HC Deb 10 December 1990 vol 182 c313W
Mr. Teddy Taylor

To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if he will make a statement explaining the total sum in the 1991 EEC budget which relates to the storage and sale of surplus produce, including the disposal thereof.

Mr. Curry

The total sum in the 1991 draft EC budget relating to the storage, sale and disposal of agricultural produce is 17,900 million ecu (£12,500 million). Of this sum 9,800 million ecu (£6,800 million) relates to export

Date Destination Commodity Quantity (Tonnes) Price (pence/lb)
June Algeria Wheat 160,800 3.0
June Morocco Wheat 122,000 3. 0
July Algeria Wheat 60,000 3.0
June Eastern Europe1 Rice 500 8.1
July Eastern Europe1 Rice 14,750 7.5
October Eastern Europe2 Rice 3,900 6.1
November Eastern Europe2 Rice 6,440 6.1–6.5
November USSR Wheat 1,500,000 2.0
November USSR Barley 500,000 2.0
September Brazil3 Beef-Boneless 30,000 25.3
September Brazil3 Beef-Bone in 50,000 17.5
1 Includes East Germany.
2 Excludes East Germany.
3 Sale agreed by EC but not taken up by Brazil.

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