Dairy Products

HC Deb 06 April 1984 vol 57 cc676-8W

Mr. Austin Mitchell

asked the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food whether he will publish in the Official Report a table showing for each year since 1954 the amount of (a) butter, (b) cheese and (c) other dairy products produced in the United Kingdom together with imports from and exports to (i) other European Economic Community countries and (ii) the rest of the world.

Mr. MacGregor

Information dating back to 1954 on the United Kingdom production of butter, cheese and the

United Kingdom Imports of Butter, Cheese and Other Dairy Products
'000 Tonnes
	1954	1955	1956	1957	1958	1959	1960	1961	1962	1965	1964	1965	1966	1967	1968
Butter
From EEC countries	121	102	100	117	146	112	129	143	129	132	133	152	152	176	160
Other countries	165	210	260	254	283	295	283	287	284	289	338	297	310	315	293
TOTAL	286	312	360	371	429	407	412	430	413	421	471	449	462	491	453
Cheese
From EEC countries	*20	*20	*22	*19	*22	28	23	23	25	32	34	36	45	52	62
Other countries	114	111	115	106	99	110	111	114	115	108	118	116	98	107	118
TOTAL	134	131	137	125	121	138	134	137	140	140	152	152	143	159	180
Other dairy products
From EEC countries	*6	*12	*14	*14	*19	*38	*31	*41	*45	*44	*59	*44	*33	*38	*41
Other countries	53	37	54	53	51	82	50	37	37	48	64	68	46	53	42
TOTAL	59	49	68	67	70	120	80	78	82	92	123	112	79	91	83
	1969	1970	1971	1972	1973	1974	1975	1976	1977	1978	1979	1980	1981	1982	1983
Butter
From EEC countries	140	148	144	137	186	326	364	275	189	172	126	99	109	85	91
Other countries	285	259	246	219	152	120	124	123	129	130	120	105	100	100	93
TOTAL	425	407	390	356	338	446	488	398	318	302	246	204	209	185	184
Cheese
From EEC countries	51	55	66	66	83	101	119	114	105	97	137	103	123	114	118
Other countries	105	102	101	85	54	20	33	33	15	5	3	13	17	16	16
TOTAL	156	157	167	151	137	121	152	147	120	102	140	116	140	130	134
Other dairy products
From EEC countries	*43	34	62	50	53	45	96	57	41	43	49	32	32	37	56
Other countries	34	47	16	14	3	3	2	†	†	†	1	2	1	1	2
TOTAL	77	81	78	64	56	46	98	57	41	53	50	34	33	38	58
* Includes some imports from Commonwealth countries (not Australia or New Zealand) with which the Irish Republic was grouped in the foreign trade statistics for these years.
† Less than 500 tonnes.

United Kingdom Exports of Butter, Cheese and Other Dairy Products
'000 tonnes
	1970	1971	1972	1973	1974	1975	1976	1977	1978	1979	1980	1981	1982	1983
Butter
To EEC Countries	*	3	2	5	2	1	14	11	49	50	75	65	56	39
Other Countries	2	2	2	11	2	2	2	4	8	11	5	8	7	15
TOTAL	2	5	4	16	4	3	16	15	57	62	80	73	63	53
Cheese
To EEC Countries	1	1	1	3	3	4	6	7	8	8	9	10	13	14
Other Countries	3	3	3	3	9	3	4	4	8	7	8	13	21	14
TOTAL	4	4	4	6	12	7	10	11	16	15	17	23	34	28
Other Dairy Products
To EEC Countries	12	14	17	112	74	110	175	89	150	105	86	77	112	109
Other Countries	58	68	60	42	40	30	54	67	72	98	151	122	104	103
TOTAL	70	82	77	154	114	140	229	156	222	203	237	199	216	212
* less than 500 tonnes.

other main dairy products (condensed milk, full cream milk powder, skimmed milk powder and cream) can be obtained from the "Annual Abstract of Statistics". This is published by Her Majesty's Stationery Office and copies are avialable in the Library of the House. In the most recent edition the information is given in table 9.10 and covers the years 1972 to 1982.

Information for these commodities on the quantities of United Kingdom imports since 1954 and exports since 1970 (earlier years not being available) is given below: