HC Deb 09 March 1950 vol 472 c439
4. Mr. Keeling

asked the President of the Board of Trade if he will publish in the OFFICIAL REPORT a list of the Commodities which are imported exclusively by the Government.

Mr. H. Wilson

Yes, Sir.

Following is the information:

This list relates only to goods of which the Government is the sole importer; it does not include goods imported by statutory bodies or goods of which the Government is the major, but not the sole importer: * Molasses; * wood pulp for paper making; timber, except hardwoods and veneers; true hemp; jute and jute goods; sulphur, pyrites, certain fertilisers and fertiliser raw materials; chrome ore; lead metal, unwrought; zinc metal, unwrought; copper (blister and unwrought metal); virgin aluminium; oilcakes; rice bran; fish meal; whalemeat meal; meat meal; bone meal;. maple peas; dun peas; I locust beans; cassava root; potatoes (ware); carrots (excluding new carrots); orange juice (welfare); carcase meat and offal; canned corned meat; poultry; rabbits; butter; cheese (rationed); condensed milk; block milk; buttermilk powder; whey powder; coffee; animal fats; benniseed; copra; coconut oil; cotton seed; cotton seed oil; groundnuts; groundnut oil; herring oil; other fish oils; illipe nuts; kapok seed; linseed; linseed oil; maize oil; palm kernels; palm oil; soya beans; sunflower seed; sunflower seed oil; shea nuts; whale oil; vitamin oils. Dried fruits (currants, pears, prunes, sultanas, apricots, and raisins). Nut kernels (almond, cashew, peanut, apricot, walnut, and desiccated coconut). Bacon and ham; tea; cocoa; rice; salmon; frozen white fish; apples; bananas; fruit pulp; wheat; flour; rye; maize; barley; oats; wheat offals; pulses; sugar. Canned fish (sardines, barracouta, herring, tunny, brisling, sild, pilchard, crab, crawfish, and salmon). Starch and starch products (farina, farina dextrine, sago flour, maize starch, cassava. starch, and tapioca flour). Canned fruit (peaches, pears, apricots, pineapple, two fruits, fruit salad, fruit cocktail, grapefruit, mandarin oranges, and grapes). Eggs in shell; frozen egg; dried egg; dried albumen; dried yolk; glycerine yolk. Niger seed; medicinal glucose; † oranges; † bitter oranges; † grapefruit. * Imports by private traders will be resumed as from 1st April, 1950. † Imports by private traders will be permitted under Open General Licence as from 7th May, 1950.
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