RUSSIA. 



THE EGG TRADE AND CO-OPERATIOX IX RUSSIA. 



SOURCES : 



Mar.\dudix : Ktj Boupocj' o cSmtbi huui, {The Question of the- Sale of Eggs), in 

 « B'fecTHiiK'b MciKaro Kpe^iiTa » (The Messenger of Small Credit), No i9._Pe- 



trograd, 191 2. 

 DoNzov : ycTpoiiCTBO huhhijIXTd apTeaeii 11 cobitTj aimi. (The Organization of Co- 



of>eralive Societies and the Sale of Eggs) in « B-fecTHiiKii MejiKaro KpeAHxa » X°23. 



Petrograd, 1916. 

 KuLvjNYj : TIpaKTHHecKie raarii no ocymecTBJicHiio KoonepaxnBHaro eSuTa 



Himt [The Practical Results of the Work for the Co-operative Trade in Eggs) in 



« Bi^CTHiiK-B MeJiKaro Kpe^Hxa », N" 15, Petrograd, 1914- 

 IIOArOTOBKa KOonepaxiiBHaro e6bixa aHa,x> [Preparation for the Co-operative Sale of 



Eggs) in oKoonepaxiiBHaH iKn3Hb» (Co-operative Life) Nos. 5, 6 and 7, Moscow, 1914. 

 G. J. ; The Egg Trade and Co-operation in " The Russian Co-operator " No. 2, lyondon, 1917. 



The egg trade occitpies an important place on the international market, 

 and one of the leading places in this trade, among countries exporting eggs, 

 belongs to Russia. Great Britain annually receives enormous quantities 

 of eggs from abroad, and is therefore first in importance among the import- 

 ing countries. 



Russia's exportation of eggs began comparatis'ely recenth'. In 1883 

 she exported only 128,329,000 eggs. In 1904 such number had risen to 

 954,000,000 and in 1914 to 3,395,859,000 eggs. The quantity she exported 

 increased by 65 per cent, between 1902 and 1912. 



Until 1906 she sent her eggs especialh' to Germany, the country which 

 then was the chief importer of eggs. But since 1907 Germany has in this 

 respect been superseded by Great Britain. 



]f we examine the data regarding this exportation we see that in 1909 

 out of a total number of 2,844,737,000 exported eggs 1,051,468,000 or 36.9 

 per cent, were sent to Great Britain ; 794,987,000 or 27.9 per cent, to Ger- 

 many ; 697,635,000 or 24.6 per cent, to Au.stria-Hungary ; 115,257,000 

 or j\.i per cent, to Holland ; and 185,390,000 or 6.5 per cent, to other coun- 

 tries, including Belgium, Denmark, France, Switzerland and Finland. 



Russia lost her first place in the German egg market ovsdng to the open- 

 ing of an economic struggle with Austria-Hungary, and regained it only 

 in 1913. 



Before the war Russia was supplying two of the largest egg markets in 

 Europe,, the British and the German, and was also sending eggs to France, 

 Austria, Hungary. Belgium, Denmark and Holland. 



