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Show United States Is Leading Exporter Ex-porter to Soviet Russia With Total of $150,000,1100 In Year Purchases from the United States totaling approximately $150,000,000 made this country the leading source of Soviet imports during the- fiscal year 1929-30, while Germany and England took second sec-ond and third place ;-especr,ively, ac cording to Soviel trade statistics received in the Salt Lake City Office Of-fice of the Bureau of Foreign and Domestic Commerce. These three leading countries alone accounted Tor nearly one-half of Soviet imports im-ports from all sources, and also i.e-rved as markets for approximately an equal proportion of Soviet exports, ex-ports, the Soviet statistics indicate. indi-cate. The Russian-American balance of trade was preponderantly in favor fa-vor of the United States, Soviet exports ex-ports to this country totaling $31,-017,050, $31,-017,050, as against purchases from this country of $149,222,731. This would indicate a balance of approximately ap-proximately $118,000,000 in favor of the United States. |