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The reform of foreign economic relations is versatile. It is impossible now to forecast and describe all the changes that will occur on our way to market relations. Gradually new laws are being adopted, one by one, in this sphere. Life and practice will suggest many necessary steps. In any event, new systems are being created, such as a system of insuring foreign trade risks of enterprises, and a federal system of foreign economic information is in the making. A special attention is paid to cadres’ training. With this aim in view, a state certification of business schools and consultative firms is carried out as well as many other actions. It is important to grasp the methods and enter organically into the world system of foreign economic relations. 5.5 The Part Played by Foreign Economic Relations in the Establishment of Market Relations in the Northern Basin In the program of the Russian government of overcoming the social and economic crisis and of transition to market relations, the foreign economic ties get a principally new significance. The future of our country is in the open economy and, hence, we strive for the all-round participation in the world economic relations. With due account of this fact, we have to reorganize the structure of our economy and create a base for export operations. Today, the proportion of our trade in the world trade is about four per cent, and this is far from its economic potential and possibilities. Having huge natural resources, a large territory and great scientific and technical achievements, possessing a voluminous, almost unbounded, supply market, Russia has all the objective conditions for taking part in the world trade. Of course, it requires great efforts and much time. The critical situation prevailing in our economy complicates the solution to this problem. The export sector, especially in the fish-processing industry, is underdeveloped. The achievements of science and technology are inculcated with difficulty, and this hinders the output of competitive production. The results of conversion of the military industry are still only slightly felt. Very costly is the development of the fuel and power resources of the country which are now the main export goods. As concerns the great activity of some organizations, enterprises and cooperatives on the foreign market, it is not supported by necessary professionalism and obligatoriness. There are some other negative moments in this sphere. In particular, considerable debts to foreign countries and a systematic fall of export observed lately actually freeze our foreign economic relations since an essential part of collected currency is spent to cover debts. Moreover, in a number of cases, we have stopped to pay for the goods already received from foreign countries. The import of goods and foodstuffs that are of extreme necessity for us nowadays is carried out at the expense of new non-interest bearing credits for which capitalist countries agree in order to support the course directed at market relations undertaken by our country. 1 4 7