§ Mr. Lewisasked the President of the Board of Trade whether he will publish in HANSARD a table of figures showing the main items of imports from the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics for the twelve months ended 31st December, 1956. and similar details for the exports from the United Kingdom to the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics and the re-exports from the United Kingdom to the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics.
§ Sir D. EcclesFollowing are the figures:
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Imports into the United Kingdom from the Soviet Union January-December, 1956 £ Fish and fish preparations 1,789,870 Wheat and barley 438,221 Fur skins, undressed, raw dried, salted or pickled other than rabbit skins, not pulled 6,817,125 Pitprops 2,342,814 Sleepers of all kinds, coniferous, sawn, not further prepared 777,623 Other wood shaped or simply worked 17,785,507 Pulp and waste paper 2,350,581 Wool and other animal hair and tops 1,497,761 Raw cotton (except linters) 2,636,842 Flax 1,585,020 Manganese ore, containing 10 per cent, or more of manganese 2,894,368 Bristles 885,994 Petroleum and petroleum products 414,982 Fur and other skins (except leather) dressed, and manufactures thereof 1,514,628 Plywood, including Iaminboard, block board and batten board 1,119,440 Platinum in grain, ingot, bar or powder 564,902 Pig iron 6,587,190 Zinc or spelter, unwrought, in ingots, blocks, bars, slabs and cakes 1,112,040 All other 2,005,248 Total imports into the U.K. from the Soviet Union 55,120,156
United Kingdom Exports to the Soviet Union January-December, 1956 £ Herrings, salt (pickle) cured 229,937 Chemicals 187,233 Woollen and worsted woven fabrics of standard type (i.e., excluding lace, ribbons, smallwares, etc.) 295,624 Copper wire (including un-insulated electric wire) 15,042,623 Boilers and boiler-house plant 673,006 Dairy machinery 583,803 Machine tools, metal working (excluding portable power tools) 830,038 Woodworking machinery 315,050 Textile machinery 2,100,001 Packing, packeting, bottling (including bottle-washing) canning and labelling machinery 432,340 Generating sets, generators and motors 412,243 Transformers for lighting, heating and power (including coils) 1,361,162 Television transmitters, complete 105,465 Radio communication and navigational aid equipment and radar equipment 197,898 Scientific electrical instruments (excluding telegraphic and telephonic) 114,716 Ships and boats 1,892,325 Postal packages 497,530 All other 1,054,076 Total U.K. exports to the Soviet Union 26,325,070
United Kingdom re-exports to the Soviet Union January-December, 1956 £ Raw rubber including synthetic and reclaimed 28,554,549 Sheep's and lambs' wool, raw 907,772 All other 117,639 Total U.K. re-exports to the Soviet Union 29,579,960