Abstract: A foamable and crosslinkable polyethylene composition comprising(a) modified polyethylene obtained by chemically bonding a silane compound containing at least one unsaturated group to polyethylene in the presence of a radical generator,(b) a zinc salt of a higher carboxylic acid, and(c) a heat-decomposable blowing agent, and ingredients (a), (b) and (c) having been melt-kneaded with one another at a temperature lower than the decomposition temperature of the heat-decomposable blowing agent.