§ Mr. Dalyellasked the Secretary of State for Trade if he will list conveniently available figures for United Kingdom trade with the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics, over the months from January 1978 until May of the current year.
§ Mr. ParkinsonThe information is as follows:
United Kingdom Imports £million United Kingdom Exports cif£ million fob January 1978 45.5 16.0 February 47.0 36.3 March 39.3 68.6 April 39.7 32.9 May 61.2 36.2 June 58.7 36.4 July 61.4 25.2 August 75.0 26.9 September 67.9 33.8 October 63.7 36.6 November 65.7 39.2 December 78.6 35.9 January 1979 56.0 29.4 February 58.9 16.6 March 55.9 34.4 April 93.6 26.3 May 39.0 52.0 June 52.1 52.4 July 48.8 34.3 August 70.9 16.0 September 100.3 48.6 October 95.1 48.2 November 51.3 23.0 December 78.1 38.3 January 1980 109.4 53.0 February 72.6 41.3 March 49.0 36.9 April 30.6 31.3 May 33.1 47.0 source:
United Kingdom
Overseas Trade Statistics (SITC/R2).
Note:
The effects of industrial disputes may have produced distortions in the allocation of trade to individual months in the first seven months of 1979 Figures for these months should therefore be interpreted with caution. More generally, it should be noted that figures for individual months omit subsequent corrections incorporated in the latest published cumulative figures.