§ Captain P. MACDONALDasked the Secretary to the Overseas Trade Department what proportion of the total quantity of imports into each of the British Dominions and Great Britain, respectively, is subject to tariff preference in favour of British or Empire goods?
§ Mr. W. R. SMITHThe total value of goods of Empire origin subject to tariff preference imported into the undermentioned Dominions, expressed as a percentage of the total imports into those Dominions, for the latest year for which information has been published, is as follows:
Per cent. Canada (Year ended 31st March, 1929) 14 Commonwealth of Austrialia (Year ended 30th June, 1929) 40 New Zealand (Year 1929) 51 The effect on these percentages of tariff changes which have taken place after the date to which the figures refer cannot be estimated. Similar information has not been published respecting the Union of South Africa, the Irish Free State and Newfoundland. With regard to the United Kingdom, the value of goods consigned from British countries and subject to preferential rates of duty represented 2.8 per cent. of our total imports in 1929.