§ Mr. Peter Freemanasked the President of the Board of Trade if he will issue a table showing the total importations of
IMPORTS OF FOODSTUFFS INCLUDING BEVERAGES INTO THE UNITED KINGDOM —— Unit of Quantity 1939 1950 Quantity £ Quantity £ Grain and flour Cwt. 188,259,190 55,446,208 114,609,350 159,765,369 Feedingstuffs for animals Ton 1,677,460 8,935,947 748,565 16,071,636 Cattle, for food Number 705,807 9,821,045 437,287 19,374,533 Meat Cwt. 31,285,302 93,297,467 25,287,003 195,968,853 Butter Cwt. 8,736,967 48,424,422 6,705,840 90,356,692 Cheese Cwt. 2,845,425 8,868,544 3,080,295 27,593,837 Eggs in shell—poultry Thousand dozen 283,278 12,832,916 167,618 21,515,330 Fresh fruit and vegetables Cwt. 39,251,039 35,010,849 31,093,622 96,990,849 Raw cocoa Cwt. 2,576,850 3,024,051 2,606,843 26,725,563 Cocoa preparations Cwt. 32,858 89,273 914,980 10,230,089 Coffee, not kiln-dried, roasted or ground. Cwt. 591,772 1,939,434 797,743 10,963,707 Tea Thousand lb. 411,321 24,407,578 368,608 57,394,143 Fish, fresh, chilled or frozen Cwt. 1,952,603 3,206,941 2,010,722 7,490,773 Raisins Cwt. 1,474,450 2,329,469 1,565,769 5,172,038 Unrefined sugar Cwt. 41,704,958 21,793,862 42,355,486 80,342,524 All other food and beverages Value … 55,341,567 … 133,262,408 Total Value … 384,769,573 … 959,218,344