The information summarised in the report was obtained by personal 
interview in each period with nearly 3,000 retail traders in 18 
towns, representative of all classes of trade and types of business. 
2. In 1929, nearly 61 million cwts. of butter were imported into 
the United Kingdom and, on the basis of the 1925 estimate, probably 
less than one million cwt. was produced at home. The chief sources 
of supply were Denmark 34 per cent. of the total import, other 
foreign countries 24 per cent., New Zealand 20 per cent., Australia 12 
per cent. and the Irish Free State 9 per cent. In all, the imports from 
the oversea Empire together with the home production were 
approximately equal to the imports from foreign countries. 
Most of the supply of butter from Australia and New Zealand arrives 
in this country during the winter and early spring ; Irish supplies 
are at their maximum in the summer, and the European imports also 
increase during the summer months, These variations approximately 
balance, and the total imports are spread fairly evenly throughout 
the vear. 
3. The following table shows the percentage of shops stocking the 
various types of butter at the two periods :(— 
Percentage of Shops Stocking. 
Type of Butter. 
Danish . 
New Zealand 
[rish .. 
Australian 
Argentine 
Finnish .. 
farm .. 
Siberian .. 
Swedish .. 
Ukrainian ., 
Others .. 
Bulk-Blended 
Packeted 
First Survey. 
(April-June) 
3 
25 
19 
i) 
9 
20 
Second Survey. 
‘Tulv-September ) 
23 
29 
5 
1