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Mr. Thomas Cox
asked the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry what are the yearly import and export figures for machine tools between the United Kingdom and the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics, Poland, East Germany, Hungary, Rumania, Bulgaria, and Czechoslovakia, for each of the last three years.
Mr. Ridley
Following is the information:
| £ thousands | |||
| 1969 | 1970 | 1971 | |
| IMPORTS c.i.f. from | |||
| U.S.S.R | 438 | 399 | 902 |
| Poland | 240 | 395 | 306 |
| East Germany | 747 | 921 | 1,320 |
| Hungary | 109 | 38 | 80 |
| Rumania | 46 | 43 | 3 |
| Bulgaria | — | 7 | 23 |
| Czechoslovakia | 329 | 628 | 579 |
| EXPORTS f.o.b. to | |||
| U.S.S.R | 11,797 | 8,918 | 6,121 |
| Poland | 954 | 2,531 | 1,551 |
| East Germany | 236 | 79 | 372 |
| Hungary | 69 | 19 | 76 |
| Rumania | 655 | 897 | 1,063 |
| Bulgaria | 32 | 27 | 38 |
| Czechoslovakia | 318 | 632 | 192 |