§ Sir John Osbornasked the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food what, in percentage terms, has been the
Self-Sufficiency Ratios in Butterfat (BF) and Solids-not-fat (SNF) per cent. 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 Country BF SNF BF SNF BF SNF BF SNF BF SNF BF SNF BF SNF BF SNF BF SNF BF SNF Germany 100 119 101 117 112 128 117 111 117 116 119 118 118 127 123 137 120 135 126 142 Prance 114 126 113 123 110 124 109 113 110 119 114 114 115 113 121 124 122 124 122 124 Italy 86 80 82 82 81 79 79 75 79 76 76 71 77 72 79 74 77 86 76 89 Netherlands 252 131 269 128 242 125 256 109 236 104 262 106 277 126 274 128 280 139 295 138 Belgium/Luxembourg 94 113 96 118 102 130 88 103 97 103 103 114 97 114 103 133 89 152 96 131 United Kingdom 63 100 56 100 56 103 63 107 69 113 75 109 79 108 83 119 85 121 91 131 Irish Republic 163 169 161 155 174 166 164 199 191 197 230 185 216 175 208 175 202 185 206 185 Denmark 228 124 213 134 223 133 222 121 215 136 214 132 208 122 204 131 187 104 199 116 Total Nine 105 115 103 114 103 117 106 108 109 111 113 110 114 112 118 120 119 125 121 127 Notes:
(i) 1982 figures are provisional.
(ii) The self-sufficiency ratio is defined as the total availability of butterfat/solids-not-fat divided by total domestic disappearance of butterfat/solids-not-fat in all milk and daisy products.
Source:
Milk Marketing Board—'EEC Dairy Facts and Figures' 1976–1983.