HC Deb 11 May 1970 vol 801 c235W
Mr. Colin Jackson

asked the President of the Board of Trade what was the value of gold bullion exported to the Trucial States in 1969.

Mrs. Gwyneth Dunwoody:

£29,726,000. I should like to apologise for the omission of these States and of Bahrain from the reply to my hon. Friend on 13th April, 1970. The list relating to exports of gold bullion in 1969 should read:

£ thousand
Israel 1,242
Iran 2,715
Kuwait 4,591
Lebanon 14,250
Libya 8,508
Saudi Arabia 737
Bahrain 1,040
Trucial States 29,726
Other Middle East countries 70
Total 62,879