HC Deb 24 November 1938 vol 341 c1953W
Mr. Turton

asked the Minister of Agriculture what is the present wholesale price of butter in this country per hundred-weight and its equivalent in English money of the wholesale price of butter per hundredweight in Denmark, Holland, New Zealand, Australia, and Lithuania?

Mr. W. S. Morrison

The statement below shows the average wholesale prices per hundredweight of butter in England and Wales during the current month, together with the wholesale prices for butter for the latest available date in the countries mentioned, expressed in their English equivalents.

Prices in England and Wales. Prices in country of origin.
Per cwt. Per cwt.
s. d. s. d.
Danish 139 0 117 9
Dutch 113 6 173 0
New Zealand, salted 113 6 108 3
Australian, salted 109 6 129 0
Lithuanian 112 0 127 0

NOTE.—The above prices relate to a date in the present month, except for the price in Australia, which relates to mid-October.