HC Deb 20 July 1900 vol 86 c654
MR. D. A. THOMAS

I bog to ask the President of the Board of Trade if he can state the quantities of coal shipped from this country and from the United States respectively during the eleven months ending 31st May last, to France, to Germany, and to other European countries.

MR. RITCHIE

The exports of coal, coke, etc., from the United Kingdom to the countries named in the eleven months ending 31st May, 1900, were as follows: —France, 6,969,313 tons; Germany, 4,973,634 tons; other parts of Europe, approximately 19,000,000 tons. The amounts of coal exported from the United States to these countries in the same period were:— France, 26,336 tons; Germany, 2,126 tons; other parts of Europe, 136,645 tons.