§ Mr. Skeetasked the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, taking 1960 as the base year, if he will give an index to price rises in crude oil imported into the United Kingdom from the Middle East and North Africa, and compare the rise in crude oil prices with the advance in prices of manufactured goods exported to the Middle East and North Africa.
§ Mr. EmeryUsing 1960 as the base year, an index number of the average value per ton of crude and process oils imported into the United Kingdom from Middle East and North Africa is 122 for the year 1972. A price index for exports of manufactured goods by area is not available.