§ Commander BELLAIRSasked the President of the Board of Trade for the first six months of this year the excess of exports over imports of articles wholly or mainly manufactured, excluding re-exports, in our trade with foreign countries, exclusive of China?
§ Mr. W. R. SMITHI regret that the information is not available for periods other than calendar years.
§ Commander BELLAIRSasked the President of the Board of Trade what was the excess of exports of manufactured 1317W goods over imports, excluding re-exports, in the trade with foreign countries for the United States and Great Britain, respectively, for the year 1928?
§ Mr. W. R. SMITHIn 1928, the exports of United Kingdom goods classed as wholly or mainly manufactured, consigned to foreign countries, amounted to £303,200,000; and total imports of goods similarly classified, consigned from foreign countries, were £283,300,000. I am not yet in a position to say how much of these imports was re-exported; but, in 1927, £269,200,000 out of a corresponding total of 288,900,000 were retained. Similar aggregates are not available in respect of the trade in manufactured goods of the United States with countries outside the British Empire.