HC Deb 08 June 1937 vol 324 c1599W
Mr. Chorlton

asked the President of the Board of Trade whether he will give the

Year. Total Value of imports of cotton piece-goods. Of which from
United Kingdom. Japan.
Value. Proportion of total. Value. Proportion of total.
£ £ Per cent. £ Per cent.
Kenya and Uganda … 1936 800,716* 114,051 14.2 645,566 80.6
Tanganyika … 1936 648,516 64,288 9.9 531,594 82.0
Nyasaland … 1936 142,430 18,249 12.8 118,975 83.5
Zanzibar … 1936 76,252 11,265 14.8 44,731 58.7
Belgian francs. Belgian francs. Belgian francs.
Belgian Congo … 1935 85,143,933 31,545,887 37.1 39,211,277 46.1
Ruanda-Urundi … 1935 10,113,099 781,546 7.7 8,050,791 79.6
* Of this amount cotton piece-goods to the value of £146,000 were re-exported to Tanganyika.
NOTES.—(1) In 1935 the average rate of exchange of the Belgian franc was 135.1 to the £
(2) It is not practicable to give similar particulars of the trade of those portions of other colonies. etc., lying within the area, since information is only published in respect of the whole administrative area in each case.