HC Deb 07 March 1939 vol 344 cc1932-3W
Sir D. Thomson

asked the President of the Board of Trade whether he can give figures showing the value of the exports to New Zealand from the United Kingdom and from New Zealand to the United Kingdom for 1938; and to what extent this balance has been altered by the recent New Zealand restrictions?

Mr. Stanley

The declared value of exports to New Zealand from the United Kingdom in 1938 was £19,533,000, including re-exports valued at £292,000; imports into the United Kingdom from New Zealand, valued c.i.f, amounted to £46,815,000.

At present, I am not in a position to estimate what effect the New Zealand Import Licence Scheme will have upon the balance of trade between the two countries.