Nigeria (Tariff Preferences)

HC Deb 20 July 1965 vol 716 cc204-9W

Mr. Tilney

asked the President of the Board of Trade whether he will state in table form the value to Nigeria of preferences given by the United Kingdom; and on what products these preferences are given.

Mr. Redhead

The principal commodities on which Nigeria as a member of the Commonwealth Preference Area enjoys tariff preferences in the United Kingdom, the value of United Kingdom imports of these commodities in 1964, and the full EFTA and Commonwealth preference rates of duty are given in the following table:

Mr. Darling

The following is the information, derived from reports on the Census of Production, in respect of each year since 1935 for which a full census has been taken. Similar figures are in process of being compiled for the 1963 Census, and up to date indications of movements in production and employment are available from the official index of industrial production and the Ministry of Labour's estimates of employment:

Estimates of industrial employment and production—1935, 1948, 1951, 1954 and 1958 All firms—United Kingdom
Standard Industrial Classification Order	Industry and year		Total employment	Value of production	Net output per person employed
(a)				(b)	(c)	(d)
				Th.	£mn.	£
III—XVI	MANUFACTURING INDUSTRIES
III	Food, drink and tobacco	…	1935	…	…	388
			1948	717.9	2,631.8	756
			1951	773.1	3,226.7	814
			1954	788.8	3,818.7	963
			1954	656.7	3,338.1	982
			1958	725.9	4,263.6	1,263
IV	Chemicals and allied trades	…	1935	…	…	432
			1948	351.3	761.8	766
			1951	387.1	1,282.7	960
			1954	400.5	1,686.8	1,320
			1954	408.6	1,662.9	1,316
			1958	444.4	2,309.7	1,656
V	Metal manufacture	…	1935	…	…	244
			1948	530.3	970.4	608
			1951	542.3	1,478.9	815
			1954	533.9	1,879.1	974
			1954	550.0	1,778.0	968
			1958	568.4	2,318.6	1,213
VI and VII	Engineering, Shipbuilding and electrical goods	1935	…	…	224
			1948	1,665.1	1,635.2	522
			1951	1,768.3	2,281.4	629
			1954	1,874.1	2,876.4	783
			1954	1,881.6	2,897.8	795
			1958	2,007.8	3,966.3	981
VIII	Vehicles	…	1935	…	…	216
			1948	736.2	816.7	505
			1951	781.1	1,219.8	634
			1954	871.6	1,698.4	813
			1954	742.4	1,525.1	856
			1958	781.5	2,233.0	1,047
IX	Metal goods not elsewhere specified	…	1935	…	…	198
			1948	559.3	603.4	528
			1951	584.4	906.9	652
			1954	595.5	1,068.8	754
			1954	474.2	874.5	755
			1958	472.0	1,183.6	931
X	Textiles	…	1935	…	…	150
			1948	910.3	1,342.0	515
			1951	1,010.5	2,464.3	635
			1954	971.7	2,086.9	658
			1954	976.7	2,039.7	655
			1958	850.6	1,882.6	723
XI	Leather, leather goods and fur	…	1935	…	…	220
			1948	68.5	127.7	738
			1951	68.2	172.4	629
			1954	65.0	149.3	678
			1954	66.3	151.3	676
			1958	54.4	138.0	796

Estimates of industrial employment and production—1935, 1948, 1951, 1954 and 1958 All firms—United Kingdom
Standard Industrial Classification Order	Industry and year		Total employment	Value of production	Net output per person employed
(a)				(b)	(c)	(d)
				Th.	£mn.	£
XII	Clothing and footwear	…	1935	…	…	149
			1948	552.9	498.6	403
			1951	604.4	701.8	414
			1954	593.8	697.6	483
			1954	577.8	700.6	483
			1958	528.6	749.8	583
XIII	Bricks, pottery, glass, cement, etc	…	1935	…	…	222
			1948	290.9	270.7	542
			1951	308.1	396.1	651
			1954	307.0	477.1	791
			1954	320.6	489.1	785
			1958	304.4	591.7	975
XIV	Timber, furniture, etc.	…	1935	…	…	194
			1948	275.1	311.0	511
			1951	285.1	417.2	565
			1954	280.3	457.0	670
			1954	275.6	446.0	671
			1958	253.7	510.9	835
XV	Paper, printing and publishing	…	1935	…	…	275
			1948	437.8	518.2	634
			1951	491.2	927.2	852
			1954	502.4	953.2	907
			1954	498.5	939.3	894
			1958	541.6	1,255.7	1,065
XVI	Other manufacturing industries	…	1935	…	…	231
			1948	212.7	266.9	576
			1951	225.1	433.1	673
			1954	232.7	410.1	769
			1954	243.2	430.9	756
			1958	247.8	543.1	918
II, XVII and XVIII	NON-MANUFACTURING INDUSTRIES
II	Mining and quarrying	…	1935	…	…	162
			1948	833.5	508.6	488
			1951	810.3	617.4	580
			1954	833.1	775.3	690
			1954	832.2	746.3	690
			1958	832.0	931.5	872
XVII	Construction	…	1935	…	…	183
			1948	1,679.4	1,216.1	402
			1951	1,659.4	1,600.2	487
			1954	1,668.1	2,052.8	618
			1954	1,566.9	1,997.4	596
			1958	1,572.5	2,779.4	792
XVIII	Gas, electricity and water	…	1935	…	…	496
			1948	327.3	481.9	793
			1951	370.3	607.1	880
			1954	378.8	809.6	1,153
			1954	379.2	863.2	1,155
			1958	382.5	1,172.2	1,625

NOTES:

… Not available.

(a) A number of changes were made in the scope of the Census of Production for 1958 with the introduction of the revised (1958) Standard Industrial Classification shown here and the estimates for 1954 have been shown here on both the old bases and the new to provide a link with the earlier estimates as far as possible.

(b) The figures for 1958 include, and for earlier years exclude, persons engaged in merchanting or factoring and canteen workers.

(c) Above the line the figures for 1954 and earlier years represent the value of goods made and work done. Below the line the figures relate to the value of goods sold and work done, and for 1958 include the value of merchanted goods and canteen takings.

(d) Net output represents the value of goods made and work done less the value of materials and fuel used and the value of work given out. For 1958 the estimates include the gross margin on merchanted goods.