§ Mr. D. Priceasked the President of the Board of Trade the total value of British exports in the years 1954, 1955 and 1956 which benefited from Imperial Preference; and how this total was divided according to country of destination, and according to category of product, respectively.
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§ Sir D. EcclesI regret that the statistics for which my hon. Friend asks could not be collated without an unwarrantable expenditure of labour, but in round figures about a quarter of our exports benefit from Imperial Preference, and of this preferential trade about two-thirds goes to Canada, Australia and New Zealand.