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RUSSIA

The principal imports into European Russia nd North Caucasia are shown in the following table : —

Imports

1895 Roubles

1896

1897

Roubles

Roubles

Rice .....

700,0002

676,000 2

708,000 2

Other grain and flour

367,000

359,000

378,000

Fruits and nuts

7,431,000

7,839,000

6,423,000

Fish

11,998,000

13,026,000

9,544,000

Tea

19,163,0001

19,016,0001

17,867,0001

Coffee

5,542,000

5,184,000

6,042,000

Tobacco .....

2,479,000

2,383,000

2,306,000

Wines, ale, and spirits.

9,740,000

10,113,000

10,345,000

Raw cotton ....

59,439,000

72,092,000

67,037,000

Wool, raw and yarn

30,347,000

23,261,000

29,209,000

Silk, raw and yarn ,

11,183,000

11,559,000

10,131,000

Leather, hides, and skins

13,586,000

16,352,000

14,434,000

Gum and resin

7,770,000

9,136,000

9,146,000

Colours .....

14,194,000

15,013,000

11,926,000

Chemicals ....

8,920,000

9,777,000

9,297,000

Coal and coke

13,489,000

13,948,000

10,846,000

Raw metals. .

52,032,000

61,887,000

56,604,000

Manufactured goods : —

Cotton goods ....

2,657,000

2,416,000

2,530,000

Other textile goods

10,023,000

10,835,000

10,599,000

Metal goods ....

21,697,000

25,149,000

26,080,000

Machinery ....

53,692,000

64,961,000

53,125,000

Watches and clocks

5,264,000

4,757,000

2,753,000

1 Moreover, 19,214,000 roubles' worth through Asia in 1895, 20,253,000 in 1896, and 3,362,000 in 1897.

2 Moreover, 2,622,000 roubles' worth from Persia in 1895, 2,775,000 in 1896, and 18,940,000 in 1897.

The exports and imports by the frontier of Asia (exclusive of the Black Sea coast of Caucasia) were : —

—

1893

1894

1895

1896

Exports : —

Articles of food .... Raw and half-manufactured goods. Animals ..... Manufactured goods

Total ....

Imports : —

Articles of food .... Raw and half-manufactured goods. Animals ..... Manufactured goods

Total ....

1,000 roiibles 7,468 2,391 682 8,523

1,000 roubles 9,540 2,299 743 7,780

1,000

roubles

8,637

2,671

417

10,039

1,000

roubles

7,888

2,513

492

10,149

19,064

20,362

21,823

21,042

27,961 8,487 1,177 4,035

28,893 8,769 1,413 5,405

30,085

10,359

2,304

5,259

30,888

10,897

1,805

5,453

41,660

44,390

48,007

49,043