§ Mr. Geraint Howellsasked the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food what was the total United Kingdom import bill for fish and fish products for every year since 1964; and what were the comparative figures for the other OECD countries.
§ Mr. BishopThe following table, based on statistics in the FAO Yearbook of Fishery Statistics, shows total values of imports of fish and fish products into OECD countries for each of the years 1964 to 1973 inclusive. Figures for 1974 are not yet available.
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£'000 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 Australia … … … 9,571 10,780 12,954 12,898 14,624 16,040 17,313 22,399 22,896 28,620 Belgium/Luxembourg … 19,071 22,564 23,579 23,543 27,403 31,750 35,977 41,321 48,813 63,385 Canada … … … 7,305 8,920 10,090 11,873 13,192 16,058 21,237 24,387 33,833 44,549 Denmark … … … 11,867 15,821 15,248 12,730 12,441 14,301 19,612 18,123 20,438 35,382 Faroes … … … 59 138 86 107 150 138 80 140 305 N/A Greenland … … … 35 37 41 282 237 134 148 136 152 N/A Finland … … … 3,358 3,946 4,840 4,787 6,050 7,598 8,643 9,315 10,587 17,279 France … … … 44,102 48,778 53,587 54,484 70,111 69,151 84,946 98,070 124,847 141,754 Germany … … … 56,361 68,964 65,416 65,722 77,828 96,749 111,118 118,789 127,740 175,425 Greece … … … 4,659 5,755 5,866 5,348 6,144 5,575 5,211 6,749 6,274 8,205 Iceland … … … 21 17 10 29 17 8 28 35 173 328 Ireland … … … 1,663 2,088 2,015 2,150 2,579 3,558 3,561 2,870 4,155 4,670 Italy … … … … 33,380 40,030 41,158 43,403 52,325 54,881 66,501 77,826 89,147 115,099 Japan … … … 25,306 31,310 46,398 53,137 68,972 91,395 117,040 166,532 241,514 415,753 Netherlands … … … 21,654 25,919 24,240 24,331 29,806 34,388 38,849 42,162 44,511 55,301 New Zealand … … 1,055 967 1,104 903 785 847 1,764 2,009 2,196 4,045 Norway … … … 7,615 4,523 5,001 3,909 4,403 5,228 7,671 8,616 10,254 8,852 Portugal … … … 3,896 4,464 6,059 12,003 N/A 10,107 13,486 20,254 25,510 27,274 Spain … … … … 5,665 11,387 13,261 13,882 15,537 17,122 19,398 24,918 39,105 45,453 Sweden … … … 17,533 22,230 24,220 24,065 28,771 27,093 41,159 42,660 49,219 65,285 Turkey … … … 26 79 41 38 97 62 44 173 95 89 United Kingdom … … 98,475 104,699 95,318 105,282 115,381 113,233 122,518 126,976 149,010 207,730 United States of America … 170,850 181,035 220,453 217,124 299,022 306,661 348,242 375,604 526,246 567,834