§ Mr. Wigleyasked the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food what is his latest estimate of the total volume of dairy products which will be imported from New Zealand in the current year; and if he will estimate the equivalent volume of milk which this represents.
§ Mr. MacGregorThe United Kingdom is authorised to import on special terms 81,000 tonnes of butter from New Zealand in 1985. In addition, New Zealand may export 9,500 tonnes of cheese to the European Economic Community on special terms, most of which will come to the United Kingdom. It is expected that New Zealand will make full use of these arrangements. These quantities are approximately equivalent to the butterfat content of 1.7 million tonnes of milk and the solids-not-fat content of 43,000 tonnes of milk.