§ 47. Sir A. M. SAMUELasked the President of the Board of Trade by how much per cent. the average price of United Kingdom imports from 1st January to 1st April, 1932, was below that during 1913; by how much per cent. the average price of United Kingdom exports from 1st January to 1st April, 1932, was above that during 1913; and, as our average export price was higher in January to April, 1932, than during 1913, notwithstanding the price of imported materials being less in 1932 than in 1913, will lie specify, in the Board of Trade Journal, for the guidance of the export trades, the classes of goods in which this difference has caused: diminution of United Kingdom exports?
§ The PARLIAMENTARY SECRETARY to the BOARD of TRADE (Mr. Hore-Belisha)The usual calculations relative to the volume and average values of imports and exports during the first quarter of the present year will not be available until later in the month when the particulars will be published in the Board of Trade Journal. These will afford my hon. Friend comparisons of the volumes and average values with the corresponding figures for earlier years.