§ Mr. HANCOCKasked the President of the Board of Trade (on 13th March) (1) if he will give the figures of exports 1952W and imports from and to the United Kingdom for each year since 1909, inclusive and exclusive, of gold and bullion;
(2) if he will give the quantities of coal, coke, and pig-iron exported to Germany for each of the last 12 months, and the price per ton charged for the same; will he say whether any duty was paid on the same; and, if so, what was the amount of the said duty?
§ Viscount WOLMERhas since supplied the following statement, which shows the quantities and the average declared values per ton of coal, coke, and pig-iron, the produce and manufactures of the United Kingdom, exported from the United Kingdom, registered during each month from March, 1922, to February, 1923, inclusive, as consigned to Germany:
(A) Coal. Month and Year. Quantity Exported. Average Declared Value per ton. Tons. £ s. d. March, 1922 467,718 0 19 6 April, 1922 256,618 0 19 8 May, 1922 601,473 0 19 10 June, 1922 889,644 0 19 8 July, 1922 1,133,402 1 0 0 August, 1922 1,165,228 1 0 5 September, 1922 1,060,801 1 0 8 October, 1922 918,598 1 1 0 November, 1922 735,153 1 1 6 December, 1922 509,769 1 1 4 January, 1923 521,854 1 1 2 February, 1923 1,000,097 1 2 11 1953W
(B) Coke. Month and Year. Quantity Exported. Average Declared Value per ton. Tons. £ s. d. March, 1922 1,304 1 9 10 April, 1922 7,239 1 8 0 May, 1922 15,812 1 7 4 June, 1922 39,409 1 6 9 July, 1922 46,580 1 6 10 August, 1922 37,258 1 6 11 September, 1922 40,028 1 8 1 October, 1922 28,869 1 8 11 November, 1922 10,957 1 9 9 December, 1922 13,499 1 10 0 January, 1923 3,379 1 9 8 February, 1923 14,006 1 18 11
(C) Pig-iron. Month and Year. Quantity Exported. Average Declared Value per ton. Tons. £ s. d. March, 1922 2,082 5 3 2 April, 1922 11,667 4 18 10 May, 1922 7,660 4 15 6 June, 1922 5,305 4 17 4 July, 1922 1,701 4 19 8 August, 1922 3,440 5 4 3 September, 1922 9,045 4 9 9 October, 1022 2,280 4 7 10 November, 1922 1,100 4 6 7
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Year. Value, including Gold and Silver Bullion and Specie. Value, excluding Gold and Silver Bullion and Specie. (i) Total Exports from the United Kingdom. Thousand £. Thousand £. 1909 … … … … 529,560 469,525 1910 … … … … 598,870 534,146 1911 … … … … 613,902 556,878 1912 … … … … 663,832 598,961 1913 … … … … 696,962 634,820 1914 … … … … 567,684 526,196 1915 … … … … 530,510 483,931 1916 … … … … 653,036 603,846 1917 … … … … * 596,757 1918 … … … … * 532,364 1919 … … … … * 963,385 1920 … … … … 1,661,281 1,557,223 1921 … … … … 881,713 810,319 1922 … … … … 882,361 824,274 (ii) Total Imports into the United Kingdom. Thousand £. Thousand £. 1909 … … … … 691,212 624,705 1910 … … … … 749,679 678,257 1911 … … … … 743,146 680,158 1912 … … … … 814,108 744,641 1913 … … … … 842,764 768,735 1914 … … … … 767,230 696,635 1915 … … … … 873,282 851,893 1916 … … … … 979,974 948,506 1917 … … … … * 1,064,165 1918 … … … … * 1,316,151 1919 … … … … * 1,626,156 1920 … … … … 1,993,250 1,932,649 1921 … … … … 1,145,440 1,085,500 1922 … … … … 1,048,562 1,003,918 *Complete particulars of imports and exports of bullion and specie are not available for these years.
Month and Tear. Quantity Exported. Average Delared Value per ton. Tons. £ s. d. December, 1922 961 4 16 8 January, 1923 2,400 4 13 11 February, 1923 5,580 5 2 1 No export duty was payable on coal, coke, or pig-iron exported from the United Kingdom during the period to which the above particulars relate.
The following statement gives the information desired, so far as the particulars are available: