HC Deb 24 July 1987 vol 120 cc623-4W
Mr. Austin Mitchell

asked the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food whether he will publish in the Official Report a table showing for each of the years 1984–86 the production of Mediterranean products on the same basis as given in his written reply to the hon. Member for Great Grimsby dated 20 May 1985, Official Report, columns 346–47.

Mr. Donald Thompson

The information requested is shown in the table.

EC10 Spain Portugal
Olive oil (thousand tonnes)
Usable production1
1983–84 1,255 266 16
1984–85 615 658 75
1985–862 1,017 380 30
Oranges (thousand tonnes)
Harvested production
1984 2,362 1,339 98
1985 2,773 1,945 155
19862 3,025 2,104 169
Wine (million hectolitres)
Usable production
1983–84 168 31 9
1984–85 148 34 9
1985–86 143 33 10
1986–872 162 37 8

Source: Eurostat and Commission.

1 Olive oil is a biennial crop and production can fluctuate substantially from one year to the next.

2 Provisional.

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