§ Mr. Tilneyasked the Secretary to the Treasury whether he will state in table form the total trade and balance of payments between the United Kingdom and each independent African territory which is not a member of the sterling area and also the expenditure by all Ministries of Her Majesty's Government in each of those territories.
§ Mr. BarberThe required figures of trade and of United Kingdom Government expenditure in 1961 are given in 95W the table below. I regret that further details of the United Kingdom's balance
STATEMENT OF (i) UNITED KINGDOM TRADE AND (ii) UNITED KINGDOM GOVERNMENT EXPENDITURE IN INDEPENDENT AFRICAN COUNTRIES NOT IN THE STERLING AREA IN 1961 £ thousand — United Kingdom imports (c.i.f.) United Kingdom exports and re-exports (f.o.b.) United Kingdom Government expenditure Cameroun … … … 881 988 40 Congo … … … 485 793 70 Congo Republic … … … 3,683 5,657 120 Egypt … … … 4,881 22,348 330 Ethiopia … … … 1,630 2,978 160 Gabon … … … 612 538 — Guinea … … … 867 841 30 Ivory Coast … … … 952 1,592 — Liberia … … … 2,829 3,125 70 Malagasy … … … 887 507 20 Mali … … … 1,570 1,727 70 Morocco (including Tangier) … … … 12,753 5,148 100 Somali Republic … … … 52 791 1,630* Sudan … … … 12,740 20,000 180† Togo … … … 120 974 — Tunisia … … … 6,221 2,052 50 Other … … … 186 1,000 80 * Includes economic grants amounting to £1,530,000. † In 1961 the United Kingdom Government received a loan repayment of £1,660,000 from the Sudan. There were no receipts from the other countries.