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Mr. Hooson
asked the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food what is the weekly value of the total imports of meat in all forms over the past year; and what percentage this is of the weekly home demand.
Mr. Bishop
The weekly average value of total imports of meat in all forms, but excluding live animals, in 1974 valued at cif prices was £13·1 million. The percentage this forms of home demand is not available since home demand is not valued on the same basis. However, estimates of the percentage of the total quantities supplied for the main meats which
Estimated disposals (to nearest '000 tons) | |||||||
Product | Provisional totals of withdrawals Community (tons) | To charitable organisations etc. | Use for Animal Feed | Distillation into alcohol | Unfit for consumption | Details not known | |
Cauliflowers | … | 15,343 | ·· | 8 | — | 7 | ·· |
Tomatoes | … | 4,672 | ·· | ·· | — | 4 | ·· |
Peaches | … | 31,388 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 26 | — |
Pears | … | 52,824 | 1 | 5 | 41 | 2 | 4 |
Apples | … | 1,897 | ·· | 1 | ·· | ·· | ·· |
Oranges | … | 128 | ·· | — | — | ·· | — |
·· Less than 500 tons. |