Part of Oral Answers to Questions — Trade and Commerce – in the House of Commons at 12:00 am on 3rd June 1946.
| IMPORTS OF PRINCIPAL MATERIALS FROM THE UNITED STATES. | ||||||
| Description. | Average value per ton | Increase in average value. | ||||
| 1938. | January-April, 1946. | |||||
| £ | £ | per cent. | ||||
| Tobacco (unmanufactured) | … | … | … | 154 | 315 | 105 |
| Undressed fur skins (other than rabbit) | … | … | 2,502 | 4,488 | 79 | |
| Raw Cotton | … | … | … | 48 | 127 | 166 |
| Sawn softwood | … | … | … | 11·0 | 18·6 | 69 |
| Crude petroleum | … | … | … | 2·9 | 4·4 | 52 |
| Sulphur | … | … | … | 4·4 | 8·4 | 91 |