§ Mr. LAMBasked the President of the Board of Trade if he can give the imports of tinned skimmed milk for each complete 232W year since 1913, mentioning the quantity and value in each case?
§ Sir B. CHADWICKThe following statement shows the imports into the United Kingdom of sweetened condensed milk, separated or skimmed, in each of the years 1913 to 1926, and in the period January to November, 1927. Similar particulars are not available for unsweetened condensed milk, separated or skimmed.
Period. Condensed Milk, Sweetened, Separated or Skimmed. Quantities. Declared Values. Cwt. £ 1913 720,800 992,900 1914 745,600 1,037,800 1915 755,100 1,260,100 1916 418,600 1,097,300 1917 358,800 1,417,000 1918 269,100 1,511,000 1919 181,800 885,500 1920 464,600 2,472,200 1921 873,200 3,650,300 1922 1,250,000 3,337,500 1923 1,430,400 3,673,600 1924 1,479,200 3,460,700 1925 1,596,100 3,208,600 1926 1,773,400 3,177,400 1927 (11 months) 1,718,400 3,020,500 NOTE.—From 1st April, 1923, this statement includes the trade of Great Britain and Northern Ireland with the Irish Free State. From the same date the direct foreign trade of the Irish Free State has been excluded.
It is understood that the great bulk of these imports was in tins.