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Mr. Bottomley
pursuant to his reply [OFFICIAL REPORT, 16th May, 1949; Vol. 465, c. 8] supplied the following statement:
| RAW MATERIALS PURCHASED FROM OVERSEAS BY THE BOARD OF TRADE DURING 1948 |
| — |
Quantity purchased |
Value (f.o.b.) |
|
Tons |
£ |
| Timber |
4,884,120 |
72,918,000 |
| Raw materials for textiles* |
372,172 |
42,777,000 |
| Hides, skins and tanning materials |
193,447 |
22,061,000 |
| Papermaking materials and board |
1,408,933 |
40,879,000 |
| Materials for fertilisers and for the manufacture of sulphuric acid |
2,104,560 |
11,328,000 |
| Chemicals |
602,121 |
7,997,000 |
| Miscellaneous raw materials |
47,635 |
2,057,000 |
|
9,612,988 |
200,017,000 |
| * Does not include raw cotton which is purchased by the Raw Cotton Commission. |
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| METALS PURCHASED FROM OVERSEAS BY THE MINISTRY OF SUPPLY DURING 1948 |
| Material |
Quantity purchased |
Value (f.o.b.) |
|
Tons |
£ |
| Chrome Ore |
113,500 |
528,000 |
| Copper (blister and electrolytic) |
312,500(a) |
37,278,000 |
| Lead |
170,000 |
14,890,000 |
| Tin ore (tin content) |
9,464(b) |
4,789,000 |
| Virgin aluminium |
140,740 |
10,229,600 |
| Zinc |
158,342 |
10,466,000 |
| Pig Iron |
43,326 |
576,048 |
| Steel |
374,639 |
10,234,324 |
| (a) Excludes tonnages returned from toll refining overseas of Ministry copper and copper alloy scrap as refined copper. |
| (b) Excludes tonnages of tin ore bought and imported on private account although the metal produced in the United Kingdom from such purchases is taken over by the Ministry. Excludes also purchases of this metal in Malaya by the Ministry and sold direct to overseas consumers. |
| COMMODITIES PURCHASED FROM OVERSEAS BY THE MINISTRY OF FOOD DURING 1948 |
| Commodity |
Payments for purchases during the calendar year 1948 |
|
Quantity |
Value (f.o.b.) |
|
Tons 000's |
£000's |
| Fruits and vegetables (a) |
1,304.9 |
44,444 |
| Fish (b) |
62.7 |
7,135 |
| Meat and bacon (c) (d) |
1,105.0 |
101,307 |
| Tea, coffee and cocoa |
352.7 |
79,132 |
| Cereals, pulses, starch and animal feeding stuffs (d) |
8,571.4 |
193,099 |
| Sugar and glucose |
1,908.5 |
48,683 |
| Milk products, eggs and oils and fats (d) |
2,243.5 |
222,638 |
|
15,548.7 |
696,438 |
NOTES:
- (a) Including canned fruit, dried fruit and edible nuts and fruit juices.
- (b) Including canned fish.
- (c) Including canned meat, poultry and rabbits.
- (d) Includes £16.2 m. for purchases under Andes Agreement not received in the United Kingdom until 1949.
| COMMODITIES PURCHASED FROM OVERSEAS BY THE MINISTRY OF WORKS AND DELIVERED DURING 1948 |
| Commodity |
Quantity |
Value |
| Excavators |
… |
… |
225 |
£2,807,669 |