Alter a lapse of more than five cars Russia last Fall suddenly emerged as the largest foreign buy of United States cotton, excluding shipments to England. Since time shipments of cotton to the evicts from this country have amounted to 139,581 bales, or almost 40 per cent. of the total exports sold in regular commercial channels since Aug, 1, last, Although Soviet Russia bought little copper in this country before the outbreak of hostilities in September, 1939, purchases last year amounted to 108,955,000 pounds, making Russia third largest buyer of copper i:
country, In 1939 she bought 45,- 496,000 pounds, all after the war began, last tve of six months such copper has been selling as much as 2 cents a póund below that produced domestically.
Last Fall Soviet Rufsia contracted to buy about 13000000 barrels of petroleum products from United States companies on the Pacific Coast. So far about 1,000,000 barrels of this oil ave been shipped, mostly in tankers of United States registry. About 300,- 000 barrels will be shipped in January and February.
In addition, Russia has bought 1,- 120,000 bushels of wheat in this country since July 1, 1940, but in the cases of both wheat and oil such purchases have been made for the last few years.
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