1. (41) 19). LIVESTOCK POLICY. PIGS AND POULTRY. THE COMMITTEE had before them a memorandum by the Minister of Agriculture and Fisheries (F.P.(M)(41) 17, a note by the President of the Board of Trade on the Import Programme (F.P.(M)(41) 18) and a note by the Minister of Shipping giving an estimate of future food imports (F.P.(M) The main points made in the discussion were the following:- (i) If total imports for the second year of war were to reach 35,000,000 tons, 33,000,000 tons or 31,000,000 tons, imports in the four months May to August 1941 would need to be at the monthly rate of 3.