§ 22. Mr. Walter Fletcherasked the President of the Board of Trade what amount of Egyptian cotton has been bought by the Raw Cotton Commission in 1948; what stocks of cotton were held in this country at the end of May, 1948; how many months consumption this figure represented; and what purchases have been made in the last six months.
§ Mr. H. WilsonStocks of raw cotton in this country at the end of May are provisionally estimated at 310,000 tons, equivalent to about nine months' consumption. The final figure will be published in due course in the Monthly Digest of Statistics. I cannot give information about purchases or stocks of particular growths.