§ 3. Sir Basil Neven-Spenceasked the President of the Board of Trade whether, in the forthcoming negotiations for the sale of rubber from the Empire to the U.S.A., such negotiations are to be conducted by representatives of the rubber producing industry on the one side and rubber consuming industry on the other, or by Government officials.
§ Mr. Marquand (Secretary for Overseas Trade)Representatives of the United States Government are now in London
| IMPORTS OF PRINCIPAL MATERIALS FROM THE UNITED STATES. | ||||||
| Description. | Average value per ton | Increase in average value. | ||||
| 1938. | January-April, 1946. | |||||
| £ | £ | per cent. | ||||
| Tobacco (unmanufactured) | … | … | … | 154 | 315 | 105 |
| Undressed fur skins (other than rabbit) | … | … | 2,502 | 4,488 | 79 | |
| Raw Cotton | … | … | … | 48 | 127 | 166 |
| Sawn softwood | … | … | … | 11.0 | 18.6 | 69 |
| Crude petroleum | … | … | … | 2.9 | 4.4 | 52 |
| Sulphur | … | … | … | 4.4 | 8.4 | 91 |