§ Mr. Terlezkiasked the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry (1) if he will make a statement on the types of manufactured goods which are being sold to the Soviet Union by British industries and the types of products imported from the Soviet Union;
505W(2) if he will make a statement about the level of trade between the United Kingdom and the Soviet Union.
§ Mr. ChannonIn the first 11 months of 1983, exports to the Soviet Union were valued at £419 million fob and imports from that country at £648 million cif. Oil accounted for more than 60 per cent. of total imports, and the other chief products imported were wood, road vehicles, raw hides, skins and furs, non-metallic mineral manufactures, inorganic chemicals, wood manufactures (excluding furniture), and wood pulp. The chief types of manufactured goods exported to the Soviet Union were general industrial machinery, power generating equipment, textile yarn and fabrics, specialised industrial machinery, inorganic chemicals, miscellaneous chemical products, iron and steel, and instruments and apparatus for measuring, testing and control.