HC Deb 22 February 1951 vol 484 c236W
Mr. Wakefield

asked the President of the Board of Trade what was the average price per ton paid by the Argentine for British coal during the last complete year before the war; and what is the price now being paid.

Mr. H. Wilson

The f.o.b. average value per ton of coal of all types exported to the Argentine as shown in the Trade Accounts was £1.1 in 1938 and £4.1 in 1950.