§ 5. Sir W. SUGDENasked the President of the Board of Trade the amount of trade placed in this country by the Dominions in the first half-year ending May, 1923, 1924 and 1925, and the amount of raw materials and manufactured imports, separately, sent by them into this country during the same period?
§ Sir P. CUNLIFFE- LISTERThe answer contains in tabular form such particulars as I can give, and my hon. Friend will perhaps permit me to circulate it in the OFFICIAL REPORT.
| — | January-June, 1923.* | January-June, 1924. | January-March, 1925. |
| £ | £ | £ | |
| Declared values of the exports of U.K. Produce and Manufactures consigned to Canada, Australia, New Zealand, Union of South Africa and Newfoundland. | 65,901,381 | 66,793,322 | 36,604,180 |
| Declared values of the total imports of merchandise consigned from the same Dominions. | 92,530,780 | 96,112,557 | 57,656,332 |
| In the year 1923* the declared value of the total imports of merchandise from these Dominions was £162,823,867 of which £55,792,144 represented raw materials and articles mainly un-manufactured, and £11,625,805 represented articles wholly or mainly manufactured. | |||
| * NOTE.—For January-March, 1923, these figures include the direct trade of the Irish Free State with the Dominions named in the table. |