§ 20. Mr. Crouchasked 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. AmoryAs the reply contains a number of figures, I will, with permission, circulate it in the OFFICIAL REPORT.
§ Mr. CrouchMay 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. AmoryMy 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. |