HC Deb 31 January 1989 vol 146 c182W
Mr. Cox

To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food what are the estimated food types and quantities which were in storage in the United Kingdom under European Economic Community agreements on 3 January.

Mr. Donald Thompson

Food types and quantities in storage under EC regulationary provisions on 31 December 1988, (the nearest available date) were as follows:

Tonnes
Intervention stocks Private storage
Beef 25,000 2,497
Butter 24,179 448
Grain1 1,162,000 0
Pigmeat 0 62
Sugar 0 2967,878
1 Including grain for animal feed.
2 Stocks held under community storage refund scheme plus regional minimum stock held by cane sugar refiner.

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