§ Mr. Bessellasked the President of the Board of Trade whether he will circulate in the OFFICIAL REPORT details of the quantities of eggs imported from all overseas countries during the 12 months ended 31st October, 1965.
§ Mr. Darling, pursuant to his reply, [OFFICIAL REPORT, 2nd December, 1965; Vol. 721, c. 230–1], supplied the following information:
EGGS IN SHELL IMPORTED INTO THE UNITED KINGDOM 12 months ended 31st October, 1965 Country Quantity (Great Hundreds)* Irish Republic … 10,614 Finland … 204,795 Sweden … 125,869 Norway … 32,745 Iceland … 4 Denmark … 208,392 Poland … 635,506 Netherlands … 55,431 Belgium … 23,835 Hungary … 61,280 Rumania … 98,487 Republic of South Africa … 441,123 Australia … 8,235 Italy … 1,503 U.S.A. … 587 Cuba … 25,962 Hong Kong … 600 Canada … 52 China … 73 France … 285 Total … 1,935,378 *Note: A great hundred=10 dozen.