HC Deb 08 June 1982 vol 25 cc26-7W
Mr. Teddy Taylor

asked the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if he now has the figures indicating the exports of subsidised food and wine, by commodity, to the Soviet Union by be European Economic Community in 1981; and if he will publish a table showing the comparable exports by commodity for each of the previous five years.

Mr. Buchanan-Smith

The latest 1981 figures remain those given in my reply on 24 March. Exports by the Community—including the United Kingdom—for the previous five years were as follows:

tonnes
1976 1977 1978 1979 1980
Wheat 5,050 576,204
Barley 439,450 404,869 215,023 222,316
Wheat Flour 330,131
Malt 97,537 31,017 45,026 106,541 124,886
Butter and butteroil 49,131 20,895 134,649 142,136
Skimmed milk powder
Beef and veal 24,077 3,354 22,132 97,203
Pigmeat 4,718
Poultrymeat 17,824 61,712 6,217 77,106 67,406
Sugar (refined) 184,646 252,872 1,503 225,053 648,623
Wine (hectolitres) 42,875 1,395 103,684 495,846 1,324,187

Source: Eurostats.

RefVol. 20, c. 203–204.

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