§ Mr. Cryerasked the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food what are the current intervention stocks of butter in the European Economic Community; what was the amount exported from the European Economic Community in 1980; and what level of exports is contracted in 1981 and to which countries.
§ Mr. Buchanan-SmithAs at 30 April 1981 there were 37,731 tonnes of butter in intervention stocks in the Community. Provisional estimates suggest that 348,417 tonnes of butter were exported from the Community in 1980. Information on the level of exports contracted for in 1981 and their destination is not available.
§ Mr. Cryerasked the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food what were the exports of butter from the United Kingdom in 1980; and to which countries.
§ Mr. Buchanan-SmithThe following table gives the amounts of packet butter and bulk butter exported from the United Kingdom in 1980 and the countries to which these were sent:
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United Kingdom exports of butter 1980 (tonnes) Packet Butter Bulk Butter France 330 1,671 Belgium-Luxembourg 669 17,643 Netherlands 198 49,961 Federal Republic of Germany 140 798 Italy 1 — Irish Republic 648 1,760 Denmark 7 — Spain 3 — Gibraltar 188 — Malta 67 432 Greece 36 — Canary Islands 27 46 Sudan 35 2 Gambia 21 — Sierra Leone 31 — Liberia 13 — Ivory Coast 46 — Ghana 18 13 Mozambique — 190 Nigeria 101 — Cameroon 31 — Jibuti 3 — Tanzania 2 — St. Helena 4 — Cyprus 8 — Lebanon 2 — Jordan 1 — Saudia Arabia 108 14 Kuwait 6 — Bahrain 23 — Qatar 13 — Abu Dhabi 14 — North Yemen — 66 Dubai 36 — Pakistan 10 — India 10 — Singapore 50 — Dem Kampuchea 1 2 Hong Kong 52 10 Philippines 14 — USA 20 18 US Virgin Islands 20 54 Bermuda 32 5 Bahamas 54 4
Packet Butter Bulk Butter Jamaica 24 — Antigua 43 818 St. Kitts etc. 10 — British Virgin Islands 5 — Dominica 11 3 St. Lucia 45 40 St. Vincent 3 3 Grenada 1 13 Barbados 109 32 Trinidad Tobago 1 — Belize 4 — Guatemala — 205 Honduras — 219 Chile — 376 Brazil — 1,019 Venezuela 4 — Ecuador 1 — Falkland Island 14 — 3,369 75,418 Source: Customs and Excise.