HC Deb 12 March 1924 vol 170 c2366W
Brigadier-General MAKINS

asked the President of the Board of Trade if he will state the total annual value and volume of the export and import trade of the British Empire and the United States of America, respectively, during 1922 and the two years preceding?

Mr. WEBB

, pursuant his answer (OFFICIAL REPORT, 4th March, 1924; cols. 1451–52, Vol. 170), furnished the following figures:

The total values of the import and export trade of the British Empire in the years specified were approximately as follows:

ports of coin and bullion. The values of the trade of the United States of America have been converted from dollars to £'s at the average of the rates of exchange quoted in each year.