HC Deb 30 June 1921 vol 143 cc2359-60W
Sir W. BARTON

asked the President of the Board of Trade whether very serious money loss, as well as loss of business opportunity and connection, is being caused by the delay in liberating from the Customs colours and dyestuffs imported from Germany, in connection with which the licences issued by the licensing committee and the contracts with the colour makers have been produced, and every requirement of the German Reparation (Recovery) Act fulfilled; and will he give urgent instructions for expedition in this matter?

Sir R. HORNE

I have no knowledge of the losses to which the hon. Member refers, but if he will give me full details of any particular case of delay he has in mind, I shall be glad to look into the matter.

proportion of Japan's foreign trade was with the British Empire, the United States and her possessions, and with China?

Sir P. LLOYD-GREAME

My hon. and gallant Friend does not specify the period for which he desires information. The percentages of the imports into Japan, and of the exports from Japan, recorded in the Japanese Official Trade Accounts as obtained from and sent to China, the United States and her possessions, and the British Empire, respectively, in 1920, in 1913, and in an intermediate year (1917) were as follow:—