§ Mr. Scott-Hopkinsasked the President of the Board of Trade what was the total amount of butter imported from each country into the United Kingdom during the current year up to the latest convenient date; and what is the total of quotas allocated and to which countries, for the same period.
§ Mr. RedheadThe table below gives actual imports for the nine months 1st April to 31st December, 1964, basic quotas for the whole quota year 1st April, 1964, to 31st March, 1965, and supplementary allocations issued so far. Since basic quotas are issued for a whole year and supplementary allocations are issued for delivery during varying specified periods within the year, figures of imports and authorisations cannot be provided to cover comparable periods of less than a full year. In the light of actual imports in the first nine months and forecasts from supplying countries of deliveries in the last three months, imports for the present quota year are estimated to be of the order of 460,000–470,000 tons.
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— Actual Imports 1st April to 31st December, 1964 Basic Quotas 1stApril, 1964, to 31st March, 1965 Total of Supplementary Allocations for 1st April, 1964, to 31st March, 1965, issued so far* (tons) (tons) (tons) Argentina … … … … 2,366 10,220 nil Australia … … … … 48,966 66,700 † Austria … … … … 1,845 1,830 600 Belgium … … … … 34 215 nil Bulgaria … … … … 805 805 300 Denmark … … … … 70,561 98,420 nil Finland … … … … 15,279 12,370 7,750 France … … … … 8,168 2,580 10,080 Hungary … … … … 1,111 1,720 nil Iceland … … … … 496 nil 600 Irish Republic … … … … 13,374 12,905 4,500 Kenya … … … … 467 1,830 nil Netherlands … … … … 12,533 15,060 1,000 New Zealand … … … … 119,600 168,000 † Norway … … … … 2,625 1,830 3,590 North America … … … … 22,953 nil 23,000 Poland … … … … 10,857 17,210 3,700 Roumania … … … … 2,410 325 3,065 South Africa … … … … nil 2,150 nil Sweden … … … … 2,207 4,950 2,600 Uruguay … … … … 644 215 925 Unallocated … … … … — 665 nil 337,301 420,000 61,710 Notes to Table
* Supplementary allocations are made f r delivery within specified periods. If delivery is not effected within the period specified the authorisation lapses. Some supplementary allocations have been made in the light of actual or expected shortfalls in deliveries from other countries.
† New Zealand and Australia have the right to send butter amounting to approximately 40 per cent. and 16 per cent. respectively of our total imports so long as these remain subject to control and supplementary allocations are not required to cover deliveries within these limits.