HC Deb 13 March 1930 vol 236 cc1524-5W
Mr. LEES

asked the President of the Board of Trade the number of machines for use in hosiery and artificial silk which have been imported from Germany during 1925, 1926, 1927, 1928 and 1929?

Mr. W. R. SMITH

The precise information for which my hon. Friend asks is not available. The table appended shows the total quantities and declared values of hosiery and knitting machinery and parts thereof imported into Great Britain and Northern Ireland, and registered as consigned from Germany during each of the years 1925 to 1929. Particulars of machinery imported for use in the manufacture of artificial silk are not separately recorded.

Year. Quantities. Declared Values.
Tons. £
1925 … … 342 102,404
1926 … … 355 103,670
1927 … … 582 128,816
1928 … … 1,286 303,737
1929 … … 1,536 342,569

NOTE.—The figures for 1929 are provisional.