HC Deb 22 July 1926 vol 198 cc1407-9
36. Mr. H. WILLIAMS

asked the Financial Secretary to the Treasury the

A RETURN of the Registered Value of the Imports into Great Britain and Northern Ireland of (a) manufactured goods on which new customs duties were imposed by the legislation of 1925, and the Exports of goods similarly classified, and (b) the Imports and Exports of all other manufactured goods, during each of the periods of six months (January–June) 1926 and 1925.
Group. January–June, 1926. January–June, 1925.
Imports. Exports. Imports. Exports.
£ £ £ £
Cinematograph Films 516,715 223,108 930,003 286,410
Clocks and watches and parts thereof 545,411 140,261 2,521,158 246,888
Motor Cars, etc., and parts and accessories thereof. 3,444,413 6,072,393 7,606,954 6,499,334
Musical instruments and parts and accessories thereof. 315,015 1,069,759 1,519,842 1,023,551
Silk and silk manufactures—
Silk yarn, wholly or partly of silk 8,682,827 1,312,768 15,989,129 2,151,431
Silk manufactures (except apparel, lace and embroidery) viz.:—Tissues wholly or partly of silk.
Artificial Silk manufactures—
Artificial silk yarn, wholly or partly of artificial silk. 2,054,020 3,501,611 4,850,973 2,728,256
Artificial silk manufactures (except apparel, lace and embroidery), via.:—
Tissues wholly or partly of artificial silk.
Woollen and worsted piece goods mixed with artificial silk. Not available 134,592* Not available Not available
Made-up articles, containing silk or artificial silk. 2,841,168 235,747† 1,675,345† 586,007†
Lace and embroidery 299,501 1,030,660 1,022,218 1,973,189
Cutlery 146,186 424,685 221,844 468,498
Gas Mantles 30,008 15,242 120,971 18,238
Impregnated hose or stockings for use in the manufacture of mantles for incandescent lighting. 8 14 Not available Not available
Gloves of leather or of fur, and cotton fabric gloves and material for such gloves. 649,832 106,117 1,900,191 208,039
Total 19,525,134 14,266,957 38,358,628 16,189,841
All other manufactured goods (Class III—wholly or mainly manufactured). 129,852,043 273,224,145 136,149,907 313,069,139
* Excluding exports of imported goods so described.
† Excluding apparel, etc., so described. Separate particulars for such goods containing silk and artificial silk not available.

total of the imports and exports of the following groups of manufactured goods during the first six months of 1925 and 1926, respectively, those manufactured goods on which new Customs duties were imposed by the legislation of 1925, and all other manufactured goods?

Mr. McNEILL

With my hon. Friend's permission, I will circulate the available information in the OFFICIAL REPORT.

Following is the information promised:

It should be noted:

  1. (1) The exports in general include re-exports;
  2. (2) To obtain comparability the figures for motor cars, etc., include non-dutiable cars and parts, as separate figures for the latter are not available for 1925;
  3. (3) Imports of goods now dutiable were in most cases increased by forestalments in the first half of 1925, which may still have been having some effect in diminishing imports in the first half of 1926;
  4. (4) Exports of silk and lace in 1926 are actually larger than the figures shown, as since the duties were imposed, a part of the re-export trade has been diverted into "transhipment under bond" traffic, detailed particulars of which are not available.

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