HC Deb 25 November 1981 vol 13 c419W
Mr. Hardy

asked the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if he will list the average price per litre received for wine exports from the Community to third members and the average price paid by the Soviet Union for Community wine in each of the last three years.

Mrs. Fenner

Export contracts are concluded by private traders and information on prices is not published.

Mr. Hardy

asked the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food what was the volume of Community wine exported to the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics in each year from 1978 to 1980; and what proportion of the total wine exports from the Community this represented in each of those years.

Mrs. Fenner

The following information is based on statistics produced by the European Commission:

1978 1979 1980
Exports to USSR (hl) 100,373 276,132 1,490,263
Exports to third countries (hl) 5,615,424 6,677,860 9,204,000
Exports to USSR as proportion of exports to all third countries 0.0178 0.0413 0.162

Note:These figures relate to wine years—16 December-15 December—except for that on exports to USSR in 1980, which is for the calendar year.