The following tables, taken from the Board of Trade returns, show from whence England draws some of her supplies. They also show how prominently Argentina figures as a food producer. The first table includes corn and meat; the second gives corn alone, and the third meat alone:—
Food imported into and retained by the united kingdom in 1908.
Corn (including wheat, barley, oats, rye,
buckwheat, peas, beans, maize, wheatmeal,
flour, oatmeal, and offals)
L71,103,487
Meat, fresh and frozen (including animals
for food) 48,704,613
Total L119,808,100
Of this—
L
Per Cent.
Argentina supplied 29,569,773 or 24.68
U.S.A. supplied 38,229,135 or 31.90
Russia supplied 7,394,607 or 6.18
Canada supplied 11,907,203 or 9.94
Australia (including
Tasmania) supplied 4,520,244 or 3.77
Other Colonies and Foreign
Countries supplied 28,187,138 or 23.53
L119,808,100 or 100.00
* * * * *
Corn imported into and retained by the united kingdom in 1908.
Argentina.
U.S.A. Russia. Canada. Australia
(including
Tasmania).
L L
L L L
Wheat ... ... | 13,096,812 10,779,221 2,286,180
6,335,329 2,402,988
|
Barley ... ... | 22,943 733,446 2,622,005
205,697 —
|
Oats ... ... | 1,463,368 —
1,144,387 6,441 —
|
Rye ... ... | — 129,691
93,066 49,009 —
|
Buckwheat ... ... | — —
6,677 — —
|
Peas ... ... | — 38,545
42,279 105,495 2,345
|
Beans (not fresh, |
other than Haricot|
Beans) ... ... | — —
15,094 — —
|
Maize ... ... | 5,603,463 2,023,576 1,107,858