§ Mr. Spearingasked the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if he will republish in the Official Report,with any appropriate comment, the common EEC levies current in early May and expressed in £s sterling at the current market rate of exchange for common wheat, barley, maize, wite sugar, butter, Cheddar cheese, skimmed milk powder, boneless frozen beef, lard, pigmeat, eggs and poultry meat, together with the lowest offer price, the monetary compensatory amount and the accession compensatory amount for
£|100 KG Common Levy ACA MCA Item and CCT No. 9th May 1977 13th June 1977 9th May 1977 13th June 1977 9th May 1977 13th June 1977 Common wheat (10.01A) 7.26 7.85 1.46 1.46 2.33 2.33 Barley (10.03) 4.36 5.34 1.37 1.37 2.04 2.04 Maize (10.05B) 5.11 5.57 1.31 1.31 2.06 2.06 White sugar (17.01A) 15.92 16.82 0 0 6.85 6.85 Butter 82–84 per cent. fat content(04.03A) 147.12* 148.34* 20.02 20.02 42.48* 42.48* Cheddar cheese (04.04Eib1bb) 128.60* 128.88* 6.95 6.95 38.34* 38.34* Skimmed milk powder (04.02AIIb1) 72.03 70.32 0 0 19.46 19.46 Boneless frozen beef (02.01AIIb4bb33) 154.22 154.22 8.29 8.29 38.35 38.35 Lard (15.01AII) 7.06 7.06 1.39 1.39 5.56 5.56 Pigmeat carcases (02.01AIIIal) 22.06 22.06 4.35§ 4.35§ 17.39 17.39 Salted bacon sides (02.06BIa2aa) 29.78 29.78 5.65§ 5.65§ 23.48 23.48 Eggs (04.05AIb) 30.02† 30.02† 3.39 3.39 5.24 5.24 Poultrymeat (70 per cent. chickens)(02.02AIb) 17.96‡ 17.96‡ 2.89 2.89 4.50 4.50 * There are special rates for New Zealand butter and cheese. † Includes a supplementary levy of 20UA/100 KG (£15.70). (Applicable on imports from certain countries of origin.) Regulations provide for supplementary levies to operate in these two sectors when average free at frontier offer prices fall below sluicegate prices. ‡ Includes a supplementary levy of 5 UA/100 KG (££3.92). § ACAs on pigmeat carcasses and salted bacon sides have been abolished with effect from 15th June 1977. Offer prices relate to consignments of varying characteristics depending on circumstances, and information about the lowest offer prices is not readily available.