§ 71. Mr. Dodds-Parkerasked the Chancellor of the Exchequer how many dollars were earned by the sterling area in 1948; 222W how many of these came from manufactured goods from the United Kingdom and how many from primary non-manufactured products from the Commonwealth and Empire, respectively; and what his estimate is of the receipts for the latter in 1950.
§ Mr. JayAbout 1,900 million dollars on visible trade. United Kingdom exports, which are mainly manufactured or processed good's, earned about 700 million dollars, and those by the rest of the sterling area, which are mainly primary products, 1,200 million. I cannot yet give any estimate for 1950.