HC Deb 10 December 1947 vol 445 cc209-10W
75. Mr. Thornton-Kemsley

asked the Secretary of State for the Colonies what was the exportable surplus of sugar for the 1946–47 season in Mauritius and Fiji, respectively; and to what countries in what quantities it has been exported.

Mr. Rees-Williams

During the 1946–7 season, the sugar referred to was shipped in accordance with allocations made by the International Emergency Food Council in the following amounts:

Tons.
Mauritius—Exportable surplus 267,309
Shipped to:
British Indian Ocean and British Far Eastern importing Colonies 147,107
Persian Gulf 34,194
Principally to Middle Eastern Mandated territories and dependencies 86,008
Fiji—Exportable surplus … 106,552
Shipped to:
Canada … 28,600
New Zealand … 60,534
United Kingdom … 17,418