HC Deb 21 November 1927 vol 210 cc1438-9W
Mr. W. HIRST

asked the President of the Board of Trade the relative percentages of total imports and exports as applied to the British Empire, Europe, and rest of the world, for the years 1913, 1919, 1920, 1921, 1922, 1923, 1924, 1925, 1926, and the latest available date for 1927?

Captain HACKING

The following is a tabular statement gibing the particulars for which the hon. Member asks.

PERCENTAGE DISTRIBUTION of the Trade of the United Kingdom with British Countries, Europe and the Rest of the World.
— British Countries. Europe (except British Possessions). Rest of the World.
A.—Imports.
Per cent. Per cent. Per cent.
1913 … … 24.9 40.3 34.8
1919 … … 32.0 15.2 52.8
1920 … … 25.2 23.3 51.5
1921 … … 27.6 28.1 44.3
1922 … … 28.1 30.1 41.8
1923 … … 27.1 33.0 39.9
1924 … … 26.9 33.1 40.0
1925 … … 29.6 32.5 37.9
1926 … … 27.3 36.2 36.5
1927 (January—September) … … 26.7 36.1 37.2
B.—Exports of British Produce.
Per cent. Per cent. Per cent.
1913 … … 37.2 34.0 28.8
1919 … … 23.2 54.0 22.8
1920 … … 34.2 36.8 29.0
1921 … … 38.7 30.8 30.5
1922 … … 36.7 34.2 29.1
1923 … … 36.3 33.7 30.0
1924 … … 37.7 32.7 29.6
1925 … … 39.2 31.2 29.6
1926 … … 44.8 25.5 29.7
1927(January—Septemer) … … 42.8 29.5 27.7
C.—Exports of Imported Merchandise.
Per cent. Per cent. Per cent.
1913 … … 12.4 55.6 32.0
1919 … … 5.3 72.1 22.6
1920 … … 10.9 61.1 28.0
1921 … … 11.7 65.5 22.8
1922 … … 14.4 61.0 24.6
1923 … … 12.7 61.0 26.3
1924 … … 11.8 66.3 21.9
1925 … … 10.6 65.3 24.1
1926 … … 11.3 63.3 25.4
1927 (January—September) … … 10.5 67.8 21.7
Trade with the Irish Free State, recorded as external trade after March, 1923, has, for purposes of better comparison over the series of years, been excluded throughout.
Separate particulars of the trade with Palestine, the Sudan, Iraq, the South-West Africa Protectorate, Tanganyika and Nauru and British Samoa are not available for 1913, when these regions were included in foreign countries, and they have been classed with foreign countries in the above table for all years to preserve comparability. Egypt also has been classed with foreign countries throughout.