style="text-align:center;" | align="left"|Copper||0..0 ||7.1 ||7.2||||NA |- style="text-align:center;" | align="left"|Nickel||0.0 ||1.5 ||0.7||||NA |- style="text-align:center;" | align="left"|Legumes||10.9 ||47.2 ||34.8||||NA |- style="text-align:center;" | align="left"|Tin||0.0 ||0.8 ||0.0||||NA |- style="text-align:center;" | align="left"|Platinum||0.0 ||1.5 ||1.3||||NA |- style="text-align:center;" | align="left"|Chemicals:Finished||0.9 ||2.9 ||0.2||||NA |- style="text-align:center;" | align="left"|Chemicals:Unfinished||0.9 ||2.6 ||1.0||||NA |- style="text-align:center;" | align="left"|Raw Textiles||9.0 ||99.1 ||41.1||||171.4 |- style="text-align:center;" | align="left"|Wood Products||171.9 ||846.7 ||393.7||||1227.6 |- style="text-align:center;" | align="left"|Oil Cake||0.0 ||29.0 ||8.6||||41.8 |- style="text-align:center;" |- |colspan="13"|*thousands of tons |} The Soviet figures only include imports after September 1939 and differ, in part, because they include products that were in transit during Operation Barbarossa were not yet counted in the German figures, which count only the first six months of 1941. The Soviet Union also bought and shipped other materials to Germany, such as rubber from India. The Soviets shipped approximately 800 million reichsmarks worth of goods. Materials Germany imported from other countries using the Soviet Trans-Siberian Railway and from Afghanistan and Iran via the Soviet Union as an intermediary, including: {| class=wikitable |- ! !!1939 ||1940 ||1941(1st 5 mos.) |- style="text-align:center;" | align="left"|Rubber||NA ||4.5 ||14.3 |- style="text-align:center;" | align="left"|Copper||NA ||2.0 ||2.8 |- style="text-align:center;" | align="left"|Soybeans||NA ||58.5||109.4 |- style="text-align:center;" | align="left"|Whale & Fish oil||NA ||56.7 ||46.2 |- style="text-align:center;" | align="left"|Nuts||NA ||9.3 ||12.1 |- style="text-align:center;" | align="left"|Tinned Foods||NA ||5.0 ||3.8 |- style="text-align:center;" | align="left"|Textiles||0.0 ||19.0 ||17.0 |- style="text-align:center;" | align="left"|Legumes||0 ||7.0 ||2.0 |- style="text-align:center;" | align="left"|Dried fruit||8.0 ||42.0 ||8.0 |- |colspan="13"|*thousands of tons |} The trade pact helped Germany to surmount the British blockade of Germany. By June 1940, Soviet imports comprised over 50% of Germany's total overseas imports, and often exceed 70% of total German overseas imports. The Soviet Union further helped Germany to avoid the British blockade by providing a U-boat base at Basis Nord. In addition, the Soviets provided Germany with access to the Northern Sea Route for both cargo ships and raiders (though only the raider Komet used the route before the German invasion of the USSR) There had never been such intensive trade between Germany and the Soviet Union as that which took place during the eighteen months of 1940 to June 1941. Soviet imports of chrome, manganese and platinum, for which Germany relied entirely on imports, made up 70% of Germany's total imports of those materials. While the Soviet Union provided 100% of German imports of rye, barley and oats, this was 20% of the amount of the total German harvest. Three quarters of Soviet oil