§ Mr. Bishopasked the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if he will state the quantities and value of homegrown and imported apples, respectively, used in the most recent year, giving the figures for various categories such as culinary, dessert, cider, etc.
§ Mr. Anthony StodartThe figures available for the 12 months July, 1969 to June, 1970 are as follows:
Home Produced Supplies
Estimated Output and Value of apples produced on commercial holdings in the United Kingdom
… … Output* Value† … … '000 tons £'000 Dessert Apples … … 260.9 18,445 Culinary Apples … … 144.2 7,822 Cider Apples … … 23.1 335 *output is the quantity sold for human consumption (it excludes fruit wasted after harvesting). †value of output at farm gate prices. Imported Supplies
Imports of fresh apples into the United Kingdom
… … Quantity Value§ … … '000 tons £'000 Fresh apples other than cider apples‡ … … 258.9 32,106 Cider apples … … 32.5 404 ‡Imports of dessert and culinary varieties are not separately identified but the import trade is essentially in dessert apples. §Declared import values (cif).