FEEDING STUFFS AND FERTILISERS (IMPORTS).

HC Deb 30 July 1931 vol 255 c2473W

Sir H. SAMUEL

asked the President of the Board of Trade, with respect to the latest year for which figures are available, what was the value of feeding stuffs and the value of fertilisers imported into the United Kingdom, distinguishing between imports from Empire countries and from foreign countries, with the percentages in each case?

Mr. W. R. SMITH

The following table shows the total declared value of (a) feeding stuffs for animals and (b) fertilisers imported into the United Kingdom during the year 1930, distinguishing the amount and the proportion of the imports consigned from British countries and from foreign countries respectively.

—	Declared Value.	Proportion of Total Imports.
(a) Feeding-stuffs for Animals *	£	Per cent.
Total Imports	5,745,034	100.0
Of which consigned from—
British countries	2,248,885	39.1
Foreign countries	3,496,149	60.9
(b) Fertilisers.†
Total Imports	2,598,410	100.0
Of which consigned from—
British countries	82,771	3.2
Foreign countries	2,515,639	96.8
* As so classified in the Trade Returns of the United Kingdom.
† So far as the information is available from the Trade Returns of the United Kingdom and including phosphate of lime and rock phosphate.