HC Deb 16 January 1979 vol 960 cc698-9W
Mr. Spearing

asked the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if he will publish in theOfficial Reportthe figures for EEC and United Kingdom food levies

Common Levy* M.C.A. Net Import Levy
Item and CCT No. £/MT P/LB £/MT P/LB £/MT P/LB
Common Wheat (10.01A) 68.269 3.10 23.452 1.06 44.817 2.04
Barley (10.03) 72.981 3.31 20.817 0.95 52.164 2.36
Maize (10.05B) 65.982 3.00 20.817 0.95 45.165 2.05
White Sugar (17.01A) 226.087 10.26 60.740 2.76 165.347 7.50
Butter 82–84 per cent. Fat content (04.03A)† 1,575.600 71.53 403.640 18.33 1,171.960 53.20
Cheddar Cheese (04 04Elblbb) 1,396.632 63.41 318.180 14.45 1,078.452 48.96
Skimmed Milk Powder (04.02A11b1) 716.519 32.53 164.010 7.45 552.509 25.08
Boneless Frozen Meat (02.01AI1b4bb33) 1,512.800 68.68 369.080 16.76 1,143.720 51.92
Lard (15.01A11) 99.794 4.53 52.400 2.38 47.394 2.15
Pigmeat Carcasses (02.01AllIal)‡ 311.946 14.16 163.750 7.43 148.196 6.73
Salted Bacon Sides (02.06BIa2aa) 421.164 19.12 221.070 10.04 200.094 9.08
Eggs (04.05A1b)§ 402.076 18.25 53.150 2.41 348.926 15.84
Poultrymeat 70 per cent. Chickens (02.02AIb)║ 186.459 8.47 45.570 2.07 140.889 6.40
*Conversion from units of account into sterling has been by means of the representative rate of £1=1.57678 ua and multiplying by the current monetary coefficient of 1.27.
†There is a special rate for New Zealand butter.
‡Does not include a supplementary levy which at present applies only to imports from the German Democratic Republic.
§Includes a supplementary levy applicable to imports from certain countries of origin. Regulations provide for supplementary levies to operate in this sector when average free-at-frontier offer prices fall below the sluice gate price.
║Does not include a supplementary levy which at present applies only to imports from the German Democratic Republic, Spain and Czechoslovakia.

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