HC Deb 26 October 1982 vol 29 cc335-6W
Mr. Teddy Taylor

asked the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food what percentage of EEC exports of food and wine, respectively, were sent to Eastern Europe, including the Soviet Union, in each of the past five years for which figures are available.

Mr. Buchanan-Smith:

The figures requested are as follows:

Percentage of fob value of European Community exports to third countries sent to Eastern Europe*
Food†percentage Wine‡percentage
1976 8.4 1.5
1977 6.9 1.3
1978 6.6 1.4
1979 9.2 2.1
1980 13.8 2.8
*Defined as Soviet Union, German Democratic Republic, Poland, Czechoslovakia, Hungary, Romania, Bulgeria, Albania.
†SITC 0+22+4
‡SITC 112.12+112.13

Source:

Eurostat.