HC Deb 10 February 1972 vol 830 c445W
Mr. Arthur Lewis

asked the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food I whether he will publish in the OFFICIAL REPORT a table of figures based on information available from international sources giving for the years 1969, 1970 and 1971 the world dairy statistics in

ESTIMATED AVERAGE CONSUMPTION PER HEAD OF WHOLE MILK, CREAM, BUTTER AND CHEESE IN VARIOUS COUNTRIES IN 1970
Whole milk litres Cream whole milk equivalent litres Butter kilograms Cheese kilograms
United Kingdom … … 136.2 17.2 8.8 5.4
Australia … … n.a. n.a. 9.3* 3.7*
New Zealand … … 141.4 30.8 17.9 4.3
Canada … … 110.1 16.3 7.1 5.3
U.S.A. … … 116.0† n.a. 2.4 7.2
Belgium … … 82.0* 8.6* 9.4* 7.3*
Denmark … … 119.7 54.8‡ 9.1 9.5
France … … 101.1* 8.6* 9.5 14.2
Federal Republic of Germany 75.7 24.5 8.8 9.0
Irish Republic … … 206.7* 10.0* 12.6* 2.4*
Italy … … 63.5 n.a. 2.0 10.2
Netherlands … … 102.9* 16.8* 4.0 9.4
Sweden … … 157.3 48.5 5.4 9.1
Switzerland … … 130.1 34.4 6.9 9.5
Czechoslovakia … … 113.8* n.a. 7.1* 3.5*
East Germany … … 98.4 n.a. 14.5 4.7
Israel … … 60.7 n.a. n.a. n.a.
Finland … … n.a. n.a. 15.6* n.a.
Norway … … n.a. n.a. 5.2 8.9*
Poland … … n.a. n.a. 4.9* n.a.
South Africa … … n.a. n.a. 2.6 1.0
Argentina … … n.a. n.a. 1.5* 7.5*
Notes:
* Data relate to 1969.
† Cream is included with whole milk.
‡ Including cream used for ice-cream.