HL Deb 16 June 1981 vol 421 cc624-5WA
Lord O'Hagan

asked Her Majesty's Government:

What is the value of agricultural exports from Britain—

  1. (a) to the other member states of the EEC; and
  2. (b) to the rest of the world
in each of the last 10 years.

The Minister of State, Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food (Earl Ferrers)

The information requested is given below:

UNITED KINGDOM EXPORT OF AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS
Value in £million Food, Feed and Live Animals (1) Other Food and Feed Items (2) Other Agricultural Products (3) Beverages (4) Fertilizers (5) Agricultural Machinery and Spares (6) Total (7)
1971 EEC (8) 101.9 6.9 17.6 42.1 2.6 33.3 204.4
Greece 3.0 0.2 2.2 1.0 … 1.8 8.2
Others 176.1 14.8 21.6 220.7 1.0 195.3 629.5
1972 EEC (8) 153.3 8.0 25.9 48.2 4.5 43.8 283.7
Greece 2.1 0.2 2.2 1.2 … 1.5 7.2
Others 190.2 15.5 27.5 216.9 2.5 205.0 657.6
1973 EEC (8) 252.7 13.7 55.5 54.9 10.5 52.4 439.7
Greece 9.8 0.3 3.8 1.8 … 2.5 18.2
Others 249.6 21.2 34.0 248.7 4.3 243.1 800.9
1974 EEC (8) 263.0 24.8 55.4 69.7 27.1 56.4 496.4
Greece 7.0 0.2 3.5 1.7 … 2.5 14.9
Others 340.4 28.8 27.1 312.6 19.3 265.3 993.5
1975 EEC (8) 456.0 22.1 61.2 85.8 28.5 78.1 731.7
Greece 5.9 0.2 3.7 2.3 … 6.8 18.9
Others 422.2 22.9 25.5 349.0 24.9 377.9 1,222.4
1976 EEC (8) 569.8 26.6 85.2 106.8 31.0 115.4 934.8
Greece 4.3 0.2 4.4 3.9 … 11.1 23.9
Others 460.1 34.9 45.9 413.8 20.1 370.4 1,345.2
1977 EEC (8) 823.4 47.4 99.0 129.1 39.7 165.2 1,303.8
Greece 5.2 0.5 4.0 4.3 … 17.3 31.3
Others 588.9 44.2 62.2 495.8 20.9 432.5 1,644.5
1978 EEC(8) 1,127.0 45.1 93.7 176.5 39.8 170.5 1,652.6
Greece 5.4 0.2 3.0 5.8 … 15.2 29.6
Others 694.9 47.3 50.5 622.8 18.1 336–1 1,769.7
1979 EEC(8) 1,111.6 49.9 125.7 207.0 42.7 180.9 1,717.8
Greece 6.0 0.3 3.6 6.5 … 16.6 33.0
Others 627.6 47.6 55.9 640.8 15.5 376.0 1,763.4
1980 EEC (8) 1,276.5 50.5 108.7 212.5 37.7 131.0 1,816.9
Greece 6.6 0.2 2.2 6.8 0.1 8.6 24.5
Others 779.5 55.4 56.3 678.7 14.5 466.6 2,051.0
… = less than £50,000.

SourceOverseas Trade Statistics of the United Kingdom.

Notes:

  1. (1) Section O of the Overseas Trade Statistics Classification:
    • Live animals, chiefly for food
    • Meat and meat preparations
    • Dairy products and birds' eggs
    • Fish, crustaceans and molluscs, and preparations thereof
    • Cereals and cereal preparation
    • Vegetables and Fruit
    • Sugar, sugar preparations and honey
    • Coffee, tea, cocoa, spices and manufactures thereof
    • Feedingstuff for animals
    • Miscellaneous edible products and preparations.
  2. (2) Division 22, Section 4, and parts of divisions 29, 51, 53, 55 and 59 of the Overseas Trade Statistics: i.e. oil seeds and nuts, casings, animal oil and fats, citric acid, dyes for food, essences, starches, edible gelatin and albumen.
  3. (3) Parts of divisions 21, 26, 29 and 65 of the Overseas Trade Statistics: i.e. hides and skins, raw wool, seeds, bulbs, live plants, cut flowers, foliage and vegetable saps.
  4. (4) Division 11 of the Overseas Trade Statistics.
  5. (5) Division 56 of the Overseas Trade Statistics.
  6. (6) Parts of Division 72 of the Overseas Trade Statistics.
  7. (7) Total of all the above.