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19.
Mr. Grimond
asked the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food what information he has as to increased fishing in British inshore waters owing to the closure of the Icelandic fishing grounds.
Mr. Strang
There has so far been little evidence of the diversion of deep sea trawlers to inshore waters.
| UNITED KINGDOM CEREALS IMPORTS—1ST JANUARY 1971 TO 31ST OCTOBER 1976 | |||||||
| Year | |||||||
| Cereal | Source Country of origin/consignment | 1971 | 1972 | 1973 | 1974 | 1975 | In '000 tons 1976 to 31st October |
| Wheat and Meslin* | Australia | 1,351·2 | 563·7 | 235·6 | — | — | 71·5 |
| Canada | 1,346·7 | 1,267·1 | 1,454·1 | 1,312·3 | 1,423·9 | 1,145·0 | |
| United States of America | 854·4 | 775·6 | 507·8 | 557·1 | 982·7 | 274·5 | |
| France | — | 824·8 | 1,062·6 | 711·2 | 761·8 | 1,159·4 | |
| Netherlands | — | — | — | — | 170·7 | 191·5 | |
| West Germany | — | — | — | — | 51·1 | 140·5 | |
| Denmark | — | — | — | 130·4 | 121·5 | 96·4 | |
| Total | 4,533·2 | 4,125·0 | 3,719·3 | 2,809·6 | 3,567·5 | 3,159·9 | |
| Barley* | Canada | 749·4 | 460·6 | 89·7 | — | — | 91·5 |
| Australia | 264·5 | 228·0 | — | 89·7 | 61·3 | 90·0 | |
| France | — | — | 85·4 | 607·9 | 180·5 | 167·3 | |
| Belgium/Luxembourg | — | — | — | — | 51·6 | 17·8 | |
| Denmark | — | — | — | — | 80·4 | 7·9 | |
| Netherlands | — | — | — | — | 41·3 | 18·8 | |
| Irish Republic | — | — | — | — | — | 41·6 | |
| Total | 1,067·9 | 728·7 | 286·8 | 799·7 | 473·1 | 473·5 | |
| Maize* | United States of America | 1,301·3 | 1,619·2 | 1,733·4 | 1,734·3 | 1,804·8 | 2,186·7 |
| France | 459·5 | — | 560·9 | 870·1 | 636·6 | 409·8 | |
| Netherlands | 427·0 | 637·4 | 726·5 | 62·5 | 27·5 | 55·2 | |
| Republic of South Africa | — | 694·4 | 183·2 | 454·7 | 480·1 | 225·8 | |
| Argentina | — | — | — | 78·0 | — | 45·2 | |
| Total | 2,912·2 | 3,095·5 | 3,335·5 | 3,204·8 | 2,987·4 | 2,957·9 | |
| Rye† | Canda | 19·6 | 31·9 | 11·2 | — | 3·5 | 3·8 |
| Netherlands | — | — | 28·3 | 9·0 | 13·3 | 4·4 | |
| Denmark | — | — | — | — | 8·6 | — | |
| West Germany | — | — | — | — | — | 4·7 | |
| Total | 24·1 | 42·5 | 45·4 | 17·3 | 32·7 | 23·6 | |
| Oats† | Australia | 10·9 | — | — | 12·9 | 3·6 | — |
| Netherlands | — | 17·2 | 1·8 | 5·0 | 3·8 | 6·5 | |
| Canada | — | — | 3·4 | — | — | — | |
| West Germany | — | — | — | — | 15·1 | 8·7 | |
| Total | 19·0 | 25·0 | 7·9 | 25·1 | 28·4 | 24·9 | |
| Rice† | United States of America | 54·7 | 47·0 | 39·0 | 23·2 | 25·4 | 28·5 |
| Australia | 16·8 | 20·8 | 22·8 | 13·2 | — | — | |
| Italy | — | 19·2 | 36·0 | 48·7 | 47·8 | 49·3 | |
| China | — | 13·5 | — | — | — | — | |
| Netherlands | — | — | — | — | 25·3 | 25·7 | |
| Total | 145·2 | 126·8 | 139·9 | 126·6 | 135·7 | 141·9 | |