HC Deb 19 March 1987 vol 112 cc609-10W
64. Mr. Latham

asked the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food whether he will make a statement on the latest state of trade in the dairy sector.

Mr. Gummer

Detailed information on United Kingdom and EC trade in dairy products is given inOverseas Trade Statistics in the United Kingdom and Eurostat External Trade— Analytical Tables, copies of which are available in the Library of the House. However, the following tables give details of the United Kingdom's and EC's total trade in dairy products in each of the years 1980 to 1986.

United Kingdom Imports and Exports of Dairy Products1: 1980–86 tonnes
Year Imports Exports
1980 354,156 333,096
1981 381,999 294,831
1982 353,394 312,960
1983 376,632 295,138
1984 372,878 317,719
1985 365,453 294,650
1986 384,037 331,535
1 SITC codes 022, 023 and 024

Source 'Overseas Trade Statistics of the United Kingdom'

EC Imports and Exports of Dairy Products1 from and to Third

Countries: 1980–86
tonnes
Year Imports Exports
1980 213,743 2,794,700
1981 238,651 2,615,527
1982 247,704 2,355,141
1983 233,000 2,090,663
1984 224,331 2,450,037
1985 223,338 2,377,527
19861 212,176 2,060,813
1 CCT codes 04.01–04.04

Source: Eurostat.

Note: All figures for EC10 except those for 1980 and 1986 which are for EC9