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Mr. Ron Davies
asked the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food how much liquid skimmed milk was subsidised for use as stockfeed in the past year in the United Kingdom; and what was the cost of the subsidies involved.
| Latest estimates of production* and consumption† of selected agricultural commodities | |||||
| '000 tonnes | |||||
| Commodity | Period | EC-10 | United Kingdom | ||
| Production | Consumption | Production | Consumption | ||
| Common wheat | 1984–85 | 70,098 | 46,569 | 14,746 | 10,350 |
| Barley | 1984–85 | 44,146 | 33,561 | 11,099 | 6,492 |
| Sugar (white equivalent) | 1984–85‡ | 12,502 | 9,500 | 1,325 | 2,285 |
| Butter | 1983 | 2,297 | 1,565 | 242 | 316 |
| Skimmed milk powder | 1983 | 2,495 | 1,870 | 302 | 132 |
| Eggs | 1983 | 3,950 | 3,832 | 738 | 757 |
| Beef and veal | 1984 | 7,500 | 6,800 | 1,107 | 1,217 |
| * Usable or gross indigenous production. | |||||
| † Domestic uses, excluding intervention stocks. | |||||
| ‡ On the basis of October/September period, except Italy and Greece where August/July period applies. | |||||
Sources:
EC Commission; EUROSTAT.