§ Mr. Ellis Smithasked the Secretary of State for the Colonies if he will state in tabular form, so far as they are not included in Tables 25 and 26 of the Board of Trade Report on Overseas Trade, the main manufactured goods, including in particular pottery, engineering, synthetic materials and cotton goods, in weight and value at current
IMPORTS FROM JAPAN BARBADOS 1948 1952 1956 1958 1959 1960 1961 Total Imports (all items) £'000 — 53 86 221 295 288 321 of which: Pottery £'000 — — 1 2 6 … … Cotton Piece Goods* sq. yds.000 — 213 45 828 1,061 784 913 £'000 — 19 4 51 65 64 … Piece Goods of Synthetic Fibres* sq. yds.000 — 265 835 1,297 2,051 2,099 … £'000 — 30 63 133 144 155 … Manufactures of metal £'000 — — — 1 3 2 … Machinery £'000 — — 2 1 1 1 … Clothing and Footwear £'000 — — 3 12 37 … …
IMPORTS FROM JAPAN BRITISH GUIANA 1948 1952 1956 1958 1959 1960 1961 Total Imports (all items) £'000 — 218 271 426 512 870 791 of which: Pottery £'000 — — 2 — 4 12 … Cotton Piece Goods* sq. yds.000 — 445 249 620 595 1,283 … £'000 — 43 21 48 51 114 … Piece Goods of Synthetic Fibres* sq. yds.000 — 1,705 3,046 4,617 5,268 6,908 … £'000 — 159 206 285 334 520 … Manufactures of metal £'000 — 4 — 4 3 8 … Machinery £'000 — 1 5 15 6 16 … Clothing and Footwear £'000 — 2 10 40 58 86 … 132W
IMPORTS FROM JAPAN EAST AFRICA(a) 1948 1952 1956 1958 1959 1960 1961 Total Imports (all items) £'000 … 6,346 6,230 10,893 10,408 14,576 13,774 Pottery £'000 … 27 138 149 120 192 170 Cotton Piece Goods* sq. yds.000 … 31,109 13,823 18,141 22,545 37,258 38,370 £'000 … 2,985 1,041 1,508 1,897 3,369 3,422 Piece Goods of Synthetic Fibres* sq. yds. 000 … 14,251 48,338 80,650 59,336 56,933 65,509 £'000 … 1,308 3,524 5,338 4,082 4,803 4,772 Cement tons … 984 — 935 2,298 3,048 8,511 £'000 … 13 — 8 15 19 52 Manufactures of metals £'000 … 584 51 202 165 219 191 Machinery £'000 … 54 18 46 80 95 89 Clothing and Footwear £'000 … 372 202 753 805 1,234 1,095 (a) i.e. Kenya, Tanganyika and Uganda. Separate figures are not readily available. … Indicates figures not available. * Imports by weight not available. prices imported into each Colony from Japan, or from other countries, but which were manufactured in whole or in part in Japan for the years 1948, 1952, 1956, 1958, 1959, 1960, and 1961, respectively.
§ Mr. MaudlingRecorded imports from Japan into the principal territories concerned, which between them account for over 95 per cent. of all colonial imports from Japan, are set out below.
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IMPORTS FROM JAPAN FIJI 1948 1952 1956 1958 1959 1960 1961 Total Imports (all items) £'000 21 342 330 447 834 950 1,183 of which: Pottery £'000 — 2 4 2 2 5 … Cotton Goods* sq. yds. 000 217 220 328 580 661 538 … £'000 21 8 24 40 54 44 … Piece Goods of Synthetic Fibre* sq. yds. 000 — 1,235 2,577 3,803 3,959 4,871 … £'000 — 106 202 246 276 310 … Cement tons — 1,378 3,900 8,164 27,134 15,986 … £'000 — 24 44 67 233 141 … Manufactures of metal £'000 — 163 2 — 2 14 … Machinery £'000 — — 3 13 63 147 … Clothing and Footwear £'000 — 5 11 26 23 40 …
IMPORTS FROM JAPAN HONG KONG 1948 1952 1956 1958 1959 1960 1961 Total Imports (all items) £'000 6,894 30,139 50,669 37,312 49,787 58,847 54,025 of which: Pottery £'000 … 1,810 756 157 169 294 294 Paper and Paperboard £'000 … 362 1,640 1,392 1,608 1,915 2,042 Textile Fabrics and related materials £'000 … 9,907 27,711 18,020 21,018 24,265 18,879 Cotton Piece Goods* sq. yds.000 … 61,821 144,615 117,688 122,709 119,736 85,818 Piece Goods of Synthetic Fibres* sq. yds.000 … 40,332 111,753 47,118 66,639 57,019 41,903 Cement tons 000 … 121 149 125 123 149 150 £'000 … 1,114 1,161 840 810 880 878 Iron and Steel £'000 … 2,253 4,618 2,847 1,728 2,865 3,048 Machinery (non-electric) £'000 … 870 2,089 1,106 2,410 5,223 3,463 Machinery (electric) £'000 … 165 528 1,003 2,946 3,767 4,556 134W135W
IMPORTS FROM JAPAN JAMAICA 1948 1952 1956 1958 1959 1960 1961 Total Imports (all items) £'000 155 326 852 1,176 1,551 2,138 2,246 of which: Pottery £'000 — 14 29 38 10 60 … Cotton Piece Goods* sq. yds.000 2,535 815 358 1,168 1,645 5,688 7,940 £'000 153 24 28 116 132 508 … Piece Goods of Synthetic Fibres* sq. yds.000 — 1,784 7,744 7,906 11,729 9,057 6,577 £'000 — 250 557 650 848 744 … Manufactures of metal £'000 — 3 8 10 21 30 35 Machinery £'000 — 5 43 45 69 118 71 Clothing £'000 — 4 10 24 26 27 … … Indicates figures not available. * Imports by weight not available.
IMPORTS FROM JAPAN MAURITIUS 1948 1952 1956 1958 1959 1960 1961 Total Imports (all items) £'000 — 113 200 605 690 1,004 727 Pottery £'000 — — 9 15 13 15 …
Cotton Piece Goods* sq. yds.000 — — 472 1,644 1,609 1,694 1,167 £'000 — — 30 115 119 145 … Piece Goods of Synthetic Fibres* sq. yds.000 — — 1,009 1,829 779 660 … £'000 — —. 69 103 50 49 … Cement tons — — — 444 5,398 16,338 12,244 £'000 — — — 3 38 109 … Iron and Steel £'000 — 101 17 121 143 354 … Manufactures of metals £'000 — 3 4 29 17 61 32 Machinery £'000 — — —
5 6 7 … Clothing and Footwear £'000 — — 2 5 22 39 …
IMPORTS FROM JAPAN NORTH BORNEO 1948 1952 1956 1958 1959 1960 1961 Total Imports (all items) £'000 … … 1,109 967 1,111 1,686 1,875 of which: Pottery £'000 … … 13 7 4 1 … Cotton Piece Goods* sq. yds.000 … … 2,668 1,468 1,559 2,028 … £'000 … … 157 96 115 180 … Piece Goods of Synthetic Fibres* sq. yds.000 … … 2,393 1,514 1,233 1,649 … £'000 … … 141 97 88 131 … Cement tons 000 … … 11,102 11,731 12,034 10,993 … £'000 … … 104 116 110 93 … Base Metal Manufactures £'000 … … 16 26 40 67 … Machinery £'000 … … 85 64 113 263 … Clothing and Footwear £'000 … … 74 64 49 62 … 136W137W
IMPORTS FROM JAPAN SARAWAK 1948 1952 1956 1958 1959 1960 1961 Total Imports (all items) £'000 10 19 972 805 1,168 1,526 1,610 of which: Pottery £'000 … … 15 9 10 10 … Cotton Piece Goods* sq. yds. 000 … … 3,684 3,084 3,947 4,129 … £'000 … … 188 179 233 284 … Piece Goods of Synthetic Fibres* sq. yds. 000 … … 1,325 205 310 1,305 … £'000 … … 71 15 22 80 … Cement tons 000 … … 3,239 3,288 3,723 5,301 … £'000 … … 31 31 34 46 … Manufacturers of metal £'000 … … 25 32 43 69 … Machinery £'000 … … 79 65 128 112 … Clothing and Footwear £'000 … … 46 79 108 84 … … Indicates figures not available. * Imports by weight not available.
IMPORTS FROM JAPAN TRINIDAD 1948 1952 1956 1958 1959 1960 1961 Total Imports (all items) £'000 3 462 266 564 672 1,373 1,241 of which: Pottery £'000 — 2 3 10 11 24 … Cotton Piece Goods* sq. yds.000 24 567 632 1,675 1,657 2,219 … £'000 3 40 60 152 146 223 … Piece Goods of Synthetic Fibres* sq. yds. 000 — 3,074 2,085 5,116 6,211 10,912 7,605 £'000 — 285 148 262 273 596 431 Manufactures of metal £'000 — 5 — 2 9 — — Machinery £'000 — 5 8 2 1 — — Clothing £'000 — 13 7 9 9 19 … … Indicates figures not available. * Imports by weight not available.