§ 30 and 31. Mr. Nabarroasked the President of the Board of Trade (1) whether he will state the tonnage of 5W Virginian coals from the United States of America for which the Steel Company of Wales has recently applied for an import licence; what length of time such tonnage is intended to last the company; whether it is the total coal requirement of the company for that period or a part of it only; and what the annual tonnage rate of such coal imports would be assessed at on the basis of the application made by the company;
(2) for balance of payments purposes, what evaluation in dollars he has made on the application of the Steel Company of Wales to be permitted to import Virginian coals from the United States of America to South Wales ports, both inclusive and exclusive of freights; and
UNITED KINGDOM EXPORTS TO CHINA Value = £'000 Commodities June-December, 1957 1958 1959 1960 January-March, 1961 Total, June, 1957 to March, 1961 Metal working machine tools (including parts) … 16.5 60.8 115.2 875.5 51.1 1,119.1 New tractors—other than steam (including parts) … 2.1 796.8 366.5 105.4 251.9 1,522.7 Iron and steel … 406.6 4,259.0 5,468.2 5,932.9 826.7 16,893.4 Non-ferrous base metals … 47.6 6,236.0 5,312.3 9,301.8 227.9 21,125.6