HC Deb 28 April 1936 vol 311 c745W
Mr. DAY

asked the President of the Board of Trade whether he can state, according to the latest trade returns of the Soviet Union, the three countries to which exports from Russia were greatest in value for the 12 months ended to the last convenient date, and the countries during the same period from which imports were of the greatest value?

Mr. RUNCIMAN

During the year 1935, the three largest export markets of the Soviet Union were the United Kingdom, Germany and the United States; the three principal countries from which she derived her imports were the same, but in the following order, United Kingdom, United States, Germany.