HC Deb 06 July 1981 vol 8 cc53-4W
Mr. Marlow

asked the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if he will demonstrate how his

United Kingdom exports to the Soviet Union and East Europe
£'000
January 1981 January 1980 January 1979
SITC Codes USSR East Europe USSR East Europe USSR East Europe
Division 00 34 72 5
01 2 462 2 1,748 2
02 2 9
03 337 438 968 1,126 950 822
04 1 14,584 495 1,135 4,658
05 0 13 0 19 66
06 5
07 29 140 18
08 78 277
09 1 5 1 2 7
Total Section 0 421 15,569 1,463 2,773 2,698 5,587
Wine 112.12 1

January 1978 January 1977 January 1976
SITC Codes USSR East Europe USSR East Europe USSR East Europe
Division 00 55 106 65
01 0 1 77 0
02 1 0
03 922 859 112
04 1 3,428 0 668 873
05 5 0 80 0 30
06 3 5
07 368 0 214 0 88
08 9 61 261 320
09 4 4 46 18
Total Section 0 932 4,780 5 790 668 1,511
Wine 112.12 1 0
Source: Overseas Trade Statistics of the United Kingdom
Notes:
0=less than £500
—=nil

The East European Countries are German Democratic Republic, Poland, Czechoslovakia, Hungary, Romania, Bulgaria and Albania.

Totals may not equal the sum of their parts due to rounding.

United Nations Standard International Tariff Classfication

  1. Division 00 - Live Animals, chiefly for food
  2. 01 - Meat and Meat Preparations
  3. 02 - Dairy Products and Birds Eggs

Department concludes that interest rate subsidies to Continental farmers are broadly equivalent to the capital grants available to United Kingdom farmers.

Mr. Peter Walker

Using an annuity formula, the cost reduction arising from the general level of interest subsidies available to Continental farmers is broadly equivalent to the value of the capital grants currently available in the United Kingdom.