§ 26. Mr. Wilkesasked the President of the Board of Trade why the amount of tinplate exported to Egypt and Spain in 1950 was greatly in excess of the amount exported to those countries in 1949.
Mr. H. WilsonExports to Spain in 1950 were, in fact, lower than they had been in 1949. There is a traditional trade in tinplate with Egypt. Variations from year to year arise from a number of causes including increases in requirements and expectations of improved supply.
Major Lloydasked the President of the Board of Trade what was the tonnage of tinplate due to be shipped to the Argentine under the agreement beginning 1st July last, and tied to clothing food imports; what was the tonnage of free imports; what were the shipments in each class up to the latest convenient date; and what are the shipments contemplated for the last quarter of the contract year.
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Mr. H. WilsonSeven thousand five hundred tons of tinplate were allocated to Argentina in each of the third and fourth quarters of 1950 and the first quarter of 1951. A total of 7,363 tons was allocated as "tied" tinplate in the fourth quarter of 1950 and the first quarter of 1951: to this can be added some of the 7,500 tons allocated to Argentina in the third quarter of 1950 when arrangements were somewhat different. Four thousand five hundred tons of tinplate have been allocated for the second quarter of 1951; of this quantity 500 tons are "tied." Shipments of tinplate of all kinds to Argentina between 1st July, 1950, and 28th February, 1951, the latest date for which figures have been published, amounted to 22,240 tons.