HC Deb 27 July 1961 vol 645 cc70-1W
Mr. Skeet

asked the President of the Board of Trade if he will give the value of sales by the chemical industry, including petro-chemicals, to the Common Market countries during the past five years, together with separate figures

£'000
1956 1957 1958 1959 1960
To:
West Germany … … … … … 6,240 8,516 10,464 11,062 13,212
Netherlands … … … … … 8,857 10,026 9,943 11,928 15,775
Belgium … … … … … 6,084 6,585 6,211 6,829 7,508
France … … … … … 7,745 8,582 7,672 6,972 8,611
Italy … … … … … 8,825 8,777 7,719 9,354 10,276
Luxembourg … … … … … 13 13 20 87 52
37,764 42,499 42,029 46,232 55,434

Mr. Lilley

asked the President of the Board of Trade (1) what was the balance of trade between the United Kingdom and the countries comprising the Common Market for the years 1958, 1959 and 1960, respectively;

(2) what was the balance of trade between the United Kingdom and the countries comprising the European Free Trade Association for the years 1958, 1959 and 1960, respectively;

(3) what was the balance of trade between the United Kingdom and the United States of America for the years 1958, 1959 and 1960, respectively;

(4) what was the balance of trade between the United Kingdom and the United States of America for the first five months of 1961 as compared with the first five months of 1960.

Mr. Maudling

This information is available from the Trade and Navigation Accounts which are documents presented to the House.