Captain GUESTasked the President of the Board of Trade how the figures of British exports to the Empire in 1924 compare with those of 1923; and will he give corresponding figures for exports to foreign countries?
§ Sir P. CUNLIFFE-LISTERThe declared values of the exports of produce and manufactures of the United Kingdom to the British Empire and to foreign countries during 1923 and 1924 were as follow:
— 1923. 1924. Consigned to— £ £ British Countries Overseas. 300,602,626 332,536,252 Foreign Countries 466,655,145 462,828,329 From 1st April, 1923, these figures include the trade of Great Britain and Northern Ireland with the Irish Free State and exclude the direct foreign trade of the Irish Free State. For further particulars I would refer the hon. and gallant Member to Table IX of the Monthly Trade Accounts for January, 1925.