HC Deb 24 July 1953 vol 518 c73W
Mr. H. Wilson

asked the President of the Board of Trade to state for the calendar years 1938, 1951 and 1952, respectively, the quantities of raw cotton imported into the United Kingdom from United Kingdom Colonial Territories in Africa, excluding Sudan, from United

IMPORTS INTO THE UNITED KINGDOM OF RAW COTTON *
—— 1938 1951 1952
Cental of 100 lbs. Per cent. of total Cental of 100 lbs. Per cent. of total Cental of 100 lbs. Per cent. of total
Nigeria (including Cameroons under British Trusteeship) … 94,838 0.8 307,196 3.0 431,789 7.3
Total British West Africa … 94,838 0.8 307,196 3.0 431,789 7.3
Tanganyika (under British Trusteeship) … 43,089 0.3 53,753 0.6 94,119 1.6
Kenya … 9,757 0.1 — — 17,091 0.3
Uganda … 85,917 0.7 466,447 4.6 370,214 6.2
Nyasaland … 31,164 0.3 22,338 0.2 35,313 0.6
Total British East Africa … 169,927 1.4 542,538 5.4 516,737 8.7
Jamaica and Dependencies … 9 0.0 — — — —
Leeward Islands … 10,939 0.1 10,925 0.1 20,071 0.3
Windward Islands … 10,459 0.1 7,582 0.1 2,237 0.1
Barbados … 40 0.0 1,842 0.0 96 0.0
Total British West Indies … 21,447 0.2 20,349 0.2 22,404 0.4
Soviet Union … 6,172 0.1 — — — —
United States of America … 4,438,046 36.8 2,205,696 21.8 2,182,571 36.7
Total all countries … 12,067,830 100.0 10,110,174 100.0 5,949,092 100.0
* Excluding linters.