§ Mr. Russellasked the President of the Board of Trade if he will publish a list of the chief Commonwealth and foreign countries to which waste paper and pulp were exported in 1954, 1955 and 1956, together with the quantity and value to each.
§ Sir D. EcclesThe details for 1954 and 1955 are published in the "Annual Statement of Trade of the United Kingdom for 1955" (Vol. III, page 69) to which I would refer my hon. Friend. The figures for 1956 are as follows:
UNITED KINGDOM EXPORTS OF PULP AND WASTE PAPER Country Quantity Value '000 tons £'000 Aden … 0.4 9.6 India … 2.2 51.4 Ceylon … 4.3 106.3 Irish Republic … 9.3 115.9 Western Germany … 10.9 263.0 Netherlands … 12.3 221.5 Belgium … 7.3 89.7 France … 19.8 370.6 Switzerland … 2.4 45.1 Italy … 3.1 68.1 French Morocco … 3.0 40.9 Burma … 0.9 21.0 Indonesia … 3.7 92.8 All others … 3.5 55.7 TOTAL … 83.1 1,551.6