1238 



Imports of Food. 



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With regard to imports of frozen beef, imports decreased fromj 

 7,424,825 cwt. in 1918 to 6,366,616 cwt. in 1919 in quantity, and 

 ;^35.3io,ii8 to ;^3o,047,298 in value. The quantity and value of frozen 

 beef imported during 191 3 were, respectively, 3,952,880 cwt. and 

 ;^6,2 78,793. The countries whence the beef was consigned were as 

 follows : — 





1919. 



1918. 



Argentine . . 

 United States 

 Australia 

 New Zealand 



Uruguay 



cwt. 



3,743,914 

 856,170 

 622,307 



424,735 

 307,284 



I 



17,587,450 

 4,715,681 

 2,487,164 

 1,771,322 

 1,423,602 



civt. 



1,852,807 



3,583,549 

 547,660 

 388,382 



i86.iii 



£ 



8,541,522 

 18,213,746 

 1,969,461 

 1,341,316 

 847,892 



The imports from the Argentine have doubled, while those from the 

 United States have decreased by 76 per cent. It ma}^ be remarked that 

 in 1 91 3 the Argentine sent us half of our imports of frozen beef, and 

 Australia one-third ; the quantity received from thejUnited States was 

 inappreciable. 



Mutton. — No fresh or chilled mutton has been imported during tlie 

 last two years. The imports of frozen mutton rose from 2,086,148 cwt. 

 in 1918 to 4,074,956 cwt. in 1919, or nearly 100 per cent. ; the pre-war 

 figure (i 91 3) was 5,204,257 cwt. Thus the return of peace conditions has 

 shown a rapid recovery in imports, approaching to the quantity received 

 before the War. The respective values for 1919, 1918, and 191 3 were 

 ;^I7.957.556, ;^9,273,646, and ;^io,583,930. 



Our supplies were received mainly from New Zealand, the Argentine, 

 and Australia, which in 191 3 were also the principal countries of import. 



Pork. — No fresh or chilled pork has been imported during the last 

 three years. 



Frozen pork was imported in 191 3 to the quantity of 15,707 cwt. 

 (value ;^43,255), and salted pork 240,597 cwt. (value ;^297,i35).' It 

 should be mentioned, also, that in pre-war years Great Britain imported 

 a considerable quantity of fresh pork, chiefly from the Netherlands, the 

 total for 1913 being 478,557 cwt. America exported to us the|.'bulk of 

 our supplies of frozen and salted pork, although before the War Denmark 

 was, in the latter commodity, by far our principal supplier. During 

 the past few years, however, no imports were obtained from that 

 country. 



Bacon, Kams. — It will be seen from the above table that the figures 

 for bacon and hams show a considerable increase over those for 191 3. 



The bulk of our supplies, both of bacon and hams, came from the 

 United States. In regard to bacon, out of the 8,280,923 cwt. imported, 

 the United States consigned 5,893,514 cwt. and Canada 2,094,248 cwt. ; 

 Denmark, which in 191 3 sent us nearly half our supplies, during the 

 past two years has exported to the United Kingdom an almost negligible 

 quantity. While the importation of hams has increased so considerably, 

 there has been little change in the markets of supply, the United States, 

 as always, having sent us by far the largest quantity, with Canada as- 

 the only other country of any importance in this trade. 



