§ Mr. Parkerasked the Minister of Economic Warfare the value of cotton exported by the United States of America to Russia, Germany and the European neutral countries since the beginning of the war, compared with the figures for the corresponding pre-war period?
§ Mr. CrossThe official United States figures are only available up to the end of November, 1939. In the following 1381W table, for comparison with the corresponding period in 1938, figures are given for
Country. Quantity (lbs.). Value (dollars). September—November, 1938. September—November, 1939. September—November, 1938. September—November, 1939. U.S.S.R. … … — — — — Germany … … 64,208,707 2,917,772 6,270,333 295,712 Czecho-Slovakia … 45,255,474 — 4,469,836 — Poland … … … 27,643,530 — 2,714,347 — Total … … 137,107,711 2,917,772 13,454,516 295,712 Belgium … … … 21,050,041 39,073,177 2,036,545 3,916,604 Bulgaria … … … 136,321 105,858 12,701 11,625 Denmark … … 6,268,539 7,560,985 607,062 763,204 Finland … … … 10,680,527 5,297,913 916,722 554,443 Hungary … … 240,808 4,201,789 21,888 421,673 Italy … … … 53,164,393 72,888,271 5,134,723 7,363,608 Latvia … … … 1,983,623 1,427,199 192,528 146,241 Lithuania … … 26,662 — 2,666 — Netherlands … … 15,804,987 48,144,812 1,544,996 4,785,494 Norway … … … 4,067,801 9,207,332 384,593 916,553 Portugal … … 3,208,434 11,066,255 313,847 1,112,330 Rumania … … 1,582,908 164,455 157,433 16,572 Spain … … … 279,333 52,535,439 30,728 5,376,244 Sweden … … … 20,579,284 73,765,956 1,942,445 7,565,000 Switzerland … … 78,933 11,047,349 7,887 1,114,084 Yugoslavia … … 5,313,936 7,932,517 517,517 801,004 Total … … 144,466,530 344,419,307 13,824,281 34,864,679