HC Deb 08 December 1919 vol 122 cc876-7
23. Mr. L. SCOTT

asked the President of the Board of Trade whether he would, by Wednesday next, before the Debate upon the Second Reading of the Coal Industry (Emergency) Bill, circulate a Paper showing in summary form the total sales of coal for export and bunkers, both foreign and home-trade, with the approximate total f.o.b. prices received therefor during each of the months of the present year and, by way of comparison, the total quantities and prices received for the year 1918; and how much more had been received for exports and bunkers than was anticipated by Mr. Justice Sankey when he said, in paragraph 10 of his first Report, that there would be a loss of about £9,000,000 on present prices?

Sir A. GEDDES

I will arrange for the statement asked for, as far as the figures are available, to be printed in the OFFICIAL

MONTHLY RETURN of Coal Exports and Foreign and Coastwise Bunkers for the period from January, 1918 to October, 1919 (inclusive)—
Month. * Coal exports. Foreign bunkers. ¶ Coast wise bunkers.
†Quantity. †Value. ‡Price per ton f.o.b. † Quantity. ║Value. §Price per ton f.o.b. Quantity. Value. Price per ton f.o.b.
(1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) (7) (8) (9)
1918. Tons. £ s. d. Tons. £ s. d. Tons. £ s. d.
Jan. … 2,685,026 3,771,928 28 1 754,143 1,058,942 28 1 87,536 120,362 27 6
Feb. … 2,435,123 3,410,753 28 0 780,857 1,093,199 28 0 92,059 126,581 27 6
March … 2,462,019 3,492,692 28 4 810,803 1,148,637 28 4 86,883 119,464 27 6
April … 2,584,580 3,564,216 27 7 691,241 953,336 27 7 87,702 120,590 27 6
May … 2,813,161 3,887,371 27 8 741,591 1,025,868 27 8 84,672 116,424 27 6
June … 2,369,586 3,299,224 27 10 666,311 927,287 27 10 84,408 126,612 30 0
July … 2,830,888 4,276,842 30 2 765,958 1,155,320 30 2 84,206 134,729 32 0
August 3,362,206 5,395,908 32 1 743,061 1,191,994 32 1 86,110 137,776 32 0
Sept. … 2,792,742 4,552,799 32 7 742,183 1,209,140 32 7 81,373 130,196 32 0
October 2,909,319 4,923,424 33 10 706,480 1,195,129 33 10 91,987 147,179 32 0
Nov. … 2,415,965 3,977,598 32 11 752,953 1,239,235 32 11 82,560 132,096 32 0
Dec. … 2,092,289 3,473,737 33 2 600,895 996,484 33 2 84,602 135,363 32 0
1919.
Jan. … 2,349,573 4,072,892 34 8 937,255 1,624,575 34 8 91,756 146,809 32 0
Feb. … 2,709,239 4,887,692 36 1 821,830 1,482,718 36 1 95,021 152,673 32 0
March … 3,880,628 6,863,249 35 4 938,837 1,658,612 35 4 106,000 169,600 32 0
April … 2,568,096 4,887,174 38 1 886,877 1,688 762 38 1 110,378 176,605 32 0
May … 3,797,076 7,353,107 38 9 1,170,572 2,267,983 38 9 97,999 156,798 32 0
June … 3,258,442 6,932,233 42 7 992,808 2,113,854 42 7 94,182 176,983 37 7
July … 3,427,556 8,452,042 49 4 1,066,854 2,631,573 49 4 106,902 237,127 44 4
August 2,170,813 5,537,508 51 0 1,123,580 2,865,129 51 0 132,647 305,088 46 0
Sept. … 2,677,189 7,732,919 57 9 1,130,484 3,264,273 57 9 102,066 269,199 52 9
October 2,729,625 8,516,669 62 5 973,290 3,037,476 62 5 120,000 360,000 60 0
(estimate)
* Excluding coke and manufactured fuel.
† The figures in these columns are published in the trade and navigation returns issued monthly.
‡ These figures are calculated from columns (1) and (2).
§The price per ton f.o b. for foreign bunkers shewn in this column corresponds with the export price in column 6. It is the best estimate that can be given.
║These figures are calculated from columns (4) and (6).
¶The figures shewing the value and price per ton of coastwise bunkers are estimates.