§ Mr. A. Edwardsasked the President of the Board of Trade the total amount and value of briarwood for pipes imported before the war; and what proportion of it was imported from Spain.
§ Mr. DaltonImports of briarwood for pipes are not separately recorded in the trade returns of the United Kingdom. The quantity and value of blocks of briar root, blocks for bobbins, sewing thread reels, golf club heads, boot lasts and octagonal roller blocks,. roughly shaped but not further manufactured, imported into this country in each of the years 1936, 1937 and 1938, were as follows:
cwts. £ 1936 … … 62,604 66,833 1937 … … 76,213 72,926 1938 … … 204,003 125,362 In 1936, 145 Cwts. valued at £458 were imported from Spain; there were no imports from Spain in 1937 and 1938.