HC Deb 06 May 1957 vol 569 c45W
77. Mr. Chapman

asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer what have been the changes in the first quarter of 1957 com pared with the first quarter of 1956 in the value of exports and of imports; and what estimate he makes of the change in value of personal consumption and in production for the same period.

Mr. Birch:

In the first quarter of 1957 the value of United Kingdom exports f.o.b. was £836 million compared with £775 million in the first quarter of 1956, and the value of imports c.i.f. was £1,058 million compared with £985 million. No estimate is yet available of consumers' expenditure in the first quarter of 1957. The index of production in the first quarter of 1957, taking 1948 as 100, is provisionally estimated as 141, the same figure as in the first quarter of 1956.