HC Deb 24 July 1975 vol 896 cc296-7W
Mr. William Clark

asked the Minister for Overseas Development if he will list the sugar cane producing countries, supplying 1.4 million tons of cane sugar, which are in receipt of overseas aid from Her Majesty's Government, giving details of tonnages supplied and aid received in each case.

Mr. Prentice

The information is as follows:

Country Annual quotas (commencing July 1975) agreed between the EEC and the cane sugar producers (metric tons of white sugar equivalent) Net official development assistance Calendar year 1974 (£000)
Barbados 49,300 539
Fiji 163,600 2,823
Guyana 157,700 536
Jamaica 118,300 2,383
Kenya 5,000 10,111
Madagascar 10,000 117
Malawi 20,000 7,098
Mauritius 487,200 1,920
People's Republic of the Congo 10,000 25
Swaziland 116,400 3,106
Tanzania 10,000 864
Trinidad and Tobago 69,000 413
Uganda 5,000 Credit 591
St. Kitts/Nevis/Anguilla 14,800 2,054
Surinam 4,000
Belize 39,400 1,861
India 25,000 60,585
1,304,700* 93,843†
*This is approximately equivalent to 1.4 million long tons of raw sugar.
†Total differs from the sum of the items owing to the effect of rounding to the nearest £1,000.

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