§ Mr. Buchanan-Smithasked the President of the Board of Trade what was the number and value of alarm clocks which have been imported in each of the past 10 years; and what was the number and 161W value of those which came from Eastern European countries.
§ Mr. Darling:Following is the information
IMPORTS OE ALARM CLOCKS (EXCLUDING ELECTRIC)* Total From Eastern Europe† Thousand £'000c.i.f. Thousand £'000c.i.f. 1957 620 414 36 10 1958 657 439 23 6 1959 690 442 67 19 1960 1,205 826 90 24 1961 1,379 1,009 123 36 1962‡ 1,196 799 207 59 1963‡ 1,357 878 309 84 1964 1,840 1,169 422 119 1965 1,819 1,211 393 120 1966 1,998 1,238 425 122 *Electric alarm clocks are not separately distinguished in the import statistics. † Soviet Union, Poland, Eastern Germany, Hungary and Czechoslovakia. ‡ The coverage of the figures for the years prior to 1963 differs slightly from that of the years from 1963 onwards.