HC Deb 23 February 1931 vol 248 cc1779-81W
Mr. BARNES

asked the President of the Board of Trade the annual world's crop of wheat for the years 1924 to 1930, together with, the British, imports of

(A).—According to statistics published by the International Institute of Agriculture, the total world output of wheat during 1924 to 1929, or the corresponding crop, year in the case of the Southern Hemisphere was as follows:—
1924. 1925. 1926. 1927. 1928. 1929.
Million cwts. Million cwts. Million cwts. Million cwts. Million cwts. Million cwts.
1,915 2,195 2,310 2,356 2,509 2,213
The above particulars exclude, the crops of Manchuria, Iraq and Turkey for which countries comparable figures throughout the period are not available. The total output of these three-countries is between 50 and 60 million cwts. per annum.
Complete details are not yet available in respect of 1930, but for countries covering some 80 per cent of the world's total, the crop for 1930 is reported as 1,983 million cwts. as compared with 1,822 million cwts. in 1929.

(B).—The following table shows the total quantity of wheat and of wheat meal and flour, together with the total in grain equivalent, imported into the United Kingdom during each of the years 1924 to 1930:—
Year. Wheat (grain). Wheat, Meal and Flour. Total Wheat (including Meal and Flour) in grain equivalent.
Million cwts. Million cwts. Million cwts.
1924 … … … … 117.4 11.0 132.8
1925 … … … … 96.9 9.1 109.5
1926 … … … … 96.3 10.7 111.1
1927 … … … … 110.4 11.0 125.7
1928 … … … … 103.6 8.9 116.0
1929 … … … … 111.8 9.7 125.2
1930 … … … … 105.0 11.7 121.3
NOTES.—(1) 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 cent. offals, etc.
(2) The figures for 1930 are provisional.

value of the undermentioned descriptions of printing, etc., machines, and. parts thereof of United Kingdom manufacture, exported, during the years 1928, 1929 and 1930:

wheat for these years and the average monthly price of bread during the same period?

Mr. W. R. SMITH

(C).—The average retail price of bread per 4 lbs. in the United Kingdom, as compiled by the Ministry of Labour, was as follows:—
1924. 1925. 1926. 1927. 1928. 1929. 1930.
9d. 10¼d. 10d. 9¾d. 9d. 8¾d. 8½d.