HC Deb 14 November 1949 vol 469 cc1670-1
32. Mr. Turton

asked the Minister of Food if he will give details of the expenditure of £2,715,578 recorded in the Trade and Navigation Accounts as having been spent in imports of meat from the United States of America during the nine months ended 30th September, 1949.

Mr. Strachey

As the answer is a table of figures, I will, with permission, circulate it in the OFFICIAL REPORT.

Following is the statement:

Details of the expenditure of £2,715,578 recorded in the Trade and Navigation Accounts as having been spent in imports of meat from the United States of America during the nine months ended 30th September, 1949, are as follow:

Value in £
Beef, chilled, other than fore and hind quarters 20
Canned corned beef 2
Other canned beef (excluding canned beef tongues) 1,433,331
Bacon (other than canned bacon) 24
Hams (other than canned hams 111
Pork, chilled or frozen 889,256
Canned bacon and ham 484
Canned pork 2
Beef and veal extracts and essences 150
Canned poultry 8
Other canned meat (not elsewhere specified in the import list) 392,168
Poultry and meat pastes, poultry liver (except raw liver), whether mixed or not, sausages, tinned, canned, and meat pies) 22

33. Mr. Turton

asked the Minister of Food what was the quantity and value of feedingstuffs for animals listed in Class I, Group B, of the Trade and Navigation Accounts that were imported from the United States of America during the nine months ended 30th September, 1949.

Mr. Strachey

As the answer contains a number of figures I will, with permission, circulate it in the OFFICIAL REPORT.

Following is the statement:

Imports into the United Kingdom consigned from the United States of America in the nine months January to September, 1949:

TRADE AND NAVIGATION ACCOUNTS: CLASS I, GROUP B
Quantity in tons Value in £
Soya bean cake and meal 590 33,968
Dog foods (insignificant) 9
Seeds, feeding (other than Dari or durra, Dhol or pigeon pea, gram or chick pea, Millet and Canary) (insignificant) 24
Feedingstuffs for Animals unsweetened, not elsewhere specified in the Import List. 112 6,111