§ Mr. DINGLE FOOTasked the Secretary to the Overseas Trade Department (1) the quantity and value of jute bacon-wrappers purchased by Denmark from the United Kingdom during the first six months of the present year and during the corresponding periods of 1933 and 1932;
(2) the quantity and value of jute bacon-wrappers purchased by Denmark from the United Kingdom during the months of April to June, inclusive, of the present year, and during the corresponding periods of 1933 and 1932?
§ Lieut.-Colonel COLVILLEThe Danish trade statistics include jute wrappers and new sacks under the same heading but the bulk of the imports consist of wrap-2306W pers. The following table shows the imports of jute wrappers and new sacks into Denmark from the United Kingdom for the periods specified.
Period. Weight. Value. Kilos. Kroner. January-June inclusive 1932 478,300 364,000 1933 501,700 461,000 1934 462,200 377,000 1932—April 88,000 73,000 May 97,100 83,000 June 62,900 54,000 Total 248,000 210,000 1933—April 60,200 58,000 May 72,000 68,000 June 82,300 78,000 Total 214,500 204,000 1934—April 56,200 61,000 May 67,700 66,000 June 37,600 36,000 Total 161,500 163,000 The above figures are exclusive of United Kingdom jute cloth exported for the manufacture of wrappers in Denmark. According to information supplied by the Dundee jute industry, over 1,000,000 yards of cloth were so exported 2307W during the first six months of 1934. Comparable figures for earlier years are not available.