HC Deb 13 December 1967 vol 756 cc160-1W
Mr. Buchanan-Smith

asked 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 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.