European Community (Exports)

HC Deb 19 November 1981 vol 13 cc232-3W

Mr. Strang

asked the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food how many tonnes of skimmed milk powder, wheat, maize and other cereals, respectively, the European Community exported to the Third world in each of the past five years; and what percentages these quantities formed of total EEC production for each product.

Mrs. Fenner

The figures requested are provided in the following table:

European Community Exports to Developing Countries*
	Thousand Tonnes	As percentage of EC productions
	1976	1977	1988	1979	1980	1976	1977	1978	1979	1980
Skimmed milk powder	120.6	224.3	261.2	409.2	435.9	5.9	11.1	11.8	19.8	21.1
Common wheat	2,321.2	1,370.7	1,716.5	3,122.3	4,517.9	6.6	3.8	3.9	7.3	9.0
Maize	43.2	43.1	64.3	10.7	120.8	0.4	0.3	0.4	0.1	0.7
Other Cereals	356.8	303.1	991.7	746.1	1,664.4	0.8	0.6	1.8	1.4	3.0

Notes:

^* Developing countries as defined by Eurostat geonomenclature (Code 1030) class 2.

^† Trade in cereals expressed as a proportion of the production harvested in the year shown.