HC Deb 04 November 1920 vol 134 cc610-4W
Captain TERRELL

asked the President of the Board of Trade the manufactured articles, either partially or wholly, whose import into this country has notably increased since the beginning of the year?

Sir P. LLOYD-GREAME

The following statement shows those classes of merchandise, wholly or partly manufactured, the imports of which into the United Kingdom, from all sources, notably increased in the second and third quarters of 1920, as compared with the first quarter:

Articles (imported from all sources). Value of Imports into the United Kingdom in
First Quarter, 1920. Second Quarter, 1920. Third Quarter, 1920. Increase over First Quarter.
In the Second Quarter. In the Third Quarter.
£1,000 £1,000 £1,000 Per cent. Per cent.
Electrical ware (including insulators) and door fittings. 5 8 10 60.0 100.0
Cement, calcareous, for building and engineering purposes. 7 10 12 42.9 71.4
Granite, manufactures of … … 13 29 68 123.1 423.1
Pig iron:— … … … …
Forge and foundry … … … 55 109 122 98.2 121.8
Acid … … … … … 13 44 86 238.5 561.5
Steel blooms, billets, slabs, other than of special steel 707 1,261 1,594 78.4 125.5
Bars, rods, angles, shapes, and sections, other than of special steel—
Iron … … … … … 342 394 625 15.2 82.7
Steel: sheet bars and tinplate bars 130 144 211 10.8 62.3
Steel: wire rods … … … 191 337 428 76.4 124.1
Castings in the rough:
Iron … … … … … 15 35 84 133.3 460.0
Iron and steel plates and sheets … 536 593 1,584 10.6 195.5
Steel rails, new:
Railway (including conductor rails for electric traction). — 5 47 — 840.0*
Railway material other than rails, tyres and axles, and wheels and axles. 5 27 36 440.0 620.0
Iron and steel wire … … … 110 218 404 98.2 267.3
Wire nails (including staples) … 176 456 564 159.1 220.5
Iron and steel manufacturers:
Other sorts† … … … … 262 281 467 7.3 78.2
Copper:
Bars, blocks, slabs, ingots and cakes 2,629 2,815 4,138 7.1 57.4
Lead, pig and sheet … … … 1,324 1,418 1,595 7.1 20.5
Scientific instruments and appliances (except electrical) cinematograph films. 202 249 304 23.3 50.6
Telegraph and telephone wires and cables (not being submarine cables). 2 2 5 — 150.0
Telegraph and telephone instruments and apparatus. 33 37 54 12.1 63.6
Electric batteries and accumulators (including parts). 14 18 28 28.6 100.0
Electrical meters and measuring instruments. 15 22 24 46.7 60.0
Electrical Goods and Apparatus, all other sorts.‡ 118 186 247 57.6 109.3
Machinery:
Boilers and Boiler House Plant … 4 8 23 100.0 475.0
Prime Movers (not electrical) … 122 146 194 19.7 59.0
Machines and Machinery, all other sorts.‡ 1,682 2,039 2,175 21.2 29.3
Machinery Parts, not elsewhere specified. 495 754 889 52.3 79.6
* Increase in 3rd over the 2nd quarter.
† Classes of iron and steel manufacturers not separately distinguished in the Monthly Accounts of Trade and Navigation.
‡ In the case of these items, the figures include the value of all varieties of the specified descriptions of goods for which separate figures are not given in the Monthly Accounts of Trade and Navigation.
Articles (imported from all sources). Value of Imports into the United Kingdom in
First Quarter, 1920. Second Quarter, 1920. Third Quarter, 1920. Increase over First Quarter.
In the Second Quarter. In the Third Quarter.
£1,000 £1,000 £1,000 Per cent. Per cent.
Furniture and Cabinet Ware … … 159 287 288 80.5 81.1
Builders' Woodwork (Window-frames, Doors, &c.) 27 43 80 59.3 190.3
Manufactures of Wood and Timber, all other sorts.‡ 1,385 1,743 2,008 25.9 45.0
Cotton Yarns: Grey unbleached … 87 146 106 67.8 90.8
Cotton Manufactures (except Apparel):
Piece Goods Grey, unbleached … 187 346 548 85.0 193.0
Piece Goods White, bleached … 104 163 184 56.7 76.9
Woollen Tissues … … … 544 1,092 1,171 100.7 115.3
Other Manufactures of Wool or Worsted 56 146 156 1607 178.6
Spun Silk Yarn … … … … 172 181 231 5.2 34.3
Silk Manufactures, Wholly of Silk
Broadstuff's, Dyed or not Dyed … 3,733 4,590 5,466 23.0 46.4
Ribbons … … … … 1,000 1,133 1,520 6.9 43.4
Cordage, cables, ropes and twine of hemp or like materials:
Of ¼ inch in diameter and over … 13 27 35 107.7 169.2
Gloves, of leather … … … 169 284 307 68.0 81.7
Underwear and fancy hosiery:
Of wool, or of which the chief value is wool. 35 54 61 54.3 74.3
Chemicals:
Cream of tartar … … … 161 163 226 1.2 40.4
Intermediate coal tar products used in the manufacture of dyes (including aniline oil and salt, and phenyl-glycerine). 68 187 253 175.0 272.1
Finished dye stuffs obtained from coal tar:
Alizarine … … … … 43 57 132 32.6 207.0
Indigo, synthetic … … … 5 5 71 — 1,320.0
Other sorts … … … … 933 1,094 2,300 17.2 146.5
Extracts for dyeing:
Other sorts‡ … … … … 301 357 460 18.6 52.8
Indigo, natural … … … 17 6 64 64.7 276.5
Barytes, ground … … … 41 87 90 112.2 119.5
Petroleum:
Motor spirit … … … … 4,032 5,299 7,256 31.4 80.0
Fuel oil … … … … 1,211 3,264 4,127 169.5 240.8
Paper:
Printing, not coated, and writing paper in large sheets. 992 1,775 3,876 78.9 290.7
Stationery … … … … 29 57 85 96.6 193.1
Motor car parts, other than chassis … 1,718 1,964 2,638 14.3 53.6
Motor cycle parts … … … 20 34 41 70.0 105.0
Vehicles:
Other than mechanically propelled … — — — — —
Other kinds‡ … … … … 14 25 29 78.6 107.1
Rubber tyres and tubes … … 1,200 1,317 1,731 9.8 54.6
Fertilisers:
Not elsewhere specified … … — — — — —
Basic slag … … … … 12 13 27 8.3 125.0
Linoleum and cork carpet … … 1 9 17 800.0 1,600.0
Musical instruments, pianos … … 44 99 146 125.0 231.8
‡ See Note on preceding page.