§ Mr. Teddy TaylorTo ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food what was the amount of food exported by the European Economic Community to the Soviet Union and eastern Europe; and what was the cost of the export rebates involved over the past 12 months.
§ Mr. CurryFor the main agricultural commodities, the table shows the most recent data available on the volume of exports. The cost of the export refunds involved could be obtained only at disproportionate cost.
Volume of EC Exports, January—August 1989 (000 tonnes) To USSR To Eastern Europe1 Wheat 2,980 1,085 Barley 1,997 1,096 Wheat flour 2— 5 Rice 2— 2 Malt 61 1 Whole milk powder 31 1 Skimmed milk powder 2— 2— Condensed milk 0 2— Butter (incl. butter oil) 118 14 Beef and veal 72 105 Pigmeat 2— 2— Poultrymeat 2— 2— Sugar total (white equivalent) 91 213 (of which refined sugar) (91) (213) Olive Oil 2 2— Notes:1 German Democratic Republic, Poland, Czechoslavakia, Hungary, Romania, Bulgaria, Albania.
2 denotes trade under 500 tonnes.