§ Mr. Thorntonasked the President of the Board of Trade the value of the imports of cotton yarns and fabrics from India for January, 1955, expressed as a percentage of the value for the corresponding month of 1954.
§ Mr. P. ThorneycroftImports of cotton yarns and fabrics from India recorded in January, 1955, were 211 per cent. by value of imports in January, 1954.
§ Mr. Thorntonasked the President of the Board of Trade the value of imports from India for 1938 and for 1946, respectively, of cotton yarns and fabrics, jute yarns and fabrics, and all other manufactured goods.
§ Mr. P. ThorneycroftImports into the United Kingdom from India were as follows
£'000 — 1938 1946 Cotton yarns and fabrics … 65 5 Jute yarns and fabrics … 1,573 5,618 All other manufactures … 6,923 14,744 The figures relate to the whole of British India as then constituted.
The figures for "all other manufactures" comprise the rest of Class III of the classification then used in the Trade and Navigation Accounts.