Mr. PIKE PEASEasked the President of the Board of Trade what is the value of the total exports of British products to France in each of the last three years, and what proportion of these are manufactures; the amount of imports from France, distinguishing manufactures from all other commodities; and the total exports from France to all parts of the British Empire for the same years?
§ Mr. CHURCHILLpresented the following statement showing the value of the Imports from and Exports to France in the years 1905–7, and the value and pro- 1230W portion of this trade, which consists of articles wholly or mainly manufactured:—
Year etc. All Articles Articles wholly or
mainly
"manu-
factured"
only.*
Propor- tion of
"manu-
factured
to total."
Imports into the United Kingdom
consigned from
France:—
£ £ Per cent. 1905 46,458,000 28,370,000 61.1 1906 47,099,000 29,694,000 63.0 1907 46,334,000 27,610,000 59.6 Exports of British and Irish Goods con-
signed to France:—
1905 16,046,000 10,713,000 66.8 1906 20,307,000 13,378,000 65.9 1907 23,308,000 14,585,000 62.6 *Excluding Parcel Post. The following statement shows the value of the Exports of Domestic Produce from France to the British Empire (including the United Kingdom) in the years 1905–7, as given in the French Official Trade Returns:–
Year. All Articles. "Manufactured" articles only.*
Proportion of "manu-
factured"
to total.
Per cent. 1905 £52,347,000 £31,870,000 60.9 1906 53,896,000 34,289,000 63.6 1907 57,161,000 37,718,000 66.0 * Including Parcel Post.