§ Captain Crowderasked the President of the Board of Trade what are the stocks of raw cotton now available in this country; what were the imports of raw cotton in the last available year from the U.S.A and other dollar areas, and also from countries of the Empire and other countries in the sterling area restricted.
§ Mr. BelcherStocks of raw cotton in the United Kingdom at 31st December, 1945, were 411,000 tons. Imports during the year 1945 amounted to 398,000 tons, of which 107,000 tons were from the U.S.A., 174,000 tons from sterling area countries, and 117,000 tons from other countries, mainly South America.