Vegetable Oils
p. 35 · Read in the full issue
FROM the quarterly return of Messrs.
Faure Blattman and Co., of London, we take the following figures, showing imports into the United Kingdom of vari ous oils, in tons, during the first quarters of the last three years:
The same return shows that, in the twelve months ended April last, every one of the fourteen oils and fats listed, except linseed, shows a substantial fall in price.
In the year, palm oil fell 25/- per ton, copra £3 per ton, palm kernels 32/6. ground nuts 50/-, soya beans 20/-, soya bean oil 87/6.
1932. 1933. 1934.
Coconut oil .. 23,919 . ,. 18,514 . . 19,910 Palm oil .. 31,159 . . 32,652 . . 32,393 Ground nut oil 18,851 . . 19,284 . . 15,254 Whale oil 41,739 . . 37,501 . . 39,087 Soya bean oil .. 18,943 . . 14,499 . . 12,426 Cotton seed oil .. .. 20,849 . ,. 18,679 . . 27,589 Total oil imported .. 237,506 . . 203,244 . . 197,384 Butter imported .. , .. 104,704 . ,. 110,111 . . 131,411