asked the Minister for Industry and Commerce if he will state the nature and values of the principal goods imported from: (a) United States; (b) Canada; (c) Argentine; (d) Brazil; (e) Sweden; and (f) Switzerland, during the 12 months ended 31st December, 1946.
Written Answers. - Value of Imported Goods.
The information desired is as set out in the following tables:—
IMPORTS, DURING THE YEAR 1946, ORIGINATING IN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA.
|
Description |
Value |
|
£ |
|
|
Sausage casings and gut therefor |
32,051 |
|
Wheat |
264,723 |
|
Oats |
162,561 |
|
Wheaten flour |
264,463 |
|
Fruit, preserved: Plums, greengages, prunes, apricots, etc, |
116,222 |
|
Raisins |
271,123 |
|
Other fruit, vegetables, etc. |
16,516 |
|
Glucose |
10,361 |
|
Hops |
50,714 |
|
Tobacco |
2,295,379 |
|
Other food and drink |
22,372 |
|
Iron and steel manufactures |
116,718 |
|
Cutlery, hardware, implements and instruments |
72,935 |
|
Electrical machinery |
76,379 |
|
Refrigerating and cold storage apparatus |
46,288 |
|
Other machines and machinery |
170,959 |
|
Electrical goods and apparatus |
58,285 |
|
Motor tractors |
86,605 |
|
Motor vehicle bodies |
88,181 |
|
,, ,, chassis |
427,451 |
|
Chassis parts and accessories |
96,916 |
|
Aeroplanes, complete |
187,566 |
|
Aeroplane parts |
69,142 |
|
Other vehicles and parts |
68,987 |
|
Hewn wood and timber, soft |
36,450 |
|
Sawn ,, ,, ,, hard |
44,277 |
|
Other wood and timber |
64,533 |
|
Cotton yarn and manufactures: |
|
|
Cotton yarn |
140,885 |
|
Woven piece goods |
544,705 |
|
Knitted fabric in the piece |
54,550 |
|
Cordage, cables, rope and twine |
23,260 |
|
Thread |
35,470 |
|
Other |
39,731 |
|
Woollen and worsted tissues |
99,577 |
|
Artificial silk yarn |
10,647 |
|
,, ,, tissues |
61,885 |
|
Union piece goods |
16,874 |
|
Other textile yarns and manufactures |
46,730 |
|
Overcoats, mackintoshes, etc., proofed—other materials |
19,635 |
|
Corsets, brassieres and similar garments |
48,813 |
|
Stockings and hose |
19,971 |
|
Boots and shoes, new, complete |
174,859 |
|
Other apparel |
24,809 |
|
Fur skins, dressed |
24,994 |
|
Dressed leather —Sole or insole |
25,299 |
|
,, ,,—Upper (o/t patent varnished, etc.) |
131,606 |
|
,, ,,—Patent, varnished, japanned |
20,179 |
|
,, ,,—Other sorts |
12,558 |
|
Synthetic rubber |
34,799 |
|
Tyres, pneumatic for motor cars and motor tractors |
10,615 |
|
Paper-making materials—pulp of wood |
12,548 |
|
Cardboard in rolls or sheets |
44,380 |
|
Oils, refined —Mineral hydrocarbon heavy l.t.d. |
26,292 |
|
,, ,,—Motor Spirit |
134,349 |
|
,, ,,—Gas and fuel |
28,522 |
|
,, ,, Petroleum lamp |
17,297 |
|
,, ,, Lubricating, liable by ref. to qty. in container |
14,778 |
|
,, ,,,, other sorts, hydrocarbon |
223,581 |
|
Resins and gums |
19,942 |
|
Turpentine |
53,051 |
|
Waxes |
43,747 |
|
Other oils, fats, etc., and manufactures n.e.s. |
25,140 |
|
Chemical manufactures |
42,385 |
|
Medicines and Medicinal preparations |
127,276 |
|
Painters' colours and materials n.e.s. |
29,409 |
|
Dry colours, other than painters' colours |
29,577 |
|
Bristles |
13,696 |
|
Seeds, excluding plants for sowing |
227,492 |
|
Druggists' wares |
16,387 |
|
Elastic and elastic cord |
44,645 |
|
Oilcloth |
14,239 |
|
Plastic manufactures |
15,714 |
|
Spectacles, monocles, etc., and parts, l.t.d. |
24,442 |
|
Other articles |
164,634 |
|
Parcel Post |
241,406 |
|
TOTAL |
8,475,537 |
IMPORTS, DURING THE YEAR 1946, ORIGINATING IN CANADA.
|
Description |
Value |
|
£ |
|
|
Wheat |
1,295,740 |
|
Oats |
177,587 |
|
Wheat products |
33,658 |
|
Fruit pulp or juice |
15,760 |
|
Vegetables, dried |
16,821 |
|
Photographic plates and films |
22,905 |
|
Combined reapers and binders |
69,809 |
|
Other machines and machinery |
31,819 |
|
Electrical goods and apparatus |
23,531 |
|
Hewn wood and timber, soft |
42,622 |
|
Sawn ,, ,, ,, hard |
40,443 |
|
,, ,, ,, ,, soft—Deals, planks and boards |
298,116 |
|
Other wood and timber and manufactures |
46,688 |
|
Boots and shoes |
48,666 |
|
Dressed leather |
40,358 |
|
Pulp of wood |
26,212 |
|
Paper, printing, not coated—newsprint |
267,992 |
|
,, ,, ,, ,, —other |
51,925 |
|
Imitation parchment |
13,159 |
|
Cardboard in rolls or sheets |
72,210 |
|
Paraffin wax |
33,089 |
|
Painters' colours and materials—Dry colours |
24,690 |
|
Seeds (excluding plants) for sowing |
17,987 |
|
Other articles |
169,681 |
|
TOTAL |
2,881,468 |
IMPORTS, DURING THE YEAR 1946, ORIGINATING IN ARGENTINA.
|
Description |
Value |
|
£ |
|
|
Maize |
2,081,937 |
|
,, products |
138,659 |
|
Other cereals |
28,762 |
|
Oilseed cake and meal |
47,837 |
|
Vegetable soups and purées |
61,058 |
|
Glucose—liquid |
106,835 |
|
Spirits, enumerated—Geneva |
16,604 |
|
Wool, washed, scoured or carbonised |
45,506 |
|
Cotton yarn |
17,172 |
|
,, piece goods |
56,397 |
|
Wool tops |
48,807 |
|
Woollen and worsted yarns |
60,136 |
|
,, ,, ,, woven tissues |
410,831 |
|
Stockings and hose |
60,948 |
|
Boots and shoes |
72,846 |
|
Leather, dressed |
44,712 |
|
Oils, unrefined —Cottonseed |
18,093 |
|
,, ,, —Linseed |
93,744 |
|
,, ,, —Other vegetable |
83,363 |
|
Dyes and dyestuffs, for tanning |
42,117 |
|
Fibres, undressed, for brush making |
16,417 |
|
Other articles |
75,031 |
|
TOTAL |
£3,627,812 |
IMPORTS, DURING THE YEAR 1946, ORIGINATING IN BRAZIL.
|
Description |
Value |
|
£ |
|
|
Extracts and essences of meat |
17,889 |
|
Arrowroot, sago and tapioca |
187,839 |
|
Oilseed cake and meal—Cottonseed |
45,345 |
|
Fruit, raw, not preserved—Oranges |
302,467 |
|
Cocoa, raw |
52,246 |
|
Cotton yarn |
257,209 |
|
Cotton woven piece goods |
1,375,889 |
|
Other cotton manufactures |
32,188 |
|
Woollen and worsted woven tissues |
151,855 |
|
Artificial silk woven tissues |
90,530 |
|
Other textile manufactures |
67,352 |
|
Stockings and hose |
101,584 |
|
Boots and shoes |
82,178 |
|
Leather, dressed |
18,911 |
|
Waxes, other than sealing |
16,088 |
|
Elastic and elastic cord |
15,551 |
|
Other articles |
42,887 |
|
TOTAL |
£2,858,008 |
IMPORTS, DURING THE YEAR 1946, ORIGINATING IN SWITZERLAND.
|
Description |
Valu |
|
£ |
|
|
Watches, completely or substantially assembled |
67,420 |
|
Machinery—Dairy |
14,180 |
|
,, —Other |
20,691 |
|
Electrical goods and apparatus |
13,290 |
|
Artificial silk yarn |
8,061 |
|
,, ,, woven tissues |
213,798 |
|
Silk woven tissues |
9,583 |
|
Boots and shoes |
20,434 |
|
Skins, undressed |
13,876 |
|
Dyes and dyestufs, for dying |
11,540 |
|
Other articles |
29,594 |
|
Total |
422,467 |
IMPORTS, DURING THE YEAR 1946, ORIGINATING IN SWEDEN.
|
Description |
Value |
|
£ |
|
|
Glass and glassware |
6,015 |
|
Hardware, other than hollow-ware |
10,228 |
|
Implements and tools |
14,532 |
|
Machinery—Dairy |
44,491 |
|
,, —Other |
24,758 |
|
Electrical goods and apparatus |
9,577 |
|
Wood and timber—sawn, soft—Leals, planks and boards |
58,307 |
|
Wood and timber—planed or dressed—Floorings |
10,601 |
|
,, prepared for box-making |
52,807 |
|
Builders' woodwork |
31,081 |
|
Plywood |
15,943 |
|
Other manufactures of wood and timber |
22,580 |
|
Pulp of wood |
179,603 |
|
Paper—Newsprint |
83,971 |
|
Packing and wrapping |
11,536 |
|
Tissue |
11,812 |
|
Greaseproof |
12,191 |
|
Cardboard in rolls or sheets |
88,857 |
|
Seeds for sowing |
9,895 |
|
Sheet and slabs, fibre, etc. for building |
15,120 |
|
Other articles |
45,153 |
|
Total |
759,058 |