§ Mr. Trotterasked the Secretary of State for Trade, in the most recent year for which figures are available, how many Soviet cargo vessels entered United Kingdom ports; what was the average number of such vessels in United Kingdom ports at any one time; and to what extent they were carrying cargo other than between the United Kingdom and the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics.
§ Mr. Eyre[pursuant to his reply, 13 April 1981, c. 7]: In 1980 412 Soviet cargo vessels entered United Kingdom ports, making 1034 calls in total. The average number of such vessels in United Kingdom ports at any one time was seven. In the United Kingdom-USSR bilateral trade Soviet vessels carried 2,203 thousand tonnes of cargo during 1980. In other trades into and out of the United Kingdom Soviet vessels carried a total of 1,810 thousand tonnes of cargo during 1980.