§ Mr. SHORTasked the President of the Board of Trade the total imports of iron and steel and manufactures thereof, and the exports of the same commodities for the years 1919, 1920, 1921, 1922, 1923, and 1924, respectively, giving the value per ton in each case?
Mr. SAMUELThe following statement shows, for each of the years specified, the quantities, total values and average values per ton, of the imports, exports and re-exports of iron and steel and manufactures thereof, into and from the United Kingdom:
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(a) Imports. Year. Quantity. Value. Average value, per ton, Tons. £ £ 1919 … 509,262 11,613,292 22˙80 1920 … 1,107,598 29,016,755 26˙20 1921 … 1,640,024 22,764,188 13˙88 1922 … 881,284 10,419,428 11˙82 1923 … 1,322,137 13,772,873 10˙42 1924 … 2,429,212 22,383,449 9˙21
(b) Exports (United Kingdom manufactures). 1919 … 2,232,844 64,423,510 28˙85 1920 … 3,251,225 128,907,361 39˙65 1921 … 1,696,889 63,603,550 37˙48 1922 … 3,397,185 60,861,674 17˙92 1923 … 4,317,537 76,155,978 17˙64 1924 … 3,853,054 74,548,124 19˙35
(c) Re-exports (Foreign and Colonial manufactures). 1919 … 42,019 1,016,579 24˙19 1920 … 24,902 807,592 32˙43 1921 … 15,799 508,239 32˙17 1922 … 4,537 136,490 30˙08 1923 … 7,722 185,982 24˙08 1924 … 9,106 272,033 29˙87 NOTE.—As from 1st April, 1923, the figures given above are inclusive of the trade of Great Britain and Northern Ireland with the Irish Free State, and exclusive of the direct trade of the Irish Free State with countries other than Great Britain and Northern Ireland.