§ Mr. Marlowasked the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food whether he will list for the last four years (a) the United Kingdom landed price after monetary compensation amounts and levy of all European Economic Community food and feedstuff's imported into the United Kingdom, (b) their value at world market prices, (c) the difference between (a) and (b) above and (d) the figures shown at (c) above divided by the United Kingdom population at that time.
§ Mr. Peter WalkerThe United Kingdom landed price of agricultural imports from the European Community is set out in the Overseas Trade Statistics of the United Kingdom. Estimates of world prices are
UNITED KINGDOM IMPORTS OF POULTRY EGGS IN SHELL, FRESH OR PRESERVED, OTHER THAN FOR HATCHING (COUNTRY OF ORIGIN) Qty=tonnes 1977 1978 1979 1980 Jan 1980 Feb 1980 March France … … 1,320 2,578 7,429 822 601 1,192 Bel/Lux … … 65 71 280 — 16 18 Netherlands … 587 529 7,024 715 647 749 West Germany … 9 6 47 29 12 — Italy … … 36 — — — — — Irish Republic … 59 9 69 — — 1 Denmark … … 9 — 767 33 54 89 Finland … … 755 — 443 — — — Spain … … 16 — — — — 9 Canada … … 33 — — — — — China … … 18 9 21 7 1 — Taiwan … … 9 2 — 1 — — Hongkong … … 27 16 37 1 — — Switzerland … — 1 1 — — — Sweden … … — 48 — — — — Austria … … — … — — — — Israel … … — 215 — — — — U.S.A. … … — … — — — — Guatemala … … — 2 — — — — Thailand … … — — 4 1 — — Total Imports … 2,944 3,486 16,122 1,608 1,331 2,058 Imports as % of UK Consumption … 0.38% 0.45% 2.07% N.A. N.A. N.A. Notes:
- (1)… = quantity less than a half a tonne.
- (2) Totals may not always be the sum of country totals because of rounding up.
- (3) United Kingdom consumption relates to whole fresh eggs only. No account is taken of consumption of egg products from imports or home production.
- (4) Consumption figures are available only on a six-monthly basis.