§ Lieut.-Commander KENWORTHYasked the President of the Board of Trade what was the value, respectively, of the imports on the following articles during 1926: Furs, diamonds, and jewels other than diamonds?
§ Sir P. CUNLIFFE-LISTERThe excess of the imports over the le-exports of the commodities specified, so fat as they are separately recorded in the trade returns of the United Kingdom, was as follows in 1926:
£ Furskins, undressed (all kinds) 4,000 Fur and other skins, dressed 2,739,000 Manufactures of skins and furs: Clothing (including muffs and similar articles) 199,000 Other sorts (including skinrugs) 1,016,000 Precious and semi-precious stones (unset for jewellery): Diamonds 201,000 Other sorts 29,000 Jewellery (gem set or not) 10,000 Owing to the fact that a large proportion of the diamonds and jewellery brought into the United Kingdom is conveyed by parcel post, in travellers luggage, etc., the above figures do not represent the total volume of the imports of these goods.