HC Deb 15 January 1976 vol 903 c211W
Mr. Jay

asked the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food what is the present price of butter in £ sterling per ton from New Zealand landed in the United Kingdom before levy and the corresponding intervention price in the rest of the EEC.

Mr. Bishop

The cif price of butter of 80 per cent. fat imported into the United Kingdom from New Zealand under the special arrangements laid down in Protocol 18 to the Act of Accession is £620.18 per ton. In addition monetary compensatory amounts, currently £39.69 per ton, are paid to New Zealand in respect of butter imported into the United Kingdom under the Protocol. The intervention price in the United Kingdom is £81.129 per ton for butter of 80 per cent. fat; in the Irish Republic it is £1,119.76 per ton for butter of 80 per cent. fat, and in the other member States it is £1,212.94 per ton for butter of 82 per cent fat.

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