Vegetables
 For vegetables we expect some increase in local supplies but not in the scale of in-
creases in demand, so that imports may be expected to increase. Imports at present
consist mainly of onions, garlic, and to a lesser extent carrots and lettuce. We should
expect imports of these to increase more than other green vegetables, and there are some
local vegetables for which we should not expect imports to fill the deficiency, but rather
for prices to increase as demand increases. The supply position of vegetables is how-
ever an unknown quantity, since a considerably high production could emerge without
pressure on scarce land resources by means of more intensive production. This has
been discussed elsewhere. Table 22h indicates the demand, supply and import position
of vegetables.


Corn and pulses
 Corn and pulses are in much the same position as roots and vegetables; only marginal
 increases (and in some cases decreases) in production can be expected, and in these
 crops, we do not expect much can be gained from more intensive methods. These prod-
 ucts, particularly corn, are used for animal food. The demand for this use and for house-
 hold use is shown, with import demand, in Tables 22i and 22j.


 Livestock products
 All territories except British Guiana are net importers of beef. Although some trade
 in live cattle has taken place between British and French islands in the eastern Caribbean
 the quantities are negligible compared with total demand and supply figures. In recent
 Sears Jamaica has reduced her dependence on overseas beef supplies, but we are not
 able to predict complete self-sufficiency in beef for any territory except British Guiana
 for which we predict a small surplus for export by 1970. In Table 22k we indicate the
 projected demand, supply and import position.

 Other fresh meat (see Table 22L) includes pork, goat, and mutton of sheep and lamb.
 The latter is mainly imported, pork is mainly locally produced while goat is wholly
 locally produced. Considering these meats separately we found that a deficiency arose
 between supply of goat and projected demand. It is unlikely that goat would be imported,
 but imported mutton might well be substituted. Imports of pork are expected to increase
 little as supply will increase nearly as much as demand. There is, however, unlikely
 to be very much change in the sheep population.

 There has been a revolution in the production of poultry meat and eggs in recent years
 and now the territories are practically self-sufficient in these items, which formerly
 were mainly imported or not available. In Trinidad and Tobago, however, the supply of
 poultry meat has been seriously reduced by Newcastle disease, and as income elasticity
 is high for this product in Trinidad and Tobago we expect her to continue to be a substan-
 tial net importer of poultry meat.

 Generally speaking however, apart from Trinidad and Tobago and perhaps some
 continuation of a small quantity of imports into certain of the Leeward Islands and