Moscow, July 22.
The Soviet Russian foreign trade for the first half year of 1937 shows a turnover of 1308000000 roubles, which exceeds by 80,000,000 the figure for the corresponding period of the previous year.
The trade balance shows an adverse account of 40,000,000 roubles, the charges incurred with respect to the East China Railway which occurred without use of actual currency being included in these figures, The imports were valued a! 674,000,000 roubles increased prices having to be paid for rubber, wool and non-ferrous metals, There was an increase of 28,000,000 roubles in the Russian exports of cotton and cotton goods compared with the previous year—Trans-Ocean,
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