Wine Imports

HC Deb 24 October 1978 vol 955 cc810-3W

Mr. Eldon Griffiths

asked the Secretary of State for Trade what quantities of wine were imported in each of the past five years by volume, and by value, indicating as far as can be ascertained the proportions arising from each main country of origin.

Mr. Meacher

To provide information by country of origin would entail undue cost because of the large number of code numbers involved.

UNITED KINGDOM IMPORTS OF WINE BY COUNTRY OF CONSIGNMENT
Table 1: Wine of fresh grapes; grape must with fermentation arrested by the addition of alcohol
			Percentage of total
	Volume*	Value†	Volume	Value
1973—
TOTAL of which consigned from:—	…	320,396	133,394	—	—
Spain	…	113,702	34,263	35.5	25.7
France	…	88,288	63,236	27.6	47.4
Italy	…	21,717	6,869	6.8	5.1
Federal Republic of Germany	…	20,182	11,147	6.3	8.4
Cyprus	…	28,966	4,286	9.0	3.2
Portugal‡	…	18,176	8,428	5.7	6.3
Yugoslavia	…	5,595	682	1.7	0.5
South Africa	…	8,398	1,328	2.6	1.0
Hungary	…	2,952	352	0.9	0.3
Austria	…	7,121	1,076	2.2	0.8
Australia	…	1,141	351	0.4	0.3
1974—
TOTAL of which consigned from:—	…	289,053	125,245	—	—
Spain	…	88,657	34,697	30.7	27.7
France	…	73,787	48,131	25.5	38.4
Italy	…	29,495	9,079	10.2	7.2
Federal Republic of Germany	…	18,574	10,352	6.4	8.3
Cyprus	…	29,882	5,578	10.3	4.5
Portugal‡	…	16,072	10,283	5.6	8.2
Yugoslavia	…	8,142	1,222	2.8	1.0
South Africa	…	9,640	2,066	3.3	1.6
Hungary	…	4,065	555	1.4	0.4
Austria	…	3,336	904	1.2	0.7
Australia	…	1,338	582	0.5	0.5
1975—
TOTAL of which consigned from:—	…	257,677	111,604	—	—
Spain	…	82,477	31,525	32.0	28.2
France	…	60,216	37,746	23.4	33.8
Italy	…	29,513	9,614	11.5	8.6
Federal Republic of Germany	…	19,937	11,794	7.7	10.6
Cyprus	…	22,784	4,745	8.8	4.3
Portugal‡	…	14,679	9,962	5.7	8.9
Yugoslavia	…	7,836	1,441	3.0	1.3
South Africa	…	9,497	2,075	3.7	1.9
Hungary	…	3,360	503	1.3	0.5
Austria	…	943	353	0.4	0.3
Australia	…	1,118	492	0.4	0.4
1976—
TOTAL of which consigned from:—	…	267,285	132,565	—	—
Spain	…	82,786	32,664	31.0	24.6
France	…	66,654	51,007	24.9	38.5
Italy	…	32,355	11,521	12.1	8.7
Federal Republic of Germany	…	25,267	17,692	9.5	13.3
Cyprus	…	22,247	5,230	8.3	3.9
Portugal‡	…	11,954	8,140	4.5	6.1
Yugoslavia	…	9,287	1,764	3.5	1.3
South Africa	…	10,207	2,285	3.8	1.7
Hungary	…	2,996	465	1.1	0.4
Austria	…	723	285	0.3	0.2
Australia	…	523	390	0.2	0.3
1977—
TOTAL of which consigned from:—	…	310,298	175,544	—	—
Spain	…	100,028	38,540	32.2	22.0
France	…	86,016	76,566	27.7	43.6
Italy	…	38,937	16,444	12.5	9.4
Federal Republic of Germany	…	24,677	21,433	8.0	12.2
Cyprus	…	20,681	5,004	6.7	2.9
Portugal‡	…	14,165	10,447	4.6	6.0

Following are the details by country of consignment:

			Percentage of tolal
	Volume*	Value†	Volume	Value
Yugoslavia	…	…	…	11,587	2,501	3.7	1.4
South Africa	…	…	…	5,894	1,691	1.9	1.0
Hungary	…	…	…	2,929	525	0.9	0.3
Austria	…	…	…	797	339	0.3	0.2
Australia	…	…	…	536	350	0.2	0.2

Table 2: Vermouths and other wines of fresh grapes flavoured with aromatic extracts
			Percentage of total
	Volume*	Value†	Volume	Value
1973—
TOTAL of which consigned from:—	…	…	36,334	9,263	—	—
Italy	…	…	25,504	6,236	70.2	67.3
France	…	…	10,390	2,861	28.6	30.9
1974—
TOTAL of which consigned from:—	…	…	51,778	13,675	—	—
Italy	…	…	36,402	9,160	70.3	67.0
France	…	…	15,175	4,441	29.3	32.5
1975—
TOTAL of which consigned from:—	…	…	56,760	15,801	—	—
Italy	…	…	49,428	13,094	87.1	82.9
France	…	…	7,223	2,668	12.7	16.9
1976—
TOTAL of which consigned from:—	…	…	59,292	16,253	—	—
Italy	…	…	50,056	13,408	85.8	82.5
France	…	…	8,237	2,768	13.9	17.0
1977—
TOTAL of which consigned from:—	…	…	53,688	17,153	—	—
Italy	…	…	45,527	13,647	84.8	79.6
France	…	…	7,444	3,114	13.9	18.2
* Volume in thousand litres.
† Value in £ thousand.
‡ Portugal including Madeira.

Source: United Kingdom Overseas Trade Statistics, SITC(R) items 112.12 (Table 1) and 112.13 (Table 2).