§ Mr. Newensasked the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if he will provide a list of countries from which cut flowers are at present being imported, giving the volume involved for the most convenient recent period and the equivalent volume a year ago and two years ago, respectively.
§ Mr. StrangThe following table gives the volume of imports of cut fresh flowers by countries for the years 1976, 1977 and 1978.
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UNITED KINGDOM IMPORTS OF CUT FRESH FLOWERS Tonnes Country 1976 1977 1978 France 166 137 99 Belgium/Luxembourg .. — 17 Netherlands 310 341 945 West Germany 13 36 87 Italy 326 288 531 Irish Republic 60 37 35 Denmark .. — .. Iceland .. — .. Switzerland 9 — — Portugal .. .. 2 Spain 8 12 2 Malta 70 50 60 Greece 12 8 24 East Germany — — 4 Hungary — — Canary Islands 27 35 20 Ivory Coast 1 — 3 Kenya 189 98 122 South Africa 37 33 43 Cyprus 2 3 26 Israel 277 632 1,855 India .. — .. Thailand .. 1 3 Malaysia .. .. .. Singapore 4 3 3 Hong Kong .. .. .. Japan .. .. — Philippines .. — — Australia 4 4 4 United States 54 18 18 Bermuda .. .. — Jamaica 1 .. .. Trinidad and Tobago .. .. — Colombia 603 760 1,079 Brazil 104 84 139 Bulgaria — 1 — New Zealand — .. 1
Tonnes Country 1976 1977 1978 Curacao — 1 — Taiwan — — .. Canada — — 1 Mexico — — 1 Chile — — 3 TOTALS 2,271 2,581 5,124 .. Less than ½ tonne. Note: Figures for individual countries rounded