HC Deb 14 December 1982 vol 34 cc94-7W
Mr. Deakins

asked the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, for each product subject to the common agricultural policy, what producer price increase was agreed by the Council of Ministers in the latest year for which figures are available; and what were the comparable figures in each of the three previous years.

Mr. Buchanan-Smith

The following table lists the percentage increases in common prices for each product subject to the common agricultural policy since 1979–80.

Product and Category of price or amount 1979–80 1980–81 1981–82 1982–83
Durum Wheat
Target price 2.3 6.3 7.73 8.90
Intervention price 1.5 4.5 7.50 8.50
Aid 1.7 2.5 7.50 9.00
Barley
Target price 2.75 6.2 8.07 8.70
Single intervention price 1.5 4.5 6 8.50
Rye
Target price 2.65 2.5 6.43 8.70
Intervention price 1.5 2.5 3.28 5.95
Maize
Target price 1.5 6.2 8.07 8.70
Single intervention price 2.75 4.5 6 8.50
Rice
Target Price 5.0 6.8 10.37 10.7
Intervention price—paddy 3.3 6.9 11 12.5
Sugar
Minimum price for sugarbeet 1.5 4.0 n.a. n.a.
Basic price for beet n.a. n.a. 8.5 9.5
Intervention price for white sugar 1.5 5.3 8.5 9.5
Olive Oil
Producer target price 1.5 5.5 10 11
Intervention price 1.5 4.0 9 11
Production aid 1.5 5.5 7.5 11
Oilseeds
Target price
—Colza and rape seed 1.5 6.3 10 9.0
—Sunflower seed 1.5 7.5 12 14
Basic intervention price
—Colza and rape seed 1.5 4.0 8 *8.5
—Sunflower seed 1.5 4.0 10 *14
Guide price
—Soya 1.5 6.5 10 14
—Flax seed 1.5 6.0 10 11
—Castor seed 1.5 5.5 10 11
Minimum price soya n.a. n.a. 7.6 11.5
Minimum price castor n.a. 5.5 10 11
Dried Fodder
Fixed aid 1.7 6.0 8 14
Guide price 1.5 6.5 10 14
Aid for dehydrated potatoes 1.5 6.5 8 11
Peas and Beans
Activating price 1.5 7.5 11.3 13.8
Minimum price 1.5 5.5 8 12
Flax and Hemp
Fixed aid (per hectare)
—Textile flax 1.5 6.5 12 13
—Hemp 1.5 6.5 12 13
Seed†
Aid (per 100kg)
—Monoecious hemp 1.6
—Fibre flax 1.7 10
—Linseed 1.4 average
—Grasses 1.7–9.6
—Legumes 2.1–8.6
Table Wine
Type
RI 1.6 5.5 10 11
RII 1.6 5.5 10 11
RIII 1.5 5.5 10 11
AI 1.3 5.5 8.5 11
AII 1.5 5.5 10 11
AIII 1.5 5.5 10 11
Guide price (per degree/hl or per hl, according to type)
Unmanufactured Tobacco
Guide price 1.5 4.0 8 8–16%
Intervention price average average average but change in relationship to guide price
Fruit and Vegetables
Basic price average average average average
1.5 6 10.4 11.4
Milk
Target price for milk 0 4.0 9 10.5
Intervention price of—butter 0 2.3 9 10.0

Product and Category of price or amount 1979–80 1980–81 1981–82 1982–83
—of skimmed milk powder 0 4.9 9 10.4
—of cheese
Grana Padano 30–60 days 0 3.6 9.53 11.3
Grana Padano 6 months 0 3.2 9.84 11.8
Parmiggiano-Reggiano 6 months 0 2.9 10.01 12.0
Beef/veal
Guide price for adult bovines (liveweight) 1.5 4.0 7.5 8.5
10.0 11
Intervention price for adult bovines (1w) 1.5 4.0 7.5 8.5
10.0 11
Sheepmeat
Basic price (slaughter weight) n.a. n.a. 7.5 10.5
Pigmeat
Basic price (slaughter weight) 1.5 5.5 11.0 10.5
Silkworms
Aid per box of silk seed 1.5 5.5 19.4 17.6
Aid to recognised producer groups (per box)
Cotton
Guide price n.a. n.a. n.a. 13
Minimum price n.a. n.a. n.a. 13
Notes:
* Replacement of regionalised intervention system with a single intervention price system; the increases of 8.5 per cent, and of 14 per cent refer to the lowest intervention price under the old system.
† Aid fixed biennially.