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Sir A. GEDDES
Corrected figures are not yet available, but the information contained in the following table may be considered to be approximately correct. Values are c.i.f.
Imports into the United Kingdom, consigned from the United States of America, during the year 1919. |
|
£ |
1. Food, drink and tobacco: |
(a) Grain and flour |
65,289,719 |
(b) Meat, including animals for food |
78,519,028 |
(c) Other food and drink: |
(1) Non-dutiable |
43,192,560 |
(2) Dutiable |
37,618,167 |
(d) Tobacco |
34,093,028 |
Total, Class I |
258,712,502 |
1936WII. Raw materials and articles mainly unmanufactured:
|
£ |
(a) Coal, coke and manufactured fuel |
1,421 |
(b) Iron ore, soap iron and steel |
7,515 |
(c) Other metallic ores |
118,305 |
(d) Wood and timber |
16,233,651 |
(e) Cotton |
125,483,730 |
(f) Wool |
1,189,875 |
(g) Other textile materials |
243,126 |
(h) Oil seeds, nuts, oils, fats and gums |
31,250,074 |
(i) Hides and undressed skins |
2,780,875 |
(j) Paper-making materials |
176,629 |
(k) Miscellaneous |
3,064,899 |
Total, Class II. |
180,550,100 |
III. Articles wholly or mainly manufactured:
|
£ |
(a) Iron and steel and manufactures thereof |
6,867,324 |
(b) Other metals and manufactures thereof |
14,310,796 |
(c) Cutlery, hardware, Implements (except machine tools), and instruments |
4,979,707 |
(d) Electrical goods and apparatus (other than machinery and uninsulated wire) |
706,805 |
(e) Machinery |
12,993,370 |
(f) Ships (new) |
1,042 |
(g) Manufactures of wood (including furniture) |
1,833,730 |
(h) Yarns and textile fabrics: |
|
(1) Cotton |
2,948,003 |
(2) Wool |
159,692 |
(3) Silk |
936,594 |
(4) Other materials |
33,783 |
(i) Apparel |
1,309,645 |
(j) Chemicals, Drugs, dyes and colours |
5,925,051 |
(k) Leather and manufactures thereof (including gloves, but excluding boots and shoes) |
19,855,781 |
(l) Earthenware and glass |
646,921 |
(m) Paper |
797,836 |
1937W
III. Articles wholly or mainly manufactured—cont. |
|
£ |
(n) Railway carriages and trucks, not of iron, motor cars, cycles, carts, etc. |
6,443,064 |
(o) Miscellaneous |
21,572,145 |
Total, Class III |
102,321,289 |
IV. Miscellaneous and unclassified (including parcel post) |
1,472,950 |
Total |
543,056,841 |