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RUSSIA

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1887-89

1890-94

1895 1 1896 1 1897 l

Exports : — Articles of food Raw and half - manufac- tured articles Animals ..... Manufactured goods ,

Total.

Imports : — Articles of food Raw and half- manufac- tured articles Animals .... Manufactured goods.

Total.

1,000 roubles

400,493

222,274 12,597 17,843

1,000 roubles

349,400

232,300 14,200 12,200

1,000 roubles

382,517

258,408 15,138 11,196

1,000 roubles

381,524

257,833 15,144 12,906

1,000 roubles

413,478

254,506 17,092 19,146

661,206

607,900

667,259

667,412

704,222

52,952

230,246

535

64,007

63,800

261,500

1,700 101,500

67,652

282,373

2,883 136,403

69,805

306,656

2,278 161,528

64,071

283,729

1,619

159,097

347,740

428,500

489,401

540,267 1 508,516

I Including trade on Black Sea frontier of Caucasus and with Finland, but exclusive of trade with Russian Manchuria.

For the last six years grain has formed, on the average, 55 per cent, in value of the aggregate exports to Europe, 58 '7 per cent, in 1888, and 51 in 1889.

The official figures of grain exports being now given in units of weight the exports from European Russia, Caucasus, and to Finland in 1897, as well as during the two preceding years, are given in the subjoined table : — ,

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1895

1896

1897

Cwts.

Cwts.

Cwts.

Wheat ....

76,453,000

70,774,000

68,670,000

Rye ... .

29,588,000

26,281,000

23,685,900

Barley ....

34,877,000

26,289,000

28,780,300

Oats ....

21,457,000

21,768,000

14,044,900

Maize ....

8,268,000

4,170,000

6,810,600

Peas ....

3,246,000

3,017,000

3,224,200

Various groats

284,000

254,000

318,780

Flour ....

2,600,000

2,466,000

2,726,100

Other grain products Total.

8,469,000

8,822,000

8,301,500

185,242,000

163,611,000

156,562,200

The export of naphtha for the last five years (from Russia and Caucasus as well) will be seen from the following table : —

Year

1893

1894 1895 1896 1897

Raw Naphtha

Oils for LightinK

Cwt.

28,400

33,800

330,000

1,011,000

Cwt. 16,034,000 15,998,000 16,605,000 17,011,000 16,007,600

Oils for Greasing

Cwt. 2,042,000 2,092,000 2,469,000 2,394,000 2,844,200

Waste

Cwt. 1,030,000 1,064,000 1,064,000 968,000 1,223,000

Total

Cwt. 19,134,400 17,062,000 20,468,000 20,097,000