§ Mr. Deakinsasked the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, for each product subject to the common agricultural policy, what quantities were exported in the latest year for which figures are available; and what were the comparable figures in each of the three previous years.
§ Mr. Buchanan-SmithThe information requested for the main commodities concerned is set out in the table:
European Community Exports to Third Countries '000 tonnes Commodity 1978 1979 1980 1981 * Wheat 1,917 4,362 7,524 9,848 Barley 3,783 3,111 4,309 3,749 Wheat Flour 2,244 2,547 3,024 3,367 Rice 338 302 387 390 Malt 1,116 1,135 1,015 988 Wholemilk Powder 335 385 531 516 Skimmed Milk Powder 418 636 580 432 Condensed Milk 545 556 654 557 Butter and Butteroil 245 464 547 447 Beef and Veal 102 224 527 472 Pigmeat 52 99 83 170 Poultrymeat 193 264 337 455 Sugar (refined) 2,978 3,112 3,597 4,572 Wine 682 816 929 1,023 * Excluding United Kingdom exports for which the full year's figures are not yet available.
§ Mr. Deakinsasked the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food what are the current levels of European Economic Community stocks of each agricultural product subject to the common agricultural policy; and what were the comparable figures in each of three previous years.
§ Mr. Buchanan-SmithThe latest figures for the levels of public intervention stocks of products subject to the common agricultural policy, together with figures for corresponding dates in the previous three years, are set out in the table:646W
Intervention Stocks Commodity '000 tonnes Date of 1982 figures 1979 1980 1981 1982 Butter 297 165 8 90 11 November 1982 Skimmed Milk Powder 292 224 315 573 11 November 1982 Wheat 1,820 4,875 2,959 6,163 26 November 1982 Barley 69 1,033 857 1,488 26 November 1982 Rye 554 496 317 292 26 November 1982 Durum 144 154 286 744 26 November 1982 Beef 255 268 195 175 end October 1982 Olive Oil 48 57 133 171 31 October 1982 Oilseeds 7 97 19 37 24 November 1982