Mr. TYSON WILSONasked the President of the Board of Trade the value of the manufactured cotton goods exported from and imported into this country in the years 1905 and 1911?
Mr. BUXTONThe following statement gives the information desired:—
Description of Merchandise. Total Imports. Re-exports of Foreign and Colonial Produce. Net Imports Retained in the United Kingdom. Exports of United Kingdom Produce. 1905. 1911. 1905. 1911. 1905. 1911. 1905. 1911.* Thousand £s. Thousand £s. Thousand £s. Thousand £s. Thousand £s. Thousand £s. Thousand £s. Thousand £s. Cotton Yarns … 243 397 1 7 242 390 10,319 15,663 Cotton Piece Goods … 1,512 2,768 263 370 1,249 2,398 70,821 90,513 Other Cotton Manufactures … 6,165 7,611 1,132 1,904 5,033 5,707 †10,871 12,425 Total … 7,920 10,776 1,396 2,281 6,524 8,495 †92,011 118,601 * These figures are provisional and subject to possible slight correction on final examination. † These figures unavoidably include the value of a certain amount of waste from worked cotton, the exports of which were not separately recorded in 1905.