§ Mr. Teddy TaylorTo ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if he will publish a list of the tonnages of food and gallons of wine exported with subsidy support to(a) central and east Europe and the Soviet Union and (b) the rest of the world, respectively, in the most recent year for which figures are available; and what are the comparable figures for the previous two years.
§ Mr. CurryThe information requested is contained in the tables. 565W
European Community exports of the main agricultural commodities to central and east Europe and the Soviet Union (a) (b) (000 tonnes) 1988 1989 January to October 1990 Wheat 4,228 4,326 4,759 Barley 2,302 4,599 2,610 Wheat flour 4 5 2 Rice 8 7 69 Maize 209 899 389 Malt — 62 115 Wholemilk powder 33 51 43 Skimmed milk powder 55 — — Condensed milk — — — Butter (including butter oil) 332 165 36 Beef and veal 94 275 169 Pigmeat — — 63 Poultrymeat 1 18 13 Sugar total (white equivalent) 111 424 70 (of which, refined sugar) 99 424 70 Olive oil 12 8 17 Wine 81 96 101 Notes:
(a) Soviet Union, German Democratic Republic, Poland, Czechoslovakia, Hungary, Romania, Bulgaria and Albania.
(b) From 3 October 1990 the German Democratic Republic ceased to exist.
(c) — denotes trade under 500 tonnes.
European Community exports of the main agricultural commodities to the rest of the world (a) (000 tonnes) 1988 1989 January to October 1990 Wheat 8,201 11,077 9,786 Barley 4,122 4,273 3,430 Wheat flour 2,559 2,441 2,415 Rice 329 386 232 Maize 964 1,438 809 Malt 1,030 990 963 Wholemilk powder 563 517 392 Skimmed milk powder 561 409 292 Condensed milk 383 449 300 Butter (including butter oil) 276 209 132 Beef and veal 521 577 363 Pigmeat 11 14 193 Poultrymeat 388 417 325 Sugar total (white equivalent) 4,416 4,132 3,938 (of which, refined sugar) 4,404 4,101 3,907 Olive oil 134 127 115 Wine 1,188 1,162 863 Note: (a) Excluding central and east Europe and the Soviet Union.