§ Mr. Teddy Taylorasked the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food what percentage of the total tonnage of food exported to third countries by the European Economic Commission was sent to East Europe, including the Soviet Union, in the most recent annual period for which figures are available; and what were the comparable percentages in each of the previous 10 years.
§ Mr. Gummer[pursuant to his reply, 10 March 1986, c. 358]: The information requested is set out for the main agricultural products in the table below. Percentages based on total tonnages may be unduly influenced by variations in the composition of exports to different destinations.
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European Community* exports of the main agricultural products† to Eastern Europe (including the Soviet Union) as a percentage of the
total tonnage of such products exported to third countries
percentage 1976 15.4 1977 7.7 1978 15.5 1979 17.7 1980 23.1 1981 26.1 1982 22.1 1983 26.6 1984 23.6 Source: EUROSTAT.
Notes:
* EC9 to 1980, EC10 thereafter.
† Section 0 of the standard international trade classification: this includes most of the major food items and some animal feed but excludes tobacco, alcoholic beverages and oils.