§ 93. Mr. Pargiterasked 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. GreenUnited 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