Russian trade balance update
Russia’s trade balance fell in January but rose in February. The tightening of secondary sanctions and transactional complications expectedly affected the volume of Russian trade at the beginning of the year – its annual turnover in January decreased by 12.8%, the Federal Customs Service reported on March 14. The trade balance in January decreased compared […]
Cast and Pig Iron
A history of cast and pig iron production in the Russian context. Export of pig iron and cast iron. If you need actual pig iron or cast iron from Russia, then go to the Dealing Monster and post your requirements there. Someone called pig iron “bread of the industry”. Obviously, pre-steel manufacturing of pretty-much anything depended […]
Bourses and Exchanges in Russia (part 2)
continued from Bourses and Exchanges: Russia’s third bourse, in Warsaw, was chartered in 1816. A small mercantile exchange was incorporated in the town of Kremenchug in a central part of Little Russia (Malorossia) in 1834 while Moscow’s exchange was a relative latecomer (still ahead of Zurich though). It appeared in 1837. Until the 1880s new […]
