HC Deb 12 May 1966 vol 728 c582
31. Sir C. Taylor

asked the President of the Board of Trade how much agricultural produce, canned, frozen, dried or fresh, including fruit, is imported into the United Kingdom from the United States of America; and whether he will list these imports.

Mr. Mason

As the information requested is somewhat extensive, I will, with permission circulate it in the OFFICIAL REPORT.

Sir C. Taylor

Will the hon. Gentleman go through the list very carefully to see whether we can save dollars by increasing home production?

Mr. Mason

Certainly, Sir.

United Kingdom imports of agricultural produce from the United States of America Year 1965
£,000
Live animals (excluding zoo animals, dogs and cats) 648
Meat and meat preparations 6,723
Dairy products and eggs 135
Cereals and cereal preparations 60,468
Fruit and vegetables 17,908
Sugar, sugar preparations and honey 265
Coffee, tea, cocoa, spices and manufactures thereof 772
Feeding stuff for animals and food wastes 761
Miscellaneous food preparations 12,917
Oil seeds, oil nuts and oil kernels 6,986
Fixed vegetable oils and fats 266
Total 107,849
32. Sir C. Taylor

asked the President of the Board of Trade how much celery is imported into the United Kingdom from the United States of America; and what this costs.

Mr. Mason

I regret that this information is not available.

Sir C. Taylor

Why not? Is it not ridiculous that we should spend dollars on importing celery from the United States?

Mr. Mason

I leave it to the hon. Gentleman to go through the list in the OFFICIAL REPORT to see if he can extract the cost of celery imports.