§ 90. Colonel Clarkeasked the President of the Board of Trade the quantities and values of kerosene and motor spirit imported into the United Kingdom in the first 10 months of the years 1947, 1948, and 1949, from countries described in the Trade and Navigation Returns as other foreign countries; and if he will specify the quantities and values imported from each of those countries.
§ Mr. BottomleyFollowing are the figures:
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IMPORTS OF KEROSENE INTO THE UNITED KINGDOM FROM COUNTRIES DESCRIBED AS "OTHER FOREIGN COUNTRIES" IN THE 1949 ISSUES OF ACCOUNTS RELATING TO TRADE AND NAVIGATION OF THE UNITED KINGDOM Country January-October, 1947 January-October, 1948 January-October, 1949 Thousand Gallons £ Thousand Gallons £ Thousand Gallons £ Norway … … … — — * 2 — — Netherlands … … … * 7 — — 283 12,368 Belgium … … … — — * 5 — — France … … … — — * 1 — — Italy … … … — — — — * 3 Egypt … … … — — * 10 — — Iraq … … … 4,934 124,035 — — — — Venezuela … … … — — — — 10,205 333,740 TOTAL. Other Foreign Countries 4,934 124,042 * 18 10,488 346,111 * Denotes quantity under 500 gallons. 232W233W
IMPORTS OF MOTOR SPIRIT INTO THE UNITED KINGDOM FROM COUNTRIES DESCRIBED AS "OTHER FOREIGN COUNTRIES" IN THE 1949 ISSUES OF ACCOUNTS RELATING TO TRADE AND NAVIGATION OF THE UNITED KINGDOM Country January-October, 1947 January-October, 1948 January-October, 1949 Thousand Gallons £ Thousand Gallons £ Thousand Gallons £ Sweden … … * 3 * 1 2 247 Norway … … * 1 * 4 * 3 Iceland … … 2 107 1 23 * 26 Denmark … … * 23 2 135 — — Germany … … — — * 53 3,406 108,076 Netherlands … … — — * 19 39,775 1,513,642 Belgium … … 3 173 1 28 * 2 Luxembourg … … — — 1 30 — — France … … * 1 1,921 76,436 28,793 1,097,728 Switzerland … … — — — — * 19 Czechoslovakia … … — — * 1 — — Syria … … * 8 * 8 — — Egypt … … — — * 11 — — Ethiopia … … — — — — * 20 Iraq … … 7,156 227,453 5,214 204,751 — — Ecuador … … — — — — * 14 Spain … … — — — — * 1 Greece … … — — — — 1 38 Sumatra … … — — — — 21,192 755,198 Poland … … — — — — 4,427 179,540 TOTAL. Other Foreign Countries 7,161 227,769 7,140 281,500 97,596 3,654,554 * Denotes quantity under 500 gallons. NOTE.—The quantity figure for the imports of motor spirit from Roumania in the period January-October, 1948, has been corrected from 24,214,000 gallons to 26,404,000 gallons thus reducing the figure for Other Foreign Countries" to 7,140,000 gallons.