HC Deb 07 March 1940 vol 358 cc571-2
78. Mr. Parker

asked the Minister of Economic Warfare whether he is in a

TABLE I.
Value of Imports from U.S.A. into the countries specified below, according to the official trade returns of the respective countries, converted to sterling at mean quoted rates of exchange.
— 1938. Equivalent in '000£ sterling. 1939. Equivalent in '000£ sterling.
September-December. September-December.
National currency. National currency.
Denmark … 35,039 thousand kroner … 1,564 65,672 thousand kroner … 3,205
Bulgaria … 37,193 thousand levas … 93 14,862 thousand levas … 42
Yugoslavia 115,029 thousand dinars … 550 70,127 thousand dinars … 401
Greece … 286,323 thousand drachmas 521 227,752 thousand drachmas … 414
Netherlands 44,800 thousand gulden … 5,132 54,295 thousand gulden … 7,268
Hungary … 10,162 thousand pengos … 627 6,432 thousand pengos … 426
Switzerland 41,262 thousand francs … 1,972 52,358 thousand francs … 2,970
10,459 14,726
September-November. September-November.
Belgo-Luxemberg. 527,223 thousand francs … 3,746 382,483 thousand francs … 3,307
Rumania … 197,694 thousand lei … 300 74,094 thousand lei … 128
4,046 3,435
September-October. September-October.
Norway … 15,564 thousand kroner … 782 25,134 thousand kroner … 1,414
TABLE II.
Import figures have not been published by Italy and Sweden or the U.S.S.R. for the last four months of 1939. The following figures are taken from the official trade returns of the U.S.A. The official figures for December, 1938, are not yet available.
$thousand.
— September-November, 1938. September-November, 1939.
Italy 14,634.0 17,164.8
Sweden 8,759.5 36,096.2
U.S.S.R 12,708.2 17,693.5

position to state the total value of the imports from the United States of America into Italy, Russia, the four Balkan and three Scandinavian countries, Belgium, Holland, Hungary and Switzerland during the last four months of 1939 and during the last four months of 1938?

The Minister of Economic Warfare (Mr. Cross)

As the answer contains tables of figures, I will, with the hon. Member's permission, circulate it in the OFFICIAL REPORT.

Following are the Tables: