§ 88. Mr. Awberyasked the Secretary of State for the Colonies the dollar earnings of exports from Singapore and Malaya for each of the years from 1950 to 1955 together with the expenditure on dollar imports.
§ Mr. HareI regret that only figures relating to the Malayan area are available. They therefore contain small amounts for North Borneo, Brunei and Sarawak. They are as follows:
— 1952 1953 1954 1955 £m. £m. £m. £m. Imports f.o.b. 12 7 9 10 Exports f.o.b. 89 56 52 84 Figures for 1950 and 1951 are not available. Further details are available in the Secretary of State's Annual Report to Parliament for 1954–55 (Cmd. 9489).