§ MR. LOUGHTo ask the President of the Board of Trade, what was the quantity of raw beet sugar produced during the year 1907 in the foreign countries set out in Table IV. of the Sugar Return, No. 334, issued in August, 1907; the imports of unrefined and refined sugar as shown in Table V. (A); the total estimated consumption per head of the population as shown in Table VI (B); the British West Indian exports as shown in Table IX.; and the declared average value of raw and refined sugar imported into the United Kingdom for the year 1907 as shown in Table X., and the same average prices for each month of the year, 1908.
(Answered by Mr. Churchill.) The figures given with regard to the production and consumption of sugar in Europe in the Return (No. 334, of 1907) referred to were compiled for the years 1898 to 1906, from particulars collected by the Permanent Bureau attached to the Permanent Sugar Commission. Authoritative information of the same kind for 1907 is not yet available, but unofficial estimates of production can be given as follows—
I.—Estimated Production of Raw Beet Sugar in the undermentioned Countries during the Sugar Season of 1906–7, (Estimate of the "Association Internationale de Statistique Sucriere"). Country. Estimated Production of Raw Beet Sugar. Tons. Russia 1,410,855 Germany 2,206,013 Holland 176,517 Belgium 277,271 France 735,093 Austria-Hungary 1,309,215 Sweden 153,198 Denmark 65,923 Italy 113,152 Spain 88,357 Other European Countries 43,785 Total Europe 6,579,397 Total United States 433,019 Total 7,012,398
| As regards the further information asked for, the following statements embody such particulars as are available— | |||
| II. Statement showing the Quantity of Raw and Refined Sugar imported into the United Kingdom during the year 1907, distinguishing the principal Countries whence imported (in continuation of Table V. (A). | |||
| (a)Imports of Unrefined Sugar. | |||
| Country whence imported. | Imported of Unrefined Sugar. | ||
| Beetroot. | Cane and other sorts. | Total. | |
| Cwts. | Cwts. | Cwts. | |
| From Russia | — | — | — |
| From Denmark (including Faröe Islands) | 195* | — | 195* |
| From Germany | 7,964,935 | 34,878 | 7,999,813 |
| From Netherlands | 262,465 | 345,638 | 608,103 |
| Form Java | — | 1,178,342 | 1,178,342 |
| Form Dutch Guiana | — | 7,038 | 7,038 |
| Form Belgium | 622,600 | 2,183 | 624,783 |
| Form France | 192,536 | 249,177 | 441,713 |
| Form Austria-Hungary | 428,002 | — | 428,002 |
| Form Egypt | — | 40,188 | 40,188 |
| Form United States of America | — | 238,485 | 238,485 |
| Form Philippine Islands and Guam | — | 229,535 | 229,535 |
| Form Cuba | — | 91,113 | 91,113 |
| Form Mexico | — | 37,363 | 37,363 |
| Form Peru | — | 514,575 | 514,575 |
| Form Chile | — | 45,459 | 45,459 |
| Form Brazil | — | 192,196 | 192,196 |
| Form Argentine Republic | — | — | — |
| Form other Foreign Countries | 2 | 134,221 | 134,223 |
| Total from Foreign Countries | 9,470,735 | 3,340,391 | 12,811,126 |
| * Of French orgin. |