 These ministries had chief directorates engaging in retail and wholesale - retail trade.Representative of such chief directorates were those conducting trade in manufactured goods; in bread and baked goods; in furniture; in household goods; in haberdashery and knitwear; and in textiles, sewn goods, and millinery.The Ministry of Trade RSFSR had a chief directorate dealing with trade in the Far North and an office for mail order trade.