MOSCOW, Jan. 13 (Xinhua) -- The total external debt of Russia stood at 469.7 billion U.S. dollars as of Jan. 1, 2010, decreasing10.2 billion dollars as compared with one year ago, said the Russian Central Bank on Wednesday.

    The foreign debt of Russia's general government contracted by 500 million dollars to 30 billion dollars on a year-on-year basis, said the bank website.

    Net foreign capital outflow from Russia last year was approximately 52.4 billion dollars. Russia's current account totaled 47.5 billion dollars, and the trade surplus 110.6 billion dollars.

    Exports of goods and services were estimated at 303.3 billion dollars and 42.3 billion dollars in 2009, while imports of those stood at 192.7 billion dollars and 62.2 billion dollars respectively.