§ Mr. Swinglerasked the President of the Board of Trade to what extent, in trading with China, there is at present an expansion of trade in those goods admitted on open general licence from all countries; and to what extent the expansion of trade consists of those goods subject to quotas and allocations.
§ Mr. ErrollGoods which are still admitted under open licences accounted for the whole of the expansion in imports in 1959 as compared with 1958. During this period there was no significant change in the total value of imports of those goods which are subject to quotas and allocations.
§ Mr. Swinglerasked the President of the Board of Trade what is the anticipated volume of trade between the United Kingdom and China this year; and how this compares with the figure for each of the last three years.
§ Mr. ErrollI hope that our trade with China will expand this year, but this will depend mainly on the trading policy of the Chinese Government, and I cannot estimate what the results are likely to be. The combined value of the United Kingdom's imports from and exports to China was £26 million in 1957, £46 million in 1958 and £45 million in 1959.