Mauritius And Fiji (Sugar Exports)

75.

Mr. Thornton-Kemsley
asked the Secretary of State for the Colonies what was the exportable surplus of sugar for the 1946–47 season in Mauritius and Fiji, respectively; and to what countries in what quantities it has been exported.

Mr. Rees-Williams
During the 1946–7 season, the sugar referred to was shipped in accordance with allocations made by the International Emergency Food Council in the following amounts: ---------------------------------------------------------------------
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|Mauritius—Exportable surplus                                       |
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|Shipped to:                                                        |
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|British Indian Ocean and British Far Eastern importing Colonies    |
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|Persian Gulf                                                       |
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|Principally to Middle Eastern Mandated territories and dependencies|
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|Fiji—Exportable surplus|
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|Shipped to:            |
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|Canada                 |
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|New Zealand            |
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|United Kingdom         |
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