§ Mr. HARLANDasked the President of the Board of Trade (1) how much ferro molybdenum ore was imported into this country during 1925, and the percentage of that received from Empire sources;
(2) how much molybdenum ore, whether imported also as molybdenite, molybdenite concentrate or molybdenum ore concentrate, was imported into this country
Country whence Consigned. Quantity of Ore Imported. Declared Value. Estimated equivalent in terms of 85% Molybdenite.* Proportion of Total (by Value). Cwts. £ Cwts. Per cent. Foreign Countries … 334 3,635 281 50.4 British Countries … 367 3,580 277 49.6 Total … 701 7,215 558 100.0 * Estimated on the basis of an average market quotation for 85 per cent. Molybdenite of 51s. 8d. c.i.f., per unit of Molybdenum sulphide contained. As ferro molybdenum is not separately specified in the official import list, no separate statistics of the imports are available.