§ 65. Mr. CAIRNSasked the Secretary for Mines the quantities of coal and coke sent from this country into France, Italy, and Germany in 1913 and 1921, and the quantity of coal and coke sent from Germany in 1913 and 1921 into France?
§ The PARLIAMENTARY SECRETARY to the BOARD of TRADE (Sir W. Mitchell-Thomson)I have been asked to reply. As the answer involves a statistical
| Exports from the United Kingdom. | ||||||||
| Destination. | Coal. | Coke. | ||||||
| 1913. | 1921 (a). | 1913. | 1921 (a). | |||||
| Tons. | Tons. | Tons. | Tons. | |||||
| France | … | … | … | … | 12,775,909 | 6,395,651 | 5,785 | 4,265 |
| Italy | … | … | … | … | 9,647,161 | 3,383,083 | 70,327 | 31,179 |
| Germany | … | … | … | … | 8,952,328 | 817,877 | 20,455 | 1,205 |
| Exports from Germany. | ||||||||
| Tons. | Tons. | Tons. | Tons. | |||||
| France | … | … | … | … | 2,413,618 (b) | 6,243,521 (c) | 2,338,313 | 2,907,940 (c) |
§ (a) In 1921 there was a general stoppage of three months' duration in the British coalfields, so that the export figures shown above correspond roughly to a working period of only nine months. Calculated on the basis of the figures for the last quarter of 1921, the annual export of coal and coke would be: 12,588,512 tons of coal and 1,228 tons of coke to France, 5,862,400 tons of coal and 60,916 tons of coke to Italy, and 1,489,280 tons of coal to Germany. No coke was exported to Germany during the last quarter of 1921.
§ (b) Not including coal exported to France from the Sarre.
§ (c) All this was reparation coal and coke.