§ Mr. Geraint Howellsasked the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food what was the total income from the export of fish and fish products for every year since 1964; and what were the comparative figures for the other OECD countries.
£'000 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 Australia … … 6,116 7,627 10,062 10,341 16,165 Belgium/Luxembourg 3,171 3,993 4,179 4,711 5,182 Canada … … 65,740 68,894 70,267 75,870 94,663 Denmark … … 36,320 44,460 43,964 44,601 56,527 Faroes … … 6,783 8,837 6,862 8,193 8,006 Greenland … … 2,571 3,294 3,774 3,956 3,899 Finland … … 62 36 40 45 58 France … … 6,061 6,836 9,430 9,721 10,702 Germany … … 12,634 14,241 15,832 17,214 21,335 Greece … … 457 574 609 528 730 Iceland … … 35,880 43,016 45,920 31,321 27,320 Ireland … … 1,965 2,015 2,510 2,303 2,787 Italy … … … 884 1,100 1,444 1,615 2,491 Japan … … … 88,522 90,604 101,364 96,332 119,203 Netherlands … … 20,201 23,094 26,420 27,292 34,876 New Zealand … … 1,615 2,641 2,741 3,268 5,643 Norway … … 55,780 72,475 77,655 87,275 90,035 Portugal … … 17,472 20,287 18,710 18,848 N.A. Spain … … … 12,601 14,287 17,680 18,892 20,659 Sweden … … 9,187 11,190 10,094 8,844 10,127 Turkey … … 1,237 1,717 2,016 2,237 1,831 United Kingdom … 9,116 11,196 10,869 10,816 12,263 U.S.A. … … 20,132 20,973 25,195 26,213 24,824
£'000 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 Australia … … 17,514 18,480 26,616 37,287 28,620 Belgium/Luxembourg 6,239 7,549 8,413 10,209 14,058 Canada … … 103,978 107,190 115,979 141,653 200,121 Denmark … … 58,863 69,015 79,964 104,425 153,828 Faroes … … 9,800 13,369 14,676 18,055 27,741 Greenland … … 4,152 4,665 6,584 8,153 N.A. Finland … … 112 183 254 217 224 France … … 11,350 15,413 20,141 26,881 36,493 Germany … … 24,504 26,200 30,825 39,275 56,798 Greece … … 1,124 1,625 2,376 3,362 2,657 Iceland … … 36,195 47,045 51,211 58,158 86,726 Ireland … … 3,691 4,894 5,752 8,473 10,885 Italy … … … 3,405 5,058 6,757 10,749 14,076 Japan … … … 117,407 138,674 151,054 194,590 225,909 Netherlands … … 39,393 46,566 53,209 67,441 84,780 New Zealand … … 847 1,764 2,009 2,196 4,045 Norway … … 96,516 108,315 123,554 150,874 209,623 Portugal … … 19,707 19,433 17,326 21,427 26,925 Spain … … … 27,996 39,788 46,871 62,748 69,008 Sweden … … 9,472 9,492 11,034 11,903 18,232 Turkey … … 2,475 1,497 1,813 2,357 5,544 United Kingdom … 15,708 22,947 28,651 30,876 46,419 U.S.A. … … 40,686 46,616 55,822 63,206 116,310