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European Community (Food Exports)

Volume 80: debated on Thursday 13 June 1985

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asked the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if he has now received details of the amount of food and wine sent from the European Economic Community to the Soviet Union and Eastern Europe, respectively, in 1984; and if he will publish details of such exports.

The information requested is contained in the following table.

European Community Exports of the Main Agricultural Commodities in 1984
To the Soviet Union 000tonnesTo Eastern ‡Europe(exclude-ing Soviet Union) 000tonnes
Wheat4,9371,631
Barley7065
Wheat flour187*
Rice*8
Malt79*
Wholemilk powder51
Skimmed milk powder**
Condensed milk**
Butter and butteroil85*
Beef and veal7557
Pigmeat*2
Poultrymeat*6
Sugar, total (white equivalent)‡5891
of which
refined sugar4521
Winen/an/a

Source: EUROSTAT.

* less than 500 tonnes.

† includes raw sugar converted to white sugar equivalent: 1 tonne raw sugar=-92 tonnes white sugar.

‡ German Democratic Republic, Poland, Czechoslovakia, Hungary, Romania. Bulgaria. Albania.

na = not available.