§ Sir G. Foxasked the President of the Board of Trade whether his attention has been drawn to the new proposals for increasing imports of cheap German motor cars into this country; and whether he is satisfied that the provisions in the Finance Act are sufficient to enable the British industry to obtain additional protection against such competition without delay if the need arises?
— Imports. Exports (United Kingdom goods). Exports of Imported Merchandise. Declared Value. Proportion of total. Declared Value. Proportion of total. Declared Value. Proportion of total. British countries:— £ million Per cent. £ million Per cent. £ million Per cent. 1929 … 359 29.4 324 44.5 23 21.0 1930 … 304 29.1 248 43.5 21 23.6 1931 … 247 28.7 171 43.7 16 25.2 1932 … 248 35.4 166 45.3 12 22.6 1933 … 249 36.9 164 44.4 10 21.3 1934 … 271 37.1 186 46.9 11 21.6 1935 … 285 37.6 204 48.0 11 19.8 1936 … 332 39.2 217 49.2 11 17.8 1937 … 405 39.4 252 48.3 12 16.2 1938 … 372 40.4 235 49.9 12 18.6 Foreign countries:— 1929 … 862 70.6 405 55.5 87 79.0 1930 … 740 70.9 323 56.5 66 76.4 1931 … 614 71.3 220 56.3 48 74.8 1932 … 454 64.6 199 54.7 39 77.4 1933 … 426 63.1 204 55.6 39 78.7 1934 … 460 62.9 210 53.1 40 78.4 1935 … 471 62.4 222 52.0 44 80.2 1936 … 516 60.8 224 50.8 50 82.2 1937 … 623 60.6 269 51.7 63 83.8 1938 … 548 59.6 236 50.1 50 81.4 NOTE.—The figures for 1938 are provisional