HC Deb 30 July 1946 vol 426 c127W
Lieut.-Colonel Clifton-Brown

asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer the total amount of sterling expended on imported lettuces, strawberries, melons, peaches, apricots and other soft fruits in the period 1st January to 30th June, 1946.

Mr. Dalton

The value of recorded imports was £762,977, namely:

£
Lettuce, endive and chicory (salad) 552,014
Peaches and nectarines 127,256
Apricots 18,917
Grapes 461
Plums, greengages and damsons 65

Separate figures are not available for melons, strawberries or other soft fruits; total imports of such fruits were valued at £64,264.

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