HC Deb 01 December 1955 vol 546 cc243-4W
113. Mr. Bottomley

asked the President of the Board of Trade if he will make a statement giving details of the

UNITED KINGDOM EXPORTS TO CERTAIN COUNTRIES
Country Commodity Value (£)
Jan.-Oct. 1954 Jan.-Oct. 1955
Bulgaria Woollen and hair rags 70,724 95,010
Copper Sulphate 210,504 260,802
Diesel generating sets, over 200 k.w. 44,700 357,600
All other articles 192,930 61,012
TOTAL 518,858 774,424
Czechoslovakia Sugar, refined 670,487
Sheep's and lamb's wool raw 83,599 238,878
Wool tops 35,371 93,496
Woollen and hair rags 243,373 234,570
Chemicals 213,142 170,508
Woollen and worsted yarns and woven fabrics 44,654 116,451
Copper wire 33,192 186,435
Machinery other than electric 46,902 78,181
All other articles 492,286 474,892
TOTAL 1,192,519 2,263,898
Hungary Wool tops 443,063 320,529
Cotton waste, unmanufactured 27,921 155,509
Chemicals 83,199 98,824
Copper wire 609,225
Electric machinery, apparatus and appliances 89,048 99,820
All other articles 710,243 627,606
TOTAL 1,353,474 1,911,513
Poland Wool and other animal hair and tops 2,067,116 1,263,187
Woollen and hair rags 273,458 529,278
Chemicals 370,366 505,262
Pneumatic outer covers 115,416 226,069
Synthetic fibre yarns and woven fabrics 93,086 63,190
Miscellaneous textile manufactures 50,200 38,493
Miscellaneous non-metallic mineral manufactures 45,375 34,316
Iron and steel 50,993 95,582
Copper wire 84,987 322,073
Manganese metal 102,155
Machinery other than electric 1,081,455 392,865
Electric machinery, apparatus and appliances 551,223 194,636
Railway vehicles 59,352 41,725
Road vehicles and aircraft 165,886 88,627
All other articles 1,404,611 1,246,077
TOTAL 6,413,524 5,143,535
Roumania Sugar, refined 193,306
Wool tops 148,588 217,672
Chemicals 84,148 91,855
Cotton yarns 16,084 124,388
Machinery other than electric 31,451 45,551
Road vehicles and aircraft 10,658 91,332
All other articles 258,790 222,484
TOTAL 549,719 986,588

exports of the United Kingdom to Bulgaria, Czechoslovakia, Hungary, Poland and Roumania, respectively, from the 1st January, 1955, to the latest convenient date, and for the same period of 1954.

Mr. Low

The following is the Answer: