HC Deb 26 October 1965 vol 718 cc31-2W
Mr. Ensor

asked the President of the Board of Trade if he will state the total value of furniture imports into the United Kingdom for the year 1964 and the first half of 1965; and what percentage of such imports came from Eastern European countries, including Yugoslavia.

Mr. Darling

The information is as follows:

IMPORTS OF FURNITURE INTO THE UNITED KINGDOM
Period Total Imports Percentage coming from Eastern Europe including Yugoslavia*
£'000
January-December, 1964 8,327 40.4
January-June, 1965 4,248 36.6
* Soviet Union, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, Eastern Germany, Hungary, Czechoslovakia, Albania, Bulgaria, Roumania and Yugoslavia.