§ 40. Mr. Yeoasked the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food what is the amount by which grain production in Britain exceeded demand in 1984.
§ Mr. MacGregorUnited Kingdom cereals production in 1984 is estimated at 26.5 million tonnes. Home demand (of which some 2.4 million tonnes is likely to be met by imports) in the 1984–85 crop year is forecast at 19.4 million tonnes. Export demand cannot be accurately forecast but exports in the first seven months of the crop year had reached nearly 4 million tonnes.