HC Deb 13 July 1950 vol 477 cc117-8W
76. Sir I. Fraser

asked the President of the Board of Trade the price paid for timber from the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics in the agreement recently concluded and give a comparison of the price with the Swedish price taking freight into account.

Mr. H. Wilson

It is not the practice to state the prices at which contracts are concluded. As regards the landed cost of this Russian timber, I cannot predict the course of freight rates; but I have reason to believe that, quality for quality, the Russian supplies will bear comparison with the landed value of any other contracts we have made.