§ Mr. John Evansasked the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food what acreage increase in beet sugar planted is planned in the EEC for this year and each of the next five years; and what will be the increase in each member State.
§ Mr. BishopThe following table lists for the EEC as a whole and for each member State (i) the acreage planted to sugar beet in the 1975–76 crop year, (ii) the best estimate available of the acreage planted in the 1976–77 campaign, and (iii) the percentage increase of 1976–77 estimated plantings over 1975–76 plantings. No forecasts are at present available for the period after 1976–77.
§ Mr. BishopThe amounts of sugar, raw and refined, imported into the United Kingdom from the EEC as a whole and from each member country between 1971 and 1975 are shown in Table I below. Table II gives the correspondence figures for each month of 1976 for which information is available. All figures are in long tons.
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TABLE I 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 Raw Refined Raw Refined Raw Refined Raw Refined Raw Refined Belgium-Luxembourg … … … — 385 10,848 512 11,383 505 11,182 40,993 11,649 107,700 Denmark … … … — — — 3,923 — — 10 61,707 20 97,935 France … … … 984 2,059 — 3,170 44,048 3,671 16,336 98,204 92,117 192,252 Germany (Federal Republic) … … … — — — 20 — 43 14,108 95,923 807 91,490 Irish Republic … … … 445 8,825 226 9,953 100 10,435 20 12,526 26 45,754 Italy … … … — — — — — — 1 21 — — Netherlands … … … 14 31,009 — 14,835 — 1,788 490 12,043 5 12,969 Total EEC … … … 1,443 42,278 11,074 32,413 55,531 16,442 42,147 321,417 104,624 548,100 322W323W
TABLE II 1976 January February March April May Raw Refined Raw Refined Raw Refined Raw Refined Raw Refined Belgium-Luxembourg … … … — 629 — 641 — 519 — 2,940 — 2,063 Denmark … … … — 5,171 — 3,764 — 5,686 — 5,904 — 6,713 France … … … 8,942 627 15,182 718 5,812 1,773 5,535 2,871 6,897 3,690 Germany (Federal Republic) … … … — 339 — 1,276 — 4,206 — 5,888 — 13,005 Irish Republic … … … 20 1,788 — 2,852 — 2,438 — 1,970 — 2,264 Italy … … … — — — — — — — — — — Netherlands … … … — 1,289 — 1,124 — 1,831 — 767 — 29 Total EEC … … … 8,962 9,843 15,182 10,375 5,812 16,453 5,535 20,340 6,897 27,764
§ Mr. John Evansasked the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food what is the current cost per ton of sugar imported into the United Kingdom from the ACP countries; and what was the price in each year from 1971.
§ Mr. BishopThe average value per ton of raw sugar imported into the United Kingdom from the ACP countries during May 1976, the latest month for which figures are available, was £213.5. The corresponding figures, in £ per ton, for each of the years between 1971 and 1975 were as follows:
1971, 54.4; 1972, 65.0; 1973, 71.6; 1974, 112.6; 1975, 247.8.
The above prices are dervied from the trade accounts. They do not take account of any compensatory amounts payable.
§ Mr. John Evansasked the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food what is the current cost per ton of sugar imported into the United Kingdom from the EEC; and what was the price per lb. in each year from 1971.
§ Mr. BishopThe average value per ton of sugar imported into the United Kingdom from the EEC during May 1976, the latest month for which figures are available, was £182.5 for raw sugar and £230.6 for refined sugar, or 8.1 and 10.3 pence per lb. respectively. The corresponding figures for each of the years between 1971 and 1975, in pence per lb., were as follows:
- Raw sugar: 1971, 2.3; 1972, 2.8; 1973, 5.0; 1974, 6.6; 1975, 8.6.
- Refined sugar: 1971, 2.4; 1972, 3.7; 1973, 4.6; 1974, 8.9; 1975, 10.5.
The above prices are derived from the trade accounts. They do not take account of any compensatory amounts payable.