asked the Taoiseach if he will specify the items imported from U.S.S.R., and each other iron curtain country for each year from 1946 to 1952, inclusive, and to the latest available date.
Ceisteanna—Questions. Oral Answers. - Imports from Iron Curtain Countries.
While the Deputy's question does not precisely define the limits of the areas concerned, I propose, with the permission of the Ceann Comhairle, to circulate in the Official Report a statement giving particulars of the imports from the U.S.S.R. and certain specified European countries during the periods in question. Details of the imports are given for all of the periods specified, for each country which it is thought at any time during the period in question may have belonged to the group of countries which the Deputy has in mind.
Following is the statement:—
IMPORTS from U.S.S.R. and other specified countries in each year 1946-1952, and in the period January-September, 1953.
|
Country of Origin and Description |
Value |
|
|
U.S.S.R.:— |
£ |
|
|
1946: |
Total |
4,926 |
|
Apparel |
467 |
|
|
Skins and furs, dressed |
1,644 |
|
|
Feathers |
2,683 |
|
|
Other articles |
132 |
|
|
1947: |
Total |
5,370 |
|
Skins and furs, dressed |
4,831 |
|
|
Other articles |
539 |
|
|
1948: |
Total |
5,182 |
|
Skins and furs, dressed |
2,959 |
|
|
Other articles |
2,223 |
|
|
1949: |
Total |
33,796 |
|
Lumber, sawn |
21,222 |
|
|
Plywood |
9,299 |
|
|
Skins and furs, dressed |
1,468 |
|
|
Other articles |
1,807 |
|
|
1950: |
Total |
18,376 |
|
Plywood |
13,116 |
|
|
Skins and furs, dressed |
4,408 |
|
|
Other articles |
852 |
|
|
1951: |
Total |
174,046 |
|
Lumber, sawn |
151,382 |
|
|
Plywood |
16,421 |
|
|
Skins and furs, dressed |
5,113 |
|
|
Other articles |
1,130 |
|
|
1952: |
Total |
60,279 |
|
Lumber, sawn |
56,975 |
|
|
Skins and furs, dressed |
2,068 |
|
|
Other articles |
1,236 |
|
|
1953 (January-September) |
Total |
119,085 |
|
Lumber, sawn |
98,419 |
|
|
Plywood |
19,768 |
|
|
Other articles |
898 |
|
|
BULGARIA:— |
||
|
1946: |
Total |
— |
|
1947: |
Total |
5,348 |
|
Fruit pulp or juice |
5,265 |
|
|
Other articles |
83 |
|
|
1948: |
||
|
Fruit pulp or juice |
Total |
30,842 |
|
1949: |
Total |
10,702 |
|
Fruit pulp or juice |
10,491 |
|
|
Other articles |
211 |
|
|
1950: |
||
|
Fruit pulp or juice |
Total |
3,644 |
|
1951: |
Total |
12,814 |
|
Cottonseed, cake and meal |
Total |
12,813 |
|
Other articles |
1 |
|
|
1952: |
Total |
3 |
|
1953 (January-September) |
Total |
— |
|
HUNGARY:— |
||
|
1946: |
Total |
3,897 |
|
Vegetable soups and purées |
2,368 |
|
|
Feathers and downs |
1,198 |
|
|
Other articles |
331 |
|
|
1947: |
Total |
22,027 |
|
Cotton piece goods |
13,122 |
|
|
Artificial silk woven tissues |
2,627 |
|
|
Glue and size |
2,910 |
|
|
Other articles |
3,368 |
|
|
1948: |
Total |
26,441 |
|
Vegetable soups and purées |
11,880 |
|
|
Pickles, sauces, etc. |
1,822 |
|
|
Artificial silk tissues |
1,653 |
|
|
Leather, dressed |
1,154 |
|
|
Feathers and downs |
4,442 |
|
|
Other articles |
5,490 |
|
|
1949: |
Total |
18,193 |
|
Vegetable soups and purées |
3,684 |
|
|
Cast iron boilers |
6,882 |
|
|
Brush and broom-making materials |
1,648 |
|
|
Feathers and downs |
1,941 |
|
|
Other articles |
4,038 |
|
|
1950: |
Total |
12,759 |
|
Vegetable soups and purées |
6,795 |
|
|
Brush and broom-making materials |
3,745 |
|
|
Other articles |
2,219 |
|
|
1951: |
Total |
2,558 |
|
Vegetable soups and purées |
1,167 |
|
|
Artificial silk woven tissues |
1,105 |
|
|
Other articles |
286 |
|
|
1952: |
Total |
11,311 |
|
Coir fibre |
10,477 |
|
|
Other articles |
834 |
|
|
1953 (January-September) |
Total |
81 |
|
ROUMANIA:— |
||
|
1946: |
Total |
— |
|
1947: |
Total |
— |
|
1948: |
||
|
Motor spirit |
Total |
2,917 |
|
1949: |
Total |
8,206 |
|
Fruit pulp or juice |
6,228 |
|
|
Other articles |
1,978 |
|
|
1950: |
Total |
— |
|
1951: |
Total |
— |
|
1952: |
Total |
149 |
|
1953 (January-September): |
Total |
— |
|
CZECHOSLOVAKIA: |
£ |
|
|
1946: |
Total |
267,203 |
|
Hops |
41,050 |
|
|
Glassware, domestic or household |
30,194 |
|
|
Hollow-ware |
6,274 |
|
|
Electrical goods and apparatus |
2,541 |
|
|
Cotton, curtains, woven |
7,563 |
|
|
Cotton, towels and cloths |
3,728 |
|
|
Woollen and worsted yarns |
41,551 |
|
|
Apparel |
66,174 |
|
|
Feathers and downs |
7,041 |
|
|
Fancy goods |
42,951 |
|
|
Other articles |
18,136 |
|
|
1947: |
Total |
1,430,088 |
|
Cocoa preparations |
115,453 |
|
|
Sweets and toffee |
237,252 |
|
|
Pottery |
12,767 |
|
|
Glassware, domestic or household |
99,748 |
|
|
Bars and rods, steel |
29,142 |
|
|
Hollow-ware |
15,222 |
|
|
Cutlery, hardware, etc. |
5,022 |
|
|
Machinery and electrical goods, etc. |
12,054 |
|
|
Motor tractors, agricultural |
21,393 |
|
|
Cotton piece goods |
15,983 |
|
|
Linen towels and cloths |
13,329 |
|
|
Woollen and worsted yarns |
117,902 |
|
|
Woollen and worsted tissues |
96,087 |
|
|
Artificial silk tissues |
12,018 |
|
|
Apparel |
367,201 |
|
|
Rubber and manufactures |
47,315 |
|
|
Cardboard |
15,385 |
|
|
Fancy goods |
79,603 |
|
|
Pencils, pens, etc. |
10,238 |
|
|
Other articles |
106,974 |
|
|
1948: |
Total |
418,627 |
|
Pottery |
11,873 |
|
|
Glassware, domestic or household |
50,795 |
|
|
Tiles |
14,664 |
|
|
Machinery and electrical goods, etc. |
22,234 |
|
|
Motor tractors, agricultural |
13,381 |
|
|
Woollen and worsted tissues |
107,733 |
|
|
Other textiles and manufactures |
54,273 |
|
|
Apparel |
48,826 |
|
|
Fancy goods |
10,444 |
|
|
Other articles |
84,404 |
|
|
1949: |
Total |
258,402 |
|
Sanitary ware |
7,984 |
|
|
Tiles |
9,405 |
|
|
Glassware, domestic or household |
15,769 |
|
|
Machinery and electrical goods, etc. |
34,093 |
|
|
Vehicles and parts |
14,809 |
|
|
Cotton piece goods |
19,654 |
|
|
Woollen and worsted tissues |
72,353 |
|
|
Artificial silk tissues |
28,635 |
|
|
Other articles |
55,700 |
|
|
1950: |
Total |
488,273 |
|
Tiles |
9,732 |
|
|
Fireclay goods |
11,124 |
|
|
Glassware, domestic or household |
16,461 |
|
|
Iron and steel wire for fencing |
23,348 |
|
|
Machinery and electrical goods, etc. |
16,363 |
|
|
Vehicles and parts |
23,597 |
|
|
Wood and timber: |
||
|
Hewn, soft |
12,910 |
|
|
Sawn, planed or dressed |
94,437 |
|
|
Plywood |
31,206 |
|
|
Cotton piece goods |
61,857 |
|
|
Woollen and worsted tissues |
102,208 |
|
|
Artificial silk tissues |
15,455 |
|
|
Apparel |
13,071 |
|
|
Fancy goods |
12,444 |
|
|
Other articles |
44,060 |
|
|
1951: |
Total |
917,360 |
|
Malt |
110,000 |
|
|
Tiles |
20,283 |
|
|
Glassware, domestic or household |
16,764 |
|
|
Machinery and electrical goods, etc. |
11,821 |
|
|
Motor tractors, agricultural |
14,994 |
|
|
Other vehicles and parts |
13,342 |
|
|
Wood and timber: |
||
|
Hewn, soft |
23,136 |
|
|
Sawn, planed or dressed |
398,867 |
|
|
Plywood |
41,668 |
|
|
Cotton piece goods |
23,044 |
|
|
Woollen and worsted tissues |
36,470 |
|
|
Artificial silk tissues |
18,389 |
|
|
Jute piece goods |
23,389 |
|
|
Apparel |
103,232 |
|
|
Rubber toys |
8,119 |
|
|
Fancy goods |
7,724 |
|
|
Other articles |
46,118 |
|
|
1952: |
Total |
394,047 |
|
Glassware, domestic or household |
6,582 |
|
|
Asbestos slates |
8,736 |
|
|
Tiles |
10,075 |
|
|
Tractors and parts |
12,143 |
|
|
Wood and timber: |
||
|
Sawn, planed or dressed |
278,233 |
|
|
Plywood |
9,230 |
|
|
Cotton piece goods |
9,345 |
|
|
Apparel |
23,043 |
|
|
Other articles |
36,660 |
|
|
1953 (January-Sept.): |
Total |
165,599 |
|
Cement, hydraulic |
7,344 |
|
|
Vehicles and parts |
11,567 |
|
|
Wood and timber: |
||
|
Sawn, planed or dressed |
94,378 |
|
|
Plywood |
28,058 |
|
|
Apparel |
8,712 |
|
|
Other articles |
15,540 |
|
|
GERMANY, EASTERN:— |
||
|
1946 Included in Germany |
Total |
|
|
1947 ,,,, ,, |
Total |
|
|
1948 ,,,, ,, |
Total |
|
|
1949 ,,,, ,, |
Total |
13,946 |
|
Machinery and parts |
9,317 |
|
|
Floor coverings of wool |
3,147 |
|
|
Other articles |
1,482 |
|
|
1950: |
Total |
12,001 |
|
Muriate of potash |
8,460 |
|
|
Musical instruments and parts |
1,049 |
|
|
Other articles |
2,492 |
|
|
1951: |
Total |
96,723 |
|
Machinery and parts |
1,525 |
|
|
Muriate of potash |
91,157 |
|
|
Musical instruments and parts |
3,410 |
|
|
Other articles |
631 |
|
|
1952: |
Total |
127,952 |
|
Muriate of potash |
124,358 |
|
|
Other articles |
3,594 |
|
|
1953 (January-September): |
Total |
42,067 |
|
Muriate of potash |
41,528 |
|
|
Other articles |
539 |
|
|
YUGOSLAVIA:— |
||
|
1946 Hops |
Total |
8,380 |
|
1947 |
Total |
332 |
|
1948 |
Total |
3,513 |
|
Acetic acid |
2,920 |
|
|
Other articles |
593 |
|
|
1949: |
Total |
14,986 |
|
Fruit, preserved |
11,322 |
|
|
Lumber, sawn |
2,399 |
|
|
Other articles |
1,265 |
|
|
1950: |
Total |
74,585 |
|
Wood, hewn |
26,086 |
|
|
Lumber, sawn |
48,239 |
|
|
Other articles |
260 |
|
|
1951: |
Total |
87,625 |
|
Wood, hewn |
81,508 |
|
|
Lumber, sawn |
1,964 |
|
|
Other articles |
4,153 |
|
|
1952: |
Total |
14,905 |
|
Hops |
5,897 |
|
|
Lumber, sawn |
5,013 |
|
|
Chemicals, etc. |
2,998 |
|
|
Other articles |
997 |
|
|
1953 (January-September): |
Total |
4,125 |
|
Lumber, sawn |
2,269 |
|
|
Tanning extracts |
1,162 |
|
|
Other articles |
694 |
|
|
POLAND:— |
||
|
1946 Bristles |
Total |
1,353 |
|
1947 ,, |
Total |
876 |
|
1948 ,, |
Total |
192,402 |
|
Sugar, refined |
187,570 |
|
|
Zinc white and zinc oxide |
4,383 |
|
|
Other articles |
449 |
|
|
1949: |
Total |
250,176 |
|
Coal |
245,779 |
|
|
Cotton piece goods |
4,099 |
|
|
Other articles |
298 |
|
|
1950: |
Total |
1,023,635 |
|
Coal |
1,016,813 |
|
|
Cotton piece goods |
2,790 |
|
|
Other articles |
4,032 |
|
|
1951: |
Total |
1,271,377 |
|
Malt |
211,100 |
|
|
Coal |
1,040,837 |
|
|
Glassware, domestic and household |
4,468 |
|
|
Artificial silk woven tissues |
8,127 |
|
|
Paper, imitation parchment |
4,758 |
|
|
Other articles |
2,087 |
|
|
1952: |
Total |
115,291 |
|
Barley |
76,500 |
|
|
Malt |
35,500 |
|
|
Other articles |
3,291 |
|
|
1953 (January-September): |
Total |
1,385 |
|
ALBANIA:— |
||
|
1946—September, 1953 |
Total |
Nil |