§ Mr. Ellis Smithasked the President of the Board of Trade if he will set out in tabular form the main manufactured goods in weight and value imported from Japan or from other countries who have exported Japanese manufactured goods into Britain for 1948, 1952, 1956 and for the first six months in 1957, respectively.
§ Sir D. EcclesUnited Kingdom imports are classified as received from the country of consignment which is not necessarily the country of origin and manufacture. Details of imports of Japanese goods from countries other than Japan are not therefore available. United Kingdom imports of the main manufactured goods from Japan were
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UNITED KINGDOM MAIN IMPORTS OF MANUFACTURED GOODS FROM JAPAN — Unit of quantity Quantity Value £'000 1948 1952 1956 Jan/May* 1957 1948 1952 1956 Jan/May* 1957 Sodium compounds, organic, n.e.s. Tons nil 66 238 107 nil 84.7 182.3 75.1 Titanium dioxide Tons n.s.s. nil 1,844 1,021 n.s.s nil 403.5 202.7 Plywood, inc. laminboard, blockboard and batten-board Thous. cubic ft. 0.8 217.1 743.7 303.9 1.1 424.9 983.7 464.6 Woven cotton fabrics Mill. sq. yds. 55.0 68.5 32.1 24.1 3,238.8 10,949.2 1,827.2 1,366.0 Woven artificial silk fabrics, wholly of staple fibre, not bleached, dyed or printed† Mill. sq. yds. nil 0.5 10.5 4.8 nil 34.0 427.9 203.0 Ferro alloys Thous. tons nil neg. 9.3 3.8 nil 3.4 797.0 324.5 Steel plates Thous. tons nil 17.6 4.9 2.8 nil 1.087.0 316.3 190.6 Blooms, billets and slabs of iron and steel Thous. tons nil 111.7 2.0 nil nil 5,362.9 80.8 nil Wire rods of steel Thous. tons nil 35.5 2.5 nil nil 2,128.7 146.1 nil All other manufactured goods Value — — — — 676.7 4,199.4 1,810.3 552.9 Total manufactured goods — — — — — 3,916.6 24,274.2 6,975.1 3,379.4 * Figures for the first six months of 1957 are not yet available. † Figures for 1952 are not completely comparable with 1956 and Jan./May 1957.