HC Deb 14 January 1980 vol 976 cc679-81W
Mr. Leighton

asked the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food whether, further to his reply of 19 November 1979,

and tobacco in 1978 was £17,952 million, £7,471 million and £3,933 million respectively. Estimates for the 1979 year are not available for volume of supplies or consumer expenditure. I regret that it is not possible to provide the remaining information requested without disproportionate cost.

Mr. Leighton

asked the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if he will circulate in the Official Report a table showing (a) the volume of common agricultural policy commodities sold by other EEC countries to the United Kingdom in 1978 and 1979 and (b) the corresponding figures for United Kingdom exports to other EEC countries.

Mr. Buchanan-Smith

Figures for the main CAP commodities are shown in the tables below:

he will circulate in the official Report a revised table for 1978 showing in addition to the imports from and exports to other member States, the amount of each commodity produced in the United Kingdom, the amount of levy payable on imports from non-preferred sources in each case and the sum arrived at in each case by multiplying the amount consumed, pro-

(1) (2) (3) (4)
Production 000t Consumption* 000t Full United Kingdom Net Levy £/t (2)X(3) £ million
Wheat … 6,613 9,363 42 393
Barley … 9,848 8,162 42 343
Maize … 2 3,311 39 129
Other Cereals … 800 848 44 37
Rice† … — 187 40 7
Butter … 161 406 1,092 443
Cheese … 216 302 1,013 306
Other Dairy Products‡ … 567 298 332 99
Pigmeat§ … 634 660 134 88
Poultrymeat … 726 713 133 95
Beef and Veal … 1,048 1,241 558 692
Eggs … 836 818 319 261
Bacon and Ham … 214 516 182 94
Lard … 12 247 44 11
* Domestic market disappearance, i.e. production less exports plus imports.
† Husked rice equivalent.
‡Excluding fresh milk and cream.
§Excluding canned products.
|| Import figures include the carcase equivalent of live fat cattle from the Republic of Ireland, exports include the carcase equivalent of live animals.