HC Deb 22 June 1939 vol 348 cc2472-3W
Sir H. Williams

asked the President of the Board of Trade whether he will state the number and value of leather gloves exported to Sweden during each of the years 1936, 1937, 1938, and for the latest available period in the year 1939?

Mr. Stanley

The following statement shows the quantity and declared value

of leather gloves,* of United Kingdom manufacture, exported from this country and consigned to Sweden during the periods specified.

Period. Quantity. Declared Value.
Dozen pairs. £
Year: 1936 544 1,563
1937 694 2,134
1938 744 2,079
January to May, 1939. 271 594
* Gloves made in whole or in part of leather, and leather shaped for making into gloves, but not including gloves known as astrakhan gloves or gloves in which leather is used only as trimming or binding.