HC Deb 27 May 1968 vol 765 c186W
Mr. Brian Parkyn

asked the President of the Board of Trade what was the total value of tobacco imports to the United Kingdom in 1964 and 1967 from the sterling area and from the dollar area, respectively.

Mr. Dell

There is no current definition of the dollar area. Following are details of imports of tobacco:

UNITED KINGDOM IMPORTS OF TOBACCO
1964 £ million (c.i.f.) 1967 £ million (c.i.f.)
Sterling Area 32.9 20.1†
Non-Sterling Area of which 58.2 69.4
United States of America 41.8 49.0
Canada 10.4 15.4
Total 91.1 89.5
Includes £23.9 million in respect of imports from the former Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland. (Separate trade statistics for Rhodesia in 1964 are not available.)
† Rhodesia is excluded, but imports from there were nil.

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