HC Deb 05 March 1940 vol 358 c190
37. Mr. Parker

asked the Minister of Economic Warfare whether he will give information about the value of goods imported from Germany by European neutral countries during the last four months of 1939 and during the last four months of 1938?

Mr. Cross

The German trade figures have not been published either for 1938 or 1939, while a number of European neutral countries have stopped the publication of their trade statistics since the beginning of the war. In other cases the figures for the period in question in 1939 have not yet appeared. I regret therefore that it is not possible for me to give the information for which the hon. Member asks.