§ Commander BELLAIRSasked the President of the Board of Trade whether he can give the distribution of the imports of wheat, including the equivalent of wheat for imports of flour, between the five chief importing ports, together with the total for all ports for the United Kingdom?
§ Mr. H. WILLIAMSThe following table shows (in terms of grain) the weight of the imports of wheat and wheat meal and flour into Great Britain and Northern2834W Ireland during the year 1927, and the proportions entered at the five principal ports of discharge.
Port. Imports of wheat, and wheat meal and flour in grain equivalent. Weight. Proportion of Total Imports. Thousand cwts. Per cent. London 33,137 26.4 Liverpool 24,255 19.3 Hull 18,840 15.0 Manchester 10,455 8.3 Bristol 9,734 7.7 Other Ports 29,238 23.3 Total Imports 125,659 100.0 The grain equivalent of imported meal and flour has been estimated on the basis of an extraction, of 72 per cent. flour and 28 per rent. Offals.