§ Sir F. NELSONasked the President of the Board of Trade the amount of raw rubber imported into the United States of America from British sources and its approximate value expressed in sterling between 1st April, 1927, and 1st December, 1927, and between 1st April, 1928, and 1st December, 1928?
§ Sir P. CUNLIFFE-LISTERThe following statement shows, for the periods stated, the total weight and value (expressed in £ sterling) of crude rubber, including milk of rubber, imported into the United States of America from the United Kingdom, British Malaya and Ceylon. Corresponding figures for October and November, 1928, are not yet available.
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— 1st April to 30th November. 1st April to 30th September. 1927. 1927. 1928. Quantity. Value. Quantity. Value. Quantity. Value. Thousand Thousand Thousand Thousand Thousand Thousand Imported from: lbs. £ lbs. £ lbs. £ United Kingdom … 57,876 4,272 42,191 3,180 61,787 3,313 British Malaya … 379,394 27,899 294,097 22,325 250,235 11,615 Ceylon … 54,893 4,020 40,360 3,043 32,466 1,525 Dollars have been converted into sterling at the average rates of exchange in the periods shown. The rubber imported from British countries was not, of course, all grown in British countries.