§ Mr. N. Macleanasked the President of the Board of Trade the value of the armaments that have been sold by this country during the past four years to Rumania; and what conditions were attached?
Major Lloyd GeorgeFollowing is a statement of the value of arms, ammunition and military and naval stores consigned to Rumania in each of the years 1936–1939. The usual conditions were included in the export licences issued in this connexion.
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— 1936. 1937. 1938. 1939. £ £ £ £ Ammunition—shot and shell … … — 20,941 — — Arms—Ordnance Guns, howitzers, mortars and parts … … … 120 14,760 50,122 4,459 Gun mountings and carriages and parts … … … … — 66,853 104,068 — Torpedoes and submarine mine appliances 36,071 934 1,455 103 Other descriptions of arms and ammunition … … … … 985 6,172 50,037 28,333 Military, naval and ordnance stores and appliances not elsewhere specified … 84 7,247 47,865 85,752 Total … … 37,260 116,907 253,547 118,647