BASIC FOODSTUFF PRICES (Hansard, 13 May 1974)

§ LORD JACQUES

Information which is readily available is provided in the following table. For prices on the world market, quotations from major exporting countries have been used. No world market quotations have been given where world trade is insignificant.

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COMMODITY PRICE MOVEMENTS IN THE UNITED KINGDOM, EEC AND THE REST OF THE WORLD
Commodity	Description	Unit	1967–68	1968–69	1969–70	1970–71	1971–72	1972–73
Soft Wheat	July/June
United Kingdom	Sale Price ex farm	£ per long ton	21.54	22.88	23.69	27.62	24.20	35.83
West Germany	EEC Standard Quality Dortmund Parity	DM per 100 kg	41.75	41.00	39.94	39.81	56.355	41.01
France	Average Quality ex storage agency	Fr per 100 kg	49.67	49.01	51.07	53.95	56.85	59.88
Italy	Good National average free at Milan	L per 100 kg	6,754	6,319	6,624	7,021	6,985	7,308
Netherlands	EEC Quality free to mill	G per 100 kg	37.50	36.35	37.25	38.40	37.60	40.40
Belgium	Sound and fair average ex-trader	Fr per 100 kg	519.4	509.3	528.1	532.3	507.6	542.0
Luxembourg	Not available	Not available	Not available
World	Australian fair average quality (August-July)	Australian cents per bushel	142.3	141.5	130.6	140.8	133.0	198.9
	Canadian No. 1 Manitoba	Canadian cents per bushel	194.4	194.8	180.0	179.3	169.1	260.7
Beef—Live Weight	July/June
United Kingdom	Average market price of all clean cattle	£ per cwt	8.69	9.60	9.80	11.21	12.82	17.41
West Germany	Bulls Class B delivered to market	DM per 100 kg	261.0	281.1	275.1	268.0	295.0	359.3
France	Bulls Grade 'R' delivered to market	Fr per 100 kg	317.5	342.0	441.0	459.0	506.0	630.0
Italy	Bulls 1st Quality ex farm or market	L per 100 kg	43,379	45,538	48,028	49,627	52,337	66,533
Netherlands	Bulls 1st Quality local cattle market	G per 100 kg	273.9	298.6	288.0	261.9	306.1	335.5
Belgium	Heifers	Fr per 100 kg	3,412	3,682	3,724	3,646	3,999	4,988
Luxembourg	Not available	Not available	Not available	3,384	3,540	3,967	4,745
World	Australian light steers Brisbane	$ Aust per 100 lb dressed carcase weight.	(1968) 27.10	(1969) 27.30	(1970) 29.44	(1971) 30.72	(1972) 32.04	(1973) 40.83
Pork—Live Weight	July/June
United Kingdom	Fat Pigs	£ per score (deadweight)	2.22	2.22	2.44	2.54	2.64	3.42
West Germany	Pigs class D, free at market 80–99 kg	DM per 100 kg	238.6	256.5	280.2	238.3	253.3	289.8
France	Pigs class B, delivered to slaughterhouse	Fr per 100 kg	346.1	388.6	361.8	325.8	354.5	407.3
Italy	Pigs "Magroni" type 80–100 kg ex farm or market	L per 100 kg	37,402	40,279	54,514	47,181	46,176	59,378
Netherlands	Pigs 80–90 kg medium quality, ex farm or market	G per 100 kg	202.8	228.3	240.2	206.5	214.1	258.0
Belgium	Pigs, free at market	Fr per 100 kg	3,069	3,740	3,813	3,227	3,453	4,045
Luxembourg	Pigs class AA, less than 100 kg ex farm	Fr per 100 kg	3,493	3,795	3,856	3,371	3,558	4,021
Butter	July/June
United Kingdom	London Provision Exchange: N.Z. Finest salted average selling price to packer/wholesaler.	£ per long ton	300	300	300	344	516	414
West Germany	Dairy butter, ex farm	DM per 100 kg	674.0	662.5	653.0	648.5	670.2	674.9
France	Pasteurised packeted, ex Rungis wholesale market	Fr per 100 kg	936.0	932.0	955.0	1,041.0	1,117.0	1,142.0
Italy	Centrifugal butter, free ex dairy, average 3 areas	L per 100 kg	96,044	111,328	114,645	118,712	126,499	125,824
Netherlands	Fresh ex dairy, including 8 cents per kg for packing	G per 100 kg	585.0	620.0	605.0	628.5	643.8	661.5
Belgium	Dairy butter, ex dairy	Fr per 100 kg	9,740	8,910	8,833	8,856	8,986	9,177
Luxembourg	Dairy butter, "Rose" brand, ex dairy	Fr per 100 kg	9,165	9,165	9,165	9,250	9,625	10,000
World	London Provision Exchange: N.Z. Finest salted average selling price to packer/wholesaler.	£ per long ton	300	300	300	344	516	414^*

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Commodity	Description	Unit	1967–68	1968–69	1969–70	1970–71	1971–72	1972–73
Sugar	July/June
United Kingdom	Ex refinery bagged and delivered in hundredweight sacks	£ per long ton	71.37	74.32	73.83	76.92	90.06	85.70
West Germany	Category 2, Refinery price ex factory	DM per 100 kg	98.75	95.11	91.87	91.54	93.73	96.73
France	Wholesale price, ex factory	Fr per 100 kg	97.92	107.46	107.39	109.36	125.58	129.63
Italy	Wholesale price, ex factory	L per 100 kg	19,867	19,867	19,868	20,594	21,421	22,060
Netherlands	Producer price ex factory	G per 100 kg	78.60	82.10	82.10	82.87	85.95	88.64
Belgium	Production price ex factory	Fr per 100 kg	1,073	1,116	1,120	1,105	1,134	1,171
Luxembourg	Not available	Not available	Not available
World	London Daily Price: 96° Raw cif United Kingdom in Bulk.	£ per long ton	20.9	28.8	34.8	44.7	44.9	83.9
Milk	July/June
United Kingdom	Pool Price (April/March)	p per gallon	16.36	16.42	16.35	17.68	19.48	20.19
West Germany	Fresh whole milk, average fat content, free at skimming centre.	DM per 100 kg	39.20	38.50	38.00	38.30	42.00	Not available
France	Fresh whole milk 3.4 per cent fat ex farm	Fr per 100 kg	41.35	41.31	43.91	48.70	54.53	58.03
Italy	Fresh cows milk ex farm	L per 100 kg	6,857	7,017	7,371	8,272	8,807	9,429
Netherlands	Fresh milk 3.7 per cent fat ex farm	G per 100 kg	34.16	34.43	34.63	35.01	40.25	Not available
Belgium	Cows milk 3.3 per cent fat ex farm	Fr per 100 kg	442.7	430.1	430.0	423.1	446.2	471.0
Luxembourg	Whole milk 3.7 per cent fat ex farm	Fr per 100 kg	492.0	503.0	507.4	498.8	532.9	552.6
Potatoes
United Kingdom	Whites average of 9 markets	£ per ton	20.08	20.85	29.90	21.00	22.08	26.52
West Germany	Yellow fleshed free at loading station, Hanover quotations, average all types.	DM per 100 kg	6.37	14.26	22.81	10.07	10.56	Not available
France	Bintje standards I (40 mm) ex Rungis	Fr per 100 kg	24.92	26.67	44.50	38.68	10.13	Not available
Italy	Ordinary potatoes, ex holding, average 7 provinces	L per 100 kg	3,015	3,521	4,498	3,628	3,102	7,558
Netherlands	Bintje 35 mm, ex holding Rotterdam	G per 100 kg	6.39	18.50	26.20	9.52	10.60	Not available
Belgium	Mostly Bintje, free at market, Courtrai and Audenarde.	Fr per 100 kg	67.8	130.2	274.6	133.2	100.0	362.4
Luxembourg	Bintje delivered to buyer	Fr per 100 kg	280	280	280	280	280	333
^* Includes transport.

Sources: Commonwealth Secretariat; Prix Agricole; MAFF Agricultural Market Reports; Meat Producer and Exporter.