§ Mr. Skeetasked the President of the Board of Trade if he will state the value of machine tools exported to the several member countries of the Common Market, to North America and to the Commonwealth, excluding Canada, over the past five years, the value of machine took imported into the United Kingdom from the several members of the Common Market, by country, and from North America over the past five years, and the value and types of machine tools imported into the United Kingdom from the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics 17W and associated territories over the past three years.
METAL-WORKING MACHINERY—MACHINE TOOLS Value—£ — 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 UNITED KINGDOM EXPORTS TO— E.E.C.— Western Germany 1,073,050 571,401 705,944 1,279,822 2,067,360 Netherlands 764,993 536,748 385,835 671,334 952,766 Belgium 475,262 278,831 196,084 534,078 1,758,514 Luxembourg 631 1,180 969 3,332 59 France 2,124,607 1,981,145 2,697,253 1,613,285 1,956,571 Italy 876,241 714,463 559,509 953,237 2,339,094 North America 4,948,910 2,787,561 3,550,351 3,558,737 2,696,803 Commonwealth (Less Canada) 11,026,717 11,301,426 9,961,418 13,047,055 12,263,716 UNITED KINGDOM IMPORTS FROM— E.E.C.— Western Germany 8,425,271 6,445,250 5,703,147 6,613,861 9,883,738 Netherlands 244,901 245,171 240,296 300,786 437,734 Belgium 236,669 254,621 214,235 232,652 1,213,656 Luxembourg 8 434 37 1,748 3,241 France 802,020 706,776 1,267,963 941,805 1,487,451 Italy 315,250 502,817 550,699 955,440 1,149,504 North America 7,451,577 5,532,487 5,406,987 10,369,871 12,592,111 NOTE: Commonwealth figures include trade with the Republic of South Africa. 18W
UNITED KINGDOM IMPORTS OF METAL-WORKING MACHINERY— MACHINE TOOLS FROM THE SOVIET UNION AND EASTERN EUROPE Value—£ — 1959 1960 1961 Automatics, bar and chucking — 2,749 — Boring—Vertical 4,800 4,818 25,987 Boring—Other 99,771 110,880 103,856 Drilling 5,127 28,568 34,946 Gear-cutting 7,619 4,443 36,706 Grinding, lapping and honing 9,883 52,030 142,833 Lathes—Capstan and turret 3,576 11,283 45,594 Lathes—Other 15,687 73,461 117,205 Milling 58,844 114,722 321,739 Planing 22,319 6,242 6,711 Presses—Hydraulic—Extrusion 3,992 — — Presses—Hydraulic—Other 4,054 881 — Presses—Other descriptions 2,931 7,923 10,729 Punching and shearing, and other plate and sheet metal-working, including straightening rolls — 24,815 34,538 Sawing 2,802 1,786 9,462 Screwing and threading — — 15,059 Shaping and slotting 1,552 5,563 4,544 Unit and transfer machines, with or without unit heads 3,145 —. — Other—new 42,412 2,000 18,885 Used 5,000 5,000 10,000 Parts, other than machine tool cutting and forming parts 48,209 28,275 36,205
§ Mr. ErrollYes. The following is the information.