§ 76. Mr. Osborneasked the President of the Board of Trade what has been the volume and value of the imports of tobacco from Canada and the United States of America for the first three months of this year; what were the figures for 1950 and 1938; and, in view of the shortage of dollars, what restrictions he has in view on the importation of tobacco from dollar sources.
§ Mr. P. ThorneycroftMost of the purchases from the North American crops are shipped during the autumn, and the remainder by the following spring. The import of dollar tobacco has been for many years severely restricted on account of our balance of payments, and the policy is being continued. The following are the figures: