§ Mr. Nicholas Wintertonasked the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food what was the value of beef and beef products imported into the United Kingdom from Argentina, each year since the United Kingdom joined the European Economic Community; and what was the volume imported in each year of the same period in weight metric tons.
§ Mr. Buchanan-SmithThe following is the information requested:
Beef* Beef products* Volume (tonnes) Value† (£) Volume (tonnes) Value† (£) 1973 59,468 53,489,578 17,041 13,011,364 1974 28,044 28,390,763 12,494 13,870,472 1975 2,388 2,187,592 18,881 16,271,996 1976 8,275 7,071,371 25,538 25,596,730 1977 6,899 6,808,861 22,559 24,924,803 1978 13,375 12,888,346 33,078 32,299,724 1979 10,754 15,309,477 31,775 42,864,299 * Also includes veal. † cif. Source: United Kingdom overseas trade statistics.