§ Mr. Gouldasked the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food what volumes of food, commodity by commodity, were imported from EEC countries in 1972 and each succeeding year; and what proportions those imports formed of total imports and total consumption.
§ Mr. BishopThe information is given in the following table. Imports are shown 531W as a proportion of total new supplies—imports plus home production. For ease of comparison figures for Denmark and
QUANTITIES IMPORTED FROM EEC COUNTRIES 1972* 1973 '000 Long Tons Percentage '000 Long Tons Percentage of Total New Supplies Wheat and flour (wheat equivalent) … … 1,119 13 1,464 17 Barley … … 40 ֵ 156 2 Oats … … 17 1 4 ֵ Maize and maize meal … … 699 22 1,407 41 Potatoes (excluding Channel Islands … … 66 1 45 1 Potatoes from Chancel Islands … … 43 1 47 1 Beef and veal (dcw)† … … 96 8 70 6 Mutton and lamb … … 4 1 2 ֵ Pork … … 29 4 12 2 Bacon and ham (product weight) … … 295 48 272 49 Poultrymeat … … 9 1 7 1 Oils and fats … … 335 21 357 22 Butter … … 135 30 183 42 Cheese … … 65 20 82 26 Eggs in shell … … 1 ֵ 15 2 Sugar … … 43 1 70 2 Fish … … 81 7 64 5 Dried fruit … … 4 2 6 4 Citrus fruit … … 29 5 20 3
1974 1975 '000 Long Tons Percentage of Total New supplies '000 Long Tons Percentage of Total New Supplies Wheat and flour (wheat equivalent) … … 1,359 15 2,313 29 Barley … … 672 7 433 5 Oats … … 8 1 22 3 Maize and maize meal … … 1,732 54 1,660 55 Potatoes (excluding Channel Islands … … 72 1 253 5 Potatoes from Channel Islands … … 32 ֵ — — Beef and veal (dcw)† … … 211 16 185 13 Mutton and lamb … … 2 .. 2 .. Pork … … 6 1 14 2 Bacon and ham (product weight) … … 261 50 248 52 Poultrymeat … … 7 1 7 1 Oils and fats … … 404 27 442 31 Butter … … 321 65 358 68 Cheese … … 99 30 117 31 Eggs in shell … … 19 2 17 2 Sugar … … 362 13 649 23 Fish … … 51 4 43 4 Dried fruit … … 4 3 6 5 Citrus fruit … … 24 4 31 6 * Denmark and the Irish Republic are included. † Dressed carcase weight. The signֵindicates less than 500 tons or½per cent.