HC Deb 10 April 1962 vol 657 cc94-5W
Mr. Tilney

asked the Secretary to the Treasury whether he will state in table form the total trade and balance of payments between the United Kingdom and each independent African territory which is not a member of the sterling area and also the expenditure by all Ministries of Her Majesty's Government in each of those territories.

Mr. Barber

The required figures of trade and of United Kingdom Government expenditure in 1961 are given in the table below. I regret that further details of the United Kingdom's balance

STATEMENT OF (i) UNITED KINGDOM TRADE AND (ii) UNITED KINGDOM GOVERNMENT EXPENDITURE IN INDEPENDENT AFRICAN COUNTRIES NOT IN THE STERLING AREA IN 1961
£ thousand
United Kingdom imports (c.i.f.) United Kingdom exports and re-exports (f.o.b.) United Kingdom Government expenditure
Cameroun 881 988 40
Congo 485 793 70
Congo Republic 3,683 5,657 120
Egypt 4,881 22,348 330
Ethiopia 1,630 2,978 160
Gabon 612 538
Guinea 867 841 30
Ivory Coast 952 1,592
Liberia 2,829 3,125 70
Malagasy 887 507 20
Mali 1,570 1,727 70
Morocco (including Tangier) 12,753 5,148 100
Somali Republic 52 791 1,630*
Sudan 12,740 20,000 180†
Togo 120 974
Tunisia 6,221 2,052 50
Other 186 1,000 80
* Includes economic grants amounting to £1,530,000.
† In 1961 the United Kingdom Government received a loan repayment of £1,660,000 from the Sudan. There were no receipts from the other countries.