§ Mr. Leightonasked the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if he will circulate in the Official Report a table showing for the principal foodstuffs subject to the common agricultural policy, the cost of imports from other EEC countries as a percentage of the price in 1970 and the corresponding increase in price in the principal importing or producing countries outside the EEC.
§ Mr. Buchanan-SmithInformation in the precise form requested is not readily available. However, the following table shows the percentage increase, between 1970 and 1978, in the average value per tonne of imports into the United Kingdom from the countries which now form the EEC and from other countries respectively:
INCREASE IN AVERAGE VALUE PER TONNE 1970 TO 1978, EXPRESSED AS PERCENTAGE OF AVERAGE VALUE IN 1970 Imports from countries now forming the EEC per cent. Imports from other countries per cent. Wheat 300 197 Barley 345 248 Maize 238 139 Rice 237 190 Beef 219 176 Pork 197 104 Bacon and ham 197 212 Sugar 528 325 Butter 306 219 Apples 164 153 Source: United Kingdom Overseas Trade Statistics.
Notes:
1. Figures are compiled on the basis of the country from which the goods were consigned. Imports from the EEC therefore include grain originating in non-EEC countries but transhipped in EEC ports.
2. For sugar, the price increases relate to imports of refined sugar from EEC countries and to imports of raw sugar from non-EEC countries