HC Deb 18 March 1930 vol 236 cc1916-7W
Sir N. STEWART SANDEMAN

asked the President of the Board of Trade the amount and value of cotton yarn and piece goods imported into this country from the Continent and the names of the ports from which they were shipped?

Mr. W. R. SMITH

The following table shows the total quantities and declared values of cotton yarns and cotton piece goods imported into Great Britain and

Country from which consigned. Cotton Yarns. Cotton Piece Goods (including Flags, Handkerchiefs and Shawls in the piece).
Quantity. Declared Value. Quantity. Declared Value.
Lbs. £ Sq. yds. £
Finland 531 80 903 102
Esthonia 180 12 48,820 1,582
Latvia 31 3
Lithuania 2,202 69
Sweden 1,143 106 52,662 4,891
Norway 36 2 2,352 188
Denmark (inc. Farce Is.) 382 50 15,937 705
Poland (inc. Danzig) 229,207 26,808 119,109 7,800
Germany 915,224 73,911 12,932,137 801,289
Netherlands 1,931,602 141,126 10,297,123 507,680
Belgium 7,681,667 614,477 26,814,381 1,865,760
France 303,834 31,748 8,544,462 769,307
Switzerland 41,054 5,361 3,087,131 232,334
Spain 4,601 175
Italy 1,744,569 192,378 2,114,358 169,827
Austria 7,358 978 51,786 3,902
Hungary 31,447 1,090
Czechoslovakia 897,518 52,609 1,558,076 90,745
Yugoslavia 4,421 218
Greece 2,440 88
Rumania 6,580 573
Total Imports consigned from European Countries (excluding the Irish Free State). 13,754,305 1,139,646 65,690,959 4,458,328

NOTE.—The above figures are provisional.