§ Mr. BARNESasked the President of the Board of Trade whether he will submit a Return to the House showing the quantity of world sugar-beet planted for the years 1922 and 1923, together with the amount for each sugar-beet growing country?
§ Sir P. LLOYD-GREAMEThe following statement shows the area under sugar-beet in the under-mentioned countries for the years specified, as far as the particulars are available: 1199W
The figures given in the first two columns for 1921 and 1922 have been compiled from information contained in the Monthly Crop Report issued by the International Institue of Agriculture, Rome. The figures for 1923 have been compiled partly from official estimates, and partly from the estimates of well-known sugar statisticians.
Country. Planted in 1921 and Harvested in the Season 1921–2. Planted in 1922 and Harvested in the Season 1922–3. Planted in 1923 for the Season 1923–4 (Provisional Estimate). Acres. Acres. Acres. Germany … … … 962,400 1,031,100 832,000 Czechoslovakia … … 543,500 519,500 542,000 France … … … 297,700 287,700 358,000 Netherlands … … … 181,900 142,200 179,000 Belgium … … … 143,400 149,200 179,000 Sweden … … … 120,000 41,400 108,000 Denmark … … … 85,800 60,000 74,000 Poland … … … 196,700 270,200 353,000 Russia … … … 513,000 437,400 734,000 Hungary … … … 102,900 89,000 109,000 Italy … … … … 159,000 148,300 222,000 Austria … … … 19,000 27,700 31,000 Bulgaria … … … 20,600 24,000 24,000* Spain … … … … 134,000 111,900 148,000 Serb-Croat-Slovene State … 41,300 49,700 74,000 Finland … … … 2,700 2,500 3,000 Luxembourg … … 300 300 300 England and Wales … 8,300 8,400 16,000 Roumania … … … 57,000 53,900 97,000 Switzerland … … … 3,000 3,000 3,000* Total—Europe … 3,592,500 3,457,400 4,086,300 Canada … … … 28,400 20,700 21,000* United States … … 809,400 536,000 723,000 Total-above countries 4,430,300 4,014,100 4,830,300 *In 1922.