HC Deb 13 January 1981 vol 996 cc522-3W
Mr. Teddy Taylor

asked the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food what was the total amount of foodstuffs and wine exported from the EEC to the Soviet Union and other East European nations, respectively, in 1980; and what were the comparable totals for each of the previous seven years.

Mr. Buchanan-Smith

I refer my hon. Friend to the reply I gave to him on 8 December.—[Vol. 995, c. 521–2.] The corresponding figures for the years 1973 and 1974 are as follows:

Exports of agricultural produce from the European Community to the Soviet Union and other East European Countries: estimates for 1973–74
('000 tonnes)
Year Soviet Union Other East European Countries
Wheat 1973* 412.545 135.558
1974 24.608
Barley 1973* 996.705 686.708
1974 103.1 427.7
Flour 1973* 0.018
1974 2.000 27.000
Malt 1973* 38.959 1.000
1974 109.1 1.000
Butter 1973 59.440 0.775
1974 0.335
Butter oil 1973 6.487 0.227
1974 0.690
Skimmed milk 1973 1.184 6.043
Powder 1974 1.560
Beef 1973* 0.283
1974 88.684 14.655
Pigmeat 1973* 0.012 1.524
1974 0.302
Poultrymeat 1973* 7.000 7.000
1974 12.000
Sugar 1973 0.020 88.564
1974 0.025 60.048
Wine ('000hl) 1973 N/A
1974 164.892
* Figures refer to the Community of six plus the United Kingdom.