HC Deb 17 July 1980 vol 988 cc644-6W
8. Mr. Greville Janner

asked the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food whether he will list by percentage, volume and value the source and quantity of citrus fruit imports for the last five years; and what changes he anticipates will occur in the next year in view of the prospective enlargement of the European Economic Community.

Mr. Wiggin

In view of the nature of the information, I am publishing it in theOfficial Report.

I do not anticipate any substantial changes in the next year in citrus fruit imports because of the prospective enlargement of the Community.

TOTAL CITRUS IMPORTS—1975–79
1979 Quantity as a percentage of total supplies 1978 Quantity as a percentage of total supplies 1977 Quantity as a percentage of total supplies 1976 Quantity as a percentage of total supplies 1975 Quantity as a percentage of total supplies
Tonnes £'000 Tonnes £'000 Tonnes £'000 Tonnes £'000 Tonnes £'000
EEC*
Belgium/Luxembourg 1,425 313 .. 680 129 .. 358 75 .. 401 51 .. 3,176 505 1
France 4,001 1,109 1 3,555 789 1 1,715 338 .. 1,964 300 .. 3,132 606 1
Italy 15,019 5,200 3 13,839 4,008 2 10,396 2,659 2 13,654 2,721 3 12,979 2,983 2
Netherlands 16,783 4,112 3 13,135 2,850 2 7,688 1,646 1 10,032 1,713 2 9,753 1,540 2
West Germany 1,985 479 .. 577 131 .. 311 75 .. 254 43 .. 308 61 ..
Denmark 20 5 .. — — — — — — 358 53 .. 328 56 ..
Irish Republic 1,791 374 .. 1,730 346 .. 1,207 211 .. 631 95 .. 1,621 250 ..
Total EEC 41,024 11,592 7 33,516 8,253 6 21,675 5,004 4 27,294 4,976 5 31,320 6,001 6
THIRD COUNTRIES
Spain 124,279 23,348 22 129,021 23,366 22 111.481 18,431 21 130,290 18,752 24 119,385 13,197 21
Israel 181,393 32,318 33 192,688 31,509 33 193,369 28,514 36 184,446 22.929 33 204,845 20,560 37
South Africa 90,995 23,694 16 98,196 21,799 17 82,506 20,533 15 94,501 15,516 17 94,519 14,027 17
Cyprus 71,023 14,428 13 63,631 11,114 11 78,710 12,771 15 60,626 8,686 11 48,530 6,347 9
United States of America 6,044 1,657 1 9,746 2,121 2 20,523 5,046 4 30,027 4,920 5 27,902 4,058 5
Morocco 12,676 2,987 2 21,530 4,575 4 12,599 2,444 2 5,588 1,263 1 6,084 919 1
Swaziland 4,541 1,150 1 5,693 1,362 1 5,403 1,143 1 6,897 1,239 1 3,924 500 1
Brazil 14,817 2,486 3 3,999 739 1 1,445 281 .. 596 48 .. 6,255 495 1
Greece 908 219 .. 2,741 573 .. 536 89 .. 822 93 .. 462 46 ..
Cuba 1,268 225 .. 491 86 .. 528 88 .. .. .. .. .. .. ..
Egypt 471 67 .. 4,387 595 1 1,640 225 .. 5,062 552 1 1,777 149 ..
Mozambique 591 129 .. 2,163 514 .. 2,706 527 1 1,813 303 .. 3,023 456 1
Portugal 191 51 .. 179 41 .. 35 9 .. .. .. .. .. .. ..
Uruguay 670 147 .. 378 79 .. 554 130 .. .. .. .. .. .. ..
Jamaica 802 253 .. 1,734 553 .. 215 59 .. .. .. .. .. .. ..
Turkey 1,120 337 .. 1,209 337 .. 660 145 .. 1,082 224 .. 1,597 394 ..
Australia 115 37 .. 203 62 .. 222 93 .. 440 100 .. 412 94 ..
Argentina 176 40 .. 18 7 .. .. .. .. — — — 1,165 206 ..
Paraguay 161 44 .. 31 7 .. 160 41 .. .. .. .. .. .. ..
Dominica 247 59 .. 2,403 446 .. 1,093 291 .. 1,704 259 .. 2,699 603 1
OTHER THIRD COUNTRIES 490 173 .. 1,945 440 .. 1,860 445 .. 3,978 760 1 7,391 7,879 1
TOTAL THIRD COUNTRIES 512,978 103,849 93 542,386 100,325 94 516,245 91,305 96 527,975 75,669 95 529,989 63,244 94
TOTAL SUPPLIES 554,002 115,441 100 575,902 108,578 100 537,920 96,309 100 555,269 80,645 100 561,309 69,245 100
* Only Italy, and to a smaller degree France, produce citrus on a commercial scale. The majority of imports from other Member States originate from Third Countries.
.. Means statistically insignificant.