§ Mr. Strangasked the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food what quantity of potatoes was imported from European Economic Community countries in 1979, 1980 and 1981, respectively, expressed in tonnes and as a percentage of the United Kingdom market; and how much of each amount went to the potato processing industry.
§ Mr. Buchanan-SmithThe import figures requested for 1981 are not yet available. Those for 1979 and 1980 are in the following table. There are no official figures on the proportion of our potato imports taken by the potato processing industry, but the Potato Marketing Board estimates that processors took an average of 50 per cent. of our imports from the European Community in 1979 and 1980.