§ Mr. Crouchasked the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food what percentage of apples, pears, tomatoes, cucumbers, lettuce, peas, broad, French, or dwarf beans, carrots, and potatoes, respectively, were home-produced in 1938 and 1955; from which countries the balance was imported; and what percentage of the total was from each country.
§ Mr. Heathcoat Amory,pursuant to his reply [OFFICIAL REPORT, 5th March, 1956; Vol. 549, c. 1704] supplied the following information:
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UNITED KINGDOM SOURCES OF SUPPLY FOR SOME FRUIT AND VEGETABLES, INCLUDING POTATOES (Excluding production on non-agricultural holdings) (Calendar years) — 1938 1955 (provisional) per cent. per cent. APPLES: (a) Home output 23.3 72.6 Imports—(b) Argentine … 0.5 Australia 17.5 9.1 Canada 35.2 3.2 Italy … 5.9 Netherlands … 0.9 New Zealand 4.8 2.7 South Africa 0.7 2.6 U.S.A. 18.3 1.7 Other countries 0.2 76.7 0.8 27.4 100.0 100.0 PEARS: (c) Home output 12.2 39.0 Imports— Argentine 6.6 0.1 Australia 13.4 20.5 Canada 3.2 … France 0.5 … Italy 0.8 14.0 Netherlands 0.1 6.2 New Zealand 2.6 … South Africa 9.0 17.8 U.S.A. 51.4 … Yugoslavia … 1.0 Other countries 0.2 87.8 1.4 61.0 100.0 100.0 TOMATOES: Home output 32.8 36.8 Imports— Canary Islands 31.4 29.4 Channel Islands 27.7 23.8 Morocco 0.7 … Netherlands 7.4 6.8 Spain … 3.1 Other countries … 67.2 0.1 63.2 100.0 100.0 CUCUMBERS: Home output 93.5 95.8 Imports— Netherlands 6.5 6.5 4.2 4.2 100.0 100.0 LETTUCE: Home output 78.1 90.6 Imports—(d) Belgium 0.9 … Channel Islands … 0.5 France 4.9 1.8 Italy … 2.0 Netherlands 15.6 4.2 Spain 0.5 21.9 0.9 9.4 100.0 100.0
— 1938 1955 (provisional) per cent. per cent. PEAS, GREEN: (e) Home output 99.3 99.7 Imports— Italy 0.5 0.2 Other countries 0.2 0.7 0.1 0.3 100.0 100.0 BEANS, GREEN: Home output 95.5 (f) Imports— Channel Islands 0.5 Madeira 1.2 Netherlands 2.6 Other countries 0.2 4.5 100.0 CARROTS: Home output 88.8 87.4 Imports— Algeria … 6.3 Belgium 0.8 1.7 Cyprus … 0.6 France … 1.4 Netherlands 9.7 2.3 Other countries 0.7 11.2 0.3 12.6 100.0 100.0 POTATOES: (g) Home output 95.8 91.9 Imports— Belgium … 2.3 Canary Islands 0.3 0.8 Channel Islands 1.6 0.9 Cyprus … 0.5 Italy … 1.1 Netherlands 0.5 1.8 Spain 0.5 … Other countries 1.3 4.2 0.7 8.1 100.0 100.0 NOTES: (a) Excluding cider apples. (b) The proportion of imported apples was unusually high in 1938 because of the small U.K. crops in 1937 and 1938. In 1934 when the home crop was large, imports were 44 per cent. of total supplies compared with 76.7 per cent. in 1938. (c) Excluding perry pears. (d) Including endive and chicory. (e) Excluding peas, green, for canning and quick freezing. (f) Not separately distinguished in the Customs and Excise Import List; classified with "other vegetables". (g) Excluding seed potatoes. …means nil or negligible and included in "other countries".