§ Mr. Gouldasked the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, in the case of each agricultural product regulated by the common agricultural policy, what were, for 1983 (a) United Kingdom imports from other European Economic Community countries, by volume and price, (b) total European Economic Community surpluses, stored, destroyed or sold with the aid of export rebates and (c) the cost of so storing, destroying or selling these surpluses.
§ Mr. MacGregor[pursuant to his reply, 2 April 1984, c. 401]: The information requested is as follows.
(a) Imports into the United Kingdom in 1983 from other member states of the main agricultural products subject to the common agricultural policy by volume and price were:
000 tonnes Average unit value £/tonne Wheat 311 147 Barley 77 122 Maize 970 141 Sugar (white) 167 355 Beef 126 1,554 Pork 28 1,386 Bacon 269 1,346 Butter 91 2,171 Skimmed milk powder 15 905 Cheese 118 1,726 Eggs 19 814 Poultrymeat 51 951 Wine 381 794 (b) Total European Community stocks in public storage or assisted private storage on 31 December 1983 or the nearest date for which figures are available were:
European Community foodstuffs in public and private storage Commodity Public '000 tonne Private '000 tonne Butter 692 164 Skimmed milk powder 990 — Cheese — 91 Wheat 6,857 — Barley 1,102 — Durum 714 — Rye 249 — Beef 372 24 Olive oil 102 — Pigmeat — 21 Wine — *39 Dried fruit — 56 * Million hectalitres. (ii) Information on the total volume of produce withdrawn from the market in 1983 is not yet available.
174W(iii) Information on the volumes exported from the European Community with the aid of export rebates is not available; the following table shows total exports recorded in the period January to June 1983, which is the latest period for which figures are available. Some of these goods may not have received export rebates:
European Community exports of main agricultural commodities in structural surplus January to June 1983 000 tonne Wheat 6,150 Wheat flour 1,028 Barley 2,563 Sugar (white equivalent) 2,467 Butter 172 Skimmed milk powder 116 Wine 482 (c)
European Community expenditure on exports rebates and intervention measures as specified under (b) Export rebates: commodity £ million Milk products 780 Cereals* 897 Sugar 446 Wine 12 Storage costs :† Milk products 647 Cereals 282 Beef 372 Olive oil 7 Pigmeat 15 Sugar 324 Wine 84 Withdrawals:‡ Fruit and vegetables 179 Fish 10 * Excludes expenditure on end-of-season carry-over payments. † Includes expenditure on public and private storage measures. ‡ Includes cost of withdrawals by producer groups, processing and, for fruit and vegetables only, free distribution arrangements. Converted from ECU at £1 = 1.7 ECU.