HC Deb 01 February 1982 vol 17 cc70-2W
Mr. Teddy Taylor

asked the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if he will publish a table showing the current or most recently available levels of export refund available for sales of food from the European Economic Community to the Soviet Union in terms of pence per pound in respect of foodstuffs like sugar, beef, flour and other items purchased retail by consumers, in pounds sterling per ton for items like wheat, barley and other items not normally purchased retail, and pence per litre for wine; and if he will publish a further table showing the approximate sale prices in the same measures and volumes that these levels of export refund would imply, in the same way as he did for European Economic Community sales of butter to the Soviet Union in his answer of 30 October 1980, Official Report, column 356, at a time when butter sales enjoyed the benefit of export refunds.

Mr. Buchanan-Smith

I shall reply to my hon. Friend as soon as possible.

Mr. Teddy Taylor

asked the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if he will publish the current level of European Economic Community subsidies that are available for the export of food and wine to the Soviet Union; and if he will also publish the comparable levels of subsidy that were available on the same date in each of the previous three years.

Mr. Buchanan-Smith

Where available, the levels of export refunds currently applicable for European Community exports to the Soviet Union are given as follows with comparable information for the previous three years.

Wheat
1979 45.42 £/tonne
1980 28.33 £/tonne
1981 43.68 £/tonne
1982 44.72 £/tonne
Barley
1979 46.35 £/tonne
1980 34.86 £/tonne
1981 27.95 £/tonne
1982 28.64 £/tonne
Flour
1979 61.59 £/tonne
1980 48.90 £/tonne
1981 no refund available for the Soviet Union
1982 59.99 £/tonne
Malt
1979 56.73 £/tonne
1980 42.15 £/tonne
1981 31.31 £/tonne
1982 39.09 £/tonne
Butter
1979 1,043.39 £/tonne
1980 1,119.77 £/tonne
1981 Nil
1982 Nil
Butter Oil
1979 1,348.63 £/tonne
1980 1,455.32 £/tonne
1981 Nil
1982 Nil
Skimmed Milk Powder
1979 422.00 £/tonne
1980 371.19 £/tonne
1981 247.46 £/tonne
1982 228.9 £/tonne
Beef
Export refunds vary enormously according to the category of animal,
type of meat etc., and it is not possible therefore to give representative
figures.
Pigmeat
1979 8.62 pence/lb
1980 6.2 pence/lb
1981 9.3 pence/lb
1982 2.8 pence/lb
Poultrymeat
1979 *†3.58 pence/lb
1980 *4.92 pence/lb
1981 *5.06 pence/lb
1982 *4.83 pence/lb
Sugar
1979 136.35 £/tonne
1980 55.68 £/tonne
1981 levy of 34.27 £/tonne
1982 118.78 £/tonne
Wine
1979 4 pence/litre
1980 6 pence/litre
1981 6 pence/litre
1982 7 pence/litre

* Average of 83 per cent., 70 per cent, and 65 per cent, chicken and 80 per cent, and 73 per cent, turkeys.

‡ European third countries.