HC Deb 24 October 1968 vol 770 c357W
Mr. Buchanan-Smith

asked the President of the Board of Trade if he is aware of the lack of proper statistics relating to the export of calves; and, in view of the concern of the public and of farmers regarding this trade, if he will introduce

IMPORTS OF CHEESE AND CURD
Thousand cwt.: percentages of total imports in brackets
Total Imports Imports from West Germany Imports from Netherlands Imports from France Imports from Italy
1963 2,754 Negligible 229 34 29
(100) (8.3%) (1.2%) (1.1%)
1964 2,992 9 223 38 23
(100) (0.3%) (7.5%) (1.3%) (0.8%)
1965 2,990 6 228 102 22
(100) (0.2%) (7.6%) (3.4%) (0.7%)
1966 2,904 8 322 105 23
(100) (0.3%) (11.1%) (3.6%) (0.8%)
1967 3,132 16 306 175 24
(100) (0.5%) (9.8%) (5.6%) (0.8%)
Jan.-Aug., 1968 2,379 8 277 127 16
(100) (0.3%) (11.6%) (5.3%) (0.7%)

Imports from Belgium and Luxembourg have been negligible.