HC Deb 02 February 1955 vol 536 cc128-9W
Mr. H. Wilson

asked the President of the Board of Trade the quantity of raw cotton coming from British Commonwealth sources, the Sudan, the dollar area, the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics, and other areas, respectively, for 1951, 1952, 1953 and 1954; and the percentage which supplies from each area represent of total imports.

Mr. P. Thorneycroft

Imports into the United Kingdom of raw cotton* were:

1953 1954
Cental of 100 lb. Percentage of total Cental of 100 lb. Percentage of total
Commonwealth Countries (excluding Canada):
Anglo-Egyptian Sudan 1,016,461 13.60 765,942 9.17
Other Commonwealth countries (excluding Canada) 1,595,039 21.34 1,466,803 17.55
Total Commonwealth countries (excluding Canada) 2,611,500 34.94 2,232,745 26.72
Dollar area:
Canada — — 978 0.02
United States of America 1,927,394 25.79 2,582,616 30.90
Other dollar area countries 187,371 2.50 306,045 3.66
Total dollar area 2,114,765 28.29 2,889,639 34.58
Soviet Union, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania 14,997 0.20 253,059 3.03
All other countries 2,733,041 36.57 2,981,601 35.67
TOTAL ALL COUNTRIES 7,474,303 100.0 8,357,044 100.0
* Excluding linters