asked the Minister for Agriculture and Food the amount of (a) butter; (b) skim milk powder; (c) beef and (d) grain held in intervention by the EC at present; and the way in which these quantities compare with the previous years.
Written Answers. - EC Intervention Stores.
41.
According to figures at present available to my Department the information requested by the Deputy is as follows:
|
Month |
1987 (tonnes) |
1988 (tonnes) |
1989 (tonnes) |
|
|
Butter |
October |
937,078 |
124,753 |
23,362 |
|
Skim Milk Powder |
October |
667,495 |
10,830 |
4,811 |
|
Beef* |
August |
683,000 |
718,000 |
129,000 |
|
Grain |
October |
13,000,000 |
11,000,000 |
8,499,047 |
* Bone-in equivalent.