§ Mrs. Margaret EwingTo ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry what further initiatives are currently being taken by his Department to promote bilateral trade between the United Kingdom and the Baltic republics; and if he will make a statement.
§ Mr. SainsburyOverseas trade services staff in the United Kingdom and Moscow provide a range of export promotion services for the Soviet Union, including the Baltic republics.
§ Mrs. Margaret EwingTo ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry what is the record of export promotion by the British embassy in Moscow in relation to each of the Baltic republics over each of the last five years: and if he will place in the Library a list of companies in the United Kingdom who are exporting to any one or more of the Baltic states, with details of the goods involved and the gross value of the trade.
§ Mr. SainsburyOverseas trade services staff in Moscow are undertaking a series of visits to regions of the Soviet Union with commercial potential for British companies, including the Baltic republics.
The names of companies involved in trade to the Baltic republics, their products and their value is a matter of commercial confidentiality.
Overseas trade statistics are compiled on a country basis and cannot be broken down by republic.