§ Mr. Ellis Smithasked the President of the Board of Trade if he will set out in tabular form the weight and value of the main manufactured goods imported from Japan in 1948 and in each year since, respectively, giving the equivalent
TABLE A UNITED KINGDOM IMPORT OF MANUFACTURED GOODS FROM JAPAN Commodity Unit of Quantity 1960 1961 Quantity Value Quantity Value £'000 £'000 Chemicals — — 1,210 1,572 Plywood, blockboard, laminboard, etc. Cubic metres 57,805 3,129 34,651 1,772 All other wood and cork manufactures (excluding furniture). — — 792 — 539 Woven cotton fabrics—Grey unbleached Thousand square yards 51,362 2,910 60,015 3,482 Man-made fibre yarns and woven fabrics 1b. 998,410 239 1,897,583 409 Miscellaneous textile manufactures — — 170 — 206 Miscellaneous non-metallic mineral manufactures. — — 515 — 437 Iron and Steel—ferro-alloys, etc. Tons 6,009 606 4,027 452 Non-ferrous base metals — — 195 — 118 Machinery other than electric — — 316 — 918 Electric machinery — — 445 — 819 Clothing, footwear, travel goods, etc — — 410 — 834 Scientific instruments, photographic and optical goods, etc. — — 371 — 949 All other manufactured goods — — 2,081 — 3,611 TOTAL 13,389 16,118 Details of imports from Japan of manufactured pottery goods for the years 1948 to 1961 are as follows:
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TABLE B UNITED KINGDOM IMPORTS FROM JAPAN OF MANUFACTURED POTTERY GOODS Year Cwt. £ 1948 … … — 16 1949 … … 3 40 1950 … … 1 13 1951 … … 27 428 1952 … … 48 613 1953 … … 39 913 1954 … … 1,568 25,484 1955 … … 2,006 28,002 1956 … … 2,468 38,233 1957 … … 2,658 46,063 1958 … … 8,789 109,656 1959 … … 14,657 176,294 1960 … … 13,101 195,175 1961 … … 14,094 161,998 figures for manufactured pottery goods imported from Japan in those years.
§ Mr. ErrollDetails of the main manufactured goods imported from Japan in the years 1948 to 1959 are available from Volume IV of the Annual Statement of Trade. Details for the years 1960 and 1961 are as follows: