HC Deb 12 February 1963 vol 671 c159W
93. Mr. Pargiter

asked the President of the Board of Trade if he will state the value of British exports of plastics and rubber-working machinery to the Soviet Union arid Eastern Europe in 1960, 1961 and 1962, respectively; and what proportion this represented of total British exports of this type of equipment.

Mr. Green

United Kingdom exports of plastics and rubber-working machinery, including presses for tableting and pelleting and plastics moulding, were as follows:

(£'000)
—— 1960 1961 1962
(1) Total exports 11,192 13,704 12,425
(2) Of which to Soviet bloc 6,271 7,696 3,441
(3) (2) as% of (1) 56.0 56.2 27.7

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