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FOOD SITUATION IN THE UNITED KINGDOM. REPORT FOR JANUARY, 1945. Memorandum by the Minister of Food

26 Feb 1945

2. Total stocks at end of month million tons 1944: December 7.15 1945: January 6.71 February 6.53 March 6.41 April 6.14 Thus by the end of April stocks are expected to be a million tons lower than at the beginning of the year; they will also be a million tons lower than at end-April 1944. About two-thirds of the decline in the first 4 months of 1945 will be in stocks of the major imported commodities; wheat stocks are forecast to fall during this period by nearly 180 thousand tons, flour stocks by 100 thousand tons, sugar stocks by 190 thousand tons, stocks of canned meat by 120 thousand tons, and stocks of oilseeds by 75 thousand tons.
agriculture retail cereals maize food supply wheat pork agricultural production animal feed barley beans butter cheese chocolate cocoa coffee distribution eggs fish fruit imports pulses meat milk rationing rice sugar supply tea vegetables vegetable oil offal flour dairy margarine food supplies biscuits bacon overseas trade lend-lease nationwide reserve stocks ration books material supplies bomb damage shipping shortages lord president's committee ministry of food
Civil Defence Region
Nationwide
Collection ID
CAB71
Document Reference
CAB 71/20/51
Document Types
Memorandum Statistical Publication Table/chart/graph
File Reference
CAB 71/20
Former Department Reference
LP(45) 49
Identifier
10.1080/wtss.cab71.000020.051
Keywords
Agricultural Production Agriculture Animal Feed Bacon Barley Beans Biscuits Bomb Damage Butter Cereals Cheese Chocolate Cocoa Coffee Dairy Distribution Eggs Fish Flour Food Supplies Fruit Imports Lend-lease Maize Margarine Material Supplies Meat Milk Offal Overseas Trade Pork Pulses Ration Books Rationing Reserve Stocks Retail Rice Shipping Shortages Sugar Tea Vegetable Oil Vegetables Wheat
Language
English
Organizations Discussed
Lord President's Committee Ministry of Food
Pages
19
Published in
United Kingdom
Series
Papers 1(45) - 107(45)
Themes
Rationing Supply Agriculture Food Supply

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