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The figures for imports of meat into the United Kingdom for the year ended 31st December, 1949, together with the 1938,1947, and 1948 figures, are as shown in Table 13.

Table 13

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Year Ended 31st December, n x country. 1938. 1947. 1948. 1949. Cwt. Cwt. Cwt. Cwt. Eire 808,826 335,110 357,718 500,387 India, Pakistan, &c. 3 50,698 20,618 Australia 4,888,598 4,225,918 3,818,762 4,478,311 New Zealand 5,488,747 6,973,063 7,303,347 6,414,210 Canada 1,606,724 2,515,157 2,437,700 504,936 Other British countries .. Whale Fisheries (British) 140,470 53,488 191,589 46,379 Sweden 255,207 18,257 43,059 51,239 Iceland 35,210 8,237 13,230 Denmark 3,476,298 1,111,809 731,271 2,003,636 Poland 556,171 10,036 269,149 495,985 Netherlands 553,714 19,618 141,500 383,912 Prance 174,116 Hungary 188,875 101,959 140,753 122,210 Yugoslavia 56,361 3,577 United States of America 729,809 1,147,601 '6,854 481,556 Chile .. 202,685 207,589 209,494 66,585 Brazil 724,028 186,308 64,739 79,045 Uruguay. 1,122,636 657,027 434,702 902,138 Argentine Republic 9,644,568 10,014,960 6,193,242 6,442,336 Paraguay 30,092 145,832 97,850 114,784 Other foreign countries 454,120 260,123 72,854 68,786 Total 30,963,142 28,046,367 22,548,431 23,423,489 New Zealand percentage 17-7 24-9 32-3 27-3