HC Deb 21 February 1957 vol 565 cc575-7
20. Mr. Crouch

asked the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food what amount of dried and tinned milk has been imported during the last three years; and what were the countries of origin.

Mr. Amory

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

Mr. Crouch

May I express the hope that my right hon. Friend is now going to discourage the importing of large quantities of dried milk when we have such a surplus of home-produced milk in this country?

Mr. Amory

My hon. Friend knows that imports of foodstuffs from Commonwealth countries are almost entirely unrestricted at the present time.

Following is the reply:

IMPORTS OF DRIED & CONDENSED MILK
1954 1955 1956 (provisional)
CONDENSED MILK tons tons tons
Full cream Unsweetened
Australia 1
Eire 357 4
Denmark 102 92 82
Netherlands 56 110 67
U.S.A 1
Channel Islands 1
Total 517 207 149
Full cream Sweetened
Malaya 412*
Australia 2,032 1 3
Eire 13 2 1
Denmark 146 40 33
Netherlands 111 152 162
Switzerland 2
Italy 1
Total 2,302 195 614
Separated or Skimmed
Sweetened
Eire 742 463 390
Denmark 25 53
Netherlands 75 149 104
Total 842 665 494
Separated Unsweetened
Eire
W. Germany 4
Netherlands 6
Total 10
MILK POWDER
Whole Unsweetened
Australia 2,080 471 549
New Zealand 5,464 3,485 3,268
Eire 769 1,395 1,663
Sweden 2 72
Denmark 36 296 501
Netherlands 32 822 1,868
U.S.A 10 11
Total 8,381 6,481 7,932
Skimmed Unsweetened
Canada 70
Australia 8,728 6,232 13,733
New Zealand 31,006 18,676 25,386
Eire 11 207 1,912
Denmark 3 219 1,362
Netherlands 1,077 390
Belgium 111 263
U.S.A 4
Sweden 92
Total 39,748 26,522 43,212

1954 1955 1956 (provisional)
tons tons tons
Milk Powder Sweetened
New Zealand 637 545 454
Australia 121 26
Eire 9 18
Netherlands
U.S.A 1
Total 637 675 499
Buttermilk Powder, etc.
Unsweetened
Eire 1
Australia 1,148 603 1,082
New Zealand 2,641 5,037 8,301
Netherlands 91 5,764 3,034
Denmark 49 5
Belgium 35 10
Total 3,880 11,489 12,432
Other Preserved Milk Sweetened
Netherlands 6 39 6
Other Preserved Milk Unsweetened
Eire
* Re-export.
… = Negligible.
— = Nil.
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