HC Deb 11 December 1928 vol 223 cc1940-1W
Mr. MARDY JONES

asked the President of the Board of Trade what was the average f.o.b. price of coal shipped for export and as bunkers from the ports of Cardiff, Hull, Newcastle-on-Tyne, Leith, Glasgow, and Liverpool in each of the years 1913, 1920, 1924 and 1927; and what was the average c.i.f. price of export and of bunker coal in each of the said years from Cardiff to the Mediterranean ports and to the Argentine, and from Hull, Newcastle-on-Tyne and from Leith to Riga, Stockholm, Hamburg and Rotterdam?

Sir P. CUNLIFFE-LISTER

Information as to the average value per ton of coal shipped as bunkers, and as to the average c.i.f. value of coal exported, is not available. The following table, however, shows the average declared values per ton f.o.b. of coal exported from the undermentioned ports during each of the years 1913, 1920, 1924 and 1927.

Port. 1913. 1920. 1924. 1927.
s. d. s. d. s. d. s. d.
Cardiff (including Barry Dock and Penarth) 15 10 83 4 24 9 19 7
Hull (including Keadby) 13 9 75 0 23 7 18 6
Newcastle, North Shields and South Shields 12 4 82 9 21 8 15 7
Leith (including Cockenzie, Fiskerrow and Morrison's Haven. 11 9 47 2 20 5 14 1
Glasgow (including Bowling) 13 6 58 8 23 5 18 0
Liverpool (including Birkenhead and Garston) 14 11 100 5 25 7 21 4