§ Mr. Skeetasked the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food what is the tonnage of sugar beet produed in each European Community country, the weights of sugar produced, the surplus available for export and the total of subsidy provided out of Community funds.
§ Mr. Buchanan-SmithIn 1979–80, the latest year for which sugar beet production figures are available, the provisional figures of quantity of sugar beet processed into sugar and the amount of sugar beet produced were:
Sugar beet ('000 tonnes) White sugar ('000 tonnes) France 24,000 3,972 United Kingdom 7,659 1,154 Italy 12,964 1,562 Belgium 6,470 912 Netherlands 5,782 853 Denmark 3,099 453 Ireland 1,321 174 Germany 18,544 2,399 In the same period a total of 3.907 million tonnes of sugar was exported from the Community at a net cost of 322 MECU. Part of this cost was met by levies on sugar producers.