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The principal articles of food and drink imported and retained for consumption in the United Kingdom are given as follows : —
Articles
1908
1909
1910
1911
Wheat, wheat meal, and flour
(iu equivalent in grain) Tho
us. Cwts.
108,221
112,887
118,629
110,109
Maize ,
jj
33,034
38,692
36,239
37,997
Rice rice meal, and tlour . ,
, )
(3,171
5,590
8,161
6,097
Batter . . . . ,
J J
4,156
3,990
4,257
4,167
Margarine . . . . . ,
, t
808
862
1,114
934
Cheese . . . . ,
2,249
2,332
2,392
296
Coffee . . . . ,
, ,
261
205
261
250
Cocoa, raw . . . . ,
Lbs.
40,343
53,424
53,045
55,920
., prepared. . . ,
))
10,224
10,982
14,305
16,8662
Tea ,
275,240
283,330
286,892
293,302
Beef (fresh & refrigeratcd)i ,
, Cwts.
8,051
8,134
8,295
8,544
Mutton ,, ,, 1 ,
))
4,423
4,758
5,397
5,347
Bacon and hams . . ,
, )
6,789
5,649
4,492
5,681
Other meat . . . ,
2,fi54
2,641
2,887
2,936
Potatoes ... . ,
) )
6,909
4,165
3,314
3,213
Currants, dried . . . ,
, J
1,150
1,196
1,219
1,308
Raisins . . . . ,
),
666
743
643
670
Sugar (equivalent of refined) ,
')
30,409
31,965
31,282
32,445
Wine ,
Galls.
11,293
11,399
12,672
11,218
Spirits (British and
foreign) . . Thous. I
'rf 1 1. ,,
38,079
31,063
29,266
30,687
Beer (home-made) Thous. Sts
md. Brls.
32,939
32,294
32,830
34,247
1 Including estimated produce of meat from live animals imported for slaiighter.
2 Including Chocolate Confectionery, previously excluded.
In 1912 the United Kingdom imported about 59,000,000 cwt. of wheat from other parts of the Empire and about 50,000,000 cwt. from foreign countries. The <^reat wheat sources were : —
A.rgentina . United States Canada
18,783,700 cwt. 19,974,000 ,, 21,551,100 ,,
Australia
Russia
India
11,908,500 cwt.
9,005,000 ,, 25,379,400 ,,
Wheat flour imported 1912, 10,189,000 cwt., of which 4,213,000 came from the United States, and 4,004,000 from Canada.
Quantity of the principal food imports, tobacco, spirits (British and foreign) and beer (British) retained for home consumption per head of population : —
