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Soviet Dumping

ORGANISED DUMPING

CCEPTING Professor Viner’s definition, then, the
Soviets are plainly convicted of dumping since they
are selling to the foreigner at a price far below that
charged to their own people. Nor is the reason far to seek.
The present system of intensified exports at any price has
aggravated the state of scarcity at home. The Soviets are
therefore committing the unpardonable crime of selling
abroad the very goods of which the Russian people are in
such desperate need. And this has always been their policy.
[t is, indeed, remarkable that during all the years of dearth
and famine, considerable quantities of foodstuffs and manufactured
 commodities have been sent abroad via both the
European and Asiatic frontiers. This is well illustrated by
the following table :

SOVIET EXPORTS
Value £. {1 rouble=2/-).
1927/8 1928/9 1929/30!
77,780,000 87,760,000 100,000,000
These figures are of special interest in that they show a
steady increase in exports, although it is known that the
level of home supplies in almost every commodity was
falling. This is confirmed by the following table, which
gives the actual figures for the export of those goods of
which there was an acute shortage.
SOVIET EXPORTS
Quantity Tons State on Domestic
1927/8 1928/9 1929/30! Market.
9,100 18,400 50,000 Rationed,
13,000 14,800 32,000 Acute Scarcity
391,200 ITT,000 4,000,000 Rationed
94,000 52,100 50,000 Rationed
32,800 27,700 30,000 Rationed
15,400 16,000 24,000 Unobtainable
16,300 22,200 30,000 Unobtainable
.. 133,000 124,400 300,000 Rationed
1 Preliminary estimated figures.

Commodity.
Matches .. ..
Textile materials
Cereals vr ms
Eggs .. .
Butter ,
Bacon.. ..
Poultry ..
Sugar .. ..