§ Mr. WorthingtonTo ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food how much European Union beef has been exported to developing countries in each of the past five years; to which countries; in what quantities; and what is the value of the European Union subsidy per ton of beef.
§ Mr. JackIn the 1992 calendar year, European Community exports of beef to developing countries, as defined by "Eurostat", were as follows in tonnes carcase weight equivalent:
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Country tonnes Canary Islands 26,491 Ceuta and Melilla 2,563 Morocco 9,099 Algeria 27,763 Tunisia 14,050 Libya 21,569 Egypt 147,591 Sudan 100 Mauritania 143 Mali 18 Burkina Faso 1 Niger 131 Chad 49 149W
Country tonnes Cape Verde 307 Senegal 1,377 Gambia 421 Guinea Bissau 190 Guinea 2,380 Sierra Leone 452 Liberia 3,332 Ivory Coast 23,986 Ghana 28,529 Tonga 791 Benin 7,760 Nigeria 38 Cameroon 598 Central African Republic 156 Equatorial Guinea 702 Sao Tome and Principe 7 Gabon 16,666 Congo 23,449 Zaire 22,053 Vanuatu 1 French Polynesia 4,104 Polar Regions 13 Iraq 3,709 Iran 53,776 Israel 2,946 Jordan 31,387 Saudi Arabia 67,499 Kuwait 5,669 Bahrain 1,980 Qatar 1,267 United Arab Emirates 6,976 Oman 144 Yemen 3,883 Afghanistan 23 Grenada 52 Aruba 23 Netherland Antilles 86 Colombia 26 Venezuela 917 Guyana 5 Surinam 22 French Guiana 1,653 Ecuador 69 Peru 238 Brazil 231 Chile 3 Paraguay 1 Argentina 31 Falkland Islands 6 Burundi 207 St. Helena 9 Angola 12,815 Ethiopia 5 Dijbouti 191 Somalia 14 Uganda 18 Tanzania 26 Seychelles 107 British Indian Ocean Territories 1 Mozambique 534 Madagascar 5 Reunion 1,233 Mauritius 4,479 Comoros 2,926 Mayotte 1,102 Zambia 346
Country tonnes Namibia 31 Greenland 411 St. Pierre and Miquelon 3 Mexico 19,322 Bermuda 185 Guatemala 140 Belize 116 Honduras 24 El Salvador 23 Nicaragua 115 Panama 153 St. Christopher and Nevis 98 Bahamas 780 Dominican Republic 117 Virgin Islands 26 Guadeloupe 3,904 Antigua and Barbuda 105 Dominica 73 Martinique 4,293 St. Lucia 699 St. Vincent 79 Barbados 703 Trinidad and Tobago 1,723 Cyprus 5,010 Lebanon 26,030 Syria 3,034 Pakistan 39 India 7 Sri Lanka 12 Thailand 65 Laos 59 Indonesia 1,006 Malaysia 77 Brunei 47 Singapore 448 Philippines 18,343 South Korea 122 Taiwan 25 Hong-Kong 1,265 Macao 22 Papua New Guinea 20 Nauru 19 New Caledonia 246 Wallis and Futuna Islands 1 New Zealand Oceania 16 Equivalent information is not yet available for 1993 and, for earlier years, can be provided only at disproportionate cost. However, total beef exports from the European Community to all third countries, including developing countries, in the period 1988–1992 were:
Number 1988 785,445 1989 1,024,987 1990 816,019 1991 1,324,866 1992 1,323,389 Source: "Eurostat".
Rates of export refund vary depending upon the type of beef being exported and the export destination. The average export refund for fresh, chilled and frozen beef in 1992 was £1,026 per tonne.