§ 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 1973 (a) the (i) guide, (ii) intervention, (iii) threshold and (iv) other prices for cereals and (b) the co-responsibility levies together with (1) the amount produced, (2) the surplus production, (3) the amount taken into intervention, (4) the corresponding world price and (5) the cost to the EEC of (x) intervention, (y) storage and (z) export refunds.
§ Mr. CurryDetails of the target, threshold and intervention prices for common wheat and barley since 1973 are given in table A. In addition, a separate buying-in price has operated since 1987–88 at 94 per cent. of the intervention price.
The cereals co-responsibility levy was introduced from the start of the 1986–87 marketing year. In its first two years of operation, the rate was set at 5.38 ecu-tonne. In 1988–89 the basic levy remained at 5.38 ecu-tonne, but there was also an additional levy of 2.87 ecu-tonne. in 1989–90 the basic levy is 5.22 ecu-tonne and the provisional rate of the additional levy is also 5.22 ecu-tonne. The latter will be reduced if the 1989 Community harvest does not exceed the maximum guaranteed quantity of 160 million tonnes by 3 per cent. or more.
Details of European Community cereals production, the difference between production and consumption, and the amount taken into intervention are given in table B. There is no single representative measure of world price for cereals.
Details of EC expenditure on cereals intervention storage and export refunds are given in table C.
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Table B Cereals Production: Production less consumption; Intervention purchases Million tones Year Usable cereals production Production less consumption Intervention purchases 1973–74 104.6 -10.8 1.8 1974–75 107.2 -6.0 2.3 1975–76 96.4 -13.8 1.4 1976–77 90.0 -19.7 0.4 1977–78 102.5 -8.9 1.1 1978–79 115.4 -0.5 1.2 1979–80 113.7 -1.9 2.2 1980–81 124.8 +7.8 4.7 1981–82 122.3 +6.9 2.4 1982–83 131.4 +17.3 8.5 1983–84 123.3 +6.3 4.0 1984–85 151.4 +32.5 13.2 1985–86 160.4 +17.2 11.9 1986–87 154.4 +14.8 5.5 1987–88 153.4 +20.0 4.8 11988–89 163.2 +26.2 3.7 1 Provisional figures. 2 1973–74 to 1979–80—Figures are for EC 9. 1980–81 to 1984–85—Figures are for EC 10. 1985–86 to 1988–89—Figures are for EC 12.
Table C: EC Budget Expenditure—Cereals 1973–1989 Export refunds (including food aid) (£ million) Public intervention storage (£million) 1973 195.4 29.9 1974 31.7 11.8 1975 143.2 23.4 1976 158.7 28.1 1977 135.7 9.4 1978 494.3 39.2 1979 769.1 76.9 1980 711.3 128.9 1981 671.8 227.2 1982 594.0 252.9 1983 894.5 331.8 1984 536.3 207.8 1985 633.2 476.4 1986 1,108.9 869.6 1987 2,270.7 672.1 1988 2,042.5 844.6 1989 3,834.1 1,316.8 Note.—The figures for 1973–77 have been converted for units of accounts. It is not possible to convert mua to mecu accurately. Therefore these figures do not strictly compare with figures for later years.
Source:
1973–87 FEOGA Financial Reports
1988 Provisional Outturn
1989 Budget Conjunctive Document