PRICE OF SUGAR
INCREASE IN BRITAIN REQUEST FOR EXPLANATION (United Press Asn.—Elec. Tel. copyright) LONDON, Sept. 18 Replying to a request for an explanation of the recent increase in the retail price of sugar, when the world price was continually falling and also when the new Cuban contract price was under id per lb, prime cost, the Parliamentary Undersecretary to the Ministry of Food, Mr R. J. Boothby, stated in the House of Commons that sugar supplies for Britain were mainly drawn from the Empire, and purchases of Cuban sugar were 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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Waikato Times, Volume 127, Issue 21223, 20 September 1940, Page 7
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115PRICE OF SUGAR Waikato Times, Volume 127, Issue 21223, 20 September 1940, Page 7
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