Mr. H. Wilsonasked the President of the Board of Trade the value of exports and re-exports to and imports from the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics for each of the calendar years 1949 to 1954 and the first quarter of 1955.
§ Mr. P. ThorneycroftFollowing are the figures:
UNITED KINGDOM TRADE WITH SOVIET UNION, ESTONIA, LATVIA, LITHUANIA Value in £'s Imports into the United Kingdom Exports of United Kingdom produce Exports of imported merchandise 1949 16,406,241 8,613,235 1,720,286 1950 34,233,347 11,560,699 2,649,582 1951 60,131,328 3,699,296 20,465,923 1952 58,117,091 3,849,775 33,631,047 1953 39,897,087 3,307,139 8,958,008 1954 41,766,509 9,538,456 4,568,833 1955 (Jan.-March). 12,085,906 3,949,717 1,827,759
Mr. H. Wilsonasked the President of the Board of Trade the value of exports from the United Kingdom to the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics for the calendar years 1952, 1953 and 1954, and the first quarter of 1955, for machine tools, electrical equipment and machinery, cables, textile machinery, and transport equipment, respectively; and, where avail- 45W able, the figures of quantities of each of these classes of goods.
UNITED KINGDOM EXPORTS TO SOVIET UNION, ESTONIA, LATVIA, LITHUANIA Unit of quantity 1952 1953 1954 January-March, 1955 Quantity £ Quantity £ Quantity £ Quantity £ Machine Tools Cwt. 108,595 1,215,602 19,145 210,988 13,147 258,714 5,334 88,535 Electrical equipment and Machinery* 872,463 380,143 2,243,868 507,437 Cables Ton — — 4,702 919,409 853 146,375 296 58,249 Textile Machinery Cwt. — — — — 27,505 616,082 61,096 1,349,742 Transport equipment† 17,686 4,887 661,346 1,312 * Class D, Division 16, less electric cables, wires, etc. † Class D, Divisions 17, 18 and 19. Ships, other than those newly built, are not included.