§ Mr. Spearingasked the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if he will show by table in the Official Report the main sources and total amount of raw sugar imported for internal consumption into the United Kingdom under the Lomé Agreement and the comparable amounts he expects for the current year.
§ Mr. BishopThe information asked for is as follows:
SHIPMENTS OF SUGAR UNDER THE LOME CONVENTION AND RELATED AGREEMENTS (EXPRESSED IN METRIC TONNES (WHITE SUGAR EQUIVALENT)) January-July 1975 June 1975-June 1976 July 1976-June 1977 Expected Arrivals* Barbados … 28,765 19,120 19,300 Fiji … 28,424 135,074 163,600 Guyana … 29,689 154,154 157,700 Jamaica … 83,762 119,919 118,300 Malagasy … 2,051 8,046 — Malawi … — 20,003 20,000 Mauritius … 65,454 421,581 552,650 Swaziland … 25,241 114,302 116,400 Tanzania … — 10,125 10,000 Trinidad … 54,321 68,937 69,000 Uganda … — 2,958 3,000 Belize … 14,921 39,886 39,400 St. Kitts … 7,809 17,647 14,800 India … 21,618† 24,909† 25,000† TOTAL … 362,055 1,156,661 1,309,150 * Agreed quantities under the Convention and related agreements, for the year July-June 1976–77 taking account of (a) adjustments currently made by the Commission to agreed quantities following shortfalls in shipments in 1975–76, (b) quantities expected to be delivered to other Community countries. † White sugar for further refining.