asked the President of the Board of Trade what was the value and number of cars exported from the United Kingdom in the last five years, indicating the principal countries to which they were sent.
The figures for total exports are as follows:
| EXPORTS FROM THE UNITED KINGDOM OF NEW CARS (INCLUDING TAXIS, STATION WAGONS AND ESTATE CARS) ASSEMBLED AND UNASSEMBLED | ||
| Year | Number | Value |
| £ | ||
| 1956 | 308,030 | 114,509,686 |
| 1957 | 401,188 | 152,010,173 |
| 1958 | 454,042 | 180,828,748 |
| 1959 | 539,343 | 215,747,231 |
| 1960 | 537,867 | 218,192,476 |
asked the President of the Board of Trade what was the value and number of cars exported from the United Kingdom in the first five months of this year, indicating the principal countries to which they were sent.
Figures for May are not yet available. Total expots of new cars (including taxis, station wagons and estate cars) assembled and unassembled, for the first four months of this year, were 113,624 cars valued at £46,841,406. An analysis of country of consignment is given in considerable detail in the April Trade and Navigation Accounts at pages 289–291.
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asked the President of the Board of Trade what was the value and number of cars imported into the United Kingdom in the first five months of this year, indicating the principal countries of origin.
Figures for May are not yet available. The information for the period January to April, 1961, is as follows:
| IMPORTS INTO THE UNITED KINGDOM OF NEW CARS (INCLUDING TAXIS) ASSEMBLED AND UNASSEMBLED | ||
| — | Number | £ |
| Total Imports | 6,289 | 2,466,546 |
| Imports from— | ||
| Canada | 378 | 184,622 |
| Sweden | 525 | 259,199 |
| Germany (Western) | 4,010 | 1,441,162 |
| France | 517 | 210,402 |
| Italy | 539 | 179,713 |
| United States | 97 | 115,380 |