this year cars worth around 4.1 billion euros (2.83 billion pounds) were imported via Finland to Russia, making it the single biggest item of export between the two countries.

Following are figures about the exports.

Value of exports to Russia (millions of euros)

2002 2006

Finland 3,100 6,200

Estonia 122 605

Latvia 142 561

Lithuania 628 1,435

(Sources: Finnish Board of Customs, Eurostat, Bank of Finland)