HC Deb 27 February 1934 vol 286 cc931-2W
Dr. HOWITT

asked the President of the Board of Trade the increase, if any,

Nationality. Europe to United States. United States to Europe. Total.
No. of Passengers. No. of Sailings. No. of Passengers. No. of Sailings. No. of Passengers. No. of Sailings.
British Flag … 19,249 103 37,160 102 56,409 205
Continental Flag … 31,623 157 59,219 153 90,842 310
United States Flag … 6,361 24 8,95524 15,316 48
Total … 57,233 284 105,334 279 162,567 563

during the last six months in the importation of such goods as were accorded a reduction in the amount of duty payable on entry into the United Kingdom in the various trade agreements which have been made with foreign countries; what increase, if any, there has been during the last six months in the amount of coal exported from Great Britain to those countries with which agreements on the subject of coal were concluded; and what increase, if any, there has been during the last six months in the exports from the United Kingdom which were accorded lower rates of duty in those agreements?

Mr. RUNCIMAN

For reasons which I have explained to my hon. Friend, the precise information for which he asks in the first and third parts of the question cannot be furnished in the aggregate. During the six months ended January, exports of coal to the countries in question amounted to 1,122,000 tons (24 per cent.) more than a year earlier.