MR. DUNDAS WHITE (Dumbartonshire)To ask the President of the Board of Trade if he can say as regards the United Kingdom, the United States, and Germany, respectively, what were the exports of manufactured goods, the total exports and the total imports for the years 1900 and 1907, respectively; what was the increase in each of those classes for each of these countries during the intervening time; what was the estimated population of each of these countries in the year 1907; and what, on that population basis, was the increase per head for each of these classes in each of these countries during that intervening time.
(Answered by Mr. Churchill.) The following statement gives the information asked for by my hon. Friend, except that the imports and exports per head of population in 1900 have been given on the basis of the estimated population of that year and not, as suggested in the Question, on the basis of the population in 1907.
| United Kingdom. | United States.* | Germany. | ||||||||
| Million pounds. | Million pounds. | Million pounds. | ||||||||
| Exports of "Manufactured Articles" (Domestic Produce) | 1900 | 228.3 | 97.0 | 146.6 | ||||||
| 1907 | 342.0 | 156.4 | 236.4 | |||||||
| Increase in 1907 over 1900 | 113.7 | 59.4 | 89.8 | |||||||
| Exports of "All Articles" (Domestic Produce) | 1900 | 291.2 | 304.3 | 226.7 | ||||||
| 1907 | 426.0 | 382.2 | 336.8 | |||||||
| Increase in 1907 over 1900 | 134.8 | 77.9 | 110.1 | |||||||
| Imports of "All Articles" (for Home Consumption) | 1900 | 459.9 | 168.3 | 283.5 | ||||||
| 1907 | 553.9 | 243.4 | 430.0 | |||||||
| Increase in 1907 over 1900 | 94.0 | 75.1 | 146.5 | |||||||
| Estimated Population in | 1900 | 41,155,000† | 76,975,000‡ | 56,269,000† | ||||||
| 1907 | 44,099,000† | 86,617,000‡ | 62,332,000† | |||||||
| £ | s. | d. | £ | s. | d. | £ | s. | d. | ||
| Exports of "Manufactured Articles" (Domestic Produce) per head | 1900 | 5 | 10 | 11 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 12 | 1 |
| 1907 | 7 | 15 | 1 | 1 | 16 | 1 | 3 | 15 | 10 | |
| Increase in 1907 over 1900 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 10 | 11 | 1 | 3 | 9 | ||
| Exports of "All Articles" (Domestic Produce) per head | 1900 | 7 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 19 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 7 |
| 1907 | 9 | 13 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 1 | |
| Increase of 1907 over 1900 | 2 | 11 | 8 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 6 | ||
| Imports of "All Articles" (for Home Consumption) per head | 1900 | 11 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 5 | 0 | 9 |
| 1907 | 12 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 16 | 2 | 6 | 18 | 0 | |
| Increase in 1907 over 1900 | 1 | 7 | 8 | 12 | 5 | 1 | 17 | 3 | ||
| * For years beginning 1st July. | † Estimated population at middle of year. | |||||||||
| ‡ Estimated population at end of calendar year. |