§ 1. Sir JOHN POWERasked the President of the Board of Trade the weight of dyestuffs imported in 1927 and the estimated weight of dyestuffs produced in the United Kingdom in 1927 and, for comparison, the corresponding figures in 1913; and how the general level of prices of dyestuffs in 1927 compared with that in 1913?
§ The PRESIDENT of the BOARD of TRADE (Sir Philip Cunliffe-Lister)The imports into the United Kingdom of synthetic dyestuffs amounted to 40 million lbs. weight in 1913, and to 4¾ million lbs. weight in 1927. Production in the United Kingdom amounted to about 9 million lbs. weight in 1913, and to 35½ million lbs. weight in 1927. I understand that the average price of these dyestuffs is at present about 1s. 7d. a lb., as compared with 1s. a 1b. in 1913.