HC Deb 01 December 1920 vol 135 c1251
95. Mr. BROMFIELD

asked the Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Agriculture What are the estimated exportable surpluses of wheat from Argentine, Canada, and the United States for the current wheat year as compared with the 1913–14 surpluses?

The PARLIAMENTARY SECRETARY to the MINISTRY of AGRICULTURE (Sir A. Boscawen)

The surplus of wheat available in Canada and the United States for export during the current cereal year is estimated to be as follows. The actual not exports in 1913–14 are given for comparison:

Net exports, 1913–14. Million qrs. Estimated available surplus, 1920–21 Million qrs.
Canada 16.8 23
United States 19.9 25
In the case of Argentina, the crop has not yet been harvested, but on the basis of preliminary estimates of the yield, the surplus available for export from the 1920–21 crop may amount to 18,000,000 quarters, as compared with an actual net export of 4,800,000 quarters in 1913–14.