§ Sir Ralph HowellTo ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food what was the value, in each year since 1979 of(a) the overall agricultural production in the United Kingdom, (b) overall food imports, (c) cereal and cereal substitutes imported into the United Kingdom and (d) cereal exports; and if she will express each figure as a percentage of the amount needed for self-sufficiency.
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Food and Agriculture Cereals Agricultural output £ million Imports of food, feed and drink1 £ million Level of United Kingdom self-sufficiency in Food and Feed per cent. Imports of Cereals £million Exports of cereals £ million Production as per cent. of total new supply for use in United Kingdom 1979 3,801 6,653 53.3 565 80 77 1980 4,238 6,341 59.0 496 274 88 1981 4,775 6,781 61.1 438 476 103 1982 5,362 7,321 61.5 401 531 105 1983 5,118 7,982 61.2 420 466 103 1984 6,108 9,097 62.9 410 711 114 1985 5,402 9,482 57.7 468 539 108 1986 5,801 10,070 56.5 500 882 123 1987 5,868 10,276 56.8 469 524 121 1988 5,701 10,602 53.9 452 352 107 1989 6,577 11,420 58.5 361 579 121 1990 6,918 12,288 56.5 375 633 121 subject to revision under the new arrangements provided by the INTRASTAT system. No details are yet available for the actual number of animals involved.
Further details can be found in the CSO's "Business Monitor MM20A: Overseas Trade Statistics of the United Kingdom with the World (including data for countries within the European Community: Intrastat)." A copy of this can be found in the House of Commons Library.