HC Deb 21 June 1965 vol 714 cc153-4W
Mr. Bruce-Gardyne

asked 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 period compared with the corresponding period of 1964 and with the immediately preceding five-month period.

Mr. Redhead

The 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.