HC Deb 13 August 1947 vol 441 cc262-3W
Colonel J. R. H. Hutchison

asked the President of the Board of Trade what is the value, during the first six months of this year, of exported machinery suitable for the manufacture of confectionery to hard currency countries, sterling area countries and other countries.

Mr. Belcher

The total value of exports of bakers' and confectioners' machinery (including machinery for sweet making) in the first half of this year was £420,000, of which about £87,000 went to hard currency countries, £252,000 to the sterling area, and £81,000 to other countries.

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