§ 38. Lieut.-Colonel HOWARD-BURYasked the President of the Board of Trade whether he can give the numbers and the value of American motor cars or chassis imported into this country in the first six months of this year; and whether there is an increase as compared with last year?
§ Mr. A. M. SAMUEL (Secretary, Over- seas Trade Department)If my hon. and gallant Friend agrees, a table giving the figures he asks for will be circulated in the OFFICIAL REPORT.
| THE following statement shows the number and declared value of Motor Cars and Chassis imported into Great Britain and Northern Ireland and consigned from the United States during the first six months of the years 1926 and 1927:— | ||||
| — | January-June, 1926. | January-June, 1927. | ||
| Number. | Value. | Number. | Value. | |
| £ | £ | |||
| Motor Cars (complete)— | ||||
| Touring cars (including cabs) | 2,150 | 367,617 | 7,024 | 1,201,528 |
| Commercial Vehicles (including motor omnibuses fire engines and motor ambulances, but not including tractors). | 129 | 35,804 | 41 | 6,234 |
| Chassis (complete) for motor cars, etc. | 4,283 | 504,694 | 3,625 | 383,133 |