HC Deb 26 April 1984 vol 58 cc585-7W
Mr. Austin Mitchell

asked the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food when the quota system for sugar was introduced; what are the quotas for each country in the European Economic Community; and if he will publish in the Official Report a table showing production and consumption of sugar in each country each year since the quotas were introduced, together with the amount exported from the European Economic Community as a whole to third countries.

Mr. MacGregor

Quotas were included in regulation (EEC) 1009/67 of 21 December 1967 and applied from the

Table A
'000 metre tonnes white sugar equivalent
Year Denmark Federal Republic of Germany France Greece Ireland Italy Netherlands Belgium-Luxembourg United Kingdom Total
1968–69 314 1,819 2,625 88 162 1,185 662 526 897 8,278
1969–70 279 1,908 2,939 134 143 1,265 704 619 861 8,852
1970–71 268 1,892 2,860 173 141 1,095 657 551 906 8,543
1971–72 299 2,156 3,228 142 173 1,153 772 772 1,086 9,781
1972–73 315 2,042 3,112 118 157 1,184 696 616 886 9,126
1973–74 338 2,258 3,259 146 177 1,037 766 718 963 9,662
1974–75 382 2,246 3,036 172 134 930 716 558 568 8,742
1975–76 390 2,337 3,309 282 187 1,339 841 659 641 9,985
1976–77 383 2,515 3,085 355 174 1,606 870 674 696 10,358
1977–78 520 2,830 4,262 271 168 1,247 832 728 949 11,807
1978–79 407 2,758 4,117 326 188 1,501 951 830 1,022 12,100
1979–80 453 2,847 4,331 293 175 1,562 853 914 1,154 12,582
1980–81 427 2,749 4,205 174 148 1,779 875 799 1,106 12,262
1981–82 480 3,396 5,447 323 168 2,048 1,044 1,030 1,092 15,028
1982–83 537 3,299 4,755 296 222 1,180 1,130 1,105 1,418 13,942
1983–84* 346 2,506 3,835 297 196 1,245 742 782 1,063 11,012
*Provisional.

Source: EC Commission.

1968–69 marketing year. The current quotas for each country in the European Community are set out in Regulation (EEC) No. 1785/81, which appeared in the Official Journal of the European Communities No. L 177/4 of 1 July 1981. Production of sugar in each of the current member states since quotas were introduced is shown in table "A".

Table "B" shows the consumption of sugar in each of the current member states over the same period.

Table "C" shows total exports of sugar from the European Community to third countries in the same period.

Table B
'000 metric tonnes white sugar equivalent
Year Denmark Federal Republic of Germany France Greece Ireland Italy Netherlands Belgium-Luxembourg United Kingdom Total
July-June
1968–69 242 2,047 1,770 159 135 1,421 712 356 2,676 9,518
1969–70 247 2,043 1,879 167 136 1,453 668 367 2,722 9,682
1970–71 252 2,141 2,070 176 139 1,527 669 343 2,723 10,040
1971–72 246 2,114 1,807 180 147 1,523 607 346 2,648 9,618
1972–73 251 2,091 1,904 223 146 1,583 612 351 2,615 9,776
October-September
1973–74 239 2,235 2,125 246 150 1,827 633 415 2,790 10,660
1974–75 237 2,175 1,978 246 134 1,647 610 358 2,422 9,807
1975–76 260 2,151 2,028 227 143 1,703 608 335 2,307 9,762
1976–77 177 2,052 1,837 255 147 1,512 576 315 2,420 9,291
1977–78 198 2,210 1,931 270 151 1,655 563 329 2,444 9,751
1978–79 198 2,217 1,979 280 150 1,751 576 336 2,337 9,824
1979–80 186 2,182 1,992 310 145 1,678 574 346 2,311 9,724
1980–81 195 2,212 1,951 298 138 1,627 561 351 2,211 9,544
1981–82 203 2,277 1,990 275 143 1,505 564 357 2,283 9,597
1982–83* 196 2,193 1,938 277 137 1,520 568 365 2,308 9,502
*Provisional.

SourceEC Commission.

Table 'C
'000 metric tonnes
(white sugar equivalent)
Year *Total
July-June EC 6
1968–69 737
1969–70 727
1970–71 932
1971–72 1,521
1972–73 1,307
Oct-Sept EC 9
1973–74 1,232
1974–75 329
1975–76 1,637
1976–77 1,898
1977–78 3,706
1978–79 3,529
1979–80 4,073
1980–81 4,872
EC 10
1981–82 5,473
1982–83† 5,540
* Includes sugar exported in processed products.
† Provisional.

SourceEC Commission.