§ General CROFTasked the Under-Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs what was the amount of malt exported from this country in 1915, 1916, and 1917; and what was the destination of such malt exported?
§ Mr. WARDLEMy right hon. Friend has asked me to answer this question. The total exports of malt from the United Kingdom were 1,240,000 cwts. in 1915, 530,000 cwts. in 1916, and 161,000 cwts. in the first ten months of 1917. Particulars as to the destinations of the exports in each year are given below:
Countries to which Exported. 1915. 1916. [...]10 months -Jan. to Oct., 1917. Cwts. Cwts. Cwts. Sweden 42,502 — — Norway 56,926 21,782 — Denmark (including Faröe Islands) 9,618 621 — Netherlands 472,771 140,832 — Belgium 4,658 18,053 15,617 France 71,994 58,951 3,179 Switzerland 200,157 20,281 14,417 Portugal 15,472 5,366 4,371 Spain 1,530 — — Italy 161,946 98,549 81,771 Greece 7,926 3,200 — Turkey, European — 1,602* — Foreign Countries out of Europe 70,869 5,576 20 Total to Foreign Countries 1,116,369 374,813 119,375 Channel Islands 7,942 7,742 4,141 Egypt 31,114 53,304 13,445 Union of South Africa 63,405 81,566 20,783 Australia 14,072 4,995 653 New Zealand 622 504 115 Canada 2,755 2,960 1,162 Other British Possession 3,401 4,084 1,372 Total to British Possessions 123,311 155,155 41,671 Total to all Countries 1,23.9,680 529,968 161,046 *Exports to territory formerly Turkish but now in the occupation of the forces of the Allies.