§ 68. Commander BELLAIRSasked the President of the Board of Trade what were the imports of cameras from the United States and Canada in 1921 and 1927, respectively; and whether he has any information as to the imports from Canada that are merely American
| — | Quantities. | Declared Values.* | ||||
| 1921. | 1927. | 1921. | 1927. | |||
| Numbers. | Numbers. | £ | £ | |||
| Imports consigned from— | ||||||
| United States of America | … | … | 300,361 | 54,553 | 348,570 | 55,425 |
| Canada | … | … | 2,103 | 511,916 | 1,376 | 130,669 |
| * Excluding the values of lenses, whether or not forming part of the camera. |
§ NOTE.—The figures for 1927 exclude the direct imports into the Irish Free State.
§ Since 1st March, 1927, cameras imported from the British Empire have been admitted free of duty only if 75 per cent. or more of their value was the result of labour within the Empire. Of the 511,910 cameras imported from Canada in 1927, 289,651 were charged with duty.