§ 64. Mr. Lathamasked the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food whether he will make a statement on the latest state of trade in the dairy sector.
§ Mr. GummerDetailed information on United Kingdom and EC trade in dairy products is given inOverseas Trade Statistics in the United Kingdom and Eurostat External Trade— Analytical Tables, copies of which are available in the Library of the House. However, the following tables give details of the United Kingdom's and EC's total trade in dairy products in each of the years 1980 to 1986.
United Kingdom Imports and Exports of Dairy Products1: 1980–86 tonnes Year Imports Exports 1980 354,156 333,096 1981 381,999 294,831 1982 353,394 312,960 1983 376,632 295,138 1984 372,878 317,719 1985 365,453 294,650 1986 384,037 331,535 1 SITC codes 022, 023 and 024 Source 'Overseas Trade Statistics of the United Kingdom'
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EC Imports and Exports of Dairy Products1 from and to Third Countries: 1980–86
tonnes Year Imports Exports 1980 213,743 2,794,700 1981 238,651 2,615,527 1982 247,704 2,355,141 1983 233,000 2,090,663 1984 224,331 2,450,037 1985 223,338 2,377,527 19861 212,176 2,060,813 1 CCT codes 04.01–04.04 Source: Eurostat.
Note: All figures for EC10 except those for 1980 and 1986 which are for EC9