HC Deb 09 June 1988 vol 134 cc679-80W
47. Mr. Ralph Howell

To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if he will state, for 1986 and 1987(a) the total tonnage of cereals produced in the United Kingdom, (b) the total tonnage of cereals and cereal substitutes consumed in the United Kingdom and (c) the total tonnage of cereals or cereal substitutes imported into the United Kingdom.

Mr. MacGregor

The information requested is as follows:

'000 tonnes
1986 1987
Total tonnage of cereals produced in the United Kingdom 24,488 121,472
Total tonnage of cereals consumed in the United Kingdom 20,626 219,971
Total tonnage of cereal substitutes3 consumed4 in the United Kingdom 1,507 1,475

Commodity Date Quantity Destination Sale Price
(tonnes) p/lb
Wheat September 1987 650,000 USSR 1.61
Barley September 1987 850,000 USSR 1.31 2
Wheat November-December 1987 1,012,000 USSR 2.11
Wheat December 1987 480,000 USSR 1.71 2
Barley December 1987 953,000 USSR 1.51 2
Wheat April 1988 70,000 Poland 2.41
Wheat May 1988 110,000 Morocco 2.51
Butter November 1987 200,100 USSR 6.03

1986 1987
Total tonnage of cereals imported into the United Kingdom 3,488 23,172
Total tonnage of cereal substitutes3 imported into the United Kingdom 1,028 1,081
1 Estimate.
2 Provisional.
3 As defined in Annex D to Regulation (EEC) No. 2727/75.
4 Information relates to off-farm use of cereal substitutes in animal feeding stuffs production.

Sources:

HM Customs and Excise.

Annual Review of Agriculture 1988.

MAFF January 1988 Cereal Production Survey.

MAFF and Department of Agriculture for Northern Ireland Compound Feed Production Surveys.

57. Mr. Hunter

To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food what quantity of cereals is currently held in intervention in(a) the United Kingdom and (b) the European Community as a whole.

Mr. MacGregor

At 15 May the quantity of cereals held in intervention in the European Community was 9.4 million tonnes of which 1.3 million tonnes was held in the United Kingdom. A note setting out the volume of intervention stocks in the United Kingdom and the European Community which includes figures for cereals, is deposited in the Library of the House and is updated monthly.