§ Sir A. POWNALLasked the President of the Board of Trade whether he can give the figures of canned goods imports into Britain for the three years prior to, and since, the Ottawa agreements?
§ Mr. RUNCIMANPrecise information relating to the total imports of canned goods into this country is not available, but the following table shows, so far as the particulars are available from the trade returns, the declared value of the aggregate imports into the United Kingdom during the undermentioned years of meat, fish, condensed milk, fruit and unsweetened vegetables—tinned, canned, bottled or otherwise preserved in airtight containers.
Year. Declared Value. £'000. 1929 25,342 1930 24,823 1931 22,707 1933 16,995 1934 20,204 1935 19,404 Note.—The figures for 1935 are provisional.