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Mr. Hooley
asked the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food what is the current rate of levy per ton expressed in sterling on wheat, rye, barley, oats, maize, sorghum, rice and sugar entering the EEC.
Mr. Bishop
The rates of levy as at 16th October 1975 are:
| £/ton* | |
| Common wheat | 10·66 |
| Rye | 14·33 |
| Barley | 3·11 |
| Oats | 11·08 |
| Maize | 11·13 |
| Sorghum | 11·35 |
| Rice: | |
| Long grain husked | 19·59 |
| Round grain husked | 7·87 |
| Long grain milled | 67·43 |
| Round grain milled | 27·73 |
| White Sugar | 40·39 |
| Raw Sugar | 28·02 |
| * Converted from units of account to sterling using the representative rate of £1 to 1·86369 uas. | |
| AVERAGE UNIT VALUES OF UNITED KINGDOM IMPORTS OF CERTAIN COMMODITIES AUGUST 1975 | |||||
| Commodity | EEC Countries | Non-EEC Countries | |||
| £p ton | £p ton | ||||
| Husked rice, long grained | … | Netherlands† | 164·45 | United States of America | 172·58 |
| Argentina | 174·88 | ||||
| Barley | … | Denmark | 54·96 | Negligible imports from non-EEC sources. | |
| West Germany | 56·41 | ||||
| Maize | … | France | 60·99 | United States of America | 66·10 |
| South Africa | 52·98 | ||||
| White Sugar | … | Irish Republic | 223·31 | Cuba | 205·81 |
| West Germany | 225·89 | ||||
| Beef | … | No reliable comparisons possible due to restrictions on imports from most non-EEC countries. | |||
| Pigmeat—Bacon sides | … | Denmark | 741·25 | Sweden | 817·77 |
| Irish Republic | 810·88 | Poland | 745·55 | ||
| Eggs | … | France | 364·41 | None from non-EEC sources. | |
| Butter | … | Netherlands | 886·68 | New Zealand* | 495·00 |
| Denmark | 831·63 | ||||
| Skimmed milk powder | … | Irish Republic | 480·23 | None from non-EEC sources | |
| Olive oil | … | Not distinguishable separately in the trade statistics. | |||
| Common wheat | … | France (soft) | 57·10 | USA (hard) | 92·76 |
| Canada (hard) | 111·34 | ||||
| Durum wheat | … | Netherlands† | 109·79 | ||
| * Special minimum import price. | |||||
| † Not Dutch production—probably transhipments. | |||||
Sources:
Overseas Trade Statistics of United Kingdom.
Customs and Excise Tabulation Sheets.
For the United Kingdom, account must also be taken of the transitional arrangements for cereals and rice and monetary adjustments for cereals and sugar. The effect of these is to produce a net subsidy on imports of basic grains into the United Kingdom.