§ Mr. Austin Mitchellasked the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food whether he will publish in the Official Report a table showing for each year since 1970 and 1983 to date the quantities of surplus foodstuffs exported (i) by the European Economic Community and (ii) by the United Kingdom with direct or indirect financial assistance from the European Economic Community budget.
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§ Mr. MacGregorThe total exported quantities of the main commodities which are currently in structural surplus in the Community are shown in table (i).
Information on the exports of these products from the United Kingdom for the years 1973 to 1981 is contained in the "Annual Reviews of Agriculture 1978" (Cmnd.
Table (i) EC* exports to non-member countries '000 tonnes Common wheat Barley Wheat flour Butter Skimmed milk powder Sugar (white) Wine 1970 3,584 2,028 1,426 178 † 684 390 1971 1,189 1,601 1,636 185 † 821 437 1972 3,342 3,198 1,446 74 † 1,372 566 1973 3,172 2,827 1,934 306 174 1,308 477 1974 3,098 1,657 1,837 119 311 1,111 475 1975 4,946 1,816 2,048 60 145 654 495 1976 3,381 1,477 1,783 104 167 1,556 566 1977 1,385 528 2,113 245 421 2,394 612 1978 1,896 3,816 2,244 245 419 2,978 682 1979 4,343 3,111 2,547 464 636 3,112 815 1980 7,506 4,309 3,024 547 581 3,597 647 1981 10,538 5,269 3,409 455 501 4,635 1,024 1982 9,252 2,581 3,218 375 352 4,699 1,102 1983‡ 5,969 2,563 1,028 172 116 2,398 452 Source: Eurostat. *1970–1973, EC6 (1973 data for the EC9 are not readily available); 1974–1980, EC9; 1981–1983, ECIO. †Not available. ‡ January to June.
Table (ii) United Kingdom exports to non-member countries '000 tonnes Common wheat* Barley Butter Skimmed milk powder Sugar (white) 1982 1,222 798 7 40 139 1983† 469 1,070 10 24 229 Source: Overseas Trade Statistics. * Including flour as wheat equivalent. ‡January to June.