HC Deb 18 July 1960 vol 627 c18W
Mr. Peyton

asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will give the overseas earnings of the British shipping industry during each of the past five years.

Mr. Barber

It is estimated that the net overseas earnings of the British dry cargo shipping industry were:

£ million
1955 … … 200
1956 … … 220
1957 … … 230
1958 … … 180
1959 (provisional) … … 190

The figures exclude earnings from the carriage of imports. The estimates for the earlier years have been revised in the light of the Chamber of Shipping inquiry of 1958.