HC Deb 31 January 1955 vol 536 c79W
Mr. Russell

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

Mr. P. Thorneycroft

Imports of wine, other than in bottles, into the United Kingdom 1954 were:

Gallons £
From:
Gibraltar 7,992 9,473
Malta and Gozo 21 36
Cyprus 253,692 98,679
Union of South Africa 1,294,220 766,038
Australia 773,462 402,147
Irish Republic 20,280 18,966
Western Germany, etc. 322,502 392,811
Netherlands 4,027 7,700
Luxembourg 216 95
France 2,432,154 1,982,124
Switzerland 91 90
Portugal 1,683,328 1,540,584
Madeira 31,900 35,392
Spain 3,469,456 3,610,989
Italy 760,729 629,865
Trieste 2,970 1,127
Austria 1,422 1,358
Hungary 2,750 2,580
Yugoslavia 18,678 6,339
Greece 7,771 3,487
Algeria 29,563 9,761
Israel 24,474 20,257
Chile 1,100 331
All countries 11,142,798 9,540,229