Viscountess ASTORasked the President of the Board of Trade (1) the value of fertilisers which were imported from foreign countries during each of the last three years and which are not on the free list of the Import Duties Act;
(2) the approximate value of cakes and feeding stuffs for livestock of all classes, other than barley, oats, and wheat, which were imported from foreign countries during each of the last three years and which are not on the free list of the Import Duties Act;
(3) the value of agricultural machinery imported from foreign countries during each of the last three years?
§ Mr. HORE-BELISHAThe following table shows, in respect of fertilisers, feeding-stuffs for animals (excluding grain) and agricultural machinery and parts thereof, the total declared value of the imports into the United Kingdom during 1929 and 1930 consigned from foreign countries and during 1931 imported from all sources, excluding those articles exempted from duty under the First 1195W Schedule to the Import Duties Act, 1932. Particulars of these imports during 1931
Description. Imports consigned from foreign countries. Imports from all sources. 1929. 1930. 1931 (d). £ £ £ Fertilisers (a) 1,690,273 1,193,420 1,492,800 Feeding-stuffs for animals (b) 6,061,348 3,496,149 5,365,066 Agricultural machinery and parts thereof (c). 393,007 420,905 760,223 (a) So far as the information is available from the Trade Returns of the United Kingdom. (b) As so classified in the Trade Returns of the United Kingdom. (c) Excluding dairy machinery. (d) Provisional figures. During the years 1929 and 1930, the proportion of the imports from all sources that was consigned from foreign countries was as follows:—Fertilisers, 94 per cent. feeding-stuffs for animals, 62 per cent, and agricultural machinery and parts thereof, 68 per cent.