HC Deb 24 July 1973 vol 860 cc476-9W
Mr. John E. B. Hill

asked the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if he will publish a table, comparable to that in columns 17 and 18 of the OFFICIAL REPORT on 16th July, giving the price index numbers of imported main foods and feeding stuffs for June of each year from 1963 to the nearest available date.

Mrs. Fenner

The information requested is set out in the following table:

PRICE INDEX NUMBERS OF MAIN FOODS AND FEEDING STUFFS IMPORTED INTO THE UNITED KINGDOM
June 1963 June 1964 June 1965 June 1966 June 1967 June 1968 June 1969 June 1970 June 1971 June 1972 1963 = 100 June 1973*
Wheat … … 96.5 101.8 99.4 101.9 99.5 116.8 112.9 115.1 112.5 133.6 201.0
Barley … … 96.6 99.7 108.6 110.3 108.4 112.3 103.3 97.2 117.6 121.1 166.2
Maize … … 98.9 101.1 106.7 103.7 104.1 108.0 116.0 137.9 150.9 142.8 236.3
Oil Cakes … … 96.8 99.8 106.2 107.0 108.2 117.7 123.0 131.0 131.5 117.7 320.5
Bacon … … 92.4 102.8 102.4 122.5 110.8 117.4 124.3 131.7 123.9 145.3 209.0
Butter … … 101.2 102.7 100.5 92.8 92.8 92.8 92.8 91.3 131.5 160.5 122.2
Sugar … … 55.9 108.0 87.9 82.3 88.8 94.2 92.1 89.9 94.7 93.6 155.8
Cocoa beans … … 103.7 88.3 52.9 97.4 107.1 135.5 200.7 131.5 112.2 124.4 282.7
Dried fruit … … 92.4 121.5 125.3 130.4 132.5 132.1 139.8 133.6 120.6 113.6 321.4
Nuts … … 98.4 104.6 120.3 108.7 103.2 131.9 126.8 138.4 144.3 149.1 2041
Coffee … … 95.1 131.3 117.5 130.6 123.3 142.9 129.0 171.7 169.2 158.8 189.7
Tea … … 91.5 96.1 94.4 96.5 91.5 93.1 79.5 100.2 92.5 90.8 87.1
Oils … … 99.4 107.0 120.0 109.7 108.3 129.6 115.5 151.2 156.3 133.1 182.7
Oilseeds … … 102.0 100.8 117.4 110.7 105.4 133.9 123.2 153.7 154.7 143.6 262.6
Beef—Australian frozen … … 106.4 120.9 124.6 137.5 142.6 156.6 150.0 148.4 181.9 225.0 284.8
Lamb—New Zealand Wholesale price … … 100.0 117.7 124.0 122.9 104.2 120.8 142.7 136.5 137.5 214.6 235.4
Cheese—New Zealand First hand price … … 100.0 104.3 110.8 110.8 110.8 97.8 97.8 1130 136.8 208.2 208.2
* Provisional.