The signing of agreements in 1982, contrary to the official sanction policy (in early 1980, Japan, under US pressure, proclaimed a policy of "economic sanctions" against the USSR) between Japanese metallurgical companies and Soviet foreign trade associations for the supply of one million large-diameter pipes on the terms of a commercial loan. In 1982, 480 excavators, 1,100 bulldozers, 1,080 pipelayers, etc. were purchased in Japan. Transactions were concluded for the supply of equipment for butadiene factories, welded casing pipes, etc.
