HC Deb 15 November 1938 vol 341 cc713-4W
Mr. G. Macdonald

asked the Secretary for mines the quantity and the value of the coal exported from Great Britain in

thus lost their employment; the number of new coal mines opened and new employment provided; and whether he will give particulars for each of the counties in the area, respectively?

Captain Crookshank

The following is the information:

1919, 1925, and for each of the last five years?

Captain Crookshank

The information is as follows:

Year. Coal exported as cargo from the United Kingdom
Quantity. Total Declared Value f.o.b.
Tons. £
1919 35,249,568 83,213,714
1925 50,817,118 50,477,211
1933 39,067,926 31,426,236
1934 39,659,880 31,854,490
1935 38,714,104 31,558,678
1936 34,519,384 29,299,239
1937 40,338,030 37,653,529

Note.—In 1919, shipments to the Irish Free State are excluded.