§ Mr. William Hamiltonasked the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry what was the value of Great Britain's trade with South Africa in each of the five years prior to that country leaving the Commonwealth; and what are the comparable figures in each subsequent year up to the end of 1971.
§ Sir G. HoweThe figures for 1962 to 1969 are published in the Annual Abstract of Statistics 1971, and for 1970 and 1971 in Volume I of the Annual Statement of Trade for those years; these show that since 1961, the year South Africa left the Commonwealth, exports have grown, on average, much faster than imports.
UNITED KINGDOM TRADE WITH SOUTH AFRICA £ million Imports cif Exports fob 1956 121 163 1957 126 181 1958 123 195 1959 128 158 1960 139 163 1961 156 157