HC Deb 12 July 1922 vol 156 cc1217-8
40. Major KELLEY

asked the President of the Board of Trade whether he can give the exports from Great Britain during the first half of the present calendar year of raw and partly manufactured steel, of special steels, and of

STATEMENT.
Commodity. Exports from the United Kingdom. Imports into the United Kingdom.
Quantity. Declared Value. Quantity. Declared Value.
Tons. £ Tons. £
Crude and partly manufactured steel (other than special steels):— 255,711 4,343,072 165,130 1,562,312
(Including ingots, blooms, billets, slabs,bars, rods, angles, shapes and sections; cast- ings and forgings in the rough; girders, beams, joists and pillars; plates and sheets, not galvanised.)
Special steels 2,340 306,987 341 23,685
Steel rails, new 150,181 1,634,325 8,511 123,244
Other manufactures of iron and steel 842,609 21,965,966 101,750 2,519,778

finished steel products; and what were the imports of these during the same period?

The PARLIAMENTARY SECRETARY to the BOARD of TRADE (Sir W. Mitchell-Thomson)

The answer involves a tabular statement, which, with the permission of the House, I will have printed in the OFFICIAL REPORT.

Following is the statement:

The following statement shows the quantities and values of the exports from and imports into the United Kingdom, registered during the first half of 1922, of the classes of goods specified in the question, so far as the particulars are available. Crude and partly manufactured iron is not included in the statement, but manufactured iron products cannot be distinguished from similar products of steel on the basis of the information required to be furnished to the Customs Authorities by exporters and importers. The exports shown in the statement arc those of products and manufactures of the United Kingdom. Re-exports of similar classes of goods of foreign or colonial origin amounted during the half-year to 2,323 tons, valued at £67,770.

Details of the principal varieties of goods included in the aggregates shown in the statement may be found in the Accounts relating to the Trade and Navigation of the United Kingdom for the month of June, issued to-day.