HC Deb 06 August 1980 vol 990 cc146-7W
Mr. Spearing

asked the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if he will state the quantity of liquid milk now being imported into the United Kingdom, in a monthly, and three-monthly period, from other member States of the EEC, together with the amounts and liquid milk equivalent of powdered milk, condensed or evaporated milk, butter and other milk products, respectively, imported over a similar period.

Mr. Buchanan-Smith

The information for the latest periods for which figures are available, is as follows:—

Community countries and non-European Economic Community countries for 1978, 1979 and for the current year, respectively.

Mr. Buchanan-Smith

The total quantity and value of industrial blocks of frozen cod and haddock fillets imported from European Economic Community countries and non-European Economic Community countries was as follows:—

EEC COUNTRIES
'000 tonnes £ million
1978 4.0 4.5
1979 10.3 10.9
1980 Jan-May 6.4 7.1
NON-EEC COUNTRIES
'000 tonnes £ million
1978 15.2 17.5
1979 17.3 19.5
1980 Jan-May 6.2 6.9

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