HC Deb 02 December 1947 vol 445 cc46-7W
79. Mr. Austin

asked the President of the Board of Trade if he will tabulate in a statement to the House the items of import-export trade with the Soviet Union for the years 1946–47, giving in each case actual volume and values of such trading.

Mr. Belcher

I will circulate the desired particulars in the OFFICIAL REPORT.

Following is the information:

IMPORTS INTO THE UNITED KINGDOM FROM THE SOVIET UNION.
Description. Unit of Quantity. Year 1946. January-September, 1947.
Quantity. Value. Quantity. Value.
£'000. £'000.
Wood and Timber:—
Sawn softwood Standard 11,873 489 6,745 320
Pitprops Piled cub. fathms. 4,635 111 10,688 277
Raw Cotton Thous. lb. 6,092 387 24,081 1,986
Cotton linters Thous. lb. 3,749 145 15,439 587
Cotton waste Ton 2,552 192 1,244 145
Camels' hair Thous. lb. 2,733 611 1,179 323
Undressed hides and skins Cwt. 3,862 1,089 2,928 615
Raw hair Cwt. 23,384 510 16,560 331
Bristles Cwt. — — 3,479 244
Non-ferrous metals and manufactures. Value — 233 — 136
Motor spirit Thous. gals. — — 12,830 429
Paper, cardboard, etc. Ton — — 5,106 254
All other articles Value — 1,153 — 494
Total Value — 4,920 — 6,141

EXPORTS FROM THE UNITED KINGDOM TO THE SOVIET UNION.
Description. Unit of Quantity. Year 1946. January-September, 1947.
Quantity. Value. Quantity. Value.
£'000. £'000.
Iron and steel and manufactures thereof. Ton 1,732 175 2,541 167
Unwrought tin Ton 1,474 545 — —
Unwrought copper Ton 5,793 389 — —
Cutlery, hardware, implements and instruments. Value — 371 — 161
Electrical goods and apparatus Value — 688 — 472
Boilers and boiler-house plant Ton 10,870 2,091 23,776 3,672
Electrical machinery Ton 5,130 1,873 8,890 3,020
Cranes, hoists and other lifting machinery Ton 3,219 455 1,397 158
Other machinery Ton 501 489 8,304 2,394
Woven woollen tissues Thous. sq. yds. 1,404 346 36 7
Woven worsted tissues Thous. sq. yds 328 87 4 1
Other textile manufactures Value — 400 — 97
Leather and manufactures thereof Value — 306 — —
Locomotives No. 63 225 44 107
Ton 934 474
All other articles Value — 643 — 406
Total Value — 9,083 — 10,662