§ 23. Sir L. Plummerasked the President of the Board of Trade the values of imports from dollar sources in the years 1954, 1955. 1956, respectively, of cereals and cereal preparations, animal feedingstuffs, tobacco and tobacco manufactures, wood, cotton, petroleum and petroleum products, and newsprint, dis-
| Imports into the United Kingdom from | |||||||||
| —— | Canada £ millions | Other dollar area countries £ millions | Dollar area imports as percentage of total imports | ||||||
| 1954 | 1955 | 1956 | 1954 | 1955 | 1956 | 1954 | 1955 | 1956 | |
| Cereals and cereal preparations | 81.4 | 97.8 | 104.8 | 28.2 | 47.8 | 61.3 | 62.4 | 65.6 | 71.3 |
| Feedingstuffs for animals and food wastes | 3.1 | 7.9 | 10.9 | 2.4 | 6.7 | 3.9 | 12.8 | 26.6 | 29.0 |
| Tobacco and tobacco manufactures | 5.5 | 9.1 | 5.0 | 42.3 | 46.5 | 42.6 | 62.7 | 64.3 | 59.1 |
| Wood | 35.5 | 42.9 | 29.2 | 3.5 | 4.0 | 4.0 | 25.3 | 24.5 | 20.9 |
| Cotton | Neg. | 0.1 | 0.1 | 40.4 | 31.8 | 37.5 | 32.1 | 32.3 | 36.0 |
| Petroleum and petroleum products | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 41.2 | 55.5 | 67.8 | 13.3 | 16.7 | 18.4 |
| Newsprint in rolls | 12.0 | 13.8 | 17.5 | nil | nil | nil | 70.0 | 65.1 | 66.4 |