HC Deb 05 December 1922 vol 159 c1554W
Mr. WISE

asked the President of the Board of Trade the total value of trade between Great Britain and Mesopotamia, imports and exports, for the first nine months of this year and for the first nine months of 1921?

Sir W. JOYNSON-HICKS

The following statement shows the value of the imports into and exports from the United Kingdom consigned from and to Mesopotamia during the first nine months of 1921 and 1922:

Jan.-Sept., 1922. Jan.-Sept. 1921.
£ £
Imports consigned from Mesopotamia:
Total 415,281 906,305
Exports consigned to Mesopotamia:
United Kingdom produce and manufacture. 2,888,975 3,746,665
Foreign or Colonial merchandise. 30,073 60,739
Total Exports 2,919,048 3,807,404