§ 88. Brigadier Medlicottasked the President of the Board of Trade the estimated tonnage of flowers imported and to be imported into the United Kingdom during 1949; and the cost in sterling.
§ Mr. BottomleyImports of cut flowers in the eight months ended August, 1949, totalled approximately 820 tons at a sterling value of £480,000. It is estimated that imports for the rest of this year, having regard to the quotas fixed in bilateral trade agreements, will amount to some 320 tons at a value of £165,000.