§ Mr. Nicholas BennettTo ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if he will make a statement on recent levels of food imports from(a) Hungary, (b) Poland, (c) Czechoslovakia and (d) the former East Germany.
§ Mr. CurryFood imports in the last three years (by value) have been:
Hungary £ million 1988 1989 11990 Live animals chiefly for food 0.080 0.051 0.036 Meat and Meat preparations 4–126 5.411 1.849 Dairy Products and Eggs — — — Fish and Fish Preparations 0.006 0.001 0.008 Cereal and Cereal Preparations 0.183 0.110 0.065 Fruit and Vegetables 8.732 8.735 5.674 Sugar, Sugar Preparations and Honey 0.297 0.209 0.132 Coffee, Tea, Cocoa, Spices and manufactures there of 0.232 0.210 0.090 Miscellaneous Food Preparations 0.067 0.029 0.019 Oilseeds, Oils and Fats 0.258 0.307 0.173 Beverages 1.115 1.653 1.712 Total 15.096 16.716 9.758 1January to August.
Poland £ million 1988 1989 11990 Live animals chiefly for food 0.076 0.088 0.096 Meat and Meat preparations 7.624 7.095 6.277 Dairy Products and Eggs — — 0.020 Fish and Fish Preparations 3.510 2.349 1.753 Cereal and Cereal Preparations 0.025 0.019 0.021 Fruit and Vegetables 6.095 4.431 7.041 Sugar, Sugar Preparations and Honey 0.992 1.195 1.881 Coffee, Tea, Cocoa, Spices and manufactures there of 0.311 0.320 0.511 Miscellaneous Food Preparations — — 0.032 Oilseeds, Oils and Fats 3.863 1.889 11.635 Beverages 0.317 0.248 0.087 Total 22.813 17.634 29.354 1January to August.
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Czechoslovakia £ million 1988 1989 11990 Live animals chiefly for food 0.054 0.068 0.57 Meat and Meat preparations 1.892 2.300 0.078 Dairy Products and Eggs — 0.007 — Fish and Fish Preparations 0.073 0.005 0.010 Cereal and Cereal Preparations 0.002 — — Fruit and Vegetables 1.045 0.736 0.686 Sugar, Sugar Preparations and Honey 0.068 0.051 0.063 Coffee, Tea, Cocoa, Spices and manufactures there of 0.222 0.072 0.044 Miscellaneous Food Preparations — 0.008 — Oilseeds, Oils and Fats — — 0.003 Beverages 0.642 0.714 0.021 Total 3.998 3.981 1.562 1January to August.
GDR (former East Germany) £ million 1988 1989 11990 Live animals chiefly for food 0.042 0.21 0.010 Meat and Meat preparations — — — Dairy Products and Eggs — — — Fish and Fish Preparations — — 0.055 Cereal and Cereal Preparations 0.011 0.009 0.003 Fruit and Vegetables 0.360 0.286 0.416 Sugar, Sugar Preparations and Honey 0.346 0.402 0.224 Coffee, Tea, Cocoa, Spices and manufactures there of — — — Miscellaneous Food Preparations — — — Oilseeds, Oils and Fats 0.004 0.639 0.840 Beverages 0.683 0.670 0.293 Total 1.446 2.027 1.841 1January to August.