§ Major Beamishasked the President of the Board of Trade what has been the value of exports from the United Kingdom to the Soviet Union since V.E. Day, and the value of imports from the Soviet Union to the United Kingdom; and if he
EXPORTS FROM THE UNITED KINGDOM TO THE SOVIET UNION. Description. May-December, 1945. Year 1946. January-September, 1947. £'000 £'000 £'000 Iron and steel and manufactures thereof 220 175 167 Unwrought tin — 545 — Unwrought copper — 389 — Cutlery, hardware, implements and instruments 136 371 161 Electrical goods and apparatus 1,099 688 472 Boilers and boiler-house plant 485 2,091 3,672 Electrical machinery 5,174 1,873 3,020 Cranes, hoists and other lifting machinery 163 455 158 Other machinery 2,163 489 2,394 Woven woollen tissues — 346 7 Woven worsted tissues — 87 1 Other textile manufactures 12 400 97 Leather and manufactures thereof — 306 — Locomotives 150 225 107 All other articles 415 643 406 Total 10,017 9,083 10,662
IMPORTS INTO THE UNITED KINGDOM FROM THE SOVIET UNION. Description. May-December, 1945. Year 1946. January-September, 1947 £'000 £'000 £'000 Wood and timber:— Sawn softwood 482 489 320 Pitprops 29 111 277 Raw cotton 194 387 1,986 Cotton li[...]ters — 145 587 Cotton waste — 192 145 Camels' hair 63 611 323 Flax 268 — — Undressed hides and skins 279 1,089 615 Raw hair 89 510 331 Bristles — — 244 Non-ferrous metals and manufactures — 233 136 Motor spirit — — 421[...] Paper, cardboard, etc. — — 254 All other articles 381 1,153 494 Total 1,785 4,920 6,141[...]