HC Deb 22 July 1931 vol 255 cc1496-502W
Duchess of ATHOLL (on 26th June, 1931)

asked the President of the Board of Trade (1) the quantities and values of the following imports into this country from the Soviet Union, or any part of it, for the years 1928, 1929 and 1930, respectively, and for the four months ending 30th April, 1931: wheat, barley, oats, peas, pig products, frozen pork, potatoes, unrefined sugar, confectionery, except chocolate, sawn soft timber, pit-props or pitwood sleepers of all kinds, pulp-wood, crude petroleum, refined oils, dry unbleached chemicals, raw cotton, flax, hides, furs, matches and soap;

(2) the quantities and values of the following imports into this country from the Soviet Union, or any part of it, for the years 1928, 1929 and 1930, respectively, and for the four months ended 30th April, 1931: chemicals, textiles, carpets, fruit pulp and seed cake?

Mr. W. GRAHAM

now supplies the following statement:

UNITED KINGDOM.
Imports of the undermentioned commodities consigned from the Soviet Union (Russia) during the years 1928, 1929 and 1930, and the first three months, 1931.
Description. Unit of Quantity. Quantity. Declared Value.
1928. 1929. 1930. January to March, 1931. 1928. 1929. 1930. January to March, 1931.
Imports consigned from the Soviet Union (Russia). £ £ £ £
Wheat Cwt. 81,731 — 18,717,260 5,788,947 43,100 — 5,751,955 1,463,999
Barley Cwt. — — 5,969,075 1,315,724 — — 1,311,005 233,132
Oats Cwt. — 23,130 2,757,326 959,249 — 6,792 599,606 178,995
Maize Cwt. 5,143 — 123,539 511,806 2,184 — 37,010 102,147
Rye Cwt. — — — — — — — —
Maize starch, for edible purposes Cwt. (a) (a) 24,873 9,467 (a) (a) 11,681 4,661
Oil seed cake and meal (except husk meal) Ton 7,478 26,357 30,117 2,569 77,242 261,605 224,500 16,871
Bacon Cwt. 197,486 209,040 49,614 3,766 761,273 952,328 204,978 8,922
Poultry and game (dead) Cwt. 74,624 133,881 139,012 70,262 330,152 612,993 620,424 273,616
Butter Cwt. 336,252 290,314 165,451 — 2,656,372 2,299,050 1,005,260 —
Eggs, in shell Gt. Hundred 1,766,845 608,161 84,842 — 867,841 322,758 31,191 —
Salmon, canned Cwt. 363,849 367,347 536,240 19,602 2,143,971 2,186,409 2,652,323 69,694
Tomatoes, canned Cwt. — 4,552 6,161 2,067 — 4,182 6,341 1,840
Other fish (except oysters for breeding) Fruit, raw: Cwt. 10,979 29,619 54,585 11,770 84,940 217,906 286,095 30,361
Nuts used as fruit Cwt. 8,353 12,440 16,731 12,180 31,732 62,355 73,456 50,750
Other raw fruit — — — — — 43,495 39,268 10,304 66
Fruit not liable to duty as such, preserved without sugar:
Canned or bottled Cwt. — 8,503 10,577 6,017 — 10,275 13,164 6,334
Other than canned or bottled Cwt. 1,163 44,767 34,657 4,466 1,816 85,202 44,365 5,860
Fruit, preserved in sugar:
Tinned Cwt. 299 2,344 3,612 1,119 553 3,800 6,801 1,446
Bottled Cwt.
Fruit pulp, in syrup Cwt. — — — — — — — —
Cocoa preparations, not containing spirit, containing sugar:
1928–1930 heading * Confectionery
1931 heading †Confectionery including moulded chocolate. Cwt. — *7 *1,150 †3,018 — *46 *2,310 †6,916
(a) Not separately recorded in these years.

Description. Unit of Quantity. Quantity. Declared Value.
1928. 1929. 1930. January to March, 1931. 1928. 1929. 1930. January to March, 1931.
Imports consigned from the Soviet Union (Russia) —cont. £ £ £ £
Sugar:
Unrefined Cwt. 127,143 — — — 78,473 — — —
Glucose Cwt. 12,938 23,716 137,866 64,225 9,443 17,570 92,698 30,139
Molasses Cwt. — — — — — — — —
Confectionery Cwt. 450 981 13,732 5,628 1,694 3,840 33,950 8,639
Wood and Timber:
Sawn, hard Cu. ft. 206,601 173,086 161,477 21,555 45,635 53,676 45,582 5,230
Hewn and sawn, soft Load 1,336,524 1,826,617 2,022,958 63,580 6,024,928 8,008,620 7,875,809 288,994
Pitprops or pitwood Load 304,382 414,732 731,261 57,850 657,932 987,511 1,725,861 131,182
Staves of all dimensions Load 6,798 9,112 9,148 1,169 55,505 94,891 105,397 16,986
Sleepers of all kinds Load 25,453 72,284 168,607 29,112 94,097 313,116 674,600 79,118
Cotton, raw (excepting linters) Cental of 100 lb. — 4,436 85,264 497,523 — 20,050 298,184 1,302,490
Flax, including tow or codilla Ton 958 2,913 2,149 817 80,937 217,967 114,276 26,357
Cotton seed oil, unrefined Ton 2,522 1,975 3,442 — 87,029 63,196 102,026 —
Other vegetable oils, unrefined Ton 7,296 12,631 6,068 — 261,704 404,686 197,954 —
No. No. Cwt. Cwt.
Skins, other than sheep, Iamb and goat, undressed. 61,072 349,289 3,793 854 49,863 98,791 89,563 18,410
Furskins, other than rabbit and seal, undressed 5,849,391 5,630,053 11,700 808 1,694,265 1,062,775 1,133,490 198,244
Bristles Ton 368 561 519 47 260,115 371,960 283,054 18,471
Glass and glassware — — — — — 446 220 13,392 5,045
Furniture—metallic, for hospitals and office use, etc., (except aseptic hospital furniture). Ton — — — — — — — —
Bedsteads complete, and finished parts thereof (including finished tubes). Ton — — — — — — — —
Furniture, aseptic hospital — — — — — — — — —
Tinned plates and sheets Ton — — — — — — — —
Tinned plates, sheets and strips, shaped, decorated, printed, etc., for boxes and other containers. Ton — — — — — — — —
Platinum, refined and unrefined Oz. troy. 16,628 — — — 266,048 — — —
Description. Unit of Quantity. Quantity. Declared Value.
1928. 1929. 1930. January to March, 1931. 1928. 1929. 1930. January to March, 1931.
Imports consigned from the Soviet Union (Russia) —cont. £ £ £ £
Cinematograph films:
Blank film Lin. ft. — — — — — — — —
Exposed films:
Positives Lin. ft. 37,389 830 24,966 — 163 75 249 —
Negatives Lin. ft. — — — — — — — —
Plywood Sq. ft. 36,269,775 76,177,443 89,559,558 4,156,557 161,381 370,619 369,245 11,060
Furniture and cabinet ware — — — — — 683 3,142 11,693 735
Builders' woodwork (window frames, doors, etc.) — — — — — 1,380 4,446 29,359 652
Cotton yarns lb. — — — — — — — —
Cotton manufactures (except apparel and embroidery):
Piece goods Sq. yd. 32,900 — — — 1,188 — — —
Other sorts — — — — — 266 236 24 609
Woollen carpets, carpeting and rugs Sq. yd. 133,940 233,808 208,626 27,398 307,308 336,162 236,572 25,830
Linen piece goods Sq. yd. 439,774 1,057,304 1,522,545 6,590 20,583 48,882 61,767 170
Drugs, medicine, etc. — — — — — 294,977 524,814 455,547 52,500
Petroleum, refined Th. galls. 125,844 202,185 264,431 72,163 2,784,915 4,573,448 5,491,709 1,331,252
Soap Cwt. 19 20 34,365 2,720 89 36 45,700 4,524
Furniture and basket ware — — — — — — — 25 —
Maize starch, not for edible purposes Cwt. 1,640 4 24,245 11,555 1,280 4 12,795 5,436
Rice starch Cwt. — — — — — — — —
Other kinds of starch Cwt. — — 10 96 — — 6 58
No. No. Cwt. Cwt.
Skins and furs, dressed (not leather), unenumerated in Import List. 2,548,476 3,368,168 5,303 1,076 526,540 546,160 538,131 188,840
Matches, safety Gross containers. 1,555,063 1,540,572 1,386,690 179,050 113,908 109,560 93,743 11,392
Other articles — — — — — 648,661 1,186,077 1,220,249 215,824
Total Imports — — — — — 121,576,107 126,487,499 34,245,419 6,433,880

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