§ 90. Mr. Dodds-Parkerasked the President of the Board of Trade what action he has taken to expedite productive action through the United Nations Commission for Trade and Development.
§ Mr. JayI would refer the hon. Member to the Answer I gave to a Question by the hon. Member for South Shields (Mr. Blenkinsop) on 31st May. The
UNITED KINGDOM IMPORTS, EXPORTS AND RE-EXPORTS OF COMPUTERS 1961* 1962* 1963* Number £'000 Number £'000 Number £'000 Electronic computers, complete electronic computing systems and central processing units Imports (c.i.f.) n.s.d.† Exports (f.o.b.) ‡ 1,630 ‡ 3,668 142 3,883 Re-exports (f.o.b.) n.s.d. Peripheral units for electronic computers§ Imports (c.i.f.) n.s.d. Exports (f.o.b.) n.s.d. Re-exports (f.o.b.) n.s.d.
1964 1965 1966 Number £'000 Number £'000 Number £'000 Electronic computers, electronic computing systems and central processing unit Imports (c.i.f.) 486 12,420 427 12,833 555 27,603 Exports (f.o.b.) 149 6,593 112 5,424 353 12,024 Re-exports (f.o.b.) 7 173 34 849 19 278 Peripheral units for electronic computers§ Imports (c.i.f.) 1,444 2,732 3,220 5,758 2,969 8,336 Exports (f.o.b.) 204 282 405 677 602 1,126 Re-exports (f.o.b.) 28 107 80 352 339 1,275
NOTES: * The Export List heading in 1961 and 1962 was "Electronic computers, including electronic machines operated in conjunction with punched cards", and in 1963 "Electronic computers". † n.s.d.=not separately distinguished. ‡ Weight only in these years. § Parts of electronic computers, other than peripheral units, were not separately distinguished in the trade statistics and are not included in the table. It is known that in 1966 there were substantial exports of these.