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Mr. Tilney
asked the Secretary to the Treasury whether he will state in table form the total trade and balance of payments between the United Kingdom and each independent African territory which is not a member of the sterling area and also the expenditure by all Ministries of Her Majesty's Government in each of those territories.
Mr. Barber
The required figures of trade and of United Kingdom Government expenditure in 1961 are given in the table below. I regret that further details of the United Kingdom's balance
| STATEMENT OF (i) UNITED KINGDOM TRADE AND (ii) UNITED KINGDOM GOVERNMENT EXPENDITURE IN INDEPENDENT AFRICAN COUNTRIES NOT IN THE STERLING AREA IN 1961 | ||||||
| £ thousand | ||||||
| — | United Kingdom imports (c.i.f.) | United Kingdom exports and re-exports (f.o.b.) | United Kingdom Government expenditure | |||
| Cameroun | … | … | … | 881 | 988 | 40 |
| Congo | … | … | … | 485 | 793 | 70 |
| Congo Republic | … | … | … | 3,683 | 5,657 | 120 |
| Egypt | … | … | … | 4,881 | 22,348 | 330 |
| Ethiopia | … | … | … | 1,630 | 2,978 | 160 |
| Gabon | … | … | … | 612 | 538 | — |
| Guinea | … | … | … | 867 | 841 | 30 |
| Ivory Coast | … | … | … | 952 | 1,592 | — |
| Liberia | … | … | … | 2,829 | 3,125 | 70 |
| Malagasy | … | … | … | 887 | 507 | 20 |
| Mali | … | … | … | 1,570 | 1,727 | 70 |
| Morocco (including Tangier) | … | … | … | 12,753 | 5,148 | 100 |
| Somali Republic | … | … | … | 52 | 791 | 1,630* |
| Sudan | … | … | … | 12,740 | 20,000 | 180† |
| Togo | … | … | … | 120 | 974 | — |
| Tunisia | … | … | … | 6,221 | 2,052 | 50 |
| Other | … | … | … | 186 | 1,000 | 80 |
| * Includes economic grants amounting to £1,530,000. | ||||||
| † In 1961 the United Kingdom Government received a loan repayment of £1,660,000 from the Sudan. There were no receipts from the other countries. | ||||||