§ Mr. Austin Mitchellasked the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food whether he will publish in the Official Report a table showing for each of the past five years the basic and buying-in prices for certain fruit and vegetables under the common organisation of the market for fruit and vegetables, the cost to the EEC budget and the quantities removed from the market for distillation, destruction or otherwise.
§ Mr. MacGregorThe latest information available is as follows:
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EC basic and buying-in prices for fruit and vegetables 1980–85 ecu/100 kg Commodity Basic price Buying-in price Cauliflowers 1980–81 13.49 5.81 1981–82 15.24 6.57 1982–83 17.36 7.49 1983–84 18.64 8.05 1984–85 19.07 8.23 Tomatoes 1980–81 17.30 7.27 1981–82 19.02 7.99 1982–83 21.11 8.87 1983–84 21.99 9.24 1984–85 21.73 9.13 Peaches 1980–81 34.42 21.24 1981–82 38.27 23.61 1982–83 42.93 26.48 1983–84 45.76 28.22 1984–85 45.99 28.37 Lemons 1980–81 27.76 16.90 1981–82 31.20 19.01 1982–83 35.37 21.57 1983–84 37.90 32.12 1984–85 38.11 23.25 Pears 1980–81 19.43 10.49 1981–82 21.75 11.71 1982–83 24.56 13.19 1983–84 25.48 13.67 1984–85 25.62 13.74 Table Grapes 1980–81 23.74 14.45
Commodity Basic price Buying-in price 1981–82 26.49 16.17 1982–83 29.83 18.25 1983–84 31.84 19.51 1984–85 32.51 19.92 Apples 1980–81 20.42 10.40 1981–82 22.54 11.48 1982–83 25.36 12.92 1983–84 26.36 13.43 1984–85 26.51 13.51 Mandarins 1980–81 33.42 21.93 1981–82 37.27 24.44 1982–83 41.55 27.22 1983–84 43.92 28.77 1984–85 44.15 28.92 Sweet Oranges 1980–81 28.59 19.16 1981–82 31.98 21.36 1982–83 36.08 24.03 1983–84 38.57 25.65 1984–85 38.78 25.78 Aubergines 1982–83 16.03 6.42 1983–84 17.07 6.84 1984–85 17.41 6.98 Apricots 1982–83 42.31 25.39 1983–84 45.06 27.04 1984–85 44.61 26.77 Note: Basic and buying-in prices vary seasonally and in some cases vary according to variety, size and other factors. The figures given are the lowest seasonal price for the standard presentation.
Basic and buying-in prices did not apply to aubergines and apricots before 1982–83.
EC withdrawals of horticultural produce 1980–81 to 1983–84 Thousand tonnes 1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 Total amounts withdrawn 1,007 812 1,874 2,052 Free distribution in fresh or processed form to charitable organisations etc. 45 51 84 n/a Used for animal feed 349 158 474 n/a Used for distillation 308 125 709 n/a Assumed to be spoilt or wasted 305 478 607 n/a Value of compensation paid by FEOGA (thousand ecus) 111 139 265 446 n/a=Not available. No information for 1984–85 is yet available.
Source: EC Commission.