HC Deb 28 October 1985 vol 84 cc315-6W
Mr. Robert Banks

asked the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if he will set out the acreages used for the growing of sugar beet within the European Economic Community for each of the last 10 years and the tonnage of sugar produced for the same periods.

Mr. Jopling

The information available is as follows:

Year (October— September) Area of sugar beet in the European Community ('000 Hectares) Beet sugar production in the European Community ('000 tonnes white sugar)*
1975–76 1,887 9,656
1976–77 1,916 10,009
1977–78 1,803 11,472
1978–79 1,796 11,721
1979–80 1,800 12,230
1980–81 1,805 11,978
1981–82 2,026 14,711
1982–83 1,839 13,633
1983–84 1,663 10,740
1984–85† 1,733 12,211

SourceEC Commission.

* Includes non-quota sugar production which must be exported outside the EC without export refunds or carried forward to count towards the following year's quota production.

† Provisional.