Viscountess ASTORasked the President of the Board of Trade the annual total import in the years 1924, 1925, 1926, 1927, and 1928, respectively, of machine-skimmed milk in tins and the average wholesale and retail prices per tin for such years?
§ Mr. H. WILLIAMSThe following table shows the total quantity and declared value, and the average value (c.i.f.) per hundredweight, of the imports into the United Kingdom, of sweetened condensed milk, separated or skimmed, in each of the years 1924 to 1928. Similar particulars are not available for unsweetened condensed milk, separated or skimmed. It is understood that the great bulk of these imports was in tins.
Year. Quantity. Declared Value. Average declared import value (c.i.f.) per cwt. Cwt. £ s. d. 1924 1,479,213 3,460,669 46 9 1925 1,596,129 3,208,533 40 2 1926 1,773,431 3,177,380 35 10 1927 1,854,759 3,271,783 35 3 1928 1,951,025 3,372,826 34 7 I regret that I am unable to state the average wholesale and retail prices per tin in these years.