Under present circumstances it is of interest to note the value of Italian trade with Finland in the first seven months of 1939, During that period imports from Finland amounted to 113,728,000 lire against 72,940,000 in the corresponding months of 1938, while exports to Finland were valued at 180,072,000 against 19368000 lire. The trade balance in the first seven months of 1939 thus closed in Italy's favour with an active surplus of 66,- 344,000 lire against a deficit of 5 572,000 the previous year. Italy imports from Finland cellulose and other raw materials for her paper mills, lumber, and some food-stuffs, and exports sulphur, citrus fruit, silk yarns, textiles, and marbles, Under the provisions of the existing trade agreement with Greece, a trade delegation came to Rome in December to revise, in view of the changed conditions on world markets, the import and export quotas fixed for the two countries.
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