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Pacific Islands Monthly, 1 August 1953Vol. XXIV, No. 1

Margarine

p. 43 · Read in the full issue

Rising Consumption Of

IN his opening speech at the In ternational Congress of Edible Oil Manufacturers at The Hague, in July, the Netherlands Minister for Agriculture stated, inter alia, that the consumption of margarine in the Western world has in creased considerably in recent years.

Domestic consumption of margarine per head has increased in:

From To Britain .. .. 9.9 lbs 18.2 lbs W. Germany 13.2 „ 22.0 „

Usa

3.0 „ 6.6 „ Netherlands . 14.3 „ 40.0 „