Grapefruit Imports

HC Deb 31 January 1955 vol 536 cc78-9W

Mr. Russell

asked the President of the Board of Trade the countries from which grapefruit was imported in 1954, together with the quantities and values from each.

Mr. P. Thorneycroft

Imports of grapefruit into the United Kingdom in 1954 were:

with the 1952 figures in the 1954 issue of the Accounts.

Mr. P. Thorneycroft

The arrangement of the figures in the Trade and Navigation Accounts for December, 1954, was exceptional, and arose from the change in commodity classification made at the beginning of the year. In the 1955 Accounts, comparable figures will again appear side by side.