§ Miss Holtasked the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry by what percentage the exports of the United States of America, to Rhodesia have grown in each of the years 1965 to 1972 inclusive.
Sir Alec Douglas HomeI have been asked to reply.
The following figures were published in the Fourth Report of the Committee established in pursuance of Security 331W Council Resolution 253; they provide details up to 1970. Percentage changes
£000's 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 Federal Republic of Germany … 4,543 4,660 5,127 5,380 514 491 (+2.6) (+1.00) (+4.9) (-90.4) (-4.5) Japan … … … … 6,950 4,630 5,660 1,880 1.66 1.66 (-33.4) (+22.2) (-66.8) (-99.9) (0) United States of America … … N.A. 3,121 1,565 850 189 214 (-49.8) (-45.6) (-77.8) (+13.2) (Figures are converted from U.S. dollars at the rate of U.S.$ 2.40=£l)