Note 98 — INTRODUCTORY
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Russian exports for 1900–2 are classified as follows (1000 rubles as unit):—
Food-stuffs Raw material Animals Manufactures Total
1900 381,174 269,806 17,902 19,553 688,435
1901 430,955 256,697 20,224 21,939 729,815
1902 526,189 258,267 21,558 19,263 825,277
It is seen that the exportation of food-stuffs was the largest in value and increasing, while that of manufactured articles was the smallest (2.5 per cent.) and, to say the least, stationary. Imports were as follows:—
Food-stuffs Raw material Animals Manufactures Total
1900 79,844 307,402 1,136 183,682 572,064
1901 84,349 288,107 1,495 158,993 532,944
1902 81,409 295,483 1,403 148,800 527,095
The importation of manufactures decreased, but also that of raw material did not increase, while, as shown above, the exportation of manufactures was slight and stationary. Figures have been taken from the Tsūshō Isan for November 25, 1903, which drew them from Russian official sources.
It is interesting to note the unfavorable conditions of the foreign trade of Russia’s ally, France, in U. S. Consul Atwell’s report in the daily Consular Reports for February 24, 1904 (No. 1884), who quotes from Georges Blondel.