§ Mr. Fernyhoughasked the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food what is the annual consumption of butter and cheese in the EEC countries; and what are the present stocks of these two commodities within the EEC.
§ Mr. Authony StodartThe information available from national and Community sources on consumption of butter and cheese is given in the table blow. The latest available butter stock figures for the Community show intervention stocks of 268,000 metric tons and privately held ones of 142,000 tons. Information on stocks of cheese for the Community as a whole is not available.
CONSUMPTION OF BUTTER AND CHEESE IN 1971 '000 metric tons Butter Cheese Belgium and Luxembourg 78 84 Denmark 44 49 France 430 722 Germany 449 618 Ireland 36 5 Italy 109 576 Netherlands 25 130 United Kingdom 454 313