§ Mr. Teddy Taylorasked the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food what was the total amount of subsidised food and wine exported from the European Community to the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics and Eastern Europe, respectively, in 1982; what were the comparable totals for each of the previous five years; and what was the total amount of subsidy involved in each year.
§ Mr. MacGregorInformation on the volumes of the main agricultural products exported from the European Community to the Soviet Union and Eastern Europe in 1982 is given in the table. These represent total exports, some of which may not have received export refunds. Similar information for the earlier years requested was contained in the replies of 16 February 1983 [Vol. 37, c.150], 21 October 1982 [Vol. 29, c. 203–4] and 8 June 1982 [Vol 25, c. 26–28] to my hon. Friend. Information on the total cost of export refunds on these sales is not readily available.
European Community exports of main agricultural products 1982 Exports to Soviet Union '000 tonnes Exports to Eastern Europe*'000 tonnes Wheat 1,573 1,986 Barley 6 51 Wheat flour 596 129 Malt 140 0 Butter and butteroil † 40 Skimmed milk powder † 1 Beef and veal 67 53 Pigmeat 0 8 Poultrymeat 46 27 Sugar (refined) 896 60 Wine (thousand hectolitres)‡ 1,319 263 Source: Eurostat. * Excluding USSR: German Democratic Republic, Poland, Czechoslovakia, Hungary, Romania, Bulgaria, Albania. † Less than 500 tonnes. ‡ Converted by MAFF from data recorded in tonnes, using the approximate conversion rate of 1 tonne = 9.8 hectolitres.