HC Deb 16 March 1908 vol 186 cc170-1
MR. DUNDAS WHITE

To ask the President of the Board of Trade if he will say what were the values respectively of our imports from Germany and our exports to Germany for each of the ten years 1898 to 1907, inclusive.

Year. Total imports of merchandise imported direct from Germany into the United Kingdom. Exports of United Kingdom produce and manufactures to Germany. Exports of Foreign and Colonial produce to Germany.
£ £ £
1898 28,534,159 22,525,987 10,805,714
1899 30,123,058 25,996,127 11,982,130
1900 31,181,667 27,999,712 10,543,078
1901 32,207,214 23,573,785 10,647,295
1902 33,633,956 22,850,295 10,244,270
1903 34,533,390 23,550,631 10,965,708
1904 33,944,322 25,103,270 11,324,580
1905 35,799,758 29,704,449 13,037,851
1906 38,021,762 33,558,954 14,753,370
1907 38,780,846 41,377,278 15,373,761

Note.—The above particulars of imports from Germany relate to imports received directly from German ports. The figures, therefore, include a certain amount of imports derived from other countries which pass through Germany, but exclude a much larger portion of our imports from Germany which pass through other countries. Particulars of the value of imported merchandise which was consigned to the United Kingdom from Germany can only be given at present for the years 1904, 1905, and 1906, the totals of such consignments being in 1904, £49,512,221; in 1905, £53,838,546; in 1906, £55,907,597.