HC Deb 15 June 1938 vol 337 c226W
Mr. T. Williams

asked the President of the Board of Trade what quantity of potatoes have been exported from Great Britain for each of the last five years and for the four months ending 31st May; and the price per ton for the last period?

Mr. Cross

Particulars of exports from Great Britain are not separately compiled, but the quantity of potatoes exported from the United Kingdom in the undermentioned periods was as follows:

Year. Cwts.
1933 847,672
1934 955,976
1935 791,676
1936 640,593
1937 1,114,276
February to May,
1938 214,089

The figures for 1937 and 1938 are provisional.

The average declared value of the exports during the four months ended May, 1938, was £3.66 per ton.

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