HC Deb 05 November 1940 vol 365 cc1220-1W
Mr. N. Maclean

asked the President of the Board of Trade the value of the armaments that have been sold by this country during the past four years to Rumania; and what conditions were attached?

Major Lloyd George

Following is a statement of the value of arms, ammunition and military and naval stores consigned to Rumania in each of the years 1936–1939. The usual conditions were included in the export licences issued in this connexion.

1936. 1937. 1938. 1939.
£ £ £ £
Ammunition—shot and shell 20,941
Arms—Ordnance Guns, howitzers, mortars and parts 120 14,760 50,122 4,459
Gun mountings and carriages and parts 66,853 104,068
Torpedoes and submarine mine appliances 36,071 934 1,455 103
Other descriptions of arms and ammunition 985 6,172 50,037 28,333
Military, naval and ordnance stores and appliances not elsewhere specified 84 7,247 47,865 85,752
Total 37,260 116,907 253,547 118,647