§ Mr. Clemitsonasked the Secretary of State for Trade (1) if he will list the value of imports into the United Kingdom of each of the following 10 commodities in each of the last 10 years: cocoa, coffee, copper, cotton, jute, rubber, sisal, sugar, tea and tin;
(2) what percentage of the total value of imports into the United Kingdom the combined imports of the following 10 commodities represented in each of the last 10 years: cocoa, coffee, copper, cut-ton, jute, rubber, sisal, sugar, tea and tin.
§ Mr. MeacherFollowing is the information:
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£ million 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 Cocoa (beans, powder, paste and cocoa butter) … … … … 25.2 29.7 33.7 50.2 44.6 35.4 39.8 62.9 106.9 87.7 Coffee (including substitutes) … … … … 24.1 22.7 31.2 34.1 42.4 51.1 47.4 77.6 63.9 69.5 Copper (ore, waste and scrap, blister, other unrefined and refined wrought copper) … … … … 216.9 176.9 227.9 272.2 278.3 183.1 196.3 312.1 431.0 255.3 Cotton (raw, yarn, thread and fabrics) … … … … 102.2 101.7 127.2 110.4 106.9 121.4 130.6 185.2 234.5 213.5 Jute (raw, yarn and fabrics) … … … … 20.7 21.9 22.5 19.9 19.0 15.6 22.1 17.6 20.6 12.5 Crude rubber (including synthetic and reclaimed) … … … … 46.1 44.5 48.5 60.9 57.6 52.8 47.5 74.8 100.4 92.9 Sisal (not spun) … … … … 4.5 3.8 3.2 3.6 3.4 2.8 2.7 5.2 7.7 4.4 Sugar … … … … 97.8 93.1 93.9 102.0 104.0 108.3 132.6 151.2 333.5 589.1 Tea … … … … 99.0 105.6 112.1 82.8 104.8 94.9 82.2 82.8 117.7 128.6 Tin (ore, waste and scrap) … … … … 23.3 24.9 28.3 36.0 31.5 24.0 25.5 24.8 34.1 27.1 Totals as percentages of United Kingdom total imports … … … … 11.1 9.7 9.2 9.3 8.8 7.0 6.5 6.3 6.3 6.2