§ Sir A. STEEL-MAITLANDasked the President of the Board of Trade what was the decrease in the volume of German imports and exports of domestic produce, respectively, in the first quarter of 1931 as compared with the first quarter of 1929, distinguishing, if possible, food, drink and tobacco, raw materials, and manufactured articles?
§ Mr. W. GRAHAMEliminating the effect of price changes, the percentage decreases in the volume of imports into and exports from Germany during the first quarter of 1931 compared with the corresponding period of 1929 were as follow:
Category. Imports for home consumption. Exports. (Domestic produce and manufactures, including deliveries on account of Reparations.) Per cent. Per cent. All articles of which— 18.9 6.9 Food and Drink 18.1 21.2 Raw materials and semi-manufactured goods. 15.8 7.8 Manufactured goods. 29.2 6.3 NOTE.—According to the classification of the official trade returns of Germany, unmanufactured tobacco is included with raw materials and manufactured tobacco with manufactured goods.