Mr. H. Wilsonasked the President of the Board of Trade to state from each year from 1951 to 1955, inclusive, the total value of imports of raw cotton from the United States of America; the percentage
UNITED KINGDOM IMPORTS OF RAW COTTON — 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 Imports of raw cotton from the U.S.A.: (a) total value (£ thousand) 33,998 33,197 25,531 35,254 24,908 (b) as a percentage of the total value of imports from the U.S.A. per cent. 8.9 per cent. 10.6 per cent. 10.1 per cent. 12.5 per cent. 5.9 Imports of raw cotton from the dollar area: Total value (£ thousand) 50,783 36,434 27,974 39,405 30,223