§ Mr. Austin Mitchellasked the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food whether he will publish in the Official Report a table showing for each agricultural product the amount of export refunds per tonne granted to British exporters at the most recent available date and the total spent by way of such refunds in 1985.
§ Mr. Gummer[pursuant to his reply, 23 April 1986, c. 164]: Details of export refunds for agricultural products are published in the Official Journal of the European Communities, copies of which are deposited in the Library of the House. Export refunds available to British exporters on 23 April 1986 were published in the following Official Journals
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Commodity Official Journal reference and page Milk and Milk Products L82 of 27 March 1986, pages 95–113 Pigmeat L103 of 19 April 1986 pages 42–47 Fresh Fruit and Vegetables L142 of 31 May 1985 pages 22–23 Poultrymeat L23 of 30 January 1986 pages 13–15 Processed Fruit and Vegetables containing added sugar L76 of 21 March 1986 page 32 Beef L95 of 10 April 1986 pages 19–30 Olive Oil L82 of 27 March 1986 pages 29–30 Oilseeds L82 of 27 March 1986 pages 31–33 Sugar L101 of 17 April 1986 page 30 Cereals L100 of 16 April 1986 pages 14–16 Rice 82 of 27 March 1986 pages 90–92 Malt L96 of 11 April 1986 page 33 Compound Feedingstuffs L82 of 27 March 1986 pages 20–22 Products processed from cereals and rice L82 of 27 March 1986 pages 14–19 Spirits L232 of 30 August 1985 page 15 Non Annex II products —Eggs L27 of 1 February 1986 pages 46–47 —Sugar/Molasses L88 of 3 April 1986 pages 32–33 —Cereals/Rice L82 of 27 March 1986 pages 47–49 —Milk Products L82 of 27 March 1986 pages 44–46 Exports refunds are also available in the tobacco and wine sectors but none was paid to British exporters in 1985.
Expenditure on export refunds on agricultural products in the United Kingdom in 1985 was £356 million.