§ Mr. Austin Mitchellasked the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food whether he will publish in the Official 624W Report a table showing for each of the years 1984–86 the production of Mediterranean products on the same basis as given in his written reply to the hon. Member for Great Grimsby dated 20 May 1985, Official Report, columns 346–47.
§ Mr. Donald ThompsonThe information requested is shown in the table.
EC10 Spain Portugal Olive oil (thousand tonnes) Usable production1 1983–84 1,255 266 16 1984–85 615 658 75 1985–862 1,017 380 30 Oranges (thousand tonnes) Harvested production 1984 2,362 1,339 98 1985 2,773 1,945 155 19862 3,025 2,104 169 Wine (million hectolitres) Usable production 1983–84 168 31 9 1984–85 148 34 9 1985–86 143 33 10 1986–872 162 37 8 Source: Eurostat and Commission.
1 Olive oil is a biennial crop and production can fluctuate substantially from one year to the next.
2 Provisional.