Barbados: Imports of selected agricultural and related


 Commodities 2/ Unit of quantity 194 1947 1948 1949
 1 MEAT AND MEAT PREPARATIONS 1,000 pounds 4,692 5,175 4,887 5.095
 (i) Meat Fresh, Chilled or Frozen do. 389 438 651 759
 (a) Bovine cattle do. 279 319 496 631
 (b) Sheep or lamb do. 46 80 92 55
 (r) Swine do. -35
 (d) Poultry do 29 39 63 73
 (e) Other do -
 (il) Meat Dried. Salted, Smoked or Pickled do 4,103 4.214 3,692 3,943
 (a) Bacon do.
 ( Ham (all kinds) do259 240 1 181
 (c) Pork do 3,196 3.518 3,362 3,552
 (d) Beef and Veal do 648 456 166 210
 (e) Other do -
 ti-) Meat Preparations do
 (a) Sausages (all kinds) 3/ do -
 (iv) Meat in Airtight Containers do 200 523 544 394
 (a) All other meats (n e s.) do
 2 DAIRY PRODUCTS AND EGGS 4/ do 2.023 2.539 2,271 3,254
 (i) Milk (all kinds) do 1.324 1.925 1,685 2,399
 (a) Tinned (unsweetened) do
 (b) Tinned (sweetened) do -
 (c) Dried, skimmed or powdered do -
 (iL) Cheese do 73 84 135 134
 (11) Butter do. 626 530 451 721
 (iv) Eggs 1.000 doz.
 (v) Miscellaneous Dairy Products 1,000pounds
 3 FISH AND FISH PREPARATIONS do
 (a) Fresh, chilled, frozen do
 (b) Dried, salted, smoked, (a) do (a) 346 (a) 279 (a) 47 (a) 127
 pickled. (b) 1,000 quintals (b) 2,145 (b) 22 (b) 27 (b) 28
 (c) Canned or preserved fish 1,000 pounds
 (d) Other preparations do. -
 4 CEREALS AND CEREAL PREPARATIONS do 48,609 49.555 52,035 51.784
 (a) Breakfast cereals 5/ do -
 (b) Oats do. 4,550 6.177 5.632 6.062
 (c) Wheat and wheat flour do 22.474 23.504 24,710 22,539
 (d) Maize (corn) grain and meal do. 5,454 6,349 6,692 5.244
 (e) Barley do. 43 27 74 190
 (f) Rice do 16,059 13.432 14,792 17.685
 (g) Biscuits (sweetened andunsweetened) do. 29 68 135 65
 (h) Macaroni and spaghetti 6 do -
 5 DECIDUOUS FRUITS do. -
 6 VEGETABLES do. 7,014 6,937 5,381 4,241
 (a) Irish potatoes do 5,322 4.673 3.504 1.589
 (b) Peas, beans and lentils do. 1,463 2,079 1,605 2.381
 (c) Other fresh vegetables do. 58 89 176 152
 (d) Tinned and preserved do. 171 96 96 119
 7 BEVERAGES (Non-Alcoholic) do. 813 800 596 652
 (i) Cocoa do. 183 181 215 458
 (ii) Coffee do. 471 274 183 56
 (iln) Tea do. 159 345 198 138
 8 FEEDING STUFFS FOR ANIMALS do 14.447 18,496 19,130 18,529
 (a) Grains and cereals do. 4,716 4,809 5,042 4.927
 (b) Prepared meals do 3.467 5,492 6,902 7,956
 (c) Other do 6,264 8.195 7,186 5.646
 ). EDIBLE OILS AND FATS (a) do (a) 402 (a) 51 -
 (b) 1,000 gallons (b) 24 (b) 88 (b) 42 (b) 61
10. TOBACCO 1,000 pounds 269 275 249 268
 (a) Tobacco (unmanufactured) do 240 245 232 237
 (b) Tobacco (manufactured) do 29 30 17 31
11 SUGAR AND SUGAR PREPARATIONS do 2 59 24
 (a) Molasses and syrup 1,000gallons 176
12 SOAP AND SOAP PREPARATIONS 1,000 pounds 37 41 19 79
13 COTTON PIECE GOODS 1000sq. yds 2,362 2,120 2,170 3.126
14 FERTILIZERS (manufactured) 1,000 tons 10 8 10 12
15 LEATHER 1,000 pounds 83 129 56 49
1/ See Appendix I. "Note on Import Data". 2/ Some group totals are not the sum of their respective subgroups 3/Included in Group (iv)
Meat in Airtight Containers up to 1954 4/ The quantity totals of this group exclude eggs. 5/ Included in Oats up to 1954.


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