§ Mr. Bakerasked the President of the Board of Trade what were the amounts in quantity and value of imports and exports of edible fish oils in each of the past five financial years; and what was the total home production in a similar period.
§ Mr. MasonHome production is estimated to be approximately 15,000 to 18,000 tons per year. Imports and exports were as follows:
UNITED KINGDOM IMPORTS AND EXPORTS OF EDIBLE FISH OILS Imports Exports Year ended 31st March Thousand cwts. £'000 Thousand cwts. £'000 1962 1,570 4,464 120 815 1963 2,621 5,501 118 551 1964 2,128 6,375 110 633 1965 2,618 10,125 104 766 1966 3,729 14,941 86 591 NOTE: Owing to a change in classification, the coverage of the import statistics was slightly widened from January 1963 onwards, to include some hardened vegetable oils.