HC Deb 18 February 1908 vol 184 cc617-8
MR. COURTHOPE

To ask the President of the Board of Trade, what proportion of the hops consumed in Great Britain have been imported from the United States of America during each of the last thirty years.

(Sir Edward Strachey.) No official statistics of the production of hops were collected prior to 1885. The proportions borne by the imports from the United States to our total supply from that year inclusive are as follows—

Year. Per cent.
1885 14.01
1886 3.94
1887 6.32
1888 18.48
1889 11.42
1890 16.00
1891 12.89
1892 13.70
1893 23.61
1894 13.63
1895 20.20
1896 20.99
1897 15.17
1898 32.99
1899 15.17
1900 27.92
1901 9.92
1902 16.56
1903 13.78
1904 25.63
1905 4.61
1906 26.98
1907 23.56