London, Apr. 10.
Exports of tin and rubber from the Netherlands East Indies to Asiatic Russia in tne first four months of the war were at least in part orders which had been diverted from European to Asiatic ports, declared Mr. R. H. Cross, Minister of Economic Warfare, in reply to a question by Mr. Jonn. Parker, Labour member for the Romford Division of Essex, in the House of Commons yesterday.
Before the outbreak of the war, he added, Asiatic Russia was not shown as a country of destination for tin ard rubber in the trade returns of the Netherlands East Indies, In the first four months of the war, 3,387 metric tons of rubber and 516 tons of tin were exported from the Netherlands East Idies to Asiatic Russia, During the same period, no rubber was exported by the Netherlands East I-dies to European Russian ports, whereas for 1938 exports to these ports amounted to 48,000 tons, Mr. Cross revealed.—Reuter.
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