HC Deb 08 November 1988 vol 140 cc154-5W
Mr. Teddy Taylor

To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if he will list the special sales authorised by the management committee of the common agricultural policy over the past 12 months; and if he will detail the amount of each special sale and the sale price in terms of pence per pound.

Mr. MacGregor

At any one time, CAP arrangements provide for a number of sales schemes from intervention and from the open market. These tend to follow established patterns, but the following sales to non-EC countries, agreed over the last 12 months, have distinguishing features:

Commodity Date Quantity (tones) Destination Sale price (p/lb)
Butter November 1987 200,100 USSR 36.17
Beef November 1987 2,000 Peru 223.3
Wheat November to December 1987 1,012,000 USSR 12.1
Wheat4 December 1987 480,000 USSR 11.7
Barley4 December 1987 953,000 USSR 11.5
Beef March 1988 5,921 Venezuela 231.6
Wheat April 1988 70,000 Poland 12.4
Wheat May 1988 110,000 Morocco 12.5
Butter May 1988 6,000 Egypt 32.72
Butter May 1988 6,000 Algeria 32.72
Butter May 1988 4,000 Tunisia 32.72
Wheat June 1988 168,000 South Korea 12.9
Wheat June 1988 40,000 Morocco 13.0
Barley June 1988 112,000 Algeria 12.8
Barley July 1988 25,000 Algeria 13.2
Wheat July 1988 6,000 Morocco 13.0
Butter July 1988 110,000 USSR 36.47
Beef August 1988 60,000 Eastern Europe 216.2
Barley4 September 1988 2,210,000 USSR/Other destinations5 13.2
Wheat September 1988 2,510,000 USSR/Other destinations5 13.9
Beef October 1988 100,000 Eastern Europe 217.3
1 Price is calculated from the dollar equivalent of the price actually paid by the purchaser (including MCAs) converted into sterling at spot rates at time of sale.
2 The price is the sale price (including MCAs where applicable) that would have been obtained if the beef had been exported from the United Kingdom, which it was not.
3 The price is the actual sale price (exclusive of MCAs), converted into sterling at the green rate. None of the butter was exported from the United Kingdom.
4 Some of the grain exported was of United Kingdom origin.
5 The quantities destined for the USSR (which it is not possible separately to identify) benefited from an additional subsidy of 0.13p/lb.