asked the President of the Board of Trade (on 13th March) (1) if he will give the figures of exports and imports from and to the United Kingdom for each year since 1909, inclusive and exclusive, of gold and bullion;(2) if he will give the quantities of coal, coke, and pig-iron exported to Germany for each of the last 12 months, and the price per ton charged for the same; will he say whether any duty was paid on the same; and, if so, what was the amount of the said duty?
has since supplied the following statement, which shows the quantities and the average declared values per ton of coal, coke, and pig-iron, the produce and manufactures of the United Kingdom, exported from the United Kingdom, registered during each month from March, 1922, to February, 1923, inclusive, as consigned to Germany:
| (A) Coal. | ||||
| Month and Year. | Quantity Exported. | Average Declared Value per ton. | ||
| Tons. | £ | s. | d. | |
| March, 1922 | 467,718 | 0 | 19 | 6 |
| April, 1922 | 256,618 | 0 | 19 | 8 |
| May, 1922 | 601,473 | 0 | 19 | 10 |
| June, 1922 | 889,644 | 0 | 19 | 8 |
| July, 1922 | 1,133,402 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| August, 1922 | 1,165,228 | 1 | 0 | 5 |
| September, 1922 | 1,060,801 | 1 | 0 | 8 |
| October, 1922 | 918,598 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| November, 1922 | 735,153 | 1 | 1 | 6 |
| December, 1922 | 509,769 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| January, 1923 | 521,854 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| February, 1923 | 1,000,097 | 1 | 2 | 11 |
| (B) Coke. | ||||
| Month and Year. | Quantity Exported. | Average Declared Value per ton. | ||
| Tons. | £ | s. | d. | |
| March, 1922 | 1,304 | 1 | 9 | 10 |
| April, 1922 | 7,239 | 1 | 8 | 0 |
| May, 1922 | 15,812 | 1 | 7 | 4 |
| June, 1922 | 39,409 | 1 | 6 | 9 |
| July, 1922 | 46,580 | 1 | 6 | 10 |
| August, 1922 | 37,258 | 1 | 6 | 11 |
| September, 1922 | 40,028 | 1 | 8 | 1 |
| October, 1922 | 28,869 | 1 | 8 | 11 |
| November, 1922 | 10,957 | 1 | 9 | 9 |
| December, 1922 | 13,499 | 1 | 10 | 0 |
| January, 1923 | 3,379 | 1 | 9 | 8 |
| February, 1923 | 14,006 | 1 | 18 | 11 |
| (C) Pig-iron. | ||||
| Month and Year. | Quantity Exported. | Average Declared Value per ton. | ||
| Tons. | £ | s. | d. | |
| March, 1922 | 2,082 | 5 | 3 | 2 |
| April, 1922 | 11,667 | 4 | 18 | 10 |
| May, 1922 | 7,660 | 4 | 15 | 6 |
| June, 1922 | 5,305 | 4 | 17 | 4 |
| July, 1922 | 1,701 | 4 | 19 | 8 |
| August, 1922 | 3,440 | 5 | 4 | 3 |
| September, 1922 | 9,045 | 4 | 9 | 9 |
| October, 1022 | 2,280 | 4 | 7 | 10 |
| November, 1922 | 1,100 | 4 | 6 | 7 |
| Year. | Value, including Gold and Silver Bullion and Specie. | Value, excluding Gold and Silver Bullion and Specie. | ||||
| (i) Total Exports from the United Kingdom. | ||||||
| Thousand £. | Thousand £. | |||||
| 1909 | … | … | … | … | 529,560 | 469,525 |
| 1910 | … | … | … | … | 598,870 | 534,146 |
| 1911 | … | … | … | … | 613,902 | 556,878 |
| 1912 | … | … | … | … | 663,832 | 598,961 |
| 1913 | … | … | … | … | 696,962 | 634,820 |
| 1914 | … | … | … | … | 567,684 | 526,196 |
| 1915 | … | … | … | … | 530,510 | 483,931 |
| 1916 | … | … | … | … | 653,036 | 603,846 |
| 1917 | … | … | … | … | * | 596,757 |
| 1918 | … | … | … | … | * | 532,364 |
| 1919 | … | … | … | … | * | 963,385 |
| 1920 | … | … | … | … | 1,661,281 | 1,557,223 |
| 1921 | … | … | … | … | 881,713 | 810,319 |
| 1922 | … | … | … | … | 882,361 | 824,274 |
| (ii) Total Imports into the United Kingdom. | ||||||
| Thousand £. | Thousand £. | |||||
| 1909 | … | … | … | … | 691,212 | 624,705 |
| 1910 | … | … | … | … | 749,679 | 678,257 |
| 1911 | … | … | … | … | 743,146 | 680,158 |
| 1912 | … | … | … | … | 814,108 | 744,641 |
| 1913 | … | … | … | … | 842,764 | 768,735 |
| 1914 | … | … | … | … | 767,230 | 696,635 |
| 1915 | … | … | … | … | 873,282 | 851,893 |
| 1916 | … | … | … | … | 979,974 | 948,506 |
| 1917 | … | … | … | … | * | 1,064,165 |
| 1918 | … | … | … | … | * | 1,316,151 |
| 1919 | … | … | … | … | * | 1,626,156 |
| 1920 | … | … | … | … | 1,993,250 | 1,932,649 |
| 1921 | … | … | … | … | 1,145,440 | 1,085,500 |
| 1922 | … | … | … | … | 1,048,562 | 1,003,918 |
| *Complete particulars of imports and exports of bullion and specie are not available for these years. | ||||||
| Month and Tear. | Quantity Exported. | Average Delared Value per ton. | ||
| Tons. | £ | s. | d. | |
| December, 1922 | 961 | 4 | 16 | 8 |
| January, 1923 | 2,400 | 4 | 13 | 11 |
| February, 1923 | 5,580 | 5 | 2 | 1 |
No export duty was payable on coal, coke, or pig-iron exported from the United Kingdom during the period to which the above particulars relate.
The following statement gives the information desired, so far as the particulars are available: