§ MR. J. D. WHITE (Dumbartonshire)To ask the President of the Board of Trade if he can state what were the aggregate imports, exports, and re-exports, together with the total of these, for the United Kingdom, the United States, France, and Germany, respectively, for the year 1906; what was the estimated population of each of these countries respectively for that year; and what were the imports, exports, and re-exports, together with the total of these, per head of population in each of these countries respectively for that year.
§ (Answered by MR. Lloyd-George.) The particulars at present available do not enable all the information asked for to be given in respect of all the countries mentioned in the Question. The following 1011 figures, however, show for each of these countries the imports for Home
| Foreign Trade and Population of the United Kingdom, United States, France, and Germany in the year 1906. | ||||||||||||
| United Kingdom. | United States. | France. | Germany. | |||||||||
| Foreign Trade:— | ||||||||||||
| £ | £ | £ | £ | |||||||||
| Imports for Home Consumption | 522,825,000 | 269,941,000 | 209,177,000 | 392,526,000 | ||||||||
| Exports of Domestic Produce | 375,673,000 | 369,325,000 | 201,747,000 | 306,250,000 | ||||||||
| Total of above | 898,498,000 | 639,266,000 | 410,924,000 | 698,766,000 | ||||||||
| Estimated Population in the middle of the year | No. | No. | No. | No. | ||||||||
| 43,659,000 | 84,154,000 | 39,400,000 | 61,337,000 | |||||||||
| Foreign Trade per head of the Population:— | ||||||||||||
| £ | s. | d. | £ | s. | d. | £ | s. | d. | £ | s. | d. | |
| Imports for Home Consumption | 11 | 19 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 0 |
| Exports of Domestic Produce | 8 | 12 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 19 | 10 |
| Total of above | 20 | 11 | 7 | 7 | 11 | 11 | 10 | 8 | 7 | 11 | 7 | 10 |
§ Notes.—(1) The imports for Home consumption are calculated, in the case of the United Kingdom and United States, by deducting the value of the re-exports from the gross value of the imports in 1906.
§ (2) The values of imports and exports stated in the German and French official accounts are for the most part computed on the basis of the ascertained average prices of 1905.