§ 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 1954 the tonnage of (a) apples and (b) pears, produced in the United Kingdom, the amount imported from the European Economic Community and the rest of the world and the amount exported to the European Economic Community and the rest of the world.
§ Mr. MacGregorThe following is the information required:
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Apples and pears—output marketed in the United Kingdom* '000 tonnes Crop Year Dessert Apples Culinary Apples Pears 1954–55 185 289 34 1955–56 173 188 50 1956–57 205 282 62 1957–58 213 215 43 1958–59 241 290 72 1959–60 225 260 62 1960–61 258 272 67 1961–62 192 110 51
Crop Year Dessert Apples Culinary Apples Pears 1962–63 249 220 51 1963–64 259 214 60 1964–65 288 267 64 1965–66 251 210 62 1966–67 206 129 36 1967–68 185 109 22 1968–69 192 136 66 1969–70 259 132 54 1970–71 256 182 65 1971–72 284 153 64 1972–73 190 148 50 1973–74 257 169 43 1974–75 189 168 46 1975–76 229 128 26 1976–77 195 131 57 1977–78 132 132 36 1978–79 193 164 26 1979–80 198 135 60 1980–81 160 153 38 1981–82 146 78 45 1982–83 192 138 38 †1983–84 170 123 49 *Output is the actual quantity which moved off the farm and for which revenue was received. It is arrived at by reducing gross production— the maximum available supply during a single crop year — by a wastage factor. In determining waste, consideration is given to the amount of mature crop fit for sale but left in the field; damaged by weather; losses in grading, storage and dressing after the crop has left the field; and any of the crop which remains unsold due to lack of demand. †Provisional.
United Kingdom imports of apples and pears '000 tonnes Apples Pears From EC countries From other countries From EC countries From other countries 1954 45 100 19 34 1955 61 121 24 48 1956 58 134 16 44 1957 58 125 13 42 1958 42 153 19 44 1959 47 153 18 44 1960 37 153 21 40 1961 55 175 25 42 1962 42 197 23 51 1963 30 179 21 37 1964 39 201 24 45 1965 36 211 16 37 1966 51 223 28 53 1967 100 190 33 33 1968 113 186 23 36 1969 105 185 27 27 1970 81 177 24 28 1971 93 172 28 26 1972 103 174 25 31 1973 178 154 24 26 1974 191 121 30 18 1975 214 120 36 15 1976 257 125 28 20 1977 264 75 32 17 1978 240 104 29 16 1979 265 107 30 15 1980 262 113 44 16 1981 264 159 57 20 1982 259 141 47 17 1983 292 113 57 21 Source: United Kingdom Trade Statistics.
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United Kingdom imports of apples and pears* '000 tonnes Apples Pears To EC countries To other countries To EC countries To other countries 1970 12 † 1 † 1971 11 † 2 † 1972 16 † 2 † 1973 12 † 1 1 1974 15 † 1 † 1975 13 † 1 † 1976 15 † 2 † 1977 13 † 3 † 1978 19 † 3 † 1979 18 † 1 † 1980 14 † 1 1 1981 19 † 2 † 1982 15 † 1 † 1983 21 † 2 † SourceUnited Kingdom Trade Statistics.
*Before 1970 apples and pears are not separately distinguished in the trade statistics.
†Less than 500 tonnes.