Amtorg Trading Corporation

Amtorg Trading Corporation
Company typeCorporation
IndustryInternational trade
FoundedMay 27, 1924 (1924-05-27) in New York City, US
DefunctJune 24, 1998 (1998-06-24)
FateDissolution (law)
Headquarters
New York City
,
United States
Areas served
OwnerSoviet Union
Footnotes / references

Amtorg Trading Corporation, also known as Amtorg (short for Amerikanskaya Torgovlya, Russian: Амторг), was the first trade representation of the Soviet Union in the United States, established in New York in 1924 by merging Armand Hammer's Allied American Corporation (Alamerico) with Products Exchange Corporation (Prodexco) and Arcos-America Inc. (the U.S. branch of All Russian Co-operative Society, ARCOS, also known as "Russia House" or "Soviet House" in Great Britain).