HC Deb 17 March 1931 vol 249 cc1870-1W
Mr. SIMON

asked the President of the Board of Trade the value of the exports of machinery from England and Germany, respectively, for the years 1913, 1925, 1929, and 1930?

Mr. W. R. SMITH

The following table shows, in respect of the United Kingdom and Germany, the total value of the domestic exports of (a) Machinery (except electrical, but including rail and road locomotives) and parts thereof, and (b) electrical machinery and apparatus and parts thereof, during the years 1913, 1925, 1929, and 1930.

1913. 1925. 1929. 1930.
Machinery (except Electrical) and parts thereof: £'000. £'000 £'000. £'000.
United Kingdom 34,743 47,164 53,345 45,653
Germany° 37,031 38,437 71,707 71,812
Electrical Machinery and Apparatus and parts thereof:
United Kingdom 7,656 17,369 19,507 18,264
Germany* 15,865 17,759 30,788 30,435
* Including deliveries on account of Reparations in 1925, 1929 and 1930.
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 permits, the same in all cases. Parts, as well as complete machines, are included. Motor vehicles, except motor road tractors in the case of the United Kingdom, are not included.
Conversions from the original German currency into Sterling have been made at approximate par rates of exchange for 1913, 1929 and 1930, and at the mean quoted rate for 1925.
The figures for 1930 are provisional.