HC Deb 30 April 1923 vol 163 c970
64. Sir H. BRITTAIN

asked the Parliamentary Secretary to the Overseas Trade Department what total quantity of sugar was imported into the United Kingdom in the year 1913; and what proportions came from foreign countries and from within the British Empire, respectively?

Lieut.-Colonel BUCKLEY

The total quantity of refined and unrefined sugar imported into the United Kingdom in the year 1913 was 39,385,190 cwts., of which 37,944,801 cwts. were consigned from foreign countries and 1,440,389 cwts from countries within the British Empire.