HC Deb 17 December 1981 vol 15 c179W
Mr. Skeet

asked the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if he will compare the prices of isoglucose and conventional sugar and the production figures of the United States of America, the United Kingdom and the European Economic Community of the synthetic products.

1980. Mr. Buchanan-Smith

Comparative figures for the prices of sugar and isoglucose are not available. Production figures are as follows:

Sugar* (million tonnes white sugar equivalent) Isoglucose (tonnes, dry weight)
United Kingdom† 1.106 27,546
European Community‡ 12.086 183,887
USA** 5.1 1,905,000

Notes:

* Production from beet and cane harvested in the countries concerned.

† 1980–81.

‡ Provisional figures for 1980–81, excluding Greece.

**

Source: Community figures from European Commission; United States figures from International Sugar Organisation (sugar) and F O Licht International Sugar Report (isoglucose).

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