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MEAT IMPORTS INTO THE UNITED KINGDOM The following tabulation, based on the accounts relating to the trade and navigation of the United Kingdom, lists the weight and country of origin of meat imports into the United Kingdom during the calendar years 1938 and 1947 (all figures in thousand hundredweight):—

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— 1938. 1947. Mutton and lamb — Fresh 24 Chilled or frozen mutton — Australia 367 155 New Zealand 1,015 1,499 Other Commonwealth countries 2 25 Chile 97 86 Argentina 99 503 Other foreign countries 25 67 Total mutton 1,605 2,335 Lamb — Australia 1,531 846 New Zealand 2,661 3,550 Other Commonwealth countries 7 7 Chile 99 112 Uruguay 148 112 Argentina 795 1,557 Other foreign countries 43 12 Total lamb 5,284 6,196 OffalOther than canned 226 287 Canned 118 318 Total mutton and lamb, all kinds 7,257 9,136 Beef — Fresh and malted 5 150 Chilled 8,964 2 8,969 152 Frozen— Fore and hind quarters (including cuts with bone) — Australia 1,187 1,683 New Zealand 207 147 Canada 171 Other Commonwealth countries 1 Denmark . , 165 Brazil 4 1 Uruguay 72 41 Argentina 159 2,830 Other foreign countries .. .. [ 957 Total .. .. 1,630 5,995