§ Mr. Dribergasked the Minister of Food what tonnage of groundnuts is being imported from Madras during 1946; and what was the tonnage originally expected from this source.
§ Mr. StracheyI assume that by Madras my hon. Friend means the district served by the Port of Madras and the other usual Coromandel coast ports; that is the East Coast. The quantity of groundnuts shipped from there to the U.K. so far this year is 40,865 tons. As long as the present prohibition on the export of groundnuts from India continues we cannot expect to receive further quantities. The tonnage originally expected for the whole of 1946 was 250,000 tons.