§ Mr. Shoreasked the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food how much 467W was spent, in million units of account, on Guarantee Section of FEOGA in each year since 1968–69; and whether he will list, separately, expenditure on each of the main commodities, showing the amounts involved for market intervention and for export subsidies.
GUARANTEE SECTION OF FEOGA: EXPENDITURE BUDGETED BY THE EEC COMMISSION FOR 1968–69 TO 1972 million units of account 1968–69 July/December1969* 1970 1971 1972§ GUARANTEE SECTION EXPORT RESTITUTIONS Cereals 463.0 318.8 317.3 404.5 574.0 Rice 18.0 8.6 37.8 43.6 51.5 Milk and milk products 320.0 170.2 264.5 320.0 248.0 Olive oil 7.8 4.5 5.4 5.8 1.0 Oilseeds 4.5 Sugar 170.0 27.0 138.0 93.5 132.0 Bovine meat 9.0 10.8 14.0 15.0 15.0 Pigmeat 42.0 26.7 49.3 49.6 50.0 Eggs 1.8 1.6 1.0 1.0 5.0 Poultry 5.7 3.7 4.0 4.0 10.0 Fresh fruit and vegetables 2.0 9.9 15.0 15.0 15.0 Processed fruit and vegetables ‡ — 2.0 2.0 15.0 Wine — — 3.0 6.0 3.0 Tobacco — — — — † Fish — — — — 1.0 Flax and hemp — — † 7.5 9.0 Seeds — — — — † Other — — — — † Processed products 20.0 14.6 15.0 15.0 25.0 TOTAL EXPORT RESTITUTIONS 1,059.3 596.4 866.3 975.0 1,159.0 DOMESTIC INTERVENTION Cereals 212.0 353.6 364.9 299.0 315.5 Rice 0.2 1.9 2.6 2.6 3.5 Milk and milk products 304.0 296.0 593.9 380.0 386.5 Olive oil 228.0 223.2 263.0 276.1 196.5 Oilseeds 83.0 Sugar 132.0 62.3 104.1 106.1 82.5 Bovine meat 13.0 6.9 10.0 10.0 15.0 Pigmeat 0.2 — — 1.0 † Fruit and vegetables 45.0 9.7 40.0 40.0 40.0 Wine — — 16.0 32.0 33.0 Tobacco — — 100.0 118.3 123.0 Fish — — † 7.0 9.0 Hops — — — — 6.0 TOTAL DOMESTIC INTERVENTION 934.4 953.6 1,494.5 1,279.3 1,293.5 OTHER EXPENDITURE 2.2 4.4 2.2 92.2 69.5 TOTAL GUARANTEE SECTION 1,995.9 1,554.4 2,363.0 2,346.5 2,522.0 Notes: * The inclusion of accounts for this six month period was due to the transition from crop years to calendar years for accounting purposes. † Account opened but no estimate made. ‡ Included with processed products in 1968–69. § Provisional.