§ Colonel ENGLANDasked the President of the Board of Trade the quantities of cotton cloth sent abroad to be bleached and finished in each of the 12 months ended November last?
§ Sir P. CUNLIFFE-LISTERThe following statement shows the total quantity of unbleached cotton piece-goods exported from the United Kingdom in each of the last 12 months and the quantities exported to Switzerland, Germany, Netherlands, Belgium, France and Italy. I am unable to state what proportion of the exports to these countries may afterwards have been bleached, dyed or printed either for use in these countries or for re-export.
Quantities of grey, unbleached, cotton piece-goods, of United Kingdom manufacture, exported in each of the 12 months ended November, 1927 (a) to all destinations, (b) to Switzerland, Germany, Netherlands, Belgium, France and Italy.
Month. (a). (b). Thousand sq. yds. Thousand sq. yds. December, 1926 67,463 15,760 January, 1927 87,278 19,540 February, 1927 83,707 17,630 March, 1927 125,351 21,990 April, 1927 115,031 18,232 May, 1927 144,960 31,002 June, 1927 117,165 20,086 July, 1927 111,571 21,675 August, 1927 115,952 24,004 September, 1927 101,393 26,966 October, 1927 93,311 26,043 November, 1927 124,096 31,891