HC Deb 15 March 1991 vol 187 c706W
Mr. Ralph Howell

To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food what is the total value of exports of(a) cereals and (b) other agricultural products in each year since 1979 in actual and constant prices; and what is the percentage increase in each case in constant prices, showing 1979 as 100.

Mr. Curry

The readily available information is given in the table in which the volume indices (1985 = 100) indicate movements at constant prices.

United Kingdom Exports
Cereals1 Cereals and cereal preparations Total SITC Section 02
Value Value Volume index Value Volume index
£ million £ million 1985 = 100 £ million 1985 = 100
1979 96.8 264.4 43.8 1,745.2 67.9
1980 274.1 455.7 69.4 2,050.8 76.0
1981 475.6 697.8 102.3 2,338.5 82.3
1982 531.4 773.9 105.1 2,508.3 83.3
1983 465.7 740.9 89.9 2,754.6 89.9
1984 711.0 992.7 116.8 3,114.8 97.9
1985 539.3 833.0 100.0 3,252.4 100.0
1986 881.6 1,177.5 145.6 3,745.8 114.3
1987 524.2 831.2 114.3 3,730.3 118.7
1988 352.0 674.8 103.6 3,458.2 116.3
1989 579.1 951.6 134.7 4,228.8 132.0
1990 616.5 1,045.5 140.6 4,324.6 129.6
1 Excluding rice.
2 Defined on page xvii of the December 1990 Business Monitor MM20 of Overseas Trade Statistics of the United Kingdom as 'food and live animals'. It includes cereals and cereals preparations.

Source: Her Majesty's Customs and Excise and CSO.

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