[holding answer 23 March 2009]: Average UK farm-gate prices for milling wheat and milk are shown in the following table. UK farm-gate prices of milk products are not available, so wholesale prices have been provided instead.
Milling wheat (£ per tonne) Milk (Pence per litre) Butter (unsalted) (£ per tonne) SMP (£ per tonne) Mild Cheddar (£ per tonne) Mature Cheddar (£ per tonne) Bulk cream (£ per tonne) 1999 81 18.3 — — — — — 2000 74 16.9 1,942 1,707 2,102 2,425 968 2001 79 19.3 1,893 1,501 2,244 2,617 919 2002 75 17.1 1,831 1,288 1,794 2,217 852 2003 76 18.0 2,044 1,407 1,985 2,121 974 2004 87 18.5 1,997 1,424 2,100 2,375 928 2005 76 18.5 1,886 1,408 2,079 2,400 868 2006 76 17.9 1,723 1,436 1,967 2,400 796 2007 108 20.7 2,283 2,136 2,427 2,717 1,051 2008 151 25.9 2,102 2,034 2,817 3,300 918 Source: HGCA, DEFRA statistics, RPA.
The average UK farm-gate prices for beef and veal, pig meat, mutton and lamb and apples can be found in the following table.
Beef and veal (Pence per kg dressed carcase weight) Pig meat (Pence per kg dressed carcase weight) Mutton and lamb (Pence per kg dressed carcase weight) Dessert apples (£ per tonne) Culinary apples (£ per tonne) 1999 161 76 152 437 249 2000 158 91 167 358 215 2001 155 95 166 352 176 2002 160 90 203 385 286 2003 167 99 226 460 472 2004 177 100 222 412 359 2005 181 100 205 419 317 2006 187 102 213 434 379 2007 188 104 194 488 373 2008 243 122 248 540 452 Source: AHDB, DEFRA Statistics and Agriculture in the United Kingdom https://statistics.defra.gov.uk/esg/publications/auk/default.asp
Annual import tariffs
Schedules of customs duties are published regularly by the EU Commission in the Official Journal of the EU. Average tariffs rates for high quality common wheat are shown in the following table. Equivalent rates for other commodities are not available.
High quality common wheat (€ per tonne) 1999 36.48 2000 9.28 2001 0 2002 0 2003 1.16 2004 0 2005 0 2006 0 2007 0 2008 0 Source: Official Journal, EU Commission.
World prices
World market prices for wheat and milk products can be found in the following table.
Milling wheat Butter SMP WMP Cheddar 1999 117 — — — — 2000 107 1,453 2,063 2,002 1,919 2001 117 1,252 1,983 1,947 2,163 2002 144 1,078 1,269 1,358 1,667 2003 139 1,393 1,727 1,762 1,889 2004 151 1,860 2,063 2,129 2,564 2005 138 1,971 2,240 2,245 2,829 2006 152 1,778 2,200 2,221 2,656 2007 278 2,921 4,254 4,258 4,052 2008 353 3,396 3,038 3,729 4,721 Source: International Grains Council, DIN consultancy, DairyCo.
Indicative world market prices for beef, lamb and pork are shown in the following table. Prices for apples are not available.
Beef, Australian and New Zealand 85 per cent. lean fores, FOB US import price Swine (pork), 51-52 per cent. lean hogs, US price Lamb, frozen carcass Smithfield London 1999 83 44 116 2000 88 59 113 2001 97 61 130 2002 95 47 146 2003 90 53 160 2004 114 71 166 2005 119 68 161 2006 116 64 154 2007 118 64 162 2008 121 65 171 Source: IMF.