§ 35. Mr. R. T. EVANSasked the Minister of Agriculture the quantity and value of bacon imported during the three 997 months immediately prior to the operation of the voluntary quota; the quantity and value of imported bacon for the three months ended 30th April, 1933; and the average prices received by British farmers for pigs in these two periods?
§ Major ELLIOTAccording to the Monthly Accounts of Trade and Navigation for the United Kingdom, the imports of bacon into the United Kingdom during the three months ended October, 1932, were 2,859,610 cwts., with an average declared value of 57s. 6d. per cwt. The Monthly Accounts for April are not yet available, but during the three months ended March, 1933, imports amounted to 2,410,581 cwts., at an average declared value of 55s. 4d. per cwt. During the earlier period the average price of first quality bacon pigs at the principal markets in England and Wales was 9s. 8d. per score and in the later period 11s. 1d. per score.