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71.
Mr. Chetwynd
asked the President of the Board of Trade what main categories and quantities of goods and raw materials have been imported by the United Kingdom from China in the first quarter of 1951.
Mr. Rhodes
Imports into the United Kingdom from China in the first quarter of 1951 amounted in total to £2.7 million. The principal items imported, accounting for £2.0 million of the total, were as follows:
| £ | |||
| Eggs, mainly frozen | … | 88,201 cwt. | 955,000 |
| Maize | … | 320,174 cwt. | 408,000 |
| Natural menthol | … | 54,160 lb. | 228,000 |
| Bristles | … | 2,272 cwt. | 227,000 |
| Raw goat hair | … | 1,303 cwt. | 168,000 |