§ Sir P. PILDITCHasked the President of the Board of Trade what proportion of the total imports, respectively, into European countries, the Dominions, the United States of America, and into the countries of South America, were British, in the years 1913 and 1914, and in the years subsequent to the War?
§ Sir W. J0YNSON-HICKSThe reply can most conveniently be given in the following statement showing for the undermentioned countries, or groups of countries, the percentage of the total imports given in the published statistics of those countries as imported from the United Kingdom, as far as the particulars are available:
between this country and Germany, Austria-Hungary, and Italy in 1912 and in 1913; and how our trade with Germany
2025Wcompared with our Indian trade, our trade with all other Dominions and Dependencies, except India, and our total trade for those years?
§ Sir W. JOYNSON-HICKSThe following statement (compiled from the Annual Statements of the Trade of the United Kingdom for 1913) shows, for each of the years 1912 and 1913, the value of imports into and exports from the United Kingdom from and to the countries specified. It is not possible to give figures as to volume:
Country from or to which the Goods were consigned. 1912. 1913 (a) Imports into the United Kingdom from— 1,000 £. 1,000 £. Germany … 70,048 80,411 Austria-Hungary … 7,019 7,706 Italy … 8,239 8,127 British India … 52,149 48,420 Other British Countries … 133,864 143,096 Total—All Countries … 744,641 768,735
(b) Exports of Produce and Manufactures of the United Kingdom to— 1,000 £. 1,000 £. Germany … 40,363 40,677 Austria-Hungary … 4,943 4,481 Italy … 14,008 14,610 British India … 57,626 70,273 Other British Countries … 119,467 125,034 Total—All Countries … 487,223 525,245
(c) Re-exports of Foreign and Colonial Merchandise to— 1,000 £. 1,000 £. Germany … 19,209 19,823 Austria-Hungary … 1,210 1,300 Italy … 1,003 1,012 British India … 2,149 1,397 Other British Countries … 12,302 12,218 Total—All Countries … 111,738 109,575