§ Mr. Ralph Howellasked the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry what information he has as to the total imports of cereals to (a) the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics and (b) China from (i) the EEC, (ii) the USA, (iii) Canada, (iv) Argentina and (v) Australia, for each of the years 1960, 1970, 1980, 1981, 1982 and 1983.
§ Mr. ChannonDetails of imports by the USSR and China by trading partner are not available. The available partner country export data are in the table.
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European Community† USA Canada Argentina Australia US$M ' 000' s tonnes US$M '000's tonnes US$M ' 000' s tonnes US$M '000's tonnes US$M '000's tonnes Exports of Cereals* to the USSR 1960 ‡ ‡ ‡ ‡ ‡ ‡ ║ ║ ║ ║ 1970 1 8 ‡ ‡ 85 1,376 1 24 5 1980 279 1,192 938 5,697 1,101 6,011 1,056 6,779 770 4,308 1981 494 2,262 1,554 9,004 1,443 7,976 ║ ║ 342 1,886 1982 361 2,157 1,621 10,700 1,543 9,239 363 2,198 1983 579 4,218 1,191 7,382 1,318 7,461 ║ ║ Exports of Cereals* to China 1960 ‡ ‡ ‡ ‡ ‡ ‡ ║ ║ ║ ║ 1970 17 447 ‡ ‡ 119 2,008 3 55 123 1980 23 138 1,264 7,384 451 2,668 119 666 326 2,018 1981 108 633 1,331 7,516 586 3,182 ║ ║ 245 1,267 1982 104 706 1,236 7,997 597 3,459 345 2,217 1983 102 840 336 3,624 761 4,788 ║ ║ * Standard International Trade Classification groups 041–046. †Present membership throughout. ‡Indicates nil or less than half the final digit shown. ║Not readily available. Source:OECD.
United Nations Commodity Trade Statistics.
§ Mr. Ralph Howellasked the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry (1) what were the total proceeds to the EEC of the 2,156,658 tonnes of cereal exports to the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics in 1982 and the average price per tonne of cereals sold to the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics in 1982 and 1983;
(2) what were the total proceeds to the EEC of the 706,415 tonnes of cereal exports to China in 1982 and the average price per tonne of cereals sold to China in 1982 and 1983.
§ Mr. ChannonIn 1982 European Community exports of cereals to the USSR and China were valued at $360.8 million and $104.2 million respectively. Price details are in the table.
Cereals-Average price per tonne US million dollars European Community exports to USSR China 1982 167 147 1983 137 121 Source: OECD Trade Series 'C'.