HC Deb 02 July 1984 vol 63 c45W
Mr. Phillip Oppenheim

asked the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food how much grain was imported from the United States of America by European Economic Community countries; and what percentage this constitutes of total agricultural imports in the years 1979 to 1983 inclusive.

Mr. MacGregor

The information requested is set out for the calendar years 1979 to 1982 and for the first nine months of 1983, the latest period for which information is readily available.

Calendar year EC* imports of grain† from USA '000 tonnes Value of grain imports from US as percentage of the total value of EC imports of agricultural and food products‡ Per cent.
1979 11,623 3.2
1980 11,610 3.6
1981 11,384 4.1
1982 8,928 2.9
1983║ 4,345 2.1

Source: Eurostat.

Notes:

* 1979 and 1980: EC9; 1981 to 1983; EC10.

† Excluding rice and cereal preparations.

‡ Definition as used by EUROSTAT in "Yearbook of Agricultural Statistics" (1983) — SITC classifications 0, 1, 21, 22, 232, 24, 261–265, 268, 29, 4 and 592.1.

║ January—September.