HC Deb 12 March 1930 vol 236 cc1355-8W
Lieut.-Commander KENWORTHY

asked the President of the Board of Trade the export and the import figures for the years 1920 and 1929, or nearest years to these dates for which the figures are available, of the following articles: heavy commercial road vehicles, motor and steam; motor cars; motor bicycles; and pedal bicycles?

Mr. W. R. SMITH

The following table shows the total quantities and declared values of the undermentioned descriptions of road vehicles imported into and exported from the United Kingdom during 1920 and 1929.

Description. Unit of Quantity. Total Imports. Exports.
U.K. Produce and Manufactures. Imported Manufactures.
1920. 1929. 1920. 1929. 1920. 1929.
Quantity. Declared Value. Quantity. Declared Value. Quantity. Declared Value. Quantity. Declared Value. Quantity. Declared Value. Quantity. Declared Value.
Road Vehicles, mechanically propelled:
Motor Cars. etc.: £ £ £ £ £ £
Touring Cars (including Cabs) No. 24,056 7,534,399 12,433 2,302,274 4,294 2,995,791 23,891 4,390,673 248 116,732 1,017 163,959
Commercial Vehicles (including Motor Omnibuses, Motor Fire Engines and Motor Ambulances, but not including Tractors). No. 9,277 3,148,146 78 25,645 1,015 941,074 2,636 1,017,693 116 69,082 30 8,420
Tractors (including Steam Rollers) No. 107 47,282 See following heading. 547 431,426 See following heading. 5 1,883 See following heading.
Other than Agricultural. Tons 238 3,631 49
Tractors (a) No. See above heading. 175 24,252 See above heading. 232 73,079 See above heading. 9 2,326
Tons 216 706 14
Chassis for Motor Cars No. 12,106 4,254,949 See following heading. 3,124 2,467,680 See following heading. 161 95,884 See following heading.
Chassis for Motor Cars, etc., Complete:
Net weight below 28 cwts: Constructed solely for commercial use. No. See above headings 15,190 1,022,287 See above headings 2,999 494,958 See above headings 43 6,498
Other No. 9,642 903,341 9,774 943,479 130 19,813
Net weight 28 cwts. or over: Constructed solely for commercial use. No. 1,088 261,346 2,584 1,448,347 19 3,776
Other No. 654 149,259 127 142,170 62 22,635
Motor Cycles & Tricars No. 4,305 285 820 122 4,942 21,285 1,668,903 62,428 2,663,789 28 2,918 19 852
Cycles No. 2,627 15,897 1,347 8,394 169,640 1,541,018 868,092 1,390,244 23 274 70 260
(a) This heading does not include Agricultural Tractors, other than those liable to duty on importation.

NOTES.—The above figures for 1929 include the value of Tyres and Tubes imported or exported with and forming part of the equipment of the complete motor vehicle or chassis. In 1920 these were excluded. Owing to changes in classification, it is not possible to give particulars in respect of strictly comparable headings for both 1920 and 1929 in the cases of Tractors and Motor Car Chassis. The figures for 1920 relate to the trade of the British Isles as a whole, while those for 1929 relate to the trade of Great Britain and Northern Ireland.

The above figures for 1929 are provisional.