HC Deb 01 December 1958 vol 596 c95W
Mr. J. E. B. Hill

asked the President of the Board of Trade if he will supply average value indices for imported food, exclusive of beverages and tobacco, for each of the years 1951 to 1957 and the first six months of 1958, using 1954 as base year.

Sir D. Eccles

The following are the figures:

AVERAGE VALUE INDICES OF UNITED KINGDOM IMPORTS OF FOODSTUFFS*
1954=100
Year Index No.
1951 … … 96
1952 … … 100
1953 … … 97
1954 … … 100
1955 … … 102
1956 … … 100
1957 … … 99
1958(January-June) … … 93
* Class A (exclusive of beverages and tobacco) in the "Accounts Relating to the Trade and Navigation of the United Kingdom."

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