HL Deb 27 July 1983 vol 443 cc1623-4WA
Lord O'Hagan

asked Her Majesty's Government:

How much cider from other member states of the Community has been imported into the United Kingdom in each month during the last five years.

Lord Belstead

The information which can be provided within acceptable limits of cost is as follows, and relates to imports from the rest of the European Community of both cider and perry:

Thousand litres)
1978 136
1979 39
1980 89
1981 110
1982 907

Source: Data corresponding to tariff code numbers 2207–2050, 4150 and 4550 in the United Kingdom Overseas Trade Statistics under SITC (R2) Sub-group 112.2.