MR. PIKE PEASETo ask the President of the Board of Trade if he will give the relative average prices of imports and exports compared with the prices of 1900.
§ (Answered by Mr. Lloyd-George.) The relative average values of import and exports in 1906, as compared with 1900, can be calculated from the table on page 5 of the Return. The results are as follows—
§ Average values in 1906 expressed as a percentage of the values in 1900:—
| Imports | 103.3 |
| Exports of British produce | 96.7 |
| Exports of Foreign and Colonial merchandise | 113.8 |