HL Deb 13 June 1974 vol 352 cc720-2WA
LORD O'HAGAN

asked Her Majesty's Government:

Whether they will publish a table showing, for imports into the United Kingdom of each basic foodstuff, the ten major source countries in 1973, listed in descending order of value of the imported foodstuffs in question.

LORD JACQUES

Following is the information:—

Imports of Basic Foodstuffs in 1973
Beef and Veal, fresh, chilled or frozen (SITC(R)011.1): £ million cif
Australia 59
Argentina 53
Irish Republic 32
Botswana 11
New Zealand 11
South West Africa 6
Brazil 5
South Africa 5
France 4
Netherlands 2
Bacon and Ham (SITC(R)012.1)
Denmark 147
Poland 20
Irish Republic 11
Netherlands 7
Sweden 4
Wheat (SITC(R)041.0)
Canada 70
France 48
U.S.A. 21
Netherlands 11
Australia 9
Denmark 4
Sweden 4
Belgium 3
Sugar (SITC(R)061.1 and 2)
Mauritius 26
Australia 20
Jamaica 18
Guyana 14
Cuba 11
Trinidad and Tobago 9
Fiji 8
Barbados 8
Brazil 7
France 6
Butter (SITC(R)023.0)
New Zealand 48
Denmark 36
Netherlands 25
Irish Republic 17
Australia 5
France 2
Belgium 2
West Germany 1
Sheepmeat, fresh, chilled or frozen (S1TC(R)011.2)
New Zealand 111
Australia 12
Cheese and Curd (SITC(R)024.0)
Irish Republic 17
New Zealand 16
Netherlands 9
Denmark 8
France 5
Italy 1

NOTE: For some commodities there are fewer than ten suppliers of significance.

House adjourned at twelve minutes past eight o'clock.