HC Deb 06 May 1981 vol 4 cc83-4W
Mr. Cryer

asked 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-Smith

As 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. Cryer

asked 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-Smith

The 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:

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.

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