§ MR. BRIGHT (Shropshire, Owestry)To ask the President of the Board of Trade what were the imports of sugar into this country from Brazil during the last three years; what are the total exports from this country to Brazil; and whether any communication has been received by His Majesty"s Government from the Brazilian Government with respect to the proposed exclusion of Brazilian sugar from this country by the Brussels Convention.
(Answered by Mr. Gerald Balfour.) The imports of sugar from Brazil into the 584 United Kingdom during the last three years were:—1902, 578,030 cwts.; 1903, 78,761 cwts.; 1904, 84,301 cwts. The value of British exports from the United Kingdom to Brazil in 1904 was £5,867,701. The only communication received from the Brazilian Government with regard to the Sugar Convention is a copy of the despatch addressed to the Belgian Government, the purport of which is stated in the printed correspondence (Cd. 2349, p. 10).