§ Mr. HASLAMasked the President of the Board of Trade whether he is aware that the imports of articles, wholly or mainly manufactured, into this country from Switzerland, Sweden, and Norway in 1920 were nearly four times the value in sterling than they were in 1913; and whether he has information to the effect that a portion of such imports are of German manufacture?
§ Sir W. MITCHELL-THOMSONI am aware that the declared value of imports into this country of articles classed as "wholly or mainly manufactured" from Switzerland, Sweden and Norway in 1920 was, in each case, between three and a half and four times the declared value of such imports in 1913. The differences in the total values are due, in part, to changes in price levels as between the two years. I have no information to the effect that a portion of the imports in question were of German manufacture, and an examination of the detailed tables leads me to the view that the value of German manufactures included, if any, must have been inconsiderable.