§ Brigadier-General CHARTERISasked the President of the Board of Trade the total amount of raw cotton, and its value, exported to Russia from Great Britain and from the Empire for the several years from 1920 to 1924?
§ Mr. A. M. SAMUELThe quantities and declared values of raw cotton re-exported from the United Kingdom1362W and registered as consigned to Russia during the years specified were as follows, so far as particulars are available:
Year. Quantity. Value. Centals of 100 lbs. £ 1921 Nil. Nil. 1922 Nil. Nil. 1923 99,287 730,551 1924 458,859 4,148,560 I have been unable to trace any consignments of raw cotton from the cotton-growing countries of the British Empire to Russia during the years in question. So far as relates to the year 1920, the particulars available show only the exports to the whole territory included within the former Russian Empire.