HC Deb 17 January 1979 vol 960 cc798-801W
Mr. Spearing

asked the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if he will publish in the Official Report a table showing for each of the food items in his reply of 9th November the highest and lowest monetary compensatory amount per tonne per pound together with the respective dates and the approximate amount of each commodity consumed in the United Kingdom in 1978.

Mr. Bishop:

The information requested on monetary compensatory amounts is set out in the table below. The most recent information available on the quantities moving into consumption was given in the "Annual Review of Agriculture 1979" (Cmnd. 7436).

Highest MCA Lowest MCA
Item and CCT No. Period when applicable £/MT P/LB. Period when applicable £/MT P/LB.
Common wheat (10.01A) … 10th April 1978 to 21st May 1978 … 31.737 1.44 1st August 1978 to 20th August 1978 20.934 0.95
Barley (10.03) … 28.102 1.28 18.581 0.84
Maize (10.05B) … 27.627 1.25 18.581 0.84
White Sugar (17.01A) … 10th April 1978 to 21st May 1978 … 80.990 3.68 31st July 1978 to 20th August 1978 54.210 2.46
Butter 82–84% fat content (04.03A) … 10th April 1978 to 21st May 1978 … 540.580 24.54 31st July 1978 to 20th August 1978 360.280 16.36
Cheddar cheese (04.04EIb1bb) … 426.140 19.35 284.000 12.89
Skimmed milk powder (04.02AIIb1) … 220.230 10.00 146.390 6.65
Boneless frozen meat (02.01AIIb4bb33) … 10th April 1978 to 21st May 1978 … 427.240 19.40 2nd February 1978 to 19th February1978 293.490 13.32
Lard (15.01AII) … 10th April 1978 to 16th May 1978 … 66.420 3.02 2nd February 1978 to 19th February1978 45.630 2.07
Pigmeat carcases (02.01AIIIal) … 207.570 9.42 142.590 6.47
Salted bacon sides (02.06BIa2aa) … 280.220 12.72 192.490 8.74
Eggs (04.05AIb) … 10th April 1978 to 21st May 1978 … 71.020 3.22 1st August 1978 to 20th August 1978 47.440 2.15
Poultrymeat 70% chickens (02.02AIb) … 60.680 2.75 40.670 1.85

Mr. Spearing

asked the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if he will publish in the Official Report a table similar to that published on 9th November 1978 showing the EEC common levies on foodstuffs together with the

Common Levy* MCA Net Import Levy
Item and CCT No. £/MT P/LB. £/MT P/LB. £/MT P/LB.
Common wheat (10.01A) … 69.807 3.17 23.452 1.06 46.355 2.11
Barley (10.03) … 73.561 3.34 20.817 0.95 52.744 2.39
Maize (10.05B) … 65.176 2.96 20.817 0.95 44.359 2.01
White Sugar (17.01A) … 226.248 10.27 60.740 2.76 165.508 7.51
Butter 82–84% fat content (04.03A) † … 1,575.600 71.53 403.640 18.33 1,171.960 53.20
Cheddar cheese (04.04EIbIbb) … 1,396.632 63.41 318.180 14.45 1,078.452 48.96
Skimmed milk powder (04.02AIIbl) … 716.519 32.53 164.010 7.45 552.509 25.08
Boneless frozen meat (02.01AIIb4bb33) … 1,512.800 68.68 369.080 16.76 1,143.720 51.92
Lard (15.01AII) … 99.794 4.53 52.400 2.38 47.394 2.15
Pigmeat carcases (02.01AIIIal) ‡ … 311.946 14.16 163.750 7.43 148.196 6.73
Salted bacon sides (02.06BIa2aa) … 421.164 19.12 53.150 2.41 348.926 15.84
Eggs (04.05AIb)§ … 402.076 18.25 53.150 2.41 348.926 15.84
Poultrymeat 70% chickens (02.02AIb)║ … 186.459 8.47 45.570 2.07 140.889 6.40
*Conversion from units of account into sterling has been made using the representative rate c), £1 =1.57678 ua and multiplying the resulting figures 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.