HC Deb 06 April 1938 vol 334 c348
59. Mr. Riley

asked the President of the Board of Trade the value of exports, respectively, between this country and Japan for the six months ended February, 1938, and the corresponding period of 1936–37?

Captain Wallace

The aggregate value of the trade of the United Kingdom with individual countries is normally compiled in respect of calendar years and quarterly periods only. During the six months ended December, 1937, the total declared value of merchandise exported from the United Kingdom and consigned to Japan (including Formosa) was £2,099,000, including re-exports valued at £119,000, while imports into the United Kingdom consigned from Japan amounted to £6,751,000. The corresponding figures for the six months ended December, 1936, were £2,088,000 and £54,000, respectively, for total exports and re-exports, and £5,374,000 for imports.