Carrots (Hansard, 7 April 1971)

§ Mr. Madel

asked the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food (1) from information available from international sources, what was the average grower

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from international sources, what was the average grower return from cabbages, expressed in pounds per ton ex-farm, in West Germany, France, Italy, Belgium, Holland and Luxembourg during 1970 or the most recent 12 months for which figures are available; and how this compares with the average return in the United Kingdom market;

(2) from information available from international sources, what was the average grower return from cabbages expressed in pounds per ton ex-farm, in the European Economic Community during 1970 or the most recent 12 months for which figures are available; and how this compares with the average return in the United Kingdom market.

§ Mr. Prior

Information on the average prices of cabbages is not available for the European Economic Community as a whole or for Belgium, Luxembourg, Italy or West Germany. Certain average monthly prices are available for France and the Netherlands in 1969. These are as follows:

return from ca0rrots, expressed in pounds per ton ex-farm in West Germany, France, Italy, Belgium, Holland and Luxembourg during 1970 or the most recent 12 months for which figures are available; and how this compares with the average return in the United Kingdom market;

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(2) from information available from international sources, what was the average grower return from carrots, expressed in pounds per ton ex-farm in the European Economic Community during 1970 or the most recent 12 months for which figures are available; and how this compares with the average return in the United Kingdom market.

(£ per ton
		January	February	March	April	May	June
France^*	…	51.00	56.40	50.40	63.20	67.80	95.20
Netherlands†	…	43.80	47.80	51.40	51.40	56.00	89.60
		July	August	September	October	November	December
France^*	…	56.40	44.20	35.80	32.00	32.00	32.00
Netherlands†	…	37.00	24.80	21.20	18.80	20.80	26.20
^* Wholesale prices in the Paris (Rungis) market.
† Producer auction prices.

The French and Dutch prices include bunched early carrots as well as main-crop. The average monthly prices for home-produced main-crop carrots in the nine major wholesale markets in England and Wales during the same period were as follows:—

(£ per ton)
January	February	March	April	May	June
23.30	42.10	32.80	34.40	26.40	24.40
July	August	September	October	November	December
39.60	19.30	15.50	15.10	15.00	16.80