§ 17. Lieut.-Commander Maydonasked the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food what have been the quarterly totals of imported bacon, for the last 12 months, green bacon and cured bacon, separately, with countries of origin, and, for the same periods, the throughput of United Kingdom bacon factories, and actual domestic consumption.
| UNITED KINGDOM | |||||||||||
| IMPORTS, HOME PRODUCTION AND ESTIMATED TOTAL DISPOSALS OF BACON IN THE QUARTERS OCTOBER-DECEMBER, 1956 TO JULY-SEPTEMBER, 1957 | |||||||||||
| '000 Tons | |||||||||||
| Imports (a) | Home Production | Total Imports and Home Production | Total Disposals | ||||||||
| South Africa | Irish Re-public | Sweden | Denmark | Poland | Netherlands | Other Countries | Total | ||||
| (b) | (c) | (d) | |||||||||
| October-December, 1956 | 0.3 | 1.8 | — | 54.1 | 11.4 | 9.2 | 0.7 | 77.5 | 52.7 | 130.2 | 131.1 |
| January-March, 1957 | 0.2 | 1.9 | 1.2 | 52.5 | 12.4 | 11.1 | 0.6 | 79.9 | 49.4 | 129.3 | 127.3 |
| April-June, 1957 | 0.4 | 1.8 | 0.1 | 55.3 | 13.2 | 7.9 | 0.4 | 79.1 | 52.2 | 131.3 | 133.2 |
| July-September, 1957 | 0.3 | 4.9 | 2.0 | 59.7 | 11.8 | 8.7 | 0.8 | 88.2 | 54.1 | 142.3 | 142.8 |
§ (a) Trade and Navigation Accounts.
§ (b) Belgium, Hungary, Channel Islands, Canada, Finland, U.S.A., Italy, W. Germany, Liberia, Kenya, Argentine.
§ (c) C.S.O. Monthly Digest of Statistics. The figures include bacon produced from imported fresh and frozen carcases.
§ (d) C.S.O. Monthly Digest of Statistics. Estimated from imports and home production, adjusted by changes in stocks in cold store.