§ 12. Mr. KILEYasked the President of the Board of Trade the total value of imports of foreign-manufactured goods into this country for the months January and February of 1920, 1921, and 1922, respectively; and can he give the tonnage figures of the corresponding periods?
§ Mr. BALDWINThe total values of goods classed as wholly or mainly manufactured registered during the months specified in the question as imported into the United Kingdom were as follow:—
These figures are exclusive of manufactured articles of food, drink, or tobacco.
Month of January. Month of February. £ £ 1920 … … 31,528,390 33,042,020 1921 … … 30,467,084 23,394,362 1922 … … 17,709,981 16,575,746 7 I am unable to state either the tonnage figures corresponding with the values stated, or how much of the values are accounted for by imports from foreign countries and from British Possessions respectively.