§ Mr. Ellis Smithasked the Secretary of State for the Colonies if he will set out in tabular form the main manufactured goods in weight and value imported into the Colonies from Japan or from other countries, which were manufactured in
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TABLE 1.—VALUE OF PRINCIPAL MANUFACTURED GOODS OF JAPANESE ORIGIN IMPORTED INTO COLONIAL TERRITORIES—1952 AND 1956 £ thousands Kenya Uganda Tanganyika Nigeria Aden Cotton fabrics 1952 853 883 1,249 4,563 n.a. 1956 268 89 679 2,552 89 Other textile fabrics 1952 470 480 463 3,119 n.a. 1956 1,442 1,031 1,489 12,082 92 Iron and steel 1952 204 453 414 2,582 n.a. manufactures 1956 141 133 57 2,129 — Barbados British Guiana British Honduras Jamaica Trinidad Cotton fabrics 1952 19 44 — 84 40 1956 4 21 3 — 40 Other textile fabrics 1952 32 162 21 198 292 1956 63 215 22 490 225 Iron and steel 1952 — 3 — 8 92 manufactures 1956 — — — — 31 Hong Kong Malaya (1) (2) Cotton yarn 1952 409 — 1956 2,185 — Other yarns 1952 559 — 1956 4,789 — Cotton fabrics 1952 5,399 4,799 1956 10,458 6,490 Other textile fabrics 1952 3,624 8,968 1956 10,533 7,107 Building materials 1952 1,350 1,648 1956 1,456 1,619 Iron and steel 1952 2,003 4,765 manufactures 1956 4,453 2,584 Miscellaneous metal 1952 3,291 2,146 manufactures 1956 2,732 2,117 n.a. = not available. — = nil or insignificant. (1)Strictly consigned from Japan. (2)Including Japanese goods consigned from Hong Kong. Japan, for the years 1948, 1952 and 1956, respectively.
§ Mr. Lennox-BoydTable 1 below sets out information in value terms for the years 1952 and 1956: figures are shown for the main importing Colonial Territories. It is not possible to provide, in a concise form, comparable quantity figures but if the hon. Member would like to put down a Question about any particular commodities or territories I will see what can be done.
The small value of imports of Japanese goods in 1948, as compared with 1952 and 1956, is shown in Table 2 without commodity details.
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TABLE 2.—TOTAL VALUE OF IMPORTS OF JAPANESE ORIGIN BY COLONIAL TERRITORIES—1948, 1952 AND 1956 £ thousands — 1948 1952 1956 Kenya … … … … 494 1,860 6,240 Uganda … … … … 2,140 Tanganyika … … … … 123 2,360 Nigeria … … … … 1,599 11,345 20,220 Aden … … … … 4 (1) 4,020 3,070 Barbados … … … … — 53 86 British Guiana … … … … — 218 271 British Honduras … … … … — 27 36 Jamaica … … … … 155 326 852 Trinidad … … … … 3 462 339 Hong Kong … … … … 4,950 30,139 50,670 Malaya (1) … … … … 1,542 29,142 29,916 — = nil or insignificant. (1)Including imports into Malaya via Hong Kong, which in 1952 amounted to £1,714 thousand, and in 1956 to £726 thousand (1948 figures not available.)