HC Deb 17 January 1968 vol 756 c581W
Mr. Stratton Mills

asked the President of the Board of Trade if he will state the apple quota for Northern Ireland for the years 1965, 1966, 1967 and 1968.

Mrs. Gwyneth Dunwoody:

There is no separate quota for imports of apples into Northern Ireland. From January, 1965 to June, 1967 the half-yearly quotas for imports into the United Kingdom remained unchanged at 68,750 tons for January to June and 15,200 tons for July to December each year. The quota for the second half of 1967 was increased by 50 per cent. and that for the first half of 1968 by 33⅓ per cent. on account of the short home crop. The quota for the second half of 1968 has not yet been fixed.