Mr. SIMONasked the President of the Board of Trade the value of exports of machinery from Great Britain, Germany, the United States and the rest of the world, respectively, for the years 1925 and either 1928 or the latest convenient date?
§ Mr. W. R. SMITHThe following statement shows, for the principal exporting countries, the total value of the domestic exports of (a) machinery (except electrical, but including rail and road locomotives), and (b) electrical machinery and apparatus, during the years 1925 and 1929:
(a) Exports of Machinery (except Electrical). — 1925. 1929. Exported from: £'000. £'000. United Kingdom 47,164 48,004 United States 61,128 101,733 Germany* 38,437 71,707 France 9,809 14,854 Switzerland 6,180 8,011 Sweden 5,901 8,082 Belgo-Luxembourg Economic Union. 3,041 4,642 Netherlands 2,521 3,499 Austria 2,123 2,746 Italy 1,466 2,383 Canada 3,436 4,942
(b) Exports of Electrical Machinery and Apparatus. — 1925. 1929. Exported from; £'000. £'000. United Kingdom 17,369 19,507 United States 17,091 26,975 Germany* 17,759 30,771 France 3,913 3,746 Switzerland 2,407 3,514 Sweden 1,998 3,511 Austria 1,717 2,513 Netherlands 2,647 10,352 Italy 603 999 Canada 602 998 Japan 550 1,179 * Including deliveries on account of Reparations. NOTES.—The above figures do not, in general, include marine machinery forming part of new ships and boats. The classes of articles included in the totals are, as far as the available information 934W permits, the same in all cases. Parts, as well as eomrplete machines, are included. Motor vehicles are not included.
Conversions from the original currencies into sterling have been made at the mean quoted rates of exchange in respect of 1925, and at the approximate par rates for 1929, except that in the case of Japan the conversion for 1929 has been made at the mean quoted rate.
The figures for 1929 are provisional.