asked the Minister for Industry and Commerce if he will state for each year from 1948 to 1952, inclusive, and for 1953 to the latest available date the total value of imports of (a) timber and (b) all goods from the U.S.S.R. and each other Iron Curtain country, and whether these imports were subject to any Government control.
Ceisteanna—Questions. Oral Answers. - Imports from Russia and Other Countries.
As the information required at (a) and (b) of the question is in the form of tabular statements, I propose, with the permission of the Ceann Comhairle, to have the statements circulated with the Official Report. The statements include particulars of import controls on certain commodities, in addition to the foreign exchange regulations administered by the Minister for Finance.
STATEMENT A.
VALUE OF IMPORTS FROM U.S.S.R. AND OTHER SPECIFIED COUNTRIES IN EACH YEAR 1948-1952 AND IN THE PERIOD JANUARY-SEPTEMBER, 1953.
|
Description and Country of Origin |
1948 |
1949 |
1950 |
1951 |
1952 |
Jan.-Sept. |
|
|
£ |
£ |
£ |
£ |
£ |
£ |
||
|
U.S.S.R. |
Total |
5,182 |
33,796 |
18,376 |
174,046 |
60,279 |
119,085 |
|
Wood and timber |
— |
30,521 |
13,116 |
167,803 |
56,975 |
118,187 |
|
|
CZECHOSLOVAKIA |
Total |
418,627 |
258,402 |
488,273 |
917,360 |
394,047 |
165,599 |
|
Wood and timber |
473 |
8,656 |
139,473 |
465,489 |
288,456 |
123,436 |
|
|
POLAND |
Total |
192,402 |
250,176 |
1,023,635 |
1,271,377 |
115,291 |
1,385 |
|
Wood and timber |
56 |
— |
— |
— |
— |
— |
|
|
GERMANY, EASTERN |
Total |
— |
13,946 |
12,001 |
96,723 |
127,952 |
42,067 |
|
Wood and timber |
— |
— |
128 |
3 |
— |
— |
|
|
HUNGARY |
Total |
26,441 |
18,193 |
12,759 |
2,558 |
11,311 |
81 |
|
Wood and timber |
— |
— |
— |
— |
— |
— |
|
|
YUGOSLAVIA |
Total |
3,513 |
14,986 |
74,585 |
87,625 |
14,905 |
4,125 |
|
Wood and timber |
456 |
2,399 |
74,348 |
83,971 |
5,585 |
2,327 |
|
|
BULGARIA |
Total |
30,842 |
10,702 |
3,644 |
12,814 |
3 |
— |
|
Wood and timber |
— |
— |
— |
— |
— |
— |
|
|
ROUMANIA |
Total |
2,917 |
8,206 |
— |
— |
149 |
— |
|
Wood and timber |
— |
— |
— |
— |
— |
— |
|
|
ALBANIA |
Total |
— |
— |
— |
— |
— |
— |
|
CHINA |
Total |
89,235 |
72,802 |
577,624 |
285,789 |
109,323 |
213,516 |
|
Wood and timber |
429 |
84 |
53 |
595 |
235 |
68 |
STATEMENT B.
|
Commodities included in Statement A which were subject to Import Control |
|
|
COMMODITY |
ACT OR ORDER |
|
Timber |
Emergency Powers (Importation of Timber) Order 1939 (The Order was revoked as from 1st April, 1950). |
|
Sugar |
Sugar (Control of Import) Act, 1936. |
|
Tea |
Importation of Tea Order, 1950. |
|
Malt |
Agricultural Produce (Cereals) Acts, 1933 to 1939. |
|
Oil seed cake and meal, cotton seed |
do. |
|
Wool raw, washed or scrubbed |
Diseases of Animals Acts, 1894 to 1945 and Foot and Mouth Disease Order, 1939. |
|
Straw, grass, rush etc. manufactures |
do. |
|
Fruit raw, pulp or juice and preserved fruit |
Agricultural Products (Regulation of Imports) Act, 1938. |
|
Foodstuffs of animal origin |
Diseases of Animals Acts, 1894 to 1945; Agricultural Produce (Cereals) Acts, 1933 to 1939: Agricultural Products (Regulation of Imports) Act, 1938 and Dairy Produce (Price Stabilisation) Act, 1935. |
|
Hides, skins and leather |
Diseases of Animals Acts, 1894 to 1945. |