HC Deb 02 February 1954 vol 523 c22W
71. Mr. H. Wilson

asked the President of the Board of Trade the quantities and values of manganese, platinum, iridium, silver and other strategic materials imported into the United Kingdom from the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics in 1953.

Mr. Amory

Of the items mentioned by the right hon. Member, we imported from the Soviet Union, in 1953, 27,600 tons of manganese ore valued at £501,000; 20,900,000 troy ounces of silver bullion valued at £6,383,000; and 94,900 troy ounces of platinum valued at £3,142,000.