HC Deb 18 November 1920 vol 134 cc2120-1W
Captain TERRELL

asked the President of the Board of Trade whether he can state the average price in the first nine months of 1913 and 1920, respectively, of the articles the importation of which has notably increased?

Sir P. LLOYD-GREAME

The information asked for by my hon. and gallant Friend is given in the following table, which may be studied in connection with the statement which I circulated in the OFFICIAL REPORT for 4th November in answer to an earlier question from him. This present table unavoidably omits a few of the articles which were included in the former statement:

Article. Unit of Quantity. Nine Months ended September, 1913. Average Declared Value per Unit. Nine Months ended September, 1920. Average Declared Value per Unit. Percentage Increases in Average Declared Values in 1920 over those of 1913.
£ £
Copper:
Bars, blocks, slabs, ingots and cakes … … … Tons. 70.0 109.2 56.0
Lead, pig and sheet … … … … … … Tons. 17.9 40.7 127.4
Machinery:
Boilers and boiler house plant … … … … Tons 25.3 99.6 293.7
Prime Movers (not electrical) … … … … Tons 60.1 162.7 170.7
Machines and machinery, all other sorts … … Tons 0.987 3.41 245.5
Machinery parts, not elsewhere specified … … Tons
Cotton yards: Grey, unbleached … … … … Lbs. 0.0367 0.186 406.8
Spun silk yarn … … … … … … … Lbs. 0.372 1.57 322.0
Silk manufactures wholly of silk:
Broadstuffs, Dyed or not Dyed … … … … Yards 0.0970 0.292 201.0
Cordage, cables, ropes and twine of hemp or like materials:
Of ¼-inch in diameter and over … … … … Cwts. 1.86 5.73 208.1
Gloves of leather … … … … … … Dozen 1.22 3.79 210.7
Chemicals: pairs.
Cream of tartar … … … … … … Cwts. 4.15 12.2 194.0
Alizarine … … … … … … … Cwts. 4.47 48.2 978.3
Indigo, synthetic … … … … … … Cwts. 3.24 24.0 640.7
Other sorts … … … … … … … Cwts. 5.43 39.7 631.1
Indigo, natural … … … … … … Cwts. 13.4 58.0 332.8
Barytes, ground … … … … … … Cwts. 0.137 0.474 246.0
Petroleum:
Motor spirit … … … … … … … Galls. 37.9† 109.6† 189.2
Fuel oil … … … … … … … Galls. 12.0† 34.9† 170.8
Vehicles: Not mechanically propelled:
Other kinds than cycles … … … … … Number. 1.01 8.82 773.3
Fertilisers, not elsewhere specified:
Basic slag … … … … … … … Tons. 1.95 6.51 233.8
Linoleum and cork carpet … … … … … Sq. Yds. 0.0687 0.127 84.9
Musical instruments: Pianos … … … … Number 31.3 72.8 132.6
† Per thousand gallons.