HC Deb 18 July 1989 vol 157 cc98-9W
Sir Geoffrey Johnson Smith

To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food by how much intervention stocks of butter, skimmed milk powder, beef, olive oil and cereals, have fallen in recent years(a) in the United Kingdom and (b) in the European Community.

Mr. Donald Thompson

The tables show current and peak levels of intervention stocks of butter, skimmed milk powder, beef, olive oil, and cereals,(a) in the United Kingdom, (b) in the European Community, and the percentage by which those stocks have fallen.

Commodity Peak level Current level Per cent. reduction
(a) United Kingdom Stocks (thousand tonnes)
Butter 269 12 96
August 1986 May 1989
SMP 220 0 100
October 1983 May 1989
Beef 86 18 79
December 1985 May 1989
Olive oil 0 0
Total cereals 6,013 639 89
November 1985 June 1989
Durum 0 0
Wheat 3,926 25 99
November 1985 June 1989
Barley 2,087 614 71
November 1985 June 1989
Rye 0 0
(b) EC Stocks (thousand tonnes)
Butter 1,398 45 97
August 1986 May 1989

Commodity Peak level Current level Per cent. reduction
SMP 1,063 7 99
September 1986 May 1989
Beef 711 331 53
September 1985 April 1989
Olive oil 417 241 42
September 1988 June 1989
Total cereals 18,193 7,330 60
October 1985 June 1989
Durum 2,348 1,161 51
July/August 1988 June 1989
Wheat 11,843 2,253 81
October 1985 June 1989
Barley 5,226 2,857 45
July 1986 June 1989
Rye 1,164 1,059 9
June/July 1987 June 1989

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