Sir G. HAMILTONasked the President, of the Board of Trade the value and tonnage of exports of machinery from England and Germany, respectively, for the years 1913, 1925, 1929, 1930, 1931, and 1932?
Description and years. Quantity. Value. United Kingdom (a). Germany (b). United Kingdom. Germany (b). Thous. Tons. Thous. Tons. £'000. £'000. Machinery (except Electrical) and parts thereof: 1913 … … … … 719 707 34,743 37,031 1925 … … … … 521 466 47,164 38,437 1929 … … … … 564 757 53,345 71,707 1930 … … … … 492 801 45,688 71,812 1931 … … … … 322 655 30,759 61,639 1932 … … … … 281 442 26,458 52,394 Electrical Machinery and Apparatus and parts thereof: 1913 … … … … Not available. 153 7,656 15,865 1925 … … … … 134 17,369 17,758 1929 … … … … 204 19,507 30,788 1930 … … … … 200 18,274 30,435 1931 … … … … 177 11,796 27,463 1932 … … … … 114 9,536 23,294 (a) Excluding the weight of rail locomotive parts, which are recorded by value only, except for 1913. (b) Including deliveries on account of Reparations in 1925 and 1929 to 1932.
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 Germany currency into Sterling have been made at approximate par rates of exchange for 1913, 1929 and 1930 and at the mean quoted rates for 1925, 1931 and 1932. The figures for 1932 are provisional.