§ Mr. GLAZEBROOKasked the President of the Board of Trade the annual average value of cotton knit goods exports from this country to the United States for the years 1873 to 1883 and 1902 to 1912; the numbers of hose and half-hose (knit goods) manufactured in this country in 1907 and in the United States in 1905, with the. average value per pair; and what was the total value of knit goods manufactured in the United States, the United Kingdom, and Germany, according to the latest Returns?
Mr. BUXTONThe following statements give the information desired by the hon. Member, so far as the particulars are available. The figures relating to production in the United States of America, though collected in 1905, relate to 1904:—
(1) Average annual value of cotton hosiery (United Kingdom manufacture) exported to the United States.
Description. In the period 1873–1883. in the period 1902–1912. £ £ Stockings and socks of cotton 94,568 7,730 Other sorts of cotton hosiery 238,849 15,722 Total 333,417 23,352 (2) Output of hose and half-hose (knit goods), whether of cotton or other materials, in the United Kingdom and United States.
— Dozen Pairs. Average Value. per pair United Kingdom (1907). 14,409,000 6.1 pence United States (1904). 44,186,000 4.2 pence (3) Total value of finished knit goods (hosiery) of all materials returned as manufactured in the United Kingdom and United States in the years specified.
935W No information is available from official sources with regard to the output of hosiery in Germany.
£ United Kingdom (1907) 8,638,000 United States (1904). 27,102,000