Trade relationsThe reasons why the trade relations between Russia and western Europe were so important and lucrative to control, were of a strategic nature. Europe imported grain, hemp, flax and timber from Russia. Many countries in Europe had difficulties in producing enough grain to feed the population. They were depended in many cases on import. Hemp, flax and timber were used in ship building and therefore very important to naval countries such as England, Holland and Sweden. 
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