European Surpluses

asked the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food (1) what, in tons and pounds, were the quantities and value of each agricultural and food product in (a) the EEC and (b) the United

thousand tonnes
					1970	1971	1972	1973	1974
Skimmed Milk Powder
EEC	…	…	…	…	34·2	29·8	25·0	56·4	33·6
United Kingdom			…	…	—	—	—	1·1	1·2
Potatoes
EEC	…	…	…	…	No Community arrangements
thousand long tons
					1970–71	1971–72	1972–73	1973–74	1974–75
United Kingdom			…	…	672	620	—	34	—

Wheat.—Corresponding figures for wheat in the EEC are not available. The

the present levy per ton payable by EEC countries other than the United Kingdom on butter and cheese, respectively, imported into these countries from outside the EEC.

The intervention prices for butter and the types of cheese covered by intervention arrangements are as follows:Kingdom made unfit for human consumption by using directly in animal feeding stuffs in each of the years 1970 to 1974 and in 1975 to the latest available date;(2) what quantities of sugar, wheat and milk powder were disposed of in (

a) the EEC and ( b) the United Kingdom in each of the years 1970 to 1974, and in 1975 to the latest available date, under arrangements made by the EEC to ensure that surplus products are not used for human consumption; and what in each case was paid by the EEC to arrange this.

, pursuant to his reply [Official Report, 20th May 1975; Vol. 892, c. 358], gave the following information:The following quantities of skimmed milk powder and potatoes were disposed of by being treated so as to restrict their use to animal feed. Values are not available.quantities involved in the United Kingdom were 32,000 tonnes in 1973 and 70,000 tonnes in 1974. No denaturing premium has been payable on wheat since February 1974.

thousand tonnes
					1970	1971	1972	1973	1974
EEC^*	…	…	…	…	305	190	30	53	7
United Kingdom		…	…	…	8	6	1	Nil	Nil
^* July/June years commencing July 1969. July to end 1974 Nil.

The EEC arrangements for sugar in the years 1971–72, 1972–73 and 1973–74 were not to dispose of surplus sugar but to assist the feeding of bees in order to put EEC honey producers on the same footing as competitors outside the Community.No denaturing premium has been payable on sugar since November 1973.The United Kingdom disposals in 1970, 1971 and 1972 were made under domestic arrangements and were also in the interests of honey producers and for use in cattle feed.Total Community expenditure on disposals of sugar, wheat and milk powder for animal feed was £130,803,679 in 1972, £197,100,870 in 1973 and £207,800,000 (provisional) in 1974. This includes expenditure on premiums paid for products incorporated in livestock feed and does not correspond to the quantities shown above.

Volume 892: debated on Thursday 22 May 1975