Wheat Imports (Hansard, 17 April 1956)

HC Deb 17 April 1956 vol 551 c823 823

§ 9. Mr. Godman Irvine
asked the President of the Board of Trade from which countries, and to what value, imports of wheat for the years 1953, 1954 and 1955, respectively, are included under

IMPORTS INTO THE UNITED KINGDOM OF WHEAT
—	1953	1954	1955
	Cwt.	£	Cwt.	£	Cwt.	£
From other foreign countries (as in Accounts Relating to Trade and Navigation, December 1955)	…	…	6,004,629^*	8,741,100^*	8,597,782^*	11,611,481^*	11,794,542^*	16,406,732^*
of which:—
Finland	…	…	…	109,931	164,844	41,788	57,069	—	—
Sweden	…	…	…	362,552	520,665	1,730	4,658	24,348	67,282
Denmark	…	…	361,706	489,194	6,459	8,564	73,443	137,162
W. Germany	…	…	—	—	—	—	15,343	24,260
Netherlands	…	…	—	—	80,929	112,647	252,189	415,309
Belgium	…	…	655,098	1,012,471	1,122,116	1,575,979	1,251,417	1,742,165
Switzerland	…	…	—	—	—	—	5	10
Italy	…	…	…	201,055	242,669	—	—	—	—
Hungary	…	…	—	—	—	—	55,931	70,109
Bulgaria	…	…	348,962	488,558	256,867	322,766	—	—
Roumania	…	…	—	—	60,933	71,977	—	—
Turkey	…	…	…	39,409	53,852	23,762	38,295	—	—
Tunis	…	…	…	—	—	39,611	49,711	51,136	77,436
French Morocco	…	—	—	13,684	16,379	55,902	97,862
Canary Islands	…	—	—	139	84	—	—
Syria	…	…	…	273,348	479,059	364,140	618,935	19,013	46,006
Lebanon	…	…	—	—	—	—	21,041	35,910
Israel	…	…	…	—	—	—	—	1	6
Iraq	…	…	…	—	—	19,685	28,438	104,354	175,287
Uruguay	…	…	—	—	—	—	2,220,025	3,059,170
Argentine Republic	…	3,652,568	5,289,788	6,565,939	8,705,979	7,650,394	10,458,758
NOTE: The figures for 1955 are not completely comparable with those for previous years because they would include any wheat for sowing which was previously excluded.