§ Commander BELLAIRSasked the President of the Board of Trade whether
1102W(2) the number of men's and boys' suits, wool or wool mixed with other materials, respectively, imported into this country from all sources each month for the two years ended August, 1931?
§ Sir P. CUNLIFFE-LISTERParticulars relating to the imports and exports of men's and boys' suits are not separately recorded in the trade returns of the United Kingdom, but the following statement shows the total declared value of the undermentioned descriptions of men's and boys' outer garments (not hosiery) imported into and exported from the United Kingdom, registered during each month from September, 1929, to August, 1931, inclusive. The number of these garments imported and exported is not recorded.
he can give for a recent year the percentage of British shipping to the whole in the carriage of the trade between Great
1103WBritain and the rest of the Empire, exclusive of Ireland, and the percentage employed in the trade between the rest of the Empire, exclusive of Ireland, and foreign countries?
§ Sir P. CUNLIFFE-LISTEROf the net tonnage of vessels that entered and cleared with cargo to or from ports in the United Kingdom (Great Britain and Northern Ireland) in the trade with the rest of the British Empire, exclusive of the Irish Free State, during the year 1930, 92.8 per cent. was British. Similar information regarding the trade between the rest of the Empire, exclusive of Ireland, and foreign countries is not available.
Description. Total Imports consigned from Germany, France, Belgium and the Netherlands. Domestic Exports consigned to Germany, France, Belgium and the Netherlands. 1913. 1930. 1913. 1930. In thousand tons. Iron and steel and manufactures thereof (except pig-iron and ferro-alloys). 1,765 2,400 228 159 Machinery and parts thereof 46 52 126 67 NOTE.—Owing to territorial changes the figures for 1913 are not strictly comparable with those for 1930.