§ Mr. Hardyasked the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if he will
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QUANTITIES IMPORTED FROM NON-EEC COUNTRIES 1972* 1973 '000 Long Tons Percentage '000 Long Tons Percentage of Total New Supplies Wheat and flour (wheat equivalent) … … 3,094 35 2,279 26 Barley … … 689 7 131 1 Oats … … 8 1 4 1 Maize and maize meal … … 2,403 77 2,034 59 Potatoes (excluding Channel Islands) … … 307 4 296 4 Beef and veal (dcw)† … … 237 20 261 22 Mutton and lamb … … 322 59 259 53 Pork … … 74 11 6 1 Bacon and ham (product weight) … … 49 8 37 7 Poultrymeat … … 1 ֵ 3 1 Oils and fats … … 1,001 63 1,045 63 Butter … … 215 48 150 36 Cheese … … 84 25 53 17 Eggs in shell … … ֵ ֵ 2 — Sugar … … 1,990 65 1,863 68 Fish … … 107 10 110 10 Dried fruit … … 145 98 139 96 Citrus fruit … … 548 95 595 97 publish a report on the work of the socio economic adviser appointed to assist the Agricultural Development and Advisory Service in response to EEC Directive 72/161.
§ Mr. John SilkinNine socio-economic advisers have been appointed in England and Wales in connection with this work. Reports on the implementation of the directive in the United Kingdom are made to the Commission at regular intervals, but it is not customary to publish reports on the contribution made to this work by individuals.
§ Mr. Gouldasked the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food what volumes of food, commodity by commodity, were imported from non-EEC countries in 1972 and each succeeding year; and what proportions those imports formed of total imports and total consumption
§ Mr. BishopThe information is given in the following table. Imports are shown as a proportion of total new supplies—imports plus home production. For ease of comparison, figures for Denmark and the Republic of Ireland have been excluded from the figures for 1972.
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1974 1975 '000 Long Tons Percentage of Total New Supplies '000 Long Tons Percentage of Total New Supplies Wheat and flour (wheat equivalent) … … 1,458 17 1,264 16 Barley … … 126 1 61 1 Oats … … 17 2 6 — Maize and maize meal … … 1,483 46 1,334 45 Potatoes (excluding Channel Islands) … … 254 4 213 4 Beef and veal (dcw)† … … 85 6 39 3 Mutton and lamb … … 207 46 238 48 Pork … … 1 — 2 — Bacon and ham (product weight) … … 23 4 21 5 Poultrymeat … … ֵ ֵ 1 — Oils and fats … … 846 55 753 52 Butter … … 118 24 122 23 Cheese … … 21 6 33 8 Eggs in shell … … ֵ ֵ — — Sugar … … 1,755 61 1,543 54 Fish … … 137 12 68 7 Dried fruit … … 121 97 113 95 Citrus fruit … … 534 96 527 94 * Denmark and the Irish Republic are excluded. † Dress carcase weight. The sign .. indicates less than 500 tons or½per cent.
§ Mr. Gouldasked the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food what was the total cost of food imports in 1972 and each succeeding year from (a) Denmark
UNITED KINGDOM IMPORTS OF FOOD 1972 1973 1974 1975 £'000 £'000 £'000 £'000 Denmark 189,835 313,231 255,631 387,892 326,147 527 899 373,553 654 422 Ireland 123,396 132,261 201,752 280,869 Other EEC Countries 241,727 448,091 842,951 1,127,785 Non-EEC Countries 1,389,238 1,640,538 1,797,480 1,930,516 Total All Countries 1,944,196 2,476,521 3,168,330 3,712,723