§ Sir A. Bossomasked the President of the Board of Trade the annual figures for the retained imports and home production 39W of canned and deep-freeze vegetables since the year 1950.
— '000 net tons 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 Home production: Canned vegetables … … … 322.0 299.9 338.7 332.0 373.7 …* Deep-freeze vegetables … … … 6.8 6.5 8.4 12.8 14.2t …* Retained imports: Canned vegetables … … … 143.8 160.0 128.9 93.6 133.2 126.1‡ Deep-freeze vegetables … … … 10 1.4 1.5 1.3 1.8 3.4‡ * Figures of home production for 1955 are not yet available. † It is regretted that in answer to the hon. Member's Question on 21st December, 1955, this figure was erroneously given as 142,000 tons. ‡ These figures relate to total imports in 1955. Details of re-exports are not yet available. Re-exports of canned vegetables in recent years have been between 1,000 and 2,000 tons annually, whilst re-exports of frozen vegetables have been negligible.