§ Mr. HAYCOCKasked the President of the Board of Trade what was the quantity of wheat imported by this country from the Union of Socialist Soviet Republics during the period 1st July, 1930, to 30th June, 1931?
§ Mr. W. GRAHAMThe total quantity of wheat imported into the United Kingdom and registered during the 12 months ended 30th June, 1931, as consigned from the Soviet Union was 26,018,000 cwts.
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§ Mr. W. W. HENDERSONasked the Lord Privy Seal if he will give the list of the orders and the values of the contracts made with the Russian trade representatives in London under the new terms of credit since 1st July?
§ Mr. JOHNSTONThe Russian trading authorities in London inform me that they have placed the following orders for engineering equipment during the period 1st to 29th July. I am, however, not in a position to indicate the credit terms upon which individual orders have been placed.
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Manufacturers—Machinery and Equipment—Value. £ Ruston, Bucyrus, Limited, Lincoln. Excavators and Excavating Equipment 83,500 J. Lang and Sons, Limited, Glasgow. Machine Tools 98,447 Metro' Vickers, Limited (Manchester). Electrical Equipment 79,495 Turbines 97,598 Power Gas Corporation, Limited, Stockton-on-Tees. Complete Gas Plant 75,000 Alfred Herbert, Limited, Coventry. Machine Tools 77,774 H. W. Kearns and Company, Limited, Broadheath. Machine Tools 75,000 John Stirk and Sons, Limited, Halifax. Machine Tools 60,000 Duncan, Stewart and Company, Glasgow. Forging Presses 49,140 B.S.A. Tools, Limited, Birmingham. Tools 42,164 Wm. Asquith, Limited, Halifax, Machine Tools 36,688 Climax Rock Drill and Engineering Works, Limited, Cornwall. Drill Hammers and Drill Sharpeners 35,000 Consolidated Pneumatic Tool Company, Limited, Fraserburgh. Drill Hammers and Pneumatic Drills 31,857 General Electric Company (Manchester) London. Transformers 19,577 Turbines 18,500 Churchill Machine Tool Company, Limited, Manchester. Machine Tools 18,775 H. W. Ward and Company, Limited, Birmingham. Machine Tools 17,181
Manufacturers—Machinery and Equipment—Value—cont. £ Kendall and Gent, Limited, Manchester. Machine Tools 14,310 J. Parkinson and Son, Shipley. Machine Tools 5,169 Broom and "Wade, Limited, High Wycombe. Air Compressors 73,500 Holman Brothers, Limited, Camborne. Drill Sharpeners 11,462 Other Manufacturers: Tools, Electric Motors, Tyres, Excavator Parts, Power Hammers, etc. 49,847 Total £1,069,984 There have also been placed the following orders for firebricks.
£ John G. Stein and Co., Ltd., Bonnybridge 24,727
Country. Pig Iron. 1929. 1930. 1931 (Jan.-May). In 1,000 tons (of 2,240 lbs.) United Kingdom … 7,589 6,197 1,682 United States … 42,614 31,752 9,467 (a) Union of Socialist Soviet Republics … 4,251 4,935 2,032 Germany … 13,185 9,539 2,723 France … 10,197 9,942 3,705 Belgium … 4,030 3,348 1,281 Steel Ingots and Castings. United Kingdom … 9,636 7,299 2,221 United States … 56,433 40,699 13,183 (b) Union of Socialist Soviet Republics … 4,829 5,597 2,175 Germany … 15,985 11,353 3,770 France … 9,543 9,260 3,454 Belgium … 4,066 3,320 1,220 (a) Exclusive of the output of charcoal pig iron monthly details of which are not reported. The average monthly output of charcoal pig iron in 1930 was 8,048 tons. (b) Exclusive of the production of steel castings and also of crucible and electric steel ingots, monthly details of these descriptions of steel not being reported. The average monthly production in 1930 of steel castings was 92,018 tons and of crucible and electric steel ingots 25,748 tons.