§ Mr. HOLDSWORTHasked the President of the Board of Trade the figures from 1919 to 1933, inclusive, of the yearly world production of sugar, specifying the amounts of cane sugar and beet sugar, respectively, the world consumption, and the world price of sugar on comparable dates in each year?
§ Dr. BURGINThe following table gives particulars of the world production of beet and cane sugar in each of the years ended August, 1920 to 1933, as reported in the International Year Book of Agricultural Statistics. Comparable figures of the consumption of sugar cannot be given. No quotation giving the world price of sugar is available.
Year ended August. Beet Sugar. Cane Sugar. Total. In 1,000 tons. 1920 3,208 12,433 15,641 1921 4,655 12,538 17,193 1922 5,075 13,245 18,317 1923 5,267 13,378 18,645 1924 5,918 14,470 20,388 1925 8,142 15,794 23,936 1926 8,179 16,764 24,943 1927 7,636 15,964 23,600 1928 8,818 16,458 25,276 1929 9,232 17,973 27,205 1930 9,137 18,290 27,427 1931 11,102 17,066 28,168 1932 8,521 17,846 26,367 1933 7,615 16,412 24,027 Particulars for the year ended August, 1919, are not available.