92. Sir J. D. REESasked the President of the Board of Trade whether licences are now being, or soon will be, freely granted for the re-export of coffee?
§ Mr. BRIDGEMANLicences are granted freely for the export of coffee held on foreign account prior to the 15th March, 1919, and for the following six varieties: Liberian, Rio, Bahia, Pernambuco, Victorian, and West African, and also for any other coffee for which there is no market in the United Kingdom. As regards coffee imported on or after 15th March last, which is suitable for consumption in this country, export is allowed on 70 per cent., and, in addition, the Admiralty Marshal is holding from time to time auction sales of coffee purely for export. This Department has suggested to the Ministry of Food that the varieties mentioned above, for which there is no market in the United Kingdom, should be placed on List "C," but no reply has yet been received.