Nickel (U.S.S.R. Imports)

HC Deb 29 May 1968 vol 765 c222W

Mr. Dodds-Parker

asked the President of the Board of Trade whether he is aware that the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics is importing nickel from Cuba; and what imports of nickel into the United Kingdom have been received from the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics in the years 1962 to 1967.

Mrs. Gwyneth Dunwoody

No. We imported no nickel from U.S.S.R. in 1962–64. The figures since then are:

			000 cwt.	£ million
1965	…	…	129	4.0
1966	…	…	270	8.4
1967	…	…	145	7.0