§ Mr. Teddy Taylorasked the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food by what percentage the exports of subsidised supplies of wheat, barley, malt, milk powder, butter, beef and veal, poutry meat and sugar, respectively, sent by the European Economic Community to the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics in the most recent six-month period for which figures are available, exceeded the comparable six-month period in 1982.
§ Mr. MacGregor[pursuant to his reply, 29 March 1984, c. 270]: The information requested is provided in the following table. These figures relate to the recorded exports to the Soviet Union, some of which may not have received export refunds.
European Community exports to the Soviet Union January–June 1982 January–June 1983 Change between Col. (1) and Col. (2) 000 tonnes (1) 000 tonnes (2) 000 tonnes (3) per cent. (4) Wheat 134 1,674 1,540 1,149 Barley 6 383 377 6,283 Malt 114 182 68 60 Milk powder* 15 1 -14 -93 Butter — 8 8 n.a. Beef and veal 49 68 19 39 Poultrymeat 37 26 -11 -30 Sugar 718 475 -243 -34 *Whole and skimmed milk powder.
§ Mr. Teddy Taylorasked the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food by what percentage the total tonnage 467W of subsidised food sent from the European Economic Community to the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics in the most recent year for which figures are available exceeded or was less than the total five years previously.
§ Mr. MacGregor[pursuant to his reply, 29 March 1984, c. 270]: I refer my hon. Friend to the answer I gave him on 1 November 1983, at column 343, which showed the volumes of exports of the main agricultural commodities for each year from 1977 to 1982, the latest year for which figures are available. Given the wide variation in the average value per tonne of the different products involved and the changes that have occurred during the period in the composition of total exports, it is not meaningful to add together the tonnages of the different commodities in order to provide the percentage change requested.