HC Deb 22 November 1955 vol 546 cc94-5W
59. Mr. Mikardo

asked the President of the Board of Trade the maximum capacity of turbo-generators the export of which to the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics and Eastern Europe is now permitted.

Mr. Low

The embargo operates at 60,000 kilowatts. Turbo-generators of a rating between 5,000 kilowatts and 60,000 kilowatts may be exported within quantitative limits. Turbo-generators of a rating of less than 5,000 kilowatts may be exported freely.

Mr. George Craddock

asked the President of the Board of Trade (1) whether he will place before the House details of the main categories of Britain's exports to the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics during the first 10 months of 1953, 1954, and 1955, respectively, other than electric and other machinery and wool tops;

(2) whether he will place before the House figures of the main categories of exports to the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics during the first 10 months of 1953, 1954, and 1955, respectively, under the heading of machinery, other than electrical;

(3) whether he will place before the House figures of the main categories of Britain's exports to the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics during the first 10 months of 1953, 1954, and 1955, respectively, under the heading of electric machinery, apparatus, and appliances.

EXPORTS TO THE U.S.S.R. (£'000)
— January-October, 1953 January-October, 1954 January-October, 1955
Herrings, cured or salted (not canned) 638 376 290
Sugar, refined, including candy — 1,637 1,885
Lead, unwrought 79 166 —
Copper wire (including uninsulated electric wires) — 386 6,299
Internal combustion engine parts (except for tractors, motor vehicles and aircraft) 30 126 50
Machine tools (metal working) 144 164 391
Textile machinery — 95 3,502
Other machinery, other than electric 70 100 1,188
Total of machinery other than electric 244 485 5,131
Generating sets, generators and parts 71 1,442 827
Electric cables, wires, strips and strands, insulated 87 146 905
Scientific electrical instruments (excluding telegraphic and telephoric) 100 215 272
Other electric machinery, apparatus and appliances 78 97 672
Total of electric machinery, apparatus and appliances 336 1,900 2,676