Sir H. SAMUELasked the President of the Board of Trade the value of manufactured exports, the population, and the value of manufactured exports per head of the population of the United Kingdom, the United States, Germany, and France, respectively, in 1929?
§ Mr. W. GRAHAMThe following table shows, for the countries specified in the question, the values of the domestic exports of goods classed as wholly or partly manufactured, the estimated population of these countries, and the values of such exports per head of the population, during the year 1929.
Country. Value of Domestic Exports. Estimated population. Value of Exports per head of the population. Million £. Millions. £ s. d. Great Britain and Northern Ireland. 583.3 45.7 12 15 1 United States 670.1 121.4 5 10 5 Germany 481.3 63.9 7 10 6 France 253.1 41.1 6 3 2 NOTES.
1. The range of articles included as "wholly or partly manufactured" varies according to the classifications adopted in the trade returns of the respective countries. Figures based throughout on a uniform classification are not available. The classes of goods included are described in the trade returns of the respective countries as follows:
Great Britain and Northern Ireland:Articles wholly or mainly manufactured," together with manufactured tobacco.United States:Manufactures ready for consumption" and "manufactures for further use in manufacturing.Germany:Fertige Waren.France:Objets fabriqués.Manufactured foodstuffs are excluded throughout.
247W2. The values have been converted into sterling at the par rates of exchange.
3. In the case of Germany the figures include the value of the "Improvement Trade" for Home Account and the value of deliveries on account of Reparations.
4. The above figures are provisional.