To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food what was the tonnage and value of fruit and vegetables destroyed due to overproduction in the United Kingdom and each EU member state in the latest year for which figures are available. [37118]
Information on the tonnages and value of produce destroyed in each member state for which EU compensation was paid in 1992–93, the last year for which figures are available is as follows:
Table 1: Tonnage of destroyed produce for which EU withdrawal compensation was paid (t)
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Belgium
| Denmark
| Germany
| Greece
| Spain
| France
| Ireland
| Italy
| Luxembourg
| Holland
| Portugal
| UK
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| Satsumas | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3,587 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Mandarins | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2,493 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Clementines | 0 | 0 | 0 | 966 | 15,502 | 8,867 | 0 | 18,531 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Oranges | 0 | 0 | 0 | 215,679 | 200,097 | 622 | 0 | 87,862 | 0 | 0 | 318 | 0 |
1 Refers to total volume of aubergines for which EU withdrawals compensation was paid. Information on proportion of withdrawn aubergines destroyed is not available. | ||||||||||||
Source:
European Commission.
Table 2: Cost to FEOGA budget of EU withdrawal compensation for the tonnages shown in Table 1 (ecu)
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Belgium
| Denmark
| Germany
| Greece
| Spain
| France
| Ireland
| Italy
| Luxembourg
| Holland
| Portugal
| UK
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| Apples | 790,411 | 0 | 8,072 | 20,235,503 | 16,655,255 | 75,974,481 | 16,775 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 837,479 | 929,248 |
| Pears | 42,417 | 0 | 8,392 | 134,624 | 1,939,255 | 3,205,452 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 133,807 | 713 |
| Cauliflowers | 177,864 | 0 | 176,736 | 85,308 | 221,774 | 11,596,014 | 14,517 | 177,929 | 0 | 0 | 26,663 | 844,150 |
| Tomatoes | 433,871 | 0 | 34,963 | 250,971 | 2,931 | 1,682,891 | 8,230 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 210 |
| Apricots | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1,128,643 | 78,436 | 2,660,195 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Nectarines | 0 | 0 | 0 | 25,478,004 | 804,266 | 9,402,688 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Peaches | 0 | 0 | 0 | 107,336,391 | 4,297,182 | 14,997,163 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 340,201 | 0 |
| Lemons | 0 | 0 | 0 | 230,468 | 10,704,524 | 16,421 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Aubergines1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8,195 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Grapes | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9,999 | 349,697 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Satsumas | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 221,170 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Mandarins | 0 | 0 | 0 | 445,170 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Clementines | 0 | 0 | 0 | 118,480 | 1,705,287 | 966,909 | 0 | 2,053,059 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Oranges | 0 | 0 | 0 | 35,576,560 | 25,818,502 | 76,934 | 0 | 10,795,070 | 0 | 0 | 37,876 | 0 |
1 Refers to total volume of aubergines for which EU withdrawal compensation was paid. Information on proportion of withdrawn aubergines destroyed is not available. | ||||||||||||
Source:
European Commission.