Soviet Union: Soviet Trade with the West

A file of correspondence and reports concerning Soviet foreign trade. The documents include a report comparing Soviet foreign trade in 1975 and 1976; an Overseas Economic Intelligence Committee report titled "Soviet foreign trade in 1976 and the short-term prospects for convertible currency trade with multilateral partners"; and a British embassy report titled "The Soviet international banking system and the financing of Soviet trade with the West". Other documents in the file include quarterly reports on Soviet foreign trade statistics for 1977, covering growth rates, the Soviet Union's balance of trade, the Soviet hard currency deficit, the country's leading Western trade partners, and Anglo-Soviet trade. The file also includes lists of the main Soviet trading commodities; financial statistics on the Soviet Union's main trading partners; and discussions on both long-term and short-term Soviet trading policies.