§ Miss Quennellasked the President of the Board of Trade if he will list those foodstuffs adversely affecting the trade figures for the last month with comparable figures for the past three months and for the same periods in 1967.
§ Mr. DellThe £10 million rise, on a seasonably adjusted basis, in food imports in October compared with September was largely accounted for by increases of £3½ million in dairy produce, £½ million in meat and £4 million in miscellaneous food, of which, it is estimated that sugar and fish each accounted for about £2 million.
IMPORTS OF SELECTED FOOD ITEMS £ million: seasonally adjusted Dairy Produce Meat Miscellaneous Food* 1967— July 15.5 31.2 33.0 August 15.8 31.6 32.3 September 19.7 30.5 33.5 October 15.4 24.3 29.9 1968— July 17.5 34.9 37.8 August 15.3 31.3 34.6 September 15.0 33.0 35.3 October 18.4 33.5 39.4 * Miscellaneous food covers S.I.T.C. divisions:—
- 00 Live animals
- 03 Fish
- 04 Sugar
- 06 Coffee, tea, cocoa
- 09 Other food