§ Sir W. de FRECEasked the President of the Board of Trade if he can give the export of German manufactured sugar to this country in each month of the last 12 months; and whether he can give the respective prices of this sugar sold in Germany at the present time and in this country?
§ Mr. A. M. SAMUELThe following statement shows the imports into the United Kingdom of refined sugar con- 2069W signed from Germany in each of the last 12 months:
Month. Quantity. Declared Value. 1925. … Cwts. £ March … 3,137 2,967 April … 2,820 2,592 May … 8,192 7,609 June … 5,745 6,191 July … 4,626 4,794 August … 2,423 2,137 September … 502 440 October … 801 688 November … 22,177 17,177 December … 13,164 19,748 1926. January … 20,616 15,420 February … 8,591 6,627 I am unable to state the wholesale price of German sugar in this country, but the average declared value per cwt., c.i.f., of these imports consigned from Germany in February was 15s. 5d. exclusive of duty. The average wholesale price of white granulated sugar at Magdeburg in February was equivalent to 15s. 0½d. per cwt exclusive of consumption tax.