§ Mr. Fisherasked the President of the Board of Trade if he will give, as a percentage of our total world trade, the decline in United Kingdom-Commonwealth trade in 1950 as compared with 1949, both in imports and exports, for food, drink and tobacco, raw materials and manufactured goods.
§ Sir H. ShawcrossThe trade of the United Kingdom with the rest of the Commonwealth in the main commodity classes as a percentage of our world trade during 1949 and 1950 was as follows:
UNITED KINGDOM TRADE WITH COMMONWEALTH COUNTRIES AS A PERCENTAGE OF TOTAL TRADE WITH ALL COUNTRIES. Commodity Class Imports U.K. exports 1949 1950 1949 1950 I. Food, drink and tobacco 50.1 44.5 47.7 44.8 II. Raw materials and articles mainly unmanufactured 51.3 50.7 9.5 9.1 III. Articles wholly or mainly manufactured 27.4 26.5 53.8 51.3 All commodities 45.3 42.9 51.1 48.6 Total exports, including re-exports 49.9 47.2