§ 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 United Kingdom production of sheepmeat, imports from and exports to the European Economic Community, and imports from and exports to the rest of the world, together with the amount of public money spent on supporting the United Kingdom industry.
§ Mr. MacGregorInformation on the United Kingdom production of sheepmeat—mutton and lamb—dating back to 1954 can be obtained from the "Annual Abstract of Statistics" published by HMSO. Copies are available in the Library of the House. In the most recent edition the relevant data are given in table 9.15 which covers the years 1972 to 1982.
Information on the quantities of sheepmeat imported into the United Kingdom since 1954 and exported since 1970—earlier years not being available—is as follows:
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United Kingdom imports of sheepmeat From EC countries '000 tonnes From other countries 1954 4 327 1955 3 357 1956 4 347 1957 5 335 1958 7 338 1959 3 305 1960 9 329 1961 8 310 1962 11 309 1963 11 337 1964 9 335 1965 9 341 1966 12 309 1967 10 334 1968 6 344
From EC countries '000 tonnes From other countries 1969 5 362 1970 2 329 1971 9 344 1972 4 327 1973 2 264 1974 1 212 1975 2 242 1976 1 225 1977 1 218 1978 * 226 1979 * 208 1980 * 191 1981 1 157 1982 * 222 1983 * 166 Source: United Kingdom Trade Statistics.
* Less than 500 tonnes.
United Kingdom exports of sheepmeat To EC countries '000 tonnes To other countries 1970 9 2 1971 13 2 1972 21 2 1973 26 1 1974 25 2 1975 31 2 1976 29 4 1977 41 4 1978 38 3 1979 37 4 1980 33 4 1981 33 5 1982 35 2 1983 40 3 Source: United Kingdom Trade Statistics.