HC Deb 10 February 1955 vol 536 c250W
96. Mr. Warbey

asked the President of the Board of Trade the value of British exports to the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics in 1954 as a percentage of the exports in 1953; and, for the purposes of comparison, the corresponding average percentage for the other countries of Western Europe.

Mr. P. Thorneycroft

Exports of United Kingdom goods to the Soviet Union in 1954 were 280 per cent. by value of exports in 1953. Exports from the other Western European countries, including Finland, to the Soviet Union in the first 10 months of 1954 were about 140 per cent. of their value in the first 10 months of 1953 (or 180 per cent. if Finland is excluded).