HC Deb 28 November 1973 vol 865 cc162-4W
Mr. Wingfield Digby

asked the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food by how much the average retail price of milk rose between September 1972 and September 1973 ; by how much the price of feeding stuffs rose ; and how these figures compare with the average in European Economic Community countries.

Mr. Godber

The information is set out in the following table. The prices for individual countries cannot be directly compared because of the different basis of the various quotations.

Month of Measurement Unit 1972 1973
Prices of feed ingredients Feed Wheat
Belgium :
Denatured, delivered to farm … September … Francs per metric ton … 517.14 558.00
Denmark :
Home produced … August … Krone per metric ton … 580.00 753.30
France :
Denatured … September … Francs per metric ton … 530.00 559.40
Italy :
Home produced soft wheat … September … Lire per metric ton … 71,750 93,583
Netherlands :
Home produced soft milling wheat … September … Guilder per metric ton., … 366.60 371.70
West Germany :
Imported from EEC … September … D.mark per metric ton … 338.00 373.00
United Kingdom :
Ex-farm, England and Wales … September … £ per long ton … 27.16 55.23
Feed Barley
Belgium :
Delivered to farm … September … Francs per metric ton … 524.44 544.56
France :
Delivered, Rouen … September … Francs per metric ton … 528.10 518.70
Italy :
Imported … September … Lire per metric ton … 64,250 81,583
Netherlands :
Home produced … September … Guilder per metric ton … 335.90 335.40
West Germany :
Farm price … August … D.mark per metric ton … 321.00 331.00
United Kingdom :
Ex-farm, England and Wales … September … £ per long ton … 24.99 46.09
Maize
Belgium :
U.S.A. No. 3 Yellow, delivered to farm … September … Francs per metric ton … 594.33 613.40
Denmark :
U.S.A., delivered Copenhagen … September … Krone per metric ton … 630.00 843.00
France :
Home produced, ex Eure-et-Loir … September … Francs per metric ton … 576.10 582.60
Italy :
Imported … September … Lire per metric ton … 67,875 77,250
West Germany :
Feed maize … August … D.mark per metric ton … 392.00 414.00
United Kingdom :
U.S.A. No. 3 Yellow, c.i.f … September … £ per long ton … 29.20 52.75
Soya beans
Belgium :
Soya cake … September … Francs per metric ton … 684.50 973.75
Denmark :
Soya cake … September … Krone per metric ton … 970.00 1,386.70
France :
Soya beans … September … Francs per metric ton … 715.60 1,185.00
Irish Republic :
Soya meal … September … £ per long ton … 60.35 154.03
Netherlands :
Soya bean extracts, Spot, Rotterdam, ex-store … September … Guilder per metric ton … 435.00 599.40
West Germany :
Soya meal … August … D.mark per metric ton … 445.50 910.50
United Kingdom :
Extract, home processed … September … £ per long ton … 63.00 108.44
Fish meal
Denmark :
Herring meal … September … Krone per metric ton … 2,235.00 3,610.00
Netherlands :
Fishmeal, protein content 66.3 per cent. … September … Guilder per metric ton … 959.70 1,625.00
West Germany :
Fishmeal (not defined) … August … D.mark per metric ton … 722.50 1,482.50
United Kingdom :
White fishmeal, protein content 66 per cent. … September … £ per long ton … 106.25 287.50

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