§ 78. Captain Crowderasked the Minister of Food the quantity of grain which was due to have been exported from the U.S.A. during March and April; and what quantity was actually exported.
Sir B. Smith: At the time of my visit to Washington in February the target set 97W by the U.S.A. for shipments of wheat and flour during the first half of 1946 was at the rate of one million tons (wheat equivalent) per month. I understand that shipments during March totalled about 896,000 tons and that the April figure may be about 720,000 tons.