Mr. DOYLEasked the President of the Board of Trade if he can give the tonnage and value of German goods imported into this country during 1921 of the following goods: manufactured cotton goods, manufactured iron and steel products, toys, electrical machinery, dyes and chemical commodities, cutlery, and crockery and earthenware; and how many tons of coal, timber, and pig iron were imported during the said year?
§ Mr. BALDWINThe following is a statement showing the tonnage (where available) and value of certain classes of commodities consigned from Germany which were registered as imported into the United Kingdom during the year 1921:
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— Tonnage of Imports. Value. (a) Articles wholly or mainly manufactured: £ *Manufactured Cotton goods (including Gloves, Hosiery etc.) — 1,166,010 Iron and Steel and Manufactures thereof (except Pig Iron) 103,795 2,303,160 *Toys and Games (except of leather or electrical) — 1,377,883 Electrical Machinery 241 44,996 Dyes and Dyestuffs obtained from Coal Tar 2,123 797,576 Chemicals (other than Drugs, Dyes and Dyestuffs) 78,668 1,079,982 *Cutlery — 176,831 Chinaware, Earthenware and Pottery of all kinds 7,773 385,403 (b) Articles mainly unmanufactured or only partly manufactured: Coal 8,908 39,372 Timber 47,603 392,491 Pig Iron (including Ferro-Alloys) 69,376 296,909 NOTES.—In the cases marked with an asterisk (*) the quantities imported are not usually returned by weight, some other appropriate unit being used, e.g., square yards, dozens, etc. The classification of commodities employed in 1921 differs in some respects from that employed prior to 1st January, 1920. A "Load" of Timber has been taken as approximately equal to one ton.