HC Deb 29 April 1947 vol 436 cc203-4W
86. Mr. W. Fletcher

asked the President of the Board of Trade why 5,988 tons of rubber sold to the U.S.S.R. were sold at a price of 3,1/16d. below that at which rubber was being sold to British manufacturers at the same time.

Mr. Belcher

This special sale was made last autumn when the arrangements for receiving timber from the U.S.S.R. were negotiated. The price is the same as that charged to the U.S.A. under the special arrangements to supply from the United Kingdom the quantity by which U.S.A. purchases in Malaya fell short of 200,000 tons.