HC Deb 25 January 1967 vol 739 cc286-8W
Sir R. Russell

asked the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if he will state the retail prices in each of the countries of the European Free Trade Association and the European Economic Community at the latest convenient date of bread, butter, margarine, lard, eggs, milk, sugar, tea, coffee, cocoa, beef, veal, lamb, pork, bacon, oranges, grapefruit, and lemons.

Mr. Peart

As I informed the hon. Member for Aberdeenshire, East (Mr. Wolrige-Gordon) on 7th December, it is not possible to make precise comparisons of retail prices between different countries. Some information on relative prices as at

REPRESENTATIVE RETAIL PRICES (WITHOUT ALLOWING FOR DIFFERENCES IN QUALITY, ETC.) IN THE COUNTRIES OF E.F.T.A. and E.E.C., AT AUGUST, 1966
Bread Butter Margarine Lard Eggs Milk
d. s. d. s. d. s. d. s. d. d.
per lb. per lb. per lb. per lb. per doz. per pint
United Kingdom 8.9 3 5 2 0 1 6 3 7½ 9.5
Austria … 7.2 5 0 . . 2 0 3 11 5.6
Denmark … 10.9 5 0 1 8 1 4 5 3 7.7*
Norway … 11.6 4 7 1 4 . . 5 8 6.0
Portugal … 4.6 4 6 . . 1 10 4 0 . .
Sweden … 18.4 4 8 2 5 . . 5 9 9.7
Switzerland … 8.7 8 10 . . . . 5 2 8.3
Finland … 12.3 6 2 3 9 . . 4 9 8.7
Belgium … 8.3 7 8 2 4 2 0 5 7 8.6
France … … 7.8 6 7 2 4 2 5 4 8 7.5
Federal Republic of Germany 11.5 6 4 2 2 2 1 4 9 8.3
Italy … 11.5 7 3 . . 2 4 5 4 9.6
Netherlands … 8.2 5 2 1 6 . . 3 4 6.9

Sugar d. per lb. Coffee beans s. d. per lb. Cocoa powder s. d. per lb. Beef (U.K. —sirloin without bone; others —"beef steak ") s. d. per lb. Pork (loin, with bone) s. d. per lb. Oranges s. d. per lb.
United Kingdom 8.5 8 0 4 0 7 4 5 6 1 2
Austria … 11.0 . . 4 6 5 0 5 3 . .
Denmark … 9.3* 10 3 6 8 6 10 5 9 1 2*
Norway … 9.9 6 10 . . 7 0 5 2 . .
Portugal … 9.7 . . . . 4 6 4 10 . .
Sweden… … 12.0 7 7 . . 10 1 9 10 1 6
Switzerland … 10.2 8 11 . . 7 6 9 2 . .
Finland … 18.3 9 1 . . 5 4* 5 4 . .
Belgium … 17.8 7 6 . . 11 5 7 10 . .
France … 10.4 7 4 6 1 9 8 5 6 1 4
Federal Republic of Germany … 12.1 13 11 6 10 8 0 7 0 1 4
Italy … 14.9 11 4 . . 9 10 8 6 . .
Netherlands … 12.6 7 0 5 3 10 9 6 6 1 2
* July price. .. Not available.

August, 1966, the latest available date, is however shown in the table below. The U.K. prices are derived from trade and other sources (retail sales of veal in the U.K. are limited, and a representative price is not available). Prices for tea, lamb, bacon, grapefruit and lemons are not widely quoted on the Continent.—[Vol. 737, c. 305–6.]