HC Deb 28 February 1924 vol 170 cc697-9W
Sir J. BAIRD

asked the President of the Board of Trade whether he can furnish the average wholesale and retail prices of sugar in the month of February in each of the years 1918 to 1924, inclusive,

Country and Description of Sugar. Feb. 1918. Feb. 1919. Feb. 1920. Feb. 1921. Feb. 1922. Feb. 1923. Feb. 1924.
GREAT BRITAIN:
Pence per lb. Tate's Granulated W. 5 6.20 7.07 7.59 4.99 5.90 6.76
Granulated R. 6 7 8 9 5½ 5¾ 7
FRANCE (Paris):
Francs per kg. White No. 3 refined W. 1.00 1.10 2.24 1.86 1.62 3.06 3.76(b)
Granulated R. 1.90(a) 2.10 3.20 3.45 2.80 3.72 4.75 (c)
GERMANY:
Marks per kg. Refined loaf W. 0.73 0.86 2.03 5.72 10.04 807 0.60 (gold) (d)
Granulated household R. 0.88 1.08 — 7.60 19.00 1,200 0.875 (gold) (e)
BELGIUM:
Francs per kg. Crystallized W. — — — — 1.72 2.27 3.63 (e)
Crystallized R. — — — 3.00 2.00 2.65 4.25 (c)
HOLLAND (Amsterdam):
Florins per kg. Refined Melis No. 1 W. — 0.68(f) 0.94 0.73 0.49 0.60 0.63(g)
Av. Moist and Granulated R. 0.64 0.72 1.10 0.88 0.60 0.74 0.67(d)

in the following countries, Great Britain, France, Germany, Belgium, Holland, Czechoslovakia, and Italy?

Mr. LUNN

The following table gives the prices of sugar in Great Britain and in certain foreign countries in 1918–24, so far as the particulars are available:—

Country and Description of Sugar. Feb., 1918. Feb., 1919. Feb., 1920. Feb., 1921. Feb., 1922. Feb., 1923. Feb., 1924.
CZECHOSLOVAKIA:
Korune per kg. Refined loaf W. 1.30 2.46 2.80 7.00 6.50 4.38 4.40 (g)
Refined loaf R. — — — — 7.42 5.00 5.15 (h)
ITALY:
Lire per kg. Refined W. 3.40 4.45 4.50 6.10 5.72 — —
Refined R. — 4.68 4.72 6.36 6.17 6.43 —
W. = Equivalent of wholesale prices. R. = Retail prices.
The grade of sugar quoted retail is not defined in the cases of Belgium, Italy and Czechoslovakia. The prices have been taken from Official publications of the several countries, except in the case of the wholesale price in Great Britain where the prices in London reported by the "Grocer" have been utilised, and in Italy, where prices reported in "L'Economista" have been used. Wholesale prices are, in general, not available for the classes of sugar for which retail prices are recorded. For purposes of ready comparison the wholesale prices as quoted per cwt. or per 100 kgs. have been expressed in terms of the unit for retail sale. Where blanks are shown no quotations are available in the Sources consulted. The wholesale prices quoted for France and Italy relate to the end of the month and the retail prices for Great Britain to 1st February. In other cases the figures represent monthly averages except as shown in the following notes:—
(a) 13th April; (b) 9th February; (c) 16th February; (d) 1st February; (e) 6th February; (f) April 1919, earlier figures not available; (g) December 1923, later figures not available; (h) 1st December 1923, no later figure available.