UK IMPORTS FROM EEC MEMBER STATES

HL Deb 02 April 1980 vol 407 c1458WA

Baroness ELLES

asked Her Majesty's Government:

Whether they will give the value of £ million of imports of food, beverages and tobacco into the United Kingdom, from other EEC Member States for the last four years to the latest available date, together with the proportion these imports represent of total imports under this Commodity heading.

Lord TREFGARNE

The information is as follows:

UK IMPORTS OF FOOD, BEVERAGES AND TOBACCO FROM THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITY

					January/February
	1976	1977	1978	1979	1980
Value (£ million cif) … …	2,211	2,525	2,768	3,045	469
Percentage of UK total imports of food, beverages and tobacco …	44	43	45	47	45

House adjourned at eight minutes before nine o'clock.