§ 23. Captain Orrasked the President of the Board of Trade whether he will publish a table setting out the imports of oil into the United Kingdom last year together with the countries of origin.
| UNITED KINGDOM IMPORTS | |||||
| Year ended 31st December | |||||
| 1959 | 1960 | ||||
| DIVISION 2—PETROLEUM AND PETROLEUM PRODUCTS— | £ | £ | |||
| From | Aden | … | Value | 5,854,256 | 5,326,790 |
| " | Bahrain, Qatar and Trucial States | … | " | 24,938,893 | 19,023,172 |
| " | Kuwait | … | " | 125,089,569 | 160,097,727 |
| " | India | … | " | 768,800 | 356,605 |
| " | Sarawak | … | " | 6,032,972 | 1,429,360 |
| " | Canada | … | " | 601,330 | 294,623 |
| " | Trinidad | … | " | 26,990,646 | 29,753,503 |
| " | Other Commonwealth countries and Irish Republic | … | " | 6,659,635 | 11,220,775 |
| " | Soviet Union | … | " | 1,009,814 | 1,471,135 |
| " | Western Germany | … | " | 1,222,178 | 1,785,398 |
| " | Netherlands | … | " | 25,562,643 | 32,948,540 |
| " | Belgium | … | " | 1,858,846 | 1,556,433 |
| " | France | … | " | 4,662,352 | 4,712,739 |
| " | Italy | … | " | 5,053,664 | 4,241,408 |
| " | Netherlands Antilles | … | " | 25,150,781 | 22,059,605 |
| " | Saudi Arabia | … | " | 5,317,060 | 9,353,373 |
| " | Iraq | … | " | 50,981,740 | 52,536,816 |
| " | Iran | … | " | 49,634,438 | 41,708,086 |
| " | Indonesia | … | " | 575,521 | 603,694 |
| " | United States of America | … | " | 13,944,403 | 9,008,809 |
| " | Colombia | … | " | 10,960,882 | 6,145,904 |
| " | Venezuela | … | " | 67,127,952 | 62,135,629 |
| " | Peru | … | " | 1,523,446 | 1,815,322 |
| " | Other foreign countries | … | " | 4,185,924 | 2,808,395 |
| Division Total | … | .. | 465,707,745 | 482,393,841 |