New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-09-11
American Exports
To Russia in 1917
Is Times Normal
Purchases Here. Amounting to
S558,5S4,000. Consisted
Mainly of Munitions

The trade of Russia with the United
States has expanded Enthusiastically since
the war began. Formerly this country
secured only a minor portion of Rus
sian trade, which was largely controlled
by the Germans, but we now hold the
premier position. Figures compiled by
the National City Bank Of New York
show that exports from the United
States to our ally have grown from
100000 in 1914 20 $55S,5S4,0O in
the fiscal year ended June 30, 1917.
Despite the rapid growth prior to
the war, we supplied less than 10 per
cent of Russia's imports and took but
about l per cent of her exports. or
Russian exports in 1918. aggregatlng
S7G0,0OO,000, over one-third went to
Germany, and OF her imports of that
year, aggregating 1887 900 900, practi-
cally One-haif were drawn from Ger
many. Great Britain ranked next to
Germany as "A market for Russian mer-
chandIse and as source of her imports,
while the Netherlands held third rank
IN her export trads and China third rank
IN the countries supplying her imports.
The United States ranked fourth in the
countries from which Russian imports
were drawn in 1913 and fourteenth in
the list of countries 70 which the eX-
ports were sent. Russian official figures
show that merchandise from the United
States formed . per cent of her imports
in 1911, 8 per cent in 1912 and per
cent in 1913.
The increase in our exports 10 Rus
STA since 1914, while largely war ma
terial, includes also railway supplies
and material, automobiles, metal work
ing machinery, leather and manufact-
ures thereof, copper, steel rails, railway
cars, wire and miscellaneous manufact-
ures of iron and steel.
Imports Decline
The imports from Russia since the
beginning of the war have fallen to an
extremely low point, having been in
1913, the year preceding the war, $29,-
100000; in 1914, S23.320,000; in 1915,
1894. 900; in 1916, S5,9l7,000, and in
1917, $9,4S4,000.
Agricultural implements, binder Irvine,
manufactures OF iron and steel, ma
chinery, copper, railway material and
supplies, automobiles, boots and shoes
and material for their manufacture,
sewing machines, typewriters and raw
cotton form normally the bulk Of Unit
ed States exports to Russia, and hides
and skins, wool, tibres and certain
chemicals the bulk of the imports
therefrom. Calfskins imported from
Russia alone amounted in 1913 to SlO,-
100000; horse hides, S2,000,0OO; sheep
skins and goatskins, each about $1,000
600; Garnet wool, S3.500000; fax and
hemp, S1,000,000; india rubber refuse
for remanufacture, over 100000; lie
orice root, nearly 100000, and fusel
oil and glycerine, about s25O,0OO each.
Exports to Russia in 1918 included
agricultural implements. alone, $3.50
GOO; raw cotton, S4,500000; binder
Irvine, s1,450000; metal working ma
chinery, si.O9l 900; mining machinery
S464 900: sewing machines, 1851, 200;
typewriters, S883,0O0, and iron and
steel manufactures as whole, approx
imately, 100000.
Pre-War Trade
Russian official reports show total
imports in 1913 amounting to S687 ,000,-
900, of which S326,000,000 were from
Germany, SS6,00O0O0 from the United
Kingdom, s42, 100000 from China, S40,-
100000 from the United States, 8,000,-
900 from France. 500 100000 from Per-
STA, Sl8.000.000 from Austria Hungary,
Sl7,000.000 from the East Indies, 49,
100000 from Turkey, S8,000,OO0 from
Sweden and $5,O00,000 from Norway.
The exports from Russia in 1918 were
s76O .OO6, 900, of which 1927 100000 went
to Germany, $l34,OOOOOO to the United
Kingdom, SS9,OO0,000 to the Neither
lands, S50,OOO.OOO to France, $37 10000
TO Italy, S33,0OO,OO0 to Austria-Hun-
gary, 1872 100000 to Belgium and $1,000
600 70 the United States.