asked the President of the Board of Trade the export and the import figures for the years 1920 and 1929, or nearest years to these dates for which the figures are available, of the following articles: heavy commercial road vehicles, motor and steam; motor cars; motor bicycles; and pedal bicycles?
The following table shows the total quantities and declared values of the undermentioned descriptions of road vehicles imported into and exported from the United Kingdom during 1920 and 1929.
| Description. | Unit of Quantity. | Total Imports. | Exports. | ||||||||||
| U.K. Produce and Manufactures. | Imported Manufactures. | ||||||||||||
| 1920. | 1929. | 1920. | 1929. | 1920. | 1929. | ||||||||
| Quantity. | Declared Value. | Quantity. | Declared Value. | Quantity. | Declared Value. | Quantity. | Declared Value. | Quantity. | Declared Value. | Quantity. | Declared Value. | ||
| Road Vehicles, mechanically propelled: | |||||||||||||
| Motor Cars. etc.: | £ | £ | £ | £ | £ | £ | |||||||
| Touring Cars (including Cabs) | No. | 24,056 | 7,534,399 | 12,433 | 2,302,274 | 4,294 | 2,995,791 | 23,891 | 4,390,673 | 248 | 116,732 | 1,017 | 163,959 |
| Commercial Vehicles (including Motor Omnibuses, Motor Fire Engines and Motor Ambulances, but not including Tractors). | No. | 9,277 | 3,148,146 | 78 | 25,645 | 1,015 | 941,074 | 2,636 | 1,017,693 | 116 | 69,082 | 30 | 8,420 |
| Tractors (including Steam Rollers) | No. | 107 | 47,282 | See following heading. | 547 | 431,426 | See following heading. | 5 | 1,883 | See following heading. | |||
| Other than Agricultural. | Tons | 238 | 3,631 | 49 | |||||||||
| Tractors (a) | No. | See above heading. | 175 | 24,252 | See above heading. | 232 | 73,079 | See above heading. | 9 | 2,326 | |||
| Tons | 216 | 706 | 14 | ||||||||||
| Chassis for Motor Cars | No. | 12,106 | 4,254,949 | See following heading. | 3,124 | 2,467,680 | See following heading. | 161 | 95,884 | See following heading. | |||
| Chassis for Motor Cars, etc., Complete: | |||||||||||||
| Net weight below 28 cwts: Constructed solely for commercial use. | No. | See above headings | 15,190 | 1,022,287 | See above headings | 2,999 | 494,958 | See above headings | 43 | 6,498 | |||
| Other | No. | 9,642 | 903,341 | 9,774 | 943,479 | 130 | 19,813 | ||||||
| Net weight 28 cwts. or over: Constructed solely for commercial use. | No. | 1,088 | 261,346 | 2,584 | 1,448,347 | 19 | 3,776 | ||||||
| Other | No. | 654 | 149,259 | 127 | 142,170 | 62 | 22,635 | ||||||
| Motor Cycles & Tricars | No. | 4,305 | 285 820 | 122 | 4,942 | 21,285 | 1,668,903 | 62,428 | 2,663,789 | 28 | 2,918 | 19 | 852 |
| Cycles | No. | 2,627 | 15,897 | 1,347 | 8,394 | 169,640 | 1,541,018 | 868,092 | 1,390,244 | 23 | 274 | 70 | 260 |
| (a) This heading does not include Agricultural Tractors, other than those liable to duty on importation. | |||||||||||||
NOTES.—The above figures for 1929 include the value of Tyres and Tubes imported or exported with and forming part of the equipment of the complete motor vehicle or chassis. In 1920 these were excluded. Owing to changes in classification, it is not possible to give particulars in respect of strictly comparable headings for both 1920 and 1929 in the cases of Tractors and Motor Car Chassis. The figures for 1920 relate to the trade of the British Isles as a whole, while those for 1929 relate to the trade of Great Britain and Northern Ireland.
The above figures for 1929 are provisional.