RUSSIAN TRADE

Dominion, Volume 14, Issue 171, 15 April 1921, Page 5

RUSSIAN TRADE

SUPPLIES FROM AUSTRALASIA DESIRED KRASSIN INTERVIEWED By Telegraph—Press Association-Copyright. London, April 13. M. Krassin, interviewed regarding the possibilities of trade between Russia and Australasia, said Russia was desirous of trading with Australia and New Zealand and all the Dominions, as they all were included in the AngloRussian Trade Agreement. Russia would like to buy metals, wool, meats and coal, provided the freight did' not make the price prohibitive. For coal and metals she would pay cash, but for other com-' modifies she would require credit for two to three years and perhaps longer. Some countries supplying Russia were, .giving four and five years’ credit. Russia’s immediate requirement was coal, two to three million tons, for Petrograd and Odessa. The possible Russian exports to Australasia were soft woods suitable for butter boxes, crude oil, benzine, kerosene, lubricating oils, asbestos, and furs. Regarding the ports of shipment lie thought it would be possible to send direct to Vladivostok. Siberia had been deprived of many commodities for several years. Large towns, likq Tomsk and Irkutsk, greatly, needed many things Australasia could supply—Aus.-N.Z). Cable Assn.

DEMAND FOR SKILLED ARTISANS

Melbourne, April 14. M. Siminoff, Federal representative of tho Russian Soviet, informed a deputation of unemployed artisans that Ins Government could absorb all unemployed skilled workers as there was >a big shortage in Russia.—Press Assn.