§ Mr. DUCKWORTHasked the President of the Board of Trade if he can give in values the imports into China of British manufactured goods for the last complete six months for which statistics exist, comparing the total with that for the corresponding six months in the previous year?
§ Sir P. CUNLIFFE-LISTERFigures of imports into China from individual countries are, not compiled by the Chinese Maritime Customs for periods other than calendar years. From the British official trade returns it appears that the total value of British exports registered as consigned to China and Hongkong was £9,782,000 in the six months ended September, 1926, and £9,158,000 in the corresponding period of 1925. These figures relate to exports of British goods as a whole, figures for manufactured goods exported to individual countries being only available for calendar years. In 1924 and 1925 over 90 per cent. of our total exports to China and Hongkong consisted of manufactured goods.