§ CAPTAIN SINCLAIR (Forfar)I beg to ask the President of the Board of Trade at what date the United States Government imposed countervailing duties on German sugar entering the United States; and whether he is able to give to the House a statement of the imports of German sugar into the United States during corresponding periods before and after that date, including the latest figures available?
§ THE PRESIDENT OF THE BOARD OF TRADEThe rates of countervailing duties to be levied on sugar imported from Germany into the United States were fixed by a Treasury Circular dated September 22nd, 1897. The imports of sugar from Germany into the United 1427 States during the eight months ended February, 187, were 642,000,000lb.; during the eight months ended February, 1898, 34,000,000lb.; and during the eight months ended February, 1899 (the the last month for which staticties are available), 578,000,000lb.