§ Mr. Austin Mitchellasked the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, further to his reply dated 9 November 1979 to a written question from the hon. Member for Newham, South (Mr. Spearing) concerning the disposal of agricultural surpluses, Official Report, 9 November 1979, columns 359–60, if he will now publish in the Official Report the actual figures for 1980, the forecasts for 1981 and the budgetary assumptions for 1982 together with the quantities currently in Community intervention stores and aided private storage.
§ Mr. Peter WalkerThe information in respect of tables 1 and 2 of my reply of 9 November 1979 is given below. The information in respect of table 3 is given in the reply to the hon. Member's two questions on the budgetary costs of the guarantee section of the EAGGF.
South (Mr. Spearing) on European Economic Community storage costs, Official Report, 21 November 1979, columns 233–34, whether he will circulate corresponding figures in the Official Report for the outturn for 1980 and the allocations for 1981 and 1982.
§ Mr. Peter WalkerThe following tables analyse EAGGF guarantee section expenditure according to some of its main categories. Subsidised sales in part take the form of internal disposal subsidies and in part occur with 613W public intervention buying. Storage costs relate both to private storage aids and, in part, to public intervention buying:
EAGGF Guarantee Section: 1980 Outturn MEUA (£M) Export Refunds Internal Disposal Subsidies Public Intervention Buying Private Storage Aids Others* Total Milk Products 2,745.9 1,621.6 430.6 53.4 -99.5 4,752.0 (1,664.1) (982.8) (261.0) (32.4) (-60.3) (2,880.0) Cereals (including rice) 1,219.1 — 212.8 — 296.1 1,728.0 (738.8) — (129.0) — (179.5) (1,047.3) Beef 715.5 — 465.5 38.6 143.7 1,363.3 (433.6) — (282.1) (23.4) (87.1) (8262) Oils and Fats 3.7 59.5 20.5 9.0 594.6 687.3 (2.2) (36.1) (12.4) (5.5) (360.4) (4166) Fruit and Vegetables 41.3 10.7 95.2 — 540.1 687.3 (25.0) (6.5) (57.7) — (327.1) (416.6) Sugar 286.2 5.7 — 272.6 10.7 575.2 (173.5) (3.5) — (165.2) (6.5) (348.7) Wine 26.4 194.6 — 76.3 2.2 299.5 (16.0) (117.9) — (46.2) (1.3) (1814) Tobacco 4.4 — 30 — 274.9 309.3 (2.7) — (18.2) — (166.6) (187.5) Sheepmeat — — — — — — Others 398.4 — 24 — 169.3 591.7 (241.3) — (14.5) — (102.5) (358.3) 5,440.9 1892.1 1,278.6 449.9 1,932.1 10,993.6 (3,297.4) (1,146.8) (774.9) (272.7) (1,170.9) (6,662.7) Accessionary and Monetary Compensatory Amounts relating to the Farm Budget Intra Community Trade 0.1 (0.1) Extra Community Trade 298.5 (180.8) Grand Total 11,292.2 (6,843.6) * including agricultural production subsidies and co-responsibility levies. 614W615W
EAGGF Guarantee Section: 1981 Budget Appropriations MECU (£M) Export Refunds Internal Disposal Subsidies Public Intervention Buying Private Storage Aids Others* Total Milk Products 2,266 1,669 441 99 -285 4,190 (1,426.1) (1,050.4) (277.5) (62.3) (-179.4) (2,636.9) Cereals (including rice) 1,490 137 388 — 168 2,183 (937.7) (86.2) (244.2) — (105.7) (1,373.8) Beef 744 — 448 67 288 1,547 (468.2) — (281.9) (42.2) (181.3) (973.6) Oils and Fats 15 152 40 5 876 1.088 (9.4) (95.7) (25.2) (3.1) (551.3) (684.7) Fruit and Vegetables 70 573 102 — — 745 (44.1) (360.6) (64.2) — — (468.9) Sugar 334 5 3 347 11 700 (210.2) (3.1) (1.9) (218.4) (6.9) (440.5) Wine 30 367 — 110 31 538 (18.9) (231.0) — (69.2) (19.5) (338.6) Tobacco 5 — 41 — 281 327 (3.1) — (25.8) — (176.8) (205.7) Sheepmeat — — 23 — 178 201 — — (14.5) — (112.0) (126.5) Others 588 — 28 1 182 799 (370.1) — (17.6) (0.6) (114.5) (502.9) 5,542 2,903 1,514 629 1,730 12,318 (3,487.9) (1,827.0) (952.8) (395.8) (1,088.8) (7,752.3)
Export Refunds Internal Disposal Subsidies Public Intervention Buying Private Storage Aids Others* Total Accessionary and Monetary Compensatory Amounts relating to the Farm Budget Intra Community Trade 10 (6.3) Extra Community Trade 1 (0.6) 12,329 Receipts from closure of 1974–75 Accounts -40 (-25) Grand Total 12,289 (7,734.2) * including agricultural production subsidies and co-responsibility levies.
EAGGF Guarantee Section: 1982 Draft Budget Appropriations MECU (£M) Export Refunds Internal Disposal Subsidies Public Intervention Buying Private Storage Aids Others* Total Milk Products 2,719 1,629 419 74 -290 4,551 (1,422.2) (852.1) (219.2) (38.7) (-151.7) (2,380.5) Cereals (including rice) 1,613 137 410 — 176 2,336 (843.7) (71.6) (214.4) — (92.1) (1,221.8) Beef 788 — 348 69 210 1,415 (412.2) — (182.0) (36.1) (109.8) (740.1) Oils and Fats 10 235 44 5 917 1,211 (5.2) (122.9) (23.0) (2.6) (479.7) (633.4) Fruit and Vegetables 75 634 140 — — 849 (39.2) (331.6) (73.2) — — (444.0) Sugar 631 3 3 419 14 1,070 (330.0) (1.6) (1.6) (219.2) (7.3) (559.7) Wine 31 304 — 91 38 464 (16.2) (159.0) — (47.6) (19.9) (242.7) Tobacco 19 — 41 — 558 618 (10.0) — (21.4) — (291.9) (323.3) Sheepmeat — — 29 — 184 213 — — (15.2) — (96.2) (111.4) Others 662 — 38 1 225 926 (346.3) — (19.9) (0.5) (117.7) (484.4) 6,548 2,942 1,472 659 2,032 13,653 (3,425.0) (1,538.8) (769.9) (344.7) (1,062.9) (7,141.3) Accessionary and Monetary Compensatory Amounts relating to the Farm Budget Intra Community Trade -281 -(147.0) Extra Community Trade 128 (67.0) Grand Total 13,500 (7,061.3) * including agricultural production subsidies and co-responsibility levies. Notes to tables
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- (a) Sources:
- 1980: outturn figures supplied by EC Commission.
- 1981: First amendment to the 1981 General Budget as adopted by the Council.
- 1982: Draft Budget as adopted by the Council.
- (b) Conversion rates:
- 1980: £1 = 1.651418 EUA
- 1981: £1 = 1.58894 ECU
- 1982: £1 = 1.911834 ECU
- (c) Figures for 1982 exclude amounts included in the reserve in chapter 100.
- (d) Public intervention buying includes withdrawals by producer groups for fruit and vegetables and fish. It is not possible to distinguish that part of the cost of public intervention buying and withdrawals that relates to sales below the purchase price.
- (e) The storage payments for sugar shown under private storage aids are financed by the industry through a storage levy.
- (f) Figures exclude expenditure on fish.