HC Deb 18 February 1929 vol 225 cc794-5W
Mr. VIANT

asked the President of the Board of Trade the value in sterling of each of the following articles, namely, butter, cheese, condensed milk, eggs, and margarine imported into this country from Holland and also Denmark for the years 1924, 1925, 1926, 1927, and 1928?

Mr. H. WILLIAMS

The following table shows the declared values of the total imports of the undermentioned articles into the United Kingdom registered as consigned from Denmark and Netherlands, respectively, during each of the years 1924 to 1928.

Description. 1924. 1925. 1926. 1927. 1928.
Consigned from Denmark (including FarÖe Islands).
£ £ £ £ £
Butter 18,118,126 17,110,534 17,166,480 17,646,1'32 18,613,677
Cheese 57,052 28 288 38,641 35,084 37,178
Condensed milk:
Not Sweetened 26,037 6,444 27,540 24,406 33,117
Sweetened 1,051,689 921,192 768,076 779,684 631,654
Eggs:
In shell 5,495,772 5,491,744 4,680,503 4,592,587 4,387,146
Not in shell 346 141 117 201 209
Margarine 393 9,122 5,875 5,606
Consigned from the Netherlands.
£ £ £ £ £
Butter 840,107 719,203 1,330,281 1,407,246 1,094,863
Cheese 637,173 638,870 849,279 1,003,390 961,701
Condensed milk:
Not sweetened 33,465 57,814 95,731 140,763 205,265
Sweetened 2,833,983 2,564,786 2,691,217 2.795,876 3,027,827
Eggs:
In shell 1,025,037 1,409,647 1,595,902 1,711,810 2,102,899
Not in shell 3,205 3,420 5,002 6,192 946
Margarine 4,494,679 4,642,529 4,490,634 3,954,108 3,489,502