Sugar

HC Deb 17 April 1973 vol 855 cc82-3W

Mr. Spearing

asked the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if he will tabulate in the OFFICIAL REPORT the acreage of sugar beet grown or expected to be grown in each of the existing member States of the EEC for years 1970–71 to 1973–74 together with the equivalent tons of refined sugar, respectively, the total internal requirement for each of those years and the tonnage imported and exported.

Mr. Anthony Stodart

Following is the information:

EUROPEAN ECONOMIC COMMUNITY
AREA OF SUGAR BEET GROWN	('000 acres)
Year (July-June)	West Germany	France	Belgium/Luxembourg	Nether-lands	Italy	United Kingdom	Republic of Ireland	Denmark
1970–71	768	909	222	257	680	441	63	114
1971–72	786	964	227	255	628	447	72	124
1972–73	818	1,025	247	279	618	442	83	138
								(est.)
1973–74 (est.)	852	1,124	259	279	618	468	76	166

PRODUCTION OF REFINED BEET SUGAR	('000 long tons)
Year (July-June)		West Germany	France	Belgium/Luxembourg	Nether-lands	Italy	United Kingdom	Republic of Ireland	Denmark
1970–71	…	1,860	2,440	542	646	1,081	892	162	286
1971–72	…	2,121	2,894	760	758	1,138	1,069	173	293
1972–73	…	2,004	2,699	606	685	1,153	872	155	310
Estimates for 1973–74 are not yet available.

TOTAL INTERNAL REQUIREMENTS	('000 long tons)
Year (July-June)		West Germany	France	Belgium/Luxembourg	Nether-lands	Italy	United Kingdom	Republic of Ireland	Denmark
1970–71	…	2,107	2,037	338	658	1,503	2,651	134	260
1971–72	…	2,080	1,778	340	597	1,499	2,586	134	239
1972–73	…	2,100	1,886	345	610	1,543	2,568	N.A.	N.A.
Estimates for 1973–74 are not yet available.

SUGAR IMPORTED AND EXPORTED EACH YEAR	('000 long tons)
		West Germany	France	Belgium/Luxembourg	Netherlands
Year (July-June)		Exports	Imports	Exports	Imports	Exports	Imports	Exports	Imports
1970–71	…	27	65	583	25	108	8	74	11
1971–72	…	207	54	483	25	144	8	76	10

		Italy	United Kingdom	Republic of Ireland	Denmark
Year (July-June)		Exports	Imports	Exports	Imports	Exports	Imports	Exports	Imports
1970–71	…	5	13	289	2,103	18	29	43	4
1971–72	…	21	8	349	2,010	16	40	80	35
Figures for 1972–73 and 1973–74 are not yet available.
Excludes intra-Community trade for the Six.

Mr. Body

asked the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food what is the expected level of beet sugar production in each of the member States of the European Community for 1973–74, 1974–75, 1975–76 and 1976–77.

Mr. Anthony Stodart

It is not possible to forecast the level of sugar beet production for the years in question. However, first estimates of the area planted with sugar beet in the member States for 1973–74 compared with 1972–73 are:

		'000 hectares
Member State	1972–73	1973–74
France	…	415	455
Germany	…	332.8	345
Italy	…	240	250
United Kingdom	…	179	189.4
Netherlands	…	113	113
Belgium/Luxembourg	…	103	105
Denmark	…	56	67
Ireland	…	33.6	30.9

Source: F. O. Licht's International Sugar Report