§ Mr. Owenasked the President of the Board of Trade if he will give details of the commodities involved in our im-
UNITED KINGDOM TRADE WITH BULGARIA DURING OCTOBER 1955 Unit of Quantity Quantity £ IMPORTS from Bulgaria: Poultry eggs in shell: Over 14 lb. but not exceeding 17 lb. in weight per 120 Great 100 2,997 3,896 Grapes, fresh, other than hothouse grapes cwt. 600 2,408 Wool in the fleece, greasy (including washed on the sheeps' back)—Crossbred Thous. lb. 35 5,200 Plywood, including laminboard, block board and batten board, other than that faced with birch cu. ft. 1,412 2,227 All other articles — — 371 TOTAL IMPORTS — — 14,102
EXPORTS to Bulgaria: Woollen (including shoddy and mungo) and hair rags, pulled, applicable to purposes other than manurial Cental of 100 lb. 68 1,395 Woollen and hair rags, applicable to purposes other than manurial, not pulled cwt. 407 7,159 Textile machinery cwt. 788 16,836 Parts for internal combustion engines cwt. 3 1,797 All other articles — — 1,048 TOTAL EXPORTS — — 28,235 The trade and financial agreement with Bulgaria was concluded on 22nd September, 1955.
§ Mr. Owenasked the President of the Board of Trade if he will give details of imports from Czechoslovakia each year from 1949, stating the amount in £'s for each year per commodity; and if he
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TABLE 1 IMPORTS INTO THE UNITED KINGDOM FROM CZECHOSLOVAKIA OLD CLASSIFICATION (see notes below) 1949 1950 1951 1952 £ £ £ £ Meat … … … 77 391,325 453,608 79,316 Cocoa preparations … … … 51,458 982,396 652,752 451,420 Miscellaneous foodstuffs … … … 124,049 1,560,936 2,398,847 1,010,373 Softwood, sawn … … … 4,091 659,914 411,811 1,338,578 Hides and skins, undressed … … … 2,954 46,599 330,792 211,240 Pottery, glass, abrasives, etc. … … … 199,436 390,884 430,512 381,545 Cotton manufactures (except apparel, embroidery and cordage) … … … 82,623 484,427 208,349 92,163 Woollen and worsted yarns and manufactures … … 221,831 384,152 296,525 75,592 Apparel … … … 70,785 689,995 434,479 157,305 Footwear … … … 70,583 280,872 111,478 84,714 Manufactures of wood and timber … … … 259,637 508,641 737,042 386,296 Paper, cardboard, etc. … … … 78,213 105,965 481,412 198,019 Miscellaneous articles, wholly or mainly manufactured 333,556 740,385 663,666 933,719 All other articles … … … 761,646 1,538,922 1,516,626 1,110,905 TOTAL IMPORTS … … …£ 2,260,939 8,765,413 9,127,899 6,511,185 ports and exports with Bulgaria since the trade and financial agreement was concluded.
§ Mr. P. ThorneycroftThe information is as follows:
will give similar details for exports for the same period.
§ Mr. P. ThorneycroftThe following is the answer:
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NEW CLASSIFICATION (see notes below) 1952 1953 1954 Jan.-Oct. 1955 £ £ £ £ Sugar and sugar preparations 279,746 577,085 110,556 267 Cocoa preparations* 451,434 520,647 120,830 26 Miscellaneous food preparations* 268,388 329,572 94,112 5 Hides, skins, and fur skins, undressed 211,240 297,990 242,280 239,602 Wood, coniferous, sawn, not further prepared, and softwood, planed or dressed 1,337,963 2,134,988 1,888,419 1,504,860 Miscellaneous animal and vegetable crude materials, inedible 305,455 385,996 170,280 27,136 Plywood including laminboard, blockboard and batten board 222,001 238,266 401,966 412,842 Paper, paperboard and manufactures thereof* 183,695 97,207 136,320 159,580 Miscellaneous textile manufactures (except clothing 242,655 307,715 364,963 6,634 Miscellaneous non-metallic mineral manufactures 539,316 496,259 644,204 273,620 Clothing, footwear, travel goods and handbags 238,707 376,140 384,818 636 Miscellaneous manufactured articles* 390,333 461,707 415,384 104,788 All other articles* 1,840,252 1,444,240 1,620,005 1,028,626 TOTAL IMPORTS £6,511,185 7,667,812 6,594,137 3,758,622
TABLE 2 UNITED KINGDOM EXPORTS TO CZECHOSLOVAKIA OLD CLASSIFICATION (see notes below) 1949 1950 1951 1952 £ £ £ £ Miscellaneous foodstuffs … 93,292 152,219 149,263 69,387 Wool, raw and waste, and woollen rags … 148,538 473,018 400,449 397,207 Electrical goods and apparatus … 324,015 175,862 204,252 130,533 Machinery and parts … 1,653,493 1,270,704 605,752 425,132 Non-ferrous metals and manufactures … 619,551 503,219 134,831 43,688 Woollen and worsted yarns and manufactures … 524,905 805,331 238,285 30,378 Chemicals, drugs, dyes and colours … 674,684 293,577 353,857 289,578 Parcel post … 191,645 153,000 97,140 105,020t All other articles … 1,084,752 514,497 514,671 647,153 TOTAL EXPORTS … £5,314,875 4,341,427 2,698,500 2,138,076 114W
NEW CLASSIFICATION (see notes below) — 1952 1953 1954 Jan.-Oct., 1955 £ £ £ £ Sugar, refined … … — — — 670,487 Wool and other animal hair and tops … … 319,963 415,477 397,520 361,739 Woollen and hair rags, applicable to purposes other than manurial, not pulled … … 82,214 159,501 349,312 234,570 Chemicals* … … 350,468 269,618 281,427 170,508 Woollen and worsted yarns and woven fabrics* … 30,128 35,391 101,190 116,451 Copper wire … … — — 94,017 186,435 Machinery other than electric* … … 403,027 283,363 55,223 78,181 Postal packages … … 105,020† 175,660 198,840 146,760 All other articles … … 847,256 548,495 311,237 298,767 TOTAL EXPORTS … … £2,138,076 1,887,505 1,788,766 2,263,898 NOTES: In 1954 the Standard International Trade Classification was adopted as the basis for United Kingdom Trade statistics. Figures on this basis have been compiled for 1952 and subsequent years, but prior to 1952 figures are available under the old classification only. Totals for all years have been based on the 1955 coverage. * The descriptions used refer to different collections of goods from those previously covered by the same terms. † Value based on revised estimated average value (introduced in 1953) per postal package.