as shown in table fossil fuel energy exports represent almost onethird of the gdp of kazakhstan and azerbaijan half of the merchandise exports of the russian federation and more than half of the total merchandise exports of azerbaijan the islamic republic of iran and kazakhstan on the other hand energy imports are equivalent to almost of the gdp of india and more than onethird of its total merchandise imports even the advanced diversified eastasian economies of japan and the republic of korea spend of their total merchandise imports on such energy commodities values of energy exports taken from united nations comtrade data downloaded from wits database accessed december