§ Mr. Austin MitchellTo ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food whether he will publish in theOfficial Report a table showing for each year since 1156W 1983–84 the (a) guide, (b) intervention, (c) threshold and (d) other prices for wine, and the amount spent by way of price support and other data on the same basis as that provided in his written reply of 2 May 1985, Official Report, column 201.
§ Mr. MacleanThe information requested is provided in the tables.
Averages Guide price, activating price, reference price for wine and average weighted producer prices ecu/per cent. vol./hectolitre Wine year1 2Guide Price 3Activating 4 Reference Average weighted producer prices 1984–85 3.30 3.04 4.36 2.51 1985–86 3.30 3.04 4.36 2.61 1986–87 3.30 3.04 4.36 2.38 1987–88 3.23 2.97 4.36 2.44 1988–89 3.23 2.97 4.36 2.78 1989–90 3.22 2.96 4.36 n.a. Note: All prices calculated on average of red and white wine (RI and AI) prices.
1 Commodity year runs from 1 September to 31 August.
2 The "guide price" is the equivalent of a target price
3 The "activating price" is set at 92 per cent. of the guide price and triggers some intervention.
4 The Reference price is the Community threshold price for imports.
Costs of wine regime MECU Year Total cost of regime Surplus disposal2 1984 1,223 940 1985 921 664 1986 631 462 1987 800 599 1988 11,546 1724 1 Provisional figures 2 Distillation of wine/compulsory distillation of the by-products of winemaking. Source: EC Commission financial reports (1984–87)
EC Commission working document (1988)
Volume of Wine Distilled millions of hectolitres Year Volume Distilled Under 822/87 1984–85 29.9 1985–86 23.8 1986–87 44.5 1987–88 40.5
Production, Imports and Exports of Wine millions of hectolitres Year Production Imports Exports 1984–85 147.7 4.5 10.2 1985–86 142.7 4.2 8.5 1986.87 200.3 1.5 10.9 1987–88 209.0 1.7 10.6 1984–85; 1985–86 Community of 10. 1986–87 Community of 11. 1987–88 Community of 12.