Mr. C. P. WILLIAMSasked the President of the Board of Trade if he will give the percentage for each year from 1910 to 1913, and from 1920 to 1924, of Class 3 British exports (manufactured articles) to British Overseas Dominions and Protectorates and foreign countries, respectively?
§ Sir P. CUNLIFFE-LISTERThe following table shows the percentages of the exports of articles wholly or mainly manufactured, in each of the years 1910 to 1913, and 1920 to 1923, consigned to British and to foreign countries. I regret that the corresponding percentages for 1924 are not yet available.
Year Percentage of exports of United Kingdom manufactures. Class III consigned to:— British Countries. Foreign Countries. 1910 … 38.1 61.9 1911 … 38.8 61.2 1912 … 40.7 59.3 1913 … 42.3 57.7 1920 … 40.2 59.8 1921 … 45.7 54.3 1922 … 44.3 55.7 1923* … 44.9 55.1 (43.5) (56.5) * Note:—Since 1st April, 1923, goods sent from Great Britain or Northern Ireland to the rest of Ireland have been included in the record of export trade. For purposes, however, of better comparison with the earlier years, the figures in brackets show the percentages obtained by excluding the exports to the Irish Free State.