HC Deb 07 November 1933 vol 281 cc38-9W
Sir A. SINCLAIR

asked 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. BURGIN

The 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:

—— 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