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Mr. Woof
asked the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food what are the total stocks of each foodstuff held under EEC intervention arrangements to the latest date; and what was the figure of the buying price for 30th April, respectively.
| Approximate intervention Stocks ('000 tonnes)* | EEC Common Buying-in price at 30th April (u/a per tonne) | |||||||
| Commodity | Total EEC | United Kingdom | As at | |||||
| Beef | … | … | … | … | 266·0 | 0·04 | Mid April 1975 | ‡ |
| Cereals | ||||||||
| Total | … | … | … | 2,539·2 | Nil | 13th May 1975 | ||
| Wheat | … | … | … | 1,703·4 | Nil | 13th May 1975 | 124·33§ | |
| Rye | … | … | … | 253·8 | Nil | 13th May 1975 | 115·73 | |
| Barley | … | … | … | 582·0 | Nil | 13th May 1975 | 110·23 | |
| Milk Products | ||||||||
| Butter | … | … | … | 66·0 | Nil | 10th May 1975 | 1,946·30 | |
| Skimmed Milk Powder | … | 552·0 | 12·0 | 10th May 1975 | 887·00 | |||
| Cheese | … | … | … | 60·0 | Nil | 10th May 1975 | ||
| Grana Padano | ||||||||
| 30–60 day maturity | … | 1,958·5 | ||||||
| Batches of average age 6 months | … | … | 2,308·3 | |||||
| Parmigiano Reggiano | ||||||||
| Batches of average age 6 months | … | … | 2,500·3 | |||||
| Notes: | ||||||||
| Provision exists for the introduction of intervention arrangements for pigmeat, sugar certain oilseeds and olive oil. No stocks of these commodities are held at present. | ||||||||
| * Excluding stocks the property of private traders but held in Community-aided private storage. | ||||||||
| † Prices in the United Kingdom, Denmark and Republic of Ireland are derived by application of accession compensatory amounts and appropriate representative rates. | ||||||||
| ‡ Intervention prices for beef vary according to grade of cattle and presentation or cut of been There is, therefore, a considerable range of prices operating within the Community. The basis for calculating prices is the common intervention level for live cattle which was 99·42 u/a per 100 kg at 30th April 1975. | ||||||||
| § This is the highest intervention price from which are derived lower regional intervention prices which take account of the supply position and transport costs. | ||||||||