§ Mr. B. SMITHasked the President of the Board of Trade for the figures of the imports and exports between Mexico on the one hand and Great Britain, the United States, Germany, Holland and Belgium, respectively, on the other hand for the years 1913, 1919, 1920, 1921, 1922, 1923, 1924, 1925, 1926 and 1927,y 1927
A.—Imports into Mexico. —— Germany, Britian. United States. Germany. Holland. Belgium. £ £ £ £ £ 1913(Yearended30thJune) 2,641,000 9,937,000 2,574,000 68,000 286,000 1919 1,541,000 25,070,000 71,000 14,000 8,000 1920 4,640,000 40,021,000 5,302,000 77,000 170,000 1921 5,848,000 44,515,000 3,142,000 203,000 584,000 1922 2,650,000 22,046,000 4,188,000 151,000 290,000 1923 2,255,000 24,685,000 2,058,000 107,000 224,000 1924 2,638,000 27,295,000 2,716,000 140,000 250,000 1925 3,156,000 28,255,000 3,074,000 160,000 309,000 1926(January-September) 2,174,000 19,883,000 2,051,000 143,000 170,000
B.—Exports from Mexico. — Great Bratian. United States. Germany Hollan. Belgium £ £ £ £ £ 1913(Yearended30thJune) 3,180,000 23,687,000 1,678,000 14,000 526,000 1919 2,750,000 44,141,000, — 14,000 (a) 1920 5,951,000 103,935,000 356,000 696,000 64,000 1921 5,647,000 85,582,000 363,000 396,003 62,000 1922 5,535,000 57,674,000 330,000 405,003 156,000 1923 3,650,000 49,460,000 380,000 329,000 72,000 1924 4,051,000 57,732,000 2,052,000 623,000 630,000 1925 4,595,000 53,202,000 3,399,000 1,107,000 868,000 1926(January-September) 3,212,000 36,128,000 2,621,000 1,182,000 2,118,000 (a) Less than £500. Note.—It is understood that the values of imports from Germany shown for 1922 (and possibly other years when the German currency was inflated) are unduly large owing to the use of an arbitrary rate of exchange for conversion to Mexican currency.
H.M. Legation are always ready to do anything they properly can to assist British traders.