HC Deb 06 June 1962 vol 661 cc78-9W
Lieut.-Commander Maydon

asked the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food what were the average quantities for the years 1935 to 1938 inclusive, the total annual quantities for 1948, 1958, and 1959, the quarterly quantities in 1960 and 1961, and the monthly quantities to the latest available months in 1962, of imported agricultural products

United Kingdom Imports
Butter Cheese Milk Powder Cream Preserved Evaporated or condensed milk* Eggs in shell Liquid eggs—whole
Th. tons Th. tons Tons Tons Tons Tons Cwt.
1935–38 Average … 478.6 140.8 14,054 1,734 85,312 166,900 —†
1948 … 272.6 157.4 16,291 Nil 32,216 106,700 1,024
1958 … 422.7 118.6 52,495 1,296 4,405 9,701 201
1959 … 400.7 136.3 89,228 2,352 10,387 8,215 389
1960 1st Quarter … 117.4 45.6 21,658 482 2,751 2,829 40
2nd " … 105.5 27.1 13,576 848 1,879 4,562 29
3rd " … 80.5 28.0 8,251 2,043 2,920 5,238 104
4th " … 101.9 30.8 13,379 1,037 1,919 10,338 54
1961 1st … 123.9 35.0 17,933 1,636 2,210 7,136 31
2nd " … 105.7 32.8 11,784 2,242 2,584 7,236 23
3rd " … 89.9 27.9 6,237 2,155 2,611 4,070 18
4th " … 103.7 38.9 14,284 1,932 2,415 7,346 3
1962 Jan. … 43.0 13.6 8,159 280 850 1,377 4
Feb. … 32.2 11.7 6,505 451 831 1,235 7
Mar. … 45.4 13.6 6,940 722 654 1,257 12
Apr. … 31.3 13.2 3,447 919 842 813 13
*Separate figures for evaporated milk are not available. The trade statistics do not indicate whether tinned or not.
† Separate figures for liquid eggs are not available.