§ Mr. Spearingasked the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if he will publish in the Official Report, in the manner of his written answer of 28 October 1980, Official Report, columns 248–52, tables showing (a) estimated expenditure of the European Economic Community agricultural guarantee section for 1981 and 1982, respectively and (b) the estimated quantities of each commodity exported to third countries.
§ Mr. Peter Walker[pursuant to his reply, 23 March 1982, c. 343]: Tables 1 and 2 analyse EAGGF guarantee section expenditure in 1981 and the budget appropriations for 1982. I regret that information is not readily available on the quantities of each commodity exported with the help of export refunds.
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mecu (£ million) TOTAL 11,141 6,221 Adjustment for closure of 1974 and 1975 accounts -161 -90 GRAND TOTAL 10,980 6,131
Export Refunds Internal Disposal Subsidies Public Intervention Buying Private Storage Aids Others (inc. agricultural production subsidies and co-responsibility levies) Total mecu (£ million) mecu (£ million) mecu > (£ million) mecu (£ million) mecu (£ million) mecu '£ million) Sheepmeat — — 29 15 — 195 102 224 117 Others 660 345 — 55 29 3 2 170 89 888 465 SUB-TOTAL 6,237 3,264 2,878 1,508 1,509 790 684 359 2,117 1,108 13,425 7,029
Accession and Monetary Compensatory Amounts Relating to the Farm Budget mecu £ million Intra Community Trade 93 48 Extra Community Trade 185 97 GRAND TOTAL 13,703 7,174 Notes to Tables 1 and 2: (a) Sources: 1981: Estimated outturn figures supplied by EC Commission. 1982: General Budget of the European Communities. (b) Conversion rates: 1981: £1 = 1.791 ECU 1982: £1 = 1.91 ECU (c) Figures for 1982 include amounts included in the reserve in chapter 100. (d) Public intervention buying includes withdrawals by producer groups for fruit and vegetables and fish. It is not possible to distinguish that part of the cost of public intervention buying and withdrawals that relates to sales below the purchase price. (e) The storage payments for sugar shown under private storage aids are financed by the industry through a storage levy. (f) Figures include expenditure on fish.