§ Mr. Austin Mitchellasked the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food whether he will publish in the Official Report a table showing for the whole of the European Economic Community the amount of levies charged on agricultural products on the same basis as in the reply of 9 February, Official Report, at column 712.
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§ Mr. MacGregorThe information requested, calculated on the basis of common prices and levies applying on 10 January 1984, is set out in the following table.
The "world" prices used are generally the estimated lowest offer prices at the Community frontier underlying the Commission's calculation of the variable import levies; for pigmeat, poultrymeat and eggs the sluicegate price, less supplementary levy where appropriate, has been taken. It should be pointed out that these are the lowest prices recorded and it is highly likely that on average higher prices would have to be paid if larger quantities were to be purchased on world markets.
Common levy as a percentage of (a) the intervention price in the Community and (b) the "world" price. Per cent. (a) (b) Beef and Veal 62 129 Pigmeat 30 34 Poultry meat — 21 Eggs — 27 Butter 57 108 Skimmed milk powder 58 102 Common wheat 36 41 Barley 28 29 Sugar 68 143 Notes:
(1) "Intervention prices" have been taken as:
Beef and veal—the intervention price used has been converted to deadweight equivalent using a killing-out coefficient of 1.9. The intervention price is that used to derive buying-in prices for different categories of cattle. Intervention buying is currently restricted to hindquarters only.
Pigmeat-lowest intervention price.
Butter-intervention price for 82 per cent. butter.
Skimmed milk powder-intervention price.
Common wheat - reference price for wheat of minimum breadmaking quality which would be applicable if special intervention measures were introduced.
Barley—intervention price.
Sugar—intervention price for white sugar plus storage levy.
There are no intervention prices for poultrymeat and eggs.
(2) "world prices" have been calculated by subtracting the common levy from the threshold/guide price.
The beef price is also adjusted for duty.
In the case of pigmeat, poultrymeat and eggs the "world price" has been taken as the sluicegate price, less supplementary levy where appropriate.