§ Mr. Ovendenasked the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food what are the latest world prices of sugar, cheese, butter, beef, bacon, pork, chicken, eggs, wheat, barley and maize, the present EEC levies on United Kingdom imports, and the full levy payable if monetary compensatory amounts were abolished.
§ Mr. BishopThe information requested is given in the table. The world or third country offer prices are those implied by the EEC Commission's calculation of common import levies on 6th 609W November 1978. As explained previously, these prices are often for small, unrepresentative lots offered at EEC frontiers and do not represent prices at which sub-
IMPLIED THIRD COUNTRY OFFER PRICES, CURRENT NET UNITED KINGDOM LEVIES AND UNITED KINGDOM LEVIES ASSUMING DEVALUATION OF THE GREENPOUND TO PARTY—MONDAY 6TH NOVEMBER 1978 Commodity Unit Third Counry offer price Current net United Kingdm levy United Kingdom levy assuming devaluation of Green pound to parity £ £ £ Raw sugar … Tonne … 106 123 183 Cheddar cheese … Tonne … 393 1,081 1,460 Butter … Tonne … 502 1,170 1,649 Beef (live animals) … 100 kilogrammes … 52 32 52 Pigmeat … 100 kilogrammes … 57 13 32 Poultry meat … Tonne … 705 140 194 Eggs … 100 kilogrammes … 34 35 42 Common wheat … Tonne … 70 40 67 Barley … Tonne … 52 48 72 Maize … Tonne … 58 42 66