§ Mr. Teddy Taylorasked the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if he will publish in the Official Report the information on import levies as a percentage of European Economic Community intervention prices and a comparison of European Economic Community entry prices with estimated world prices which the Minister of 392W State sent by letter to the hon. Member for Southend, East, pursuant to the reply of the hon. Member for the Southend, East on 28 October, Official Report, c. 512.
§ Mr. Buchanan-SmithThe following are the tables attached to my letter.
As I pointed out in my letter the quotations of estimated world price in table I are based on the lowest offer prices used by the Commission for various calculations related to the operation of the common agricultural policy and do not necessarily represent the prices which the Community would have to pay if it entered the market to buy substantial quantities of these products.
TABLE 1 Commodity Ecu/Tonne EC entry Price* Estimated world price† Common wheat 250 136 Barley 228 118 Maize 228 109 White sugar 638 213 Beef and veal 3,646 1,690 Pigmeat 1,784 1,323 Butter 3,844 2,314 Skimmed milk powder 1,678 932 Olive oil 1,550 1,200 Oilseeds: Rapeseed ‡— [...]224 Sunflowerseed ‡— [...]254 * Prices ruling as at 27 October 1982. Threshold prices except for beef and veal (guide price for adult cattle converted to carcase equivalent using a coefficient of 1.9) and pigmeat (sluicegate price plus basic levy).
† "World prices" have been taken as the minimum offer prices of imports underlying the calculation of the variable levies. These have been calculated by subtracting the levy in ECUs, applicable on 27 October, from the appropriate threshold/guide price. Except in the case of beef, where adjustments have also been made for the duty, and for pigmeat, where the sluicegate price has been taken as the world price. See also note [...].
‡ Oilseeds enter the Community at the ruling world price.
[...] The "world price" for oilseeds are those used by the Commission for the calculation of subsidies.
TABLE 2 Import levy as a percentage of the intervention price* Commodity 27 October 1981 Per cent. 27 October 1982 Per cent. Common wheat 34 56 Barley 42 60 Maize 53 65 Sugar 56 76 Pigmeat 26 34 Beef 52 57 Butter 43 44 Skimmed milk Powder 45 51 * Rates of daily common levies as at 27 October as a percentage of: common wheat—reference price for wheat of minimum breadmaking quality; barley, maize, skimmed milk powder—intervention price; sugar—intervention price for white sugar including storage levy; pigmeat—lowest buying in price although in practice support is through occasional aid to private storage rather than buying in; beef—intervention price converted to carcase equipment using 54.4 per cent. killing out coefficient.