HC Deb 31 July 1951 vol 491 cc185-90W
Mr. Russell

asked the Secretary of State for the Colonies if he will publish a statement showing the value of the imports and exports of each Colony, Protectorate and Trustee Territory during 1950; and balance of£101,381,424 to be made available in later years.

The main items are as follow:

The figures do not include (a) grants made to Palestine and Trans-Jordan which amounted to£107,309,800 during the period 1921–22 to 1949–50, (b) advances by way of loan from the Consolidated Fund to the Colonial Development Corporation, (c) advances made to the Overseas Food Corporation. The figures for (b) and (c) are available in the Annual Reports of those Corporations.

the proportion of each which consisted of trade with the United Kingdom and other Empire and Commonwealth countries.

Mr. J. Griffiths

The information required, in so far as it is available, is contained in the following table:

IMPORTS
COLONY TOTAL Of which:
United Kingdom Other Commonwealth countries
£'000 £'000 Per cent. £'000 Per cent.
East and Central Africa
Somaliland Protectorate 1,217 232 19.1 574 47.2
Kenya 31,706 17,233 54.4 6,706 21.2
Uganda 15,358 8,138 53.0 3,000 19.5
Tanganyika 24,000 13,405 55.9 4,076 17.0
†Zanzibar & Temba 3,750 1,074 28.6
Northern Rhodesia 26,710 10,613 39.7 12,334 46.2
Nyasaland 7,543 3,507 46.5 2,058 27.3
West Africa
†Gambia 2,752 1,631 59.3 323 11.7
Gold Coast 45,869 26,103 56.9 3,311 7.2
Nigeria 59,695 37,032 620 4,971 8.3
Sierra Leone 6,746 4,310 63.9 1,543 22.9
Eastern Group
Malaya 340,059 59,014 17.4 78,498 23.1
Brunei
North Borneo
Sarawak 33,755 632 1.9 31,513 93.4
Hong Kong 236,729 25,295 10.7 47,699 20.2
Mediterranean
Cyprus 13,474 6,300 46.8 1,638 12.2
†Gibraltar 5,023 2,610 52.0 419 8.3
Malta 14,630 7,012 47.9
West Indies Group
Bahamas 6,136 1,740 28.4 1,285 20.9
†Barbados 7,737 3,846 49.7
Bermuda 8,209 2,431 29.6 1,693 20.6
†British Guiana 11,738 5,375 45.8
British Honduras 2,197 695 31.6 404 18.4
*Jamaica and Dependencies 21,679 8,813 40.7 3,986 18.4
Antigua
†St. Christopher.Nevis l,236 552 44.7 520 42.1
*Montserrat 150 62 41.3 74 49.3
*Virgin Islands 87 8 9.2
†Trinidad and Tobago 35,255 14,235 40.4 6,445 18.3
Dominica 876 365 41.7 409 46.7
Grenada 1,205 496 41.2 510 42.3
†St. Lucia 1,328 733 55.2 358 27.0
†St. Vincent 823 407 49.5 276 33.5
Western Pacific Group
Fiji 6,271 2,009 32.0 3,246 51.8
†Gilbert and Ellice Islands 251 66 26.3 160 63.7
New Hebrides
†British Solomon Islands 490 79 16.1 306 62.4
Tonga 581 168 28.9 376 64.7
Atlantic and Indian Ocean
†Falkland Islands and Dependencies 6,263 555 8.9 15 0.2
St. Helena and Dependencies 120 75 62.5 32 26.7
†Aden (including Protectorate) 41,838 3,552 8.5
Mauritius and Dependencies 13,185 4,817 36.5 4,940 37.5
†Seychelles 486 1881 38.7 145 29.8
NOTES: †Provisional. *Estimated. …Not yet available.

EXPORTS
COLONY TOTAL Of which:
United Kingdom Other Commonwealth countries
£'000 £'000 Per cent. £'000 Per cent.
East and Central Africa
Somaliland Protectorate 646 613 94.9
Kenya 19,714 6,305 32.0 4,561 23.1
Uganda 28,879 8,209 28.4 13,431 46.6
Tanganyika 24,956 10,691 42.8 5,454 21.9
†Zanzibar & Temba 5,074 738 14.5
Northern Rhodesia 49,942 23,869 47.8 8,089 16.2
Nyasaland 4,980 3,143 63.1 966 19.4
West Africa
†Gambia 1,743 1,658 95.1 17 10
Gold Coast 76,283 27,380 35.9 4,819 6.3
Nigeria 86,989 68,452 78.7 699 0.8
Sierra Leone 6,959 5,552 79.8 321 4.6
Eastern Group
Malaya 468,100 63,802 13.6 88,951 19.0
Brunei
North Borneo
Sarawak 43,702 996 2.3 25,987 59.5
Hong Kong 232,222 10,518 4.5 51,947 22.4
Mediterranean
Cyprus 11,059 2,227 20.1 560 5.1
†Gibraltar 432 66 15.3
Malta 979 340 34.7
West Indies Group
Bahamas 618 184 29.8 361 58.4
†Barbados 5,709 2,353 41.2
Bermuda 936 51 5.4
†British Guiana 10,481 3,053 29.1
British Honduras 1,195 333 27.9 471 39.4
*Jamaica and Dependencies 15,566 8,523 54.8 5,122 32.9
Antigua
†St. Christopher.Nevis 1,264 995 78.7 224 17.7
*Montserrat 28 3 10.7 20 71.4
*Virgin Islands 32
†Trinidad and Tobago 29,642 9,276 31.3 7,373 24.9
Dominica 455 137 30.1 153 33.6
Grenada 1,405 479 34.1 123 8.8
†St. Lucia 444 268 60.4 114 25.7
†St. Vincent 446 124 27.8 165 37.0
Western Pacific Group
Fiji 7,038 1,990 28.3 3,460 49.2
†Gilbert and Ellice Islands 255 254 99.6 1 0.4
New Hebrides
†British Solomon Island 686 563 82.1
Tonga 862 796 92.3 65 7.5
Atlantic and Indian Ocean
†Falkland Islands and Dependencies 6,631 6,445 97.2
St. Helena and Dependencies 140 134 95.7 6 4.3
†Aden (including Protectorate) 19,352 1,139 5.9
Mauritius and Dependencies 11,465 5,583 48.7 5,836 50.9
†Seychelles 685 137 20.0 21 3.1
NOTES: †Provisional. *Estimated. …Not yet available.