§ Mr. Teddy Taylorasked the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if he will publish a table showing the total amount of butter, wheat, meat and other agricultural produce exported to Soviet Russia and other East European countries since the invasion of Afghanistan by the Soviets; if he will specify the subsidies paid on such exports; and if he will publish the comparable totals of subsidised food exports in the same period of each of the previous five years.
§ Mr. Buchanan-SmithFigures of actual exports to the Soviet Union and other East European countries in 1980 will not be available for some months. The European Commission has provided provisional figures of shipments where available or of the quantities for which export refunds have been fixed in relation to exports to those destinations. The costs of the export subsidies for particular periods and destinations are not separately identified in Community statistics.
The latest figures provided by the Commission for the current year to date and for the previous five years are as follows:
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Exports of Agricultural Produce from the European Community to the Soviet Union and othei East European Countries: Estimates far 1975–79 and Provisional Figures for 1980* ('000 tonnes) Soviet Union Other E European countries i. Wheat 1975 — 51.7 1976 0.1 755.1 1977 — 1.5 1978 — 10.5 1979 5.0 812.6 1980(Jan-Sept) 576.1 1312.5 ii. Barley 1975 251.9 624.4 1976 439.5 330.0 1977 0.2 42.4 1978 404.9 1958.9 1979 215.0 1871.2 1980(Jan-Sept) 217.2 1007.4 iii. Flour (wheat equivalent) 1975 — 0.1 1976 — — 1977 — 4.4 1978 — — 1979 — — 1980(Jan-Sept) 342.3 — iv. Malt 1975 103.7 N.A. 1976 97.5 N.A. 1977 31.0 N.A. 1978 45.0 N.A. 1979 93.6 N.A. 1980(Jan-Sept) 125.0 N.A. v. Butter 1975 — 0.360 1976 — 0.508 1977 49.131 5.368 1978 20.876 7.742
('000 tonnes) Soviet Union Other E European countries 1979 140.000 14.389 1980(Jan-Sept) 98.000 9.000 vi. Butter oil 1975 — — 1976 — — 1977 — — 1978 0.018 — 1979 — 0.498 1980(Jan-Sept) 37.107 0.032 vii. Skimmed milk powder 1975 — 1.324 1976 20.026 5.040 1977 — 80.601 1978 — 16.260 1979 — 21.228 1980(Jan-Sept) — 5.248 viii. Beef 1975 74.489 12.522 1976 24.077 22.064 1977 3.348 30.676 1978 — 20.896 1979 22.132 56.855 1980(Jan-June) 64.200 59.114 ix. Pigmeat 1975 0.084 0.363 1976 0.227 0.639 1977 0.310 4.501 1978 0.331 0.161 1979 5.181 0.104 1980(Jan-Oct) N.A. N.A. x. Poultrymeat 1975 — — 1976 18.00 — 1977 62.00 — 1978 6.00 0.8 1979 77.00 — 1980(Jan-Sept) 55.00 N.A. xi. Sugar 1975 0.002 N.A. 1976 300.179 N.A. 1977 269.537 N.A. 1978 41.779 N.A. 1979 243.745 N.A. 1980 N.A N.A. Source: ISO Sugar Year Book 1979. —Nil N.A. Not available.
('000 hl) Soviet Union Other E European countries xii. Wine 1975 — 110.605 1976 — 148.787 1977 — 100.596 1978 100.373 133.659 1979 276.132 122.845 1980(Jan-Oct) 1,490.263 76.067 * The provisional, part-year figures for 1980 represent recorded shipments in the case of wheat, barley, flour, malt, wine, beef, butter, butteroil and skimmed milk powder and, for other commodities, quantities to which prefixed export subsidies apply.