§ MR. LANE-MITCHELLasked the President of the Board of Trade what was the value of exports of the United Kingdom in the first six months of 1919, and in each of the months of July, August, and September, of broad stuffs, wholly of silk, distinguishing exports of produce of the United Kingdom and exports of foreign and Colonial produce, to France, Italy, Switzerland, Spain, Portugal, Greece, Roumania, Finland, the Netherlands, Belgium, Denmark, Norway, Sweden, China, Japan, the United States of America, Argentina, Chile, Brazil, Australia, Canada, New Zealand, and the Union of South Africa, respectively?
§ Sir A. GEDDESThe following statement shows the value of the registered exports of broad stuffs, wholly of silk, from the United Kingdom, in the first six months of 1919, and in each of the months of July, August, and September, 1919, distinguishing exports of produce of the United Kingdom and exports of foreign and Colonial produce to the undermentioned countries:
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Country First six months, 1919 July, 1919. August, 1919. September, 1919. British Foreign and Colonial. Total British Foreign and Colonial. Total. British. Foreign and Colonial. Total. British. Foreign and Colonial. Total. £ £ £ £ £ £ £ £ £ £ £ £ France … 209,019 181,159 390,178 48,205 101,335 149,540 38,907 42,924 81,831 34,385 34,849 69,234 Italy … 2,707 1,242 3,949 255 1,212 1,467 — 3,729 3,729 87 539 626 Switzerland … 356 155 511 — — — 86 11,298 11,384 909 3,000 3,909 Spain … 1,145 223 1,368 146 — 146 132 700 832 482 500 982 Portugal … 589 261 850 — 171 171 427 — 427 74 140 214 Greece … 1,112 75 1,187 138 348 486 32 — 32 233 481 714 Roumania … 11,892 2,551 14,443 17 — 17 1,704 — 1,704 160 — 160 *Russia (Northern Ports) — — — 890 1,344 2,234 380 561 941 987 42 1,029 Netherlands … 23,273 37,236 60,509 4,266 13,299 17,565 5,151 18,738 23,889 1,269 2,796 4,065 Belgium … 32,735 32,986 65,721 18,945 4,389 23,334 8,373 13,620 21,993 2,906 1,006 3,912 Denmark … 67,319 82,818 150,137 13,808 7,268 21,076 11,502 32,843 44,845 4,223 7,116 11,339 Norway … 39.063 24,716 63,779 15.202 15,633 30,835 9,920 5,912 15,832 6,833 1,969 8,802 Sweden … 21,752 21,415 43,167 9,638 19,319 28,957 6,458 9,248 15,706 5,085 2,678 7,707 China … 2,786 1,095 3,881 876 263 1,139 724 63 787 — 38 38 Japan … 1,452 319 1,771 109 129 238 322 — 322 369 4,901 5,270 United States of America 19,697 18.643 38,340 1,736 — 1,736 3,579 5,891 9,470 2,930 702 3,638 Argentina … 25,679 10,934 36613 2,539 1,740 4,279 2,105 3,745 5,850 2,624 3,040 5,664 Chile … 6,749 2,281 9,030 147 28 175 87 43 130 63 4 67 Brazil … 3,622 886 4,508 40 — 40 129 432 561 820 25 845 Australia … 18,403 72635 80,038 595 17,114 17,709 500 8,669 9,175 748 13,443 14,991 Canada … 8,286 27,939 36,285 1,788 2,298 4,088 987 2,635 3,622 924 6,023 6,957 New Zealand … 3.782 13,018 16,800 99 1,783 1,882 79 488 567 2,176 3,355 5,531 Union of South Africa 3,228 11,703 14,931 597 2,432 3,029 421 2,860 3,281 401 3,447 3,848 *Exports to Finland are not recorded separately, but are included in those to Russia, Northern Ports.