§ Major STEELasked the President of the Board of Trade what is the total import of apples into this country in each of the years 1920 to 1923, inclusive; what proportion is from the British Empire, what was the total output of all the Colonics during these years; and what proportion of the total came to Great Britain?
Mr. WEBBThe quantities of raw apples imported into the United Kingdom in the years 1920 to 1923 were as follow:1428W
Year. Consigned from British Countries. Consigned from all Countries. cwts. cwts. 1920 1,784,910 4,620,329 1921 1,906,328 4,001,134 1922 2,555,502 4,471,839 1923 2,884,147 6,473,457 The quantities of apples recorded as produced in Canada, Australia and New Zealand were:
Produced in Canada:
Year. Barrels. Bushels at 3½ bushels to the barrel. 1920 3,404,340 11,915,190 1921 4,046,813 14,163,845 1922 3,838,852 13,435,982 1923 3,376,000 11,816,000 Produced in:
Year. Australia. Bushels. New Zealand. Bushels. 1919–20 6,247,659 1,123,858 1920–21 5,870,471 988,968 1921–22 6,546,134 989,614 1922–23 Not available 1,469,243 Practically the whole of the apples imported during 1920–23 into the United Kingdom from British countries were consigned from the three Dominions named.
It would, accordingly, appear from these figures that nearly one-third of the apple crops of Canada, Australia and New Zealand were received in this country during the four years specified.