§ Mr. LevittTo ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food for what reasons 1996 has been used as the basis for the 1998 suckler cow payments. [37092]
§ Mr. RookerWe are required by EU rules to make payments of agrimonetary compensation on the basis of past production. Since the first of the revaluations concerned here took place in January 1997, compensation
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UK exports of flour, meals and pellets, of meat or meat offal (inc. tankage) unfit for human consumption units: tones Country 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 EC Countries Netherlands 1,826 6,099 7,380 1,089 814 156 1,223 3,445 2,006 1,777 France 7,222 15,674 1,148 20 94 — 156 802 455 142 Irish Republic 2,555 900 234 485 232 279 356 400 1,745 3,824 Belgium-Luxembourg 274 1,605 1,131 740 13 1 42 24 47 747 Italy 38 89 130 128 139 1,785 456 883 566 0 Germany 559 578 14 5 5 5 0 23 0 423 Denmark — 60 34 248 180 — — — — 0 Spain — — — — 18 — 10 36 202 22 Greece — — — — — — 101 148 — — Portugal 80 — — 6 — — — — 44 10 EC Total 12,553 25,005 10,072 2,720 1,494 2,226 2,343 5,761 5,065 6,945 Non-EC Indonesia — — — 1,620 13,847 20,061 10,947 6,961 806 1,609 Israel 92 2,718 3,677 9,816 7,265 4,008 1,486 945 447 1,503 India — — — 400 200 278 3,625 1,547 6,098 13,226 Thailand — — 1,574 6,239 4,408 2,157 1,688 1,184 1,309 1,746 Taiwan — 200 1,143 2,023 280 87 — 42 823 214 Philippines — — — — 145 105 733 482 553 2,144 Russia — — — — — — — 453 2,646 885 Saudi Arabia 5 3,462 357 — — — — 80 — — Sri Lanka 121 20 — 693 1,242 1,417 — — — — Iceland — — — 48 133 246 30 498 367 1,725 Singapore — — — 801 — — — — 687 321 South Korea — — 1 220 1,010 103 — 20 — — Switzerland — — — — — — — 218 0 1,054 Malta 299 220 267 182 119 58 40 43 23 — Morocco — — — — — — — — 525 645 Kenya — 342 100 — — — 1 — 381 181 Sweden 76 — 652 6 — 64 6 — — — Egypt — — — — — — — — — 781 Br Ind Oc Ten- — — — — 105 — 645 — — — China — — — — — — — 108 237 364 Jordan — — — — 50 231 212 107 — — Romania — — — — — — — 466 — — Lebanon 60 80 — — 175 99 — — — — relates to the 1996 Suckler Cow Premium year. This applies only to agrimonetary compensation payments, not to the normal 1998 suckler cow payments, which will be made as usual on the basis of 1997 claims.