§ Mr. Turtonasked the President of the Board of Trade what were the values of imports of manufactured goods into the United Kingdom during the year 1965 from the sterling area, North America, and the European Economic Community, respectively;
(2) what were the values of raw material imports into the United Kingdom during the year 1965 from the sterling area, North America, and the European Economic Community, respectively;
(3) what were the values of imports of food and beverages into the United Kingdom during the year 1965 from the sterling area, North America and the European Economic Community, respectively.
§ Mr. DarlingThe following is the information:—
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Minister Date Place of visit Purpose Total Cost or estimated cost (including officials) £ s. d. Minister of State (Mr. Mason) 5th and 22nd to 23rd Feb. Geneva E.F.T.A 377 7 0 20th to 27th April India and Pakistan Various trade talks 1,365 2 0 14th to 18th May Amsterdam To open British Week 224 6 5 25th May Vienna Meeting of Finnefta Council 861 2 5 14th to 21st Sept. Japan (1) Opening of British Exhibition (2)Discuss trade for 1966 3,128 1 4 8th to 13th Oct. Milan British Week 297 9 4 28th to 29th Oct. Copenhagen E.F.T.A. Meeting 558 9 8 25th to 26th Nov. Paris O.E.C.D 169 5 2 1966 23rd April Amsterdam Annual luncheon of Anglo-Dutch Trade Council No charge to public funds 28th April to 1st May Oslo To open British Fair and Fortnight 152 12 0 12th to 13th May Bergen E.F.T.A 525 10 2 25th to 27th May Canada To address British Canadian Trade Association 461 8 0 6th to 19th July Moscow To visit British Industrial Exhibition 489 7 5 18th Sept. to 30th Sept. Australia Touring—various trade talks 1,408 6 0 20th to 21st Oct. Lyons British Week 60 11 8 27th to 28th Oct. 1964 Lisbon E.F.T.A 422 0 0 20th to 22nd Dec.1965 Sweden To study the Swedish shipbuilding industry 394 3 1 8th to 19th Jan. Japan To study the Japanese shipbuilding industry. Departmental business in Thailand, San Francisco and New York 3,494 17 10 18th to 20th May Norway To visit the Oslo International Shipping Exhibition 195 5 6 12th to 15th Sept. Denmark To study the operation of large tanker on voyage from Britain to Denmark, and to visit shipyards 58 10 0 22nd to 23rd Nov.1966 Belgium To open the British store Promotion in Brussels 61 12 6 4th Mar. Holland To visit the International Cycle Exhibition in Amsterdam 49 8 0 3rd to 10th May U.S.S.R. A return visit at invitation of Soviet Government to discuss shipping including possible Anglo-Soviet Navigation Treaty. Visited Soviet shipbuilding centres 835 0 3 17th May W. Germany Interpac Exhibition, Dusseldorf 66 17 10 31st May to 3rd June Norway To attend meeting in Oslo of ministers for shipping in eleven main European maritime nations and Japan 161 16 0 8th Sept. Brussels and Bretigny (near Paris) To visit the Headquarters of Euro-control 225 0 0 12th to 14th Sept. Switzerland To visit Nuclex '66, the international Nuclear Industries Fair 143 11 11 18th to 29th Sept. Brazil and Venezuela To promote British exports 1,758 2 4 4th Oct. Holland To lay foundation stone of Euro-control Upper Air Space Centre 183 0 0
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Minister Date Place of visit Purpose Total Cost or estimated cost (including officials) £ s. d. 7th to 9th Oct. Italy To open the British Shopping Week in Florence 197 0 0 Minister of State (Mr. Darling) 1965 20th to 22nd Mar. Lyons International Trade Fair 106 16 8 21st to 23rd April Milan Milan Trade Fair 156 3 4 1966 19th to 25th May Budapest, Prague International Trade Fair Incomex '66 203 6 0 26th to 27th Aug. Paris Open Galaries Lafayette Store Promotion 81 5 8 12th to 18th Sept. Brno, Vienna International Trade Fairs 172 15 7 22nd to 25th Oct. Cologne, Frankfurt, Dusseldorf Sports Goods Fair. Open I.C.I. building 72 10 5 Minister of State (Lord Brown) 1966 26th to 29th Mar. Lyons To visit Foire de Lyon 80 15 8 4th Oct. Paris Open Store Promotion at Au Bon Marche 41 17 4 13th to 17th Oct. Bucharest Opening of Exhibition of British Agricultural and Construction Equipment 395 14 1 21st to 24th Oct. Lyons Opening of British Week 100 0 0 Minister of State (Mr. Redhead) 1965 19th to 22nd Feb. Cologne, Frankfurt Trade Fairs 149 16 6 4th to 6th Mar. Luxembourg U.K./E.C.S.C. Council of Association 80 6 0 14th April Brussels Address Luncheon of British Chamber of Commerce in Europe and call on Belgian Minister of Foreign Trade 54 14 0 30th April to 1st May Hanover Trade Fair 129 11 3 7th to 15th June Scandinavia Export Promotion 206 13 2 18th to 21st June Poland Poznan International Fair 308 13 0 10th to 13th Sept. Moscow Chemistry in Industry Exhibition 485 5 0 24th to 25th Sept. Cologne Food Fair 68 19 6 Parliamentary Secretary (Lord Rhodes) 1965 25th to 28th July Frankfurt International Textiles Exhibition 60 13 4 14th to 23rd Oct. U.S.A. Export Promotion 1,584 17 5 23rd Oct. to 1st Nov Mexico Export Promotion 1966 2nd to 7th Mar. Hong Kong British Week 1,453 7 0 7th to 9th Mar. Philippines Export Promotion 9th to 12th Mar. Thailand Export Promotion 27th April to 5th May Saudi Arabia Export Promotion 976 16 8 19th to 26th June Israel Tel Aviv International Trade Fair and Export Promotion 675 9 3