IMPORTS IN BRITAIN

Evening Star, Issue 21012, 28 January 1932, Page 2

IMPORTS IN BRITAIN

MORE BUTTER CONSUMED THREE YEARS' COMPARISON FALLING-OFF IN CHEESE A heavy increase in the importation of butter into Britain during December, compared with the past two years, is shown by figures supplied by the Dairy Produce Board. Importations from all sources during December of the past three years were as follow:

These figures show that the imports wore greater last month by 6,161 tons, compared with 193,0, tho increase in respect to Empire countries being 6,972 tons.. , Tho figures for cheese show a marked decrease, the imports in December totalling 12,787 tons, against 17,277 tons in 1930 and 11,215 'tons in 1929. Of these figures, 7,602 tons, 11,181 tons, and 3,466 tons respectively were from the dominion. ■ STOCKS IN LONDON. The estimate of stocks of all butter ’in London on January 1, including private and provincial stores and steamers not discharged, was 20,000 tons, against 9,700 tons at the same time in 1931, and 11,500 in 1930. Stocks . in Now Zealand, including those loaded into steamers which had not sailed on Janu,ary 1, together with New Zealand stocks afloat, totalled '29,350 tons, against 23,304 tons and 22,500 tons re-

spectively. The total cheese in sight was 41,376 tons, but this amount does not include stocks of Canadian and United States cheese, particulars of which are not available. The figures for 1931 and ?'Vj, excluding American cheese, wen 41,376 and 38,403 tons respectively.

The continued increase in the consumption of Empire-produced butter is revealed in the following table, which shows the imports of butter into Britain from all sources during 1931 and the importations in 1930 and 1929;

Importatons in 1931 were equivalent to 7,760 tons a week, as against 6,566 tons in 1930 and 6,160 tons in 1929. POSITION OF CHEESE. Cheese importations into Britain during 1931, 1930, and 1929 are shown by tho following table: —

From this table it will be seen that the decrease in the imports of New ZcaIflnd cheese has not been duplicated in the case of Canada and Australia, both of which show marked increase. In spite of this increase in other parts of the Empire, exports of Empire cheese arc lower than they have been for the past three years, t"is fall also being shared by cheese of foreign origin.

New Zealand ... . 1931. Tons. ,. 12,802 1930. Tons. 9,057 1929. Tons. 6,215 Australia .. ii, m 8,321 4,996 840 Irish Free State 214 237 British ... . . 24,587 17,615 12,051 Russia 613 266 341 Finland ...• ... .. 1,010 704 719 Sweden 636 809 986 Denmark .. 9,241 10,220 9,485 Netherlands ... 218 244 179 Argentinp ... .„ ., 2,625 3,123 2,500 Esthonia llS — — Other countries 148 •49 677 ; Foreign ... .. 14,604 15,415 14,887 Totals , .... ... . .. 39,191 33,030 26,938

New Zealand ... Australia Irish Free State 1931. Tons. .. 96,750 .. 77,931 .. 19,050 1930. Tons. 78,504 47,577 26,090 1929. Tons. 65,658 38,407 28,308 British .. 193,731 152,171 132,573 Russia Finland Sweden Denmark Netherlands Argentine ... ... Esthonia Other countries .. 20,218 8,273 .. 12,705 11.674 .. 10,586 13,991 .. 123,303 115,928 .. 4,805 4,455 .. 18,746 20.708 ., 6,272 — .. 13,193 14,222 14,515 11,680 12,414 110,201 6,475 15,148 17,524 Foreign .. 209,827 189,251 187,957 Totals .. 403,558 341,422 320,330

1931. 1930. 1929. Tons. Tons. Tons. New Zealand ... ... 86,582 98,049 90,085 Australia ... 3,402 2,393 2,484 Canada ... 35,337 33,905 36,168 British ... 125,321 134,347 128,637 Netherlands ... 8,410 9,154 9,787 Italy ... 6,588 7,230 6,607 Other countries ... 3,918 4,889 4,599 .Foreign ... 18,916 21,273 21,093 Totals ... 144,237 155,620 149,730