§ Mr. LOUGHERasked the Secretary for Mines if he will give figures showing the increased export trade of coke, if any, from the United Kingdom from August until December last compared with the corresponding period of 1924, and the fall in the market prices of coke for the export trade since August of last year?
§ Colonel LANE FOXThe figures are as follow:
the coal consigned; and the tonnage, value, and destination for the years 1923 and 1924?
§ Colonel LANE FOXThe figures are as follow:
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Destination. 1912. 1913. 1923. 1924. Quantity of Coal Exported. Declared Value f.o.b. Quantity of Coal Exported. Declared Value f.o.b. Quantity of Coal Exported. Declared Value f.o.b. Quantity of Coal Exported. Declared Value f.o.b. Tons. £ Tons. £ Tons. £ Tons. £ Russia 4,046,644 2,629,594 5,988,434 4,336,582 476,205 694,542 37,650 47,226 Sweden 4,115,551 2,442,164 4,563,076 3,032,459 3,168,367 3,941,204 3,549,916 4,009,283 Norway 2,201,305 1,239,617 2,298,345 1,447,356 1,609,758 1,877,779 1,821,798 1,882,980 Denmark 2,780,957 1,639,606 3,034,240 1,990,740 3,170,169 3,797,390 3,551,091 3,915,490 Germany 8,394,864 4,385,001 8,952,328 5,327,733 14,806,232 18,816,054 6,824,071 7,287,021 Netherlands 2,096,494 1,163,762 2,018,401 1,260,863 6,794,346 7,943,292 2,743,903 2,986,305 Belgium 1,546,768 767,553 2,031,077 1,176,130 6,504,592 7,505,378 3,329,885 3,454,472 France 10,190,948 5,890,013 12,775,909 8,074,053 18,826,352 23,117,659 14,534,844 16,812,032 Portugal, Azores and Madiera. 1,255,417 838,858 1,356,081 1,004,434 834,982 1,102,594 986,387 1,184,722 Spain and Canaries 3,441,523 2,310,646 3,648,760 2,658,331 1,756,647 2,379,309 2,185,914 2,737,525 Italy 9,180,208 6,073,237 9,647,161 6,887,721 7,592,735 10,124,059 6,706,198 8,372,099 Austria-Hungary 728,941 423,276 1,056,634 724,237 — — — — Greece 610,383 394,723 727,899 540,875 463,070 670,830 641,716 807,859 Egypt 2,925,825 1,997,522 3,162,477 2,368,205 1,705,845 2,247,049 1,809,635 2,241,427 Algeria 1,054,786 630,281 1,281,664 873,190 1,060,180 1,328,955 1,244,423 1,411,833 United States of America 5,382 4,005 6,250 4,818 757,714 1,030,243 101,151 186,646 Chile 551,980 453,281 588,526 500,380 19,091 25,929 67,431 81,946 Brazil 1,625,780 1,322,914 1,886,871 1,681,475 1,151,629 1,515,428 798,298 993,514 Uruguay 870,313 706,664 723,936 616,413 404,894 579,405 419,982 534,029 Argentine Republic 3,365,099 2,638,333 3,693,572 3,090,000 2,461,074 3,415,158 3,115,880 4,097,578 Gibraltar 343,439 240,021 354,702 256,102 452,700 567,283 577,191 676,448 Malta 474,784 315,104 700,111 519,089 297,804 381,764 333,281 416,838 British India 134,514 99,649 179,192 146,696 84,745 110,857 100,776 128,768 Ceylon 242,111 191,822 239,657 203,384 168,837 232,624 169,759 227,986 Other Countries 2,260,379 1,696,628 2,474,815 2,005,986 3,405,976 4,448,931 3,528,237 4,355,924 Total 64,444,395 40,494,274 73,400,118 50,727,252 77,974,044 97,853,716 59,379,419 68,841,451 NOTE—Shipments to the Irish Free State ate excluded throughout the table.
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