§ Sir A. SINCLAIRasked the President of the Board of Trade what foreign countries were represented among the fishing vessels which landed fish in this country last year; how many cwts. were landed in vessels from each country; from what foreign countries fish were imported after being previously lauded outside the United Kingdom; and how many cwts were imported from each country?
§ Dr. BURGINThe total quantity of fish of all sorts (not of British taking) imported into the United Kingdom direct from the Deep Sea Fisheries during the year 1932, distinguishing the quantities brought by boats of different nationalities, was as follows:
Quantity. Cwts. Total 954,760 Of which brought by Russian (Soviet Union) boats 77 Swedish boats 34,261 Norwegian boats 23,820 Danish boats 68,521 Icelandic boats 190,503 German boats 518,284 Dutch boats 5,913 Belgian boats 35,369 French boats 17,277 Italian boats 300 Spanish boats 41,606 Irish Free State boats 115 British boats 18,714 The total imports into the United Kingdom of fish of all sorts (other than canned fish or fresh shell fish) during the year 1932, consigned from foreign countries (excluding Deep Sea Fisheries), were as follow: 39W
—— Fresh or frozen, except fresh shell fish (not of British taking). Cured or salted, not canned. Total consigned from foreign countries (except Deep Sea Fisheries). Cwts. 1,380,636 Cwts. 199,862 Of which from— Soviet Union (Russia) 5,577 3,913 Finland 6,441 7 Estonia — 13 Latvia 5 — Sweden 6,175 289 Norway 777,992 108,562 Iceland 143,586 41,150 Denmark (including Faroe Islands) 379,724 30,908 Greenland 1,064 4,221 Poland (including Dantzig) 317 — Germany 4,188 933 Netherlands 21,306 1,625 Dutch Guiana — 4 Belgium 5,668 390 France 2,249 178 Portugal 141 — Spain 580 1,082 Canary Islands 13 — Italy 56 1.603 Iraq — 293 Japan (including Formosa and Japanese leased territories in China). 1,463 1,655 United States of America 24,091 3,022 Panama — 14