§ Mr. Maxwell-Hyslopasked the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food whether he will bring up to the most recent date available the figures which appear in Annex I, Annex II, 647W Annex III, Annex IV and Annex V of Command Paper No. 6020 of 1975 entitled "Food from Our Own Resources". and publish them.
§ Mr. BishopMuch of this information is already available elsewhere, but for
ANNEX 1 VALUE OF UNITED KINGDOM FOOD, FEED AND DRINK IMPORTS AND EXPORTS (£million) Imports (cif) 1974 1975 1976 Live animals 77 108 84 Meat and meat preparation … 681 702 839 Dairy products and eggs … 333 523 505 Fish and fish preparations 122 137 191 Cereals and cereal preparation 591 612 748 Fruit and vegetables … 655 691 948 Sugar and sugar preparations 367 632 430 Coffee, tea and cocoa 322 322 493 Animal feedingstuffs 127 110 173 Animal and vegetable oils, and oilseeds 359 292 408 Miscellaneous food and agricultural preparations 81 85 94 Food and feed 3,715 4,214 4,913 Drink 221 222 252 Total imports, food, feed and drink 3,936 4,436 5,165 Exports (fob)— Food and feed 647 913 1,075 Drink … 384 437 524 Total exports, food, feed and drink 1,031 1,350 1,599 Net Deficit— Surplus+ Food and feed -3,068 -3,301 -3,838 Drink +163 +215 +272 Total net deficit -2,905 -3,086 -3,566
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ANNEX II INDEX NUMBERS OF THE VOLUME OF NET AGRICULTURAL PRODUCT, PERSONS ENGAGED IN AGRICULTURE (INCLUDING FARMERS) AND LABOUR PRODUCTIVITY (1968–69–1971–72=100) (1) Net agricultural product valued at constant 1968–69–1971–72 prices (2) Total persons engaged (3)Labour productivity* June/May years— 1964–65 91 124 73 1970–71 103 98 105 1971–72 110 95 115 1972–73 112 94 118 1973–74 118 92 126 1974–75 120 89 133 1975–76 108 88 123 1976–77 (forecast) 97 87 114 Annual average percentage change (compound) 1964–65–1976–77 (forecast). +0.5 -3.0 +3.8 * Gross agricultural product valued at constant 1968–69–1971–72 prices, per person engaged in agriculture. Gross product is gross output minus all inputs other than depreciation, labour, net rent and interest. the convenience of the hon. Member, it is reproduced below, together with revisions, where apporpriate, of some of the figures in the Annexes of "Food from Our Own Resources". The information is as follows:
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ANNEX III UNITED KINGDOM SELF-SUFFICIENCY FOR MAIN AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS 1974–75 final Percentage 1976–77 forecast Cereals … … 71 61 Potatoes … … 95 76 Sugar … … 22 31 Oilseed rape … … 58 88 Total meat … … 82 85 Beef and veal … … 85 93 Mutton and lamb … … 60 57 Pork … … 102 102 Bacon and ham … … 46 47 Poultry … 99 105 Milk and milk products … … 56 67 Eggs … … 97 100 Wool … … (1974)34 (1976)29
ANNEX IV COMPARISON OF WORLD EXPORT PRICE INDICES FOR FOOD AND MANUFACTURED GOODS AVERAGE ANNUAL PERCENTAGE CHANGE AT COMPOUND RATE 1974 TO 1976. Food Manufactured goods Ratio of food prices to those manufactured goods -4.1 +5.2 -8.8 Source: United Nations World Export Prices, including provisional figures for 1976.
ANNEX V TABLE 1 AVERAGE SIZE OF DAIRY HERD AND ANNUAL YIELD OF MILK PER COW IN 1975. Average number of cows per herd Annual yield of milk per cow in gallons United Kingdom … 40.6 911 Netherlands … 24.0 987 Denmark … 17.3 951 France … not available 692 Germany … 9.4 854 Irish Republic … 9.8 589 Sources:
For average herd size: SOEC "Eurostat Yearbook of Agricultural Statistics" 1976.
For average milk yield: MMB "EEC Dairy Facts and Figures" 1976.
Figures for Denmark and Irish Republic are not available on precisely the same basis as those in "Food from Our Own Resources".
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TABLE 2 SELF SUFFICIENCY IN MILK CONSTITUENTS IN 1975 Production as percentage of consumption Butter fat Solids not fat Netherlands … … 250 148 Denmark … … 231 142
Irish Republic 175 169 France 109 122 Germany 105 128 Belgium/Luxembourg 97 127 Italy 80 75 United Kingdom 54 100 EEC as a whole 102 117 M M B "EEC Dairy Facts and Figures" 1976.
This information is not available in terms of milk equivalent, as given in "Food from Our Own Resources".