HC Deb 22 May 1924 vol 173 cc2404-5
70. Mr. HOGGE

asked the President of the Board of Trade the number and value of imports of gloves from Italy, Czechslovakia and Germany for the years ending 31st December, 1923 and 1921?

THE following Statement shows for the Calendar Years 1921 and 1923 the Imports of Gloves into the United Kingdom registered as consigned from Italy, Czechslovakia and Germany respectively:—
Description. Imports into the United Kingdom.
Consigned from Italy. Consigned from Czechslovakia. Consigned from Germany.
Quantity. Value. Quantity. Value. Quantity. Value.
Year ended 31st December, 1921.
Doz. prs. £ Doz. prs. £ Doz. prs. £
Gloves:—
Of leather 33,884 66,966 18,205 46,849 31,088 42,315
Of woven fabric:—
Silk 100 125 19,641 29,868
Other 2,652 4,501 122,215 110,576
Knitted, netted or crocheted:—
Of cotton, or of which the chief value is cotton. 5,930 8,934 530,968 483,010
Of wool, or of which the chief value is wool. 1,890 1,341 3,540 1,784
Of other textile materials 9,231 8,733
Year ended 31st December, 1923.
Doz. prs. £ Doz. prs. £ Doz. prs. £
Gloves:—
Of leather 294,751 414,035 21,495 60,868 19,195 33,343
Fabric Gloves:—
Of cotton, or of which the chief value is cotton. 15 23 60,292 61,326 953,943 541,645
Of other textile materials 7,539 13,373 32,650 20,845
Other descriptions:—
Of wool, or of which the chief value is wool. 74,710 40,094 44,414 21,390
Of other textile materials 100 100 1,591 918 28,329 18,977
NOTE.—As from 1st April, 1923, the expression "United Kingdom" does not include the Irish Free State. Particulars for 1921 classified in the same manner as those recorded for 1923 are not available.