HC Deb 28 February 1924 vol 170 cc690-5W
Mr. WELLS

asked the President of the Board of Trade what were the total exports in 1922 and 1923 of each of the following, sheep shearing and clipping machines, blasting powder, and household brushes, to all foreign countries together, and to the Commonwealth of Australia; and what was the Australian rate of Imperial Preference thereon?

Mr. HALL CAINE

asked the President of the Board of Trade what were the total exports in 1922 and 1923 of pencils, pencil leads and crayons, machine-made bags and envelopes, and pipes for smoking tobacco to all foreign countries together and to the Commonwealth of Australia; and what was the Australian rate of Imperial Preference thereon?

Mr. MILNE

asked the President of the Board of Trade (1) what were the total exports in 1922 and 1923 of incandescent gas mantles to all foreign countries and to the Commonwealth of Australia; and what was the Australian rate of Imperial Preference thereon;

(2) what were the total exports in 1922 and 1923 of artificial flowers to all foreign countries together and to the Commonwealth of Australia; and what was the Australian rate of Imperial Preference thereon;

(3) what were the total exports in 1922 and 1923 of fancy goods other than celluloid, xylonite, ivory, bone, horn, amber, and jet to all foreign countries together and to the Commonwealth of Australia; and what was the Australian rate of Imperial Preference thereon?

Sir G. DOYLE

asked the President of the Board of Trade (1) what were the total exports in 1922 and 1923 of corsets, etc., to all foreign countries together and to the Commonwealth of Australia; and what was the Australian rate of Imperial Preference thereon;

(2) what were the total exports in 1922 and 1923 of cotton underwear, newsprint, electric converters and transformers, including static coils, and fancy hosiery made of textiles other than wool or cotton, respectively, to all foreign countries together and to the Commonwealth of Australia; and what was the Australian rate of Imperial Preference thereon;

(3) what were the total exports in 1922 and 1923 of artificial silk, including waste and yarn, and spun silk yarn, respectively, to all foreign countries together and to the Commonwealth of Australia; and what was the Australian rate of Imperial Preference thereon.

Mr. PERRING

asked the President of the Board of Trade, what were the total exports in 1922 and 1923 of metal toys, dolls and soft toys, billiard tables, bagatelle tables, and accessories, respectively, to all foreign countries together and to the Commonwealth of Australia; and what was the Australian rate of Imperial Preference thereon?

Sir P. DAWSON

asked the President of the Board of Trade what were the total exports in 1922–23 of iron and steel hollowware, and cast enamelled household and

Description of Merchandise. Declared Value of the Exports of Merchandise (United Kingdom manufacture) consigned in 1922. Australian Rate of Imperial Preference thereon (during both 1922 and 1923).
To all Foreign Countries. To the Commonwealth of Australia.
(a) (b) (c)
Hollow-ware (household, kitchen. etc., utensils):— £ £
Of iron or steel:
Cast, enamelled 23,248 29,612 10% ad valorem.
Wrought, enamelled 37,000 98,612
Of aluminium 3,581 79,749
Electrical Machinery:
Generators — alternating current. 71,786 104,452 12½% ad valorem.
Converters and transformers, including coils:
Rotary 51,985 200,831 12½% ad valorem.
Static 55,629 85,944

kitchen utensils, wrought enamelled iron and steel hollow-ware, and aluminium domestic hollow-ware to all foreign countries together and to the Commonwealth of Australia, respectively; and what was the Australian rate of Imperial Preference thereon?

Major STEEL

asked the President of the Board of Trade, what were the total exports in 1922 and 1923 of tooth-brushes, brushes other than tooth-brushes, fancy goods made of celluloid, xylonite, ivory, bone, horn, amber, and jet to all foreign countries together and to the Commonwealth of Australia; and what was the Australian rate of Imperial Preference thereon?

Mr. WEBB

The annexed statement will, I hope, be found to contain the information desired by the hon. Members, as far as the year 1922 is concerned. The information as regards 1923 is at present available only to the extent indicated in the statement.

The following statement shows the value of the undermentioned descriptions of merchandise (the produce and manufacture of the United Kingdom) exported from the United Kingdom during the year 1922, and registered as consigned to (a) all foreign countries and (b) the Commonwealth of Australia, respectively, together with (c) the additional import duties chargeable in Australia on goods of the same description not of United Kingdom origin:—

Description of Merchandise. Declared Value of the Exports of Merchandise (United Kingdom manufacture) consigned in 1922. Australian Rate of Imperial Preference thereon (during both 1922 and 1923).
To all foreign Countries. To the Commonwealth of Australia.
(a) (b) (c)
£ £
Spun silk (real silk) yarn 87,187 115,363 10% ad valorem.
Artificial silk (including waste and yarn). 442,585 527,683 10% ad valorem. (1)
Corsets, stays, etc. 71,150 331,454 15% ad valorem.
Fabric gloves Not separately recorded see below. 15% ad valorem.
Gloves—of woven fabric:
Of silk 761 61,343 15% ad valorem.
Of other textile materials 5,405 113,816 15% ad valorem.
Gloves—hosiery:
Of cotton, or of which the chief value is cotton. 4,111 20,146 15% ad valorem.
Of wool, or of which the chief value is wool. 88,339 16,660 15% ad valorem.
Of other textile materials 2,743 5,495 15% ad valorem.
Hosiery, etc.:
Underwear of cotton or of which the chief value is cotton. 85,722 174,390 15% ad valorem.
Fancy hosiery of textile materials other than cotton or wool. 26,398 37,861 15% ad valorem.
Paper-newsprint (not coated) 108,713 441,659 £3 per ton. (2)
Chassis for motor cars 109,953 279,386 5% ad valorem.
Brushes:
Tooth brushes 19,910 27,611 15% ad valorem.
Other sorts (including brooms, household, toilet, painters', artists', etc., brushes. 64,791 76,235 Artists' brushes, brooms, carpet sweepers, mops, 10% ad valorem.
Other brushes, including hair, nail and scrubbing brushes, 15% ad valorem.
Fancy goods:
Of celluloid, xylonite and the like. 18,365 105,987 15% and 25%ad valorem.
Of ivory, bone, horn, amber, jet and the like. 6,613 1,731
Billiard and bagatelle tables and accessories. 11,875 11,792 15% ad valorem.
Dolls and soft toys 6,756 11,073 25% ad valorem.
Toys metal:
Mechanical 995 4,136 25% ad valorem.
Non-Mechanical 7,361 16,284
Sheep shearing and clipping machines. 9,741 31,411 10% ad valorem.
Paper bags 6,326 1,345 Printed or embossed—2d. per lb. or 10% ad valorem (whichever is greater). (3
Other paper bags—2s. per cwt. or 10% ad valorem (whichever is greater). (3)
Envelopes of paper 31,751 5,479 10% ad valorem.
Blasting powder 31,845 39,163 5% ad valorem.
Household brushes 9,238 12,520 Brooms, carpet sweepers, mops, whisks — 10% ad valorem.
Other brushes, including brush sets for halls, hair, nail and scrubbing brushes—15% ad valorem.
Description of Merchandise. Declared Value of the Exports of Merchandise (United Kingdom manufacture) consigned in 1922. Australian Rate of Imperial Preference thereon (during both 1922 and 1923).
To all Foreign Countries. To the Commonwealth of Australia.
(a) (b) (c)
£ £
Fancy goods: other descriptions not elsewhere specified (i.e., other than leather, celluloid, xylonite, ivory, bone, amber, jet, etc.) 39,081 51,276 15% and 25% ad valorem.
Artificial flowers 3,135 81,008 In sprays, trails or posies—1s. per dozen or 10% ad valorem. (whichever is greater). (3)
Other—10% ad valorem.
Incandescent gas mantles 9,001 22,112 15% ad valorem.
Pipes for smoking tobacco 80,976 93,066 Wholly of clay—1s. per gross.
Other—20% ad valorem.
Pencils, pencil leads and crayons 37,863 37,036 Pencils of wood, including pencils with metal or other clamps or attachments, crayons encased in cedar—15% ad valorem.
Other pencils and crayons, lead, refills, solid lead pencils and chalks—10% ad valorem.
(1) The preference of 10% ad valorem applies to artificial silk yarn: the classification of artificial silk waste under the Australian Tariff cannot be ascertained and therefore no indication of the preference can be given.
(2) Not glazed, mill glazed or coated, in rolls not less than 10″ in width or in sheets not less than 20″ × 25″ or its equivalent.
(3) There is a specific and an ad valorem duty prescribed for these goods, the greater always being levied.
Corresponding particulars relating to exports in the year, 1923, are not immediately available