§ Mr. SORENSENasked the President of the Board of Trade the quantity of nitrogen produced and exported in the past 12 months, and in particular to France, Russia and Italy?
§ Mr. W. GRAHAMThe output in Great Britain in 1929 of ammonia products, in terms of ammonium sulphate, amounted296W to 912,259 tons, of which, according to the figures compiled by the Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries, 828,832 tons was ammonium sulphate. Of this latter total, 587,476 tons were recorded as exported in 1929, of which 10 tons were consigned to France, 7,217 tons to the Soviet Union, and 5,123 tons to Italy. In furnishing these figures, I am assuming that my hon. Friend's question is concerned with nitrogen in combination, so as to be available for fertiliser and other purposes, the chief production of such compounds in this country being in the form of ammonium sulphate.