§ Mr. PETO (by Private Notice)asked the Minister of Blockade (1) whether he can give the gross total tonnage of all fodder and animal feeding stuffs, including maize, from all sources imported into Holland and Denmark respectively, for the years 1913, 1914, 1915 and 1916, and the exports to Great Britain from these countries of meat, pig products of all sorts, poultry, eggs, cheese and butter for the same years; and (2) whether he can give the import of butter, eggs and bacon from Denmark into Great Britain for the three months ending February, 1917, 1916, 1915 and 1914, and whether he has any figures or has been able to form any estimate of the imports for the same period of these articles into Germany from Denmark?
§ Lord ROBERT CECILI will answer these two questions together. The figures for the gross imports of corn and fodder of all kinds, including maize, into Holland during 1913 to 1916 are as follows:—
But it should be noted that a proportion of the imports into Holland in normal years were in transit to other countries, mainly to Germany. The imports of corn and fodder, including maize, into Denmark during 1913 to 1916 are as follows:
tons. 1913 … … … 6,326,000 1914 … … … 3,951,000 1915 … … … 2,561,000 1916 … … … 2,163,000 With regard to imports from Denmark and Holland to this country, certain figures have been published by the Board of Trade to which I beg leave to refer my hon. Friend. I have, however, reason to believe that the total exports from Denmark and Holland to all countries of some of the commodities mentioned have greatly decreased, so that those figures will not be any guide to the amount that is being exported into Germany. I am sorry that I am not able to give in public any further detailed information on these points.
tons. 1913 … … … 1,705,000 1914 … … … 1,232,000 1915 … … … 1,795,000 1916 … … … 1,289,000