Cereals (Hansard, 6 December 1993)

§ Sir Ralph Howell
To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food what was the change in cereal production between 1992 and 1993 expressed as a tonnage and in percentage terms in each European Union country and in the European Union as a whole.

§ Mr. Jack
The information requested is given in the table. It should be emphasised that 1993 figures in particular are only provisional at this stage.

§ Mr. Jack
The table shows figures for agricultural gross product; the total imports to the United Kingdom of food, feed and drink, and the percentage of self-sufficiency of the United Kingdom in food and feed. The value of both imports and exports of cereals is also shown, but it has not been possible to include the element for imports of cereal substitutes in this reply. I shall write to my hon. Friend shortly with further details.
No statistics are available on self-sufficiency in cereal and cereal substitutes, but usage of cereals is known, and statistics on this are included in the final column of the table.
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Food and Agriculture Cereals

Agricultural out £ million Imports of food, feed and drink¹ £ million Level of United Kingdom self-sufficiency in food and feed per cent. Imports of cereals £ million Exports of cereals £ million Production as per cent. of total new supply for use in United Kingdom

1991 6,909 12,262 57.9 356 626 119

1992 7,132 13,407 56.5 463 631 115

¹ Food, feed and drink cover Divisions 01-09, 11, 22 and Section 4 of the SITC system details of which can be found in the Central Statistical Office publication "Guide to the classifiction of Overseas Trade Statistics", MA 21.

	Food and Agriculture	Cereals
	Agricultural out £ million	Imports of food, feed and drink¹ £ million	Level of United Kingdom self-sufficiency in food and feed per cent.	Imports of cereals £ million	Exports of cereals £ million	Production as per cent. of total new supply for use in United Kingdom
1991	6,909	12,262	57.9	356	626	119
1992	7,132	13,407	56.5	463	631	115
¹ Food, feed and drink cover Divisions 01-09, 11, 22 and Section 4 of the SITC system details of which can be found in the Central Statistical Office publication "Guide to the classifiction of Overseas Trade Statistics", MA 21.