§ Mr. Bruce-Gardyneasked the President of the Board of Trade what was the percentage change in the value of United Kingdom imports of semi-manufactures, finished manufactures, and chemicals, respectively, for the latest five-month 154W period compared with the corresponding period of 1964 and with the immediately preceding five-month period.
§ Mr. RedheadThe information is given in the following table. Comparisons between these periods are considerably affected by seasonal factors, and the figures given have therefore been adjusted to eliminate seasonal variations.
UNITED KINGDOM IMPORTS Seasonally adjusted Percentage change in value January-May, 1965* compared with January-May, 1964 August-December 1964 Semi-manufactures Chemicals (Section 5) + 5.7 - 1.8 Other industrial materials mainly for further processing (Section 6) + 3.4 - 4.7 Finished manufactures (Sections 7 and 8) - 0.3 - 3.3 * The figures for May, 1965 are provisional.