§ Mr. Wm. Rossasked the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food what quantity of potatoes was imported from France for human consumption in each month in 1979; and what was the average price per ton at the port of entry in each month.
§ Mr. Buchanan-SmithThis information is as follows:
UNITED KINGDOM IMPORTS OF POTATOES FOR HUMAN CONSUMPTION FROM FRANCE—1979 Quantity tonnes Average price £/tonne January 19 385.0 February 5 46.6 March — — April — — May 587 189.8 June 25,559 150.8 July 3,084 127.4 August — — September — — October — — November — — December 10 202.8 Note: Average price=monthly value of United Kingdom imports at all points of entry divided by monthly quantity. Values at individual ports are not available.
Source: United Kingdom Overseas Trade Statistics.
§ Mr. Wm. Rossasked the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food whether he expects any increase in the imports of potatoes for human consumption in any or every month in the current year; from which sources; and at what prices.
§ Mr. Buchanan-SmithThe level of imports of potatoes for human consumption is influenced by supply and price considerations at home and abroad, and both these factors depend primarily on the growing conditions. We cannot 707W anticipate these conditions and are consequently unable to speculate on import levels or the prices at which imports might arrive here.
§ Mr. Wm. Rossasked the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food what quantity of potatoes was imported from
UNITED KINGDOM IMPORTS FOR HUMAN CONSUMPTION FROM CHANNEL ISLANDS, CYPRUS AND OTHER SOURCES 1979 Channel Islands Cyprus Other Sources Quantity 000 tonnes Average price £/tonne Quantity 000 tonnes Average price £/tonne Quantity 000 tonnes Average price £\tonne January 0.06 232.6 0.6 194.8 0.7 333.3 February — — 0.2 167.5 1.8 194.7 March * * 1.0 158.4 14.5 199.9 April * * 33.0 140.8 44.3 162.4 May 0.02 1,418.0 51.6 159.4 69.7 172.3 June * * 49.1 135.8 63.2 145.9 July 29.50 191.7 1.1 176.6 9.0 97.0 August 5.50 132.4 2.3 103.0 13.0 71.4 September 0.07 142.3 — — 4.6 73.8 October — — — — 1.4 83.9 November 0.15 203.3 0.2 153.8 3.8 98.7 December 0.02 449.8 1.3 139.9 5.5 132.8 Notes: *Imports of less than 10 tonnes in month. Average price=monthly value of United Kingdom imports at all points of entry divided by monthly quantity. Values at individual ports are not available. Source: United Kingdom Overseas Trade Statistics.