asked the Minister for Agriculture and Fisheries the total imports of butter into the EEC from third countries; and if he will state the countries of origin and the quantity and price in the case of each supplying country.
Ceisteanna—Questions. Oral Answers. - EEC Butter Policy.
22.
As the reply is in the form of a tabular statement, I propose with the permission of the Ceann Comhairle, to circulate it with the Official Report.
The latest available figures are for the year 1972 and refer to imports to the community as originally constituted.
Following is the statement:
CCT Heading 0403.10 Butter having a maximum of 85% butterfat
|
Country of Origin |
Quantity (Metric Tonnes) |
Value (U/A) |
Importing Country |
|
United Kingdom |
788 |
784,000 |
Belgium-Luxembourg |
|
403 |
470,000 |
Netherlands |
|
|
Norway |
12 |
15,000 |
Germany |
|
10 |
12,000 |
Italy |
|
|
Sweden |
187 |
209,000 |
France |
|
37 |
46,000 |
Germany |
|
|
39 |
62,000 |
Italy |
|
|
Finland |
64 |
68,000 |
France |
|
80 |
99,000 |
Italy |
|
|
Denmark |
11 |
16,000 |
France |
|
21 |
24,000 |
Belgium-Luxembourg |
|
|
740 |
889,000 |
Germany |
|
|
159 |
203,000 |
Italy |
|
|
Austria |
580 |
669,000 |
France |
|
29 |
40,000 |
Belgium-Luxemboarg |
|
|
12 |
17,000 |
Germany |
|
|
256 |
307,000 |
Italy |
|
|
Poland |
25 |
17,000 |
Netherlands |
|
163 |
138,000 |
Italy |
|
|
Czechoslovakia |
135 |
149,000 |
Netherlands |
|
Rumania |
30 |
29,000 |
France |
|
160 |
206,000 |
Belgium-Luxembourg |
|
|
210 |
238,000 |
Italy |
|
|
United States |
40 |
48,000 |
Netherlands |
|
Argentina |
31 |
37,000 |
France |
|
139 |
110,000 |
Belgium-Luxembourg |
|
|
20 |
22,000 |
Netherlands |
|
|
1 |
1,000 |
Germany |
|
|
Lebanon |
25 |
28,000 |
Netherlands |
|
Not specified |
199 |
234,000 |
Belgium-Luxembourg |
Footnote: Under Protocol No. 18 of the Treaty of Accession, the United Kingdom is authorised, as a transitional arrangement, to import from New Zealand specified quantities of butter and cheese on special terms. In the case of butter, such imports are required to observe a minimum import price of 76.96 UA/100 kgs. The quantities of butter whose importation is authorised by the Protocol are:—
|
1973 |
165,811 metric tonnes |
|
1974 |
158,902 ,,,, |
|
1975 |
151,994 ,,,, |
|
1976 |
145,085 ,,,, |
|
1977 |
138,176 ,,,, |