§ 54. Mr. GILBERTasked the President of the Board of Trade whether any British ships traded with Russia during the year 1921; and, if so, can he give the number of ships and their tonnage entering Russian ports and the number of ships and their tonnage entering British ports from Russia during last year, also the total value of British exports to Russia and the imports from Russia to Great Britain during last year?
§ Mr. BALDWINThe answer can be given most conveniently in a statistical table which, with the permission of the House, I will have printed in the OFFICIAL REPORT.
§ The following is the table:
§ 1. Movement of shipping between the United Kingdom and Russia in 1921:
§ (a) Vessels cleared from United Kingdom ports for Russia:
| No. | With cargoes. Net tonnage. | ||
| British vessels | … | 44 | 69,491 |
| Foreign vessels | … | 95 | 86,256 |
| Total | … | 139 | 155,747 |
| No. | In ballast. Net tonnage. | ||
| British vessels | … | 12 | 12,751 |
| Foreign vessels | … | 39 | 40,584 |
| Total | … | 51 | 53,335 |
§ "articles wholly or mainly manufactured" respectively.
§ The following is the Table:
§ (b)Vessels entered at United Kingdom ports from Russia:
| No. | With cargoes. Net tonnage. | ||
| British vessels | … | 29 | 41,145 |
| Foreign vessels | … | 171 | 145,167 |
| Total | … | 200 | 186,312 |
| No. | In ballast. Net tonnage. | ||
| British vessels | … | 14 | 20,918 |
| Foreign vessels | … | 7 | 13,492 |
| Total | … | 21 | 34,410 |
§ 2. United Kingdom trade with Russia, registered during the year 1921:
| £ | |
| Value of imports consigned from Russia | 2,701,000 |
| Value of exports of United Kingdom produce and manufactures consigned to Russia | 2,173,000 |
| Value of exports of foreign and colonial merchandise consigned to Russia | 1,210,000 |
§ NOTE.—These figures relate to Russia exclusive of Finland, Esthonia, Latvia, Lithuania, and the part of Poland formerly Russian territory.