PRICE OF SUGAR.
INCREASE IN BRITAIN. (Rec. 11.20 a.m.) LONDON, 'Sept. 18. Replying to a request for an explanation of the recent increase in the retail price of sugar when the world price is continually falling, and also when the new Cuban contract price is under Id per lb prime cost, Mr It. J. Boothbv (Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Food), in the House > of Commons,' said sugar supplies for Britain were drawn mainly from Empire purchases and Cuban sugar was ■ relatively small. The recent increase in the retail price was due to increases in the cost of raw sugar, freight, insurance, refining and storage.
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Manawatu Standard, Volume LX, Issue 250, 19 September 1940, Page 10
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106PRICE OF SUGAR. Manawatu Standard, Volume LX, Issue 250, 19 September 1940, Page 10
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