HC Deb 22 May 1975 vol 892 cc602-3W
Mr. Jay

asked the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food what is the present intervention price per ton for butter and cheese, respectively, in the EEC other than the United Kingdom; and what is

ua/100 kgs (£ per ton)
Butter
Irish Republic (80 per cent. fat) … … … … … … 179.65 (£930.45)
Other Member States (82 per cent. fat) … … … … … 194.63 (£1,008.63)
Cheese
Grana Padano (aged 30–60 days) … … … … … … 195.85 (£1,014.35)
Grana Padano (aged at least 3 months) … … … … 230.83 (£1,195.52)
Parmigiano Reggiano (aged at least 6 months) … … … … 250.03 (£1,294.96)

The current common import levy on butter—82 per cent. fat—is 144.03 ua/100 kgs, £746.07 per ton. The common levy on cheese varies according to type of cheese. On Cheddar cheese, it is 121.29 ua/100 kgs, £628.19 per ton; on matured Canadian Cheddar 15 ua/100 kgs £77.69 per ton. Rates of levy for the Irish Republic are reduced by accession compensatory amounts.

Sterling equivalents have been calculated at the United Kingdom representative rate and Community arrangements for monetary compensation apply to trade.