Written question asked by Tim Yeo (Conservative) on Tuesday, 16 January 2001, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Thursday, 8 February 2001. It was answered by Nicholas Brown (Labour) on Thursday, 8 February 2001 on behalf of the Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food.

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Question: To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, how much sugar by weight and value was exported from each Association of Caribbean Producers nation covered by the Sugar Protocol to (a) the United Kingdom and (b) the European Union; if he will state the latest intervention price for (a) beet sugar under the EU sugar regime, (b) cane sugar imported from the Association of Caribbean Producers countries under the EU sugar regime, (c) world prices for beet sugar and (d) world prices for cane sugar. - Tables given. (Holding answer 22 January 2001).

Answer: Mr. Yeo: To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food (1) how much sugar by weight and value was exported from each Association of Caribbean Producers nation covered by the Sugar Protocol to (a) the United Kingdom and (b) the European Union; [146413] (2) if he will state the latest intervention price for (a) beet sugar under the EU sugar regime, (b) cane sugar imported from the Association of Caribbean Producers countries under the EU sugar regime, (c) world prices for beet sugar and (d) world prices for cane sugar. [146412] Mr. Nick Brown: [holding answer 22 January 2001]: The relevant information is set out in the tables. Table 1: Exports to UK and EU (October 1999 to September 2000) _________________________________________________________________________________________________. UK imports (thousand Value (£ million) Other EU Imports Value (£ million) tonnes white sugar (thousand tonnes white equivalent) sugar equivalent) Barbados 48 16 0 0 Belize 50 15 12 4 Guyana 174 59 36 12 Jamaica 133 44 33 11 St. Kitts 16 5 0 0 Trinidad and Tobago 43 12 9 3 Total 464 151 90 30 _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Note: UK imports based on EU and C&E data (provisional). Other EU imports data from European Commission, with value derived using statutory minimum prices. Table 2: Prices _________________________________________________________________________________________________. euro/tonne £/tonne White sugar intervention price (UK) 646.5 414.21 Raw sugar intervention price 523.7 335.53 Sugar Protocol guaranteed price (white) 646.5 414.21 Sugar Protocol guaranteed price (raw) 523.7 335.53 Special Preferential Sugar price (raw) 496.8 318.30 World price{1} (white) 263.7 168.95 World price{1 }(raw) 264.2 169.27 _________________________________________________________________________________________________. {1} World prices based on London spot prices for 18 January 2001 Note: Exchange rate: euro/£ = 0.6407

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Type: Written question
Reference: 362 c624-5W; 146413;146412
Session: 2000-01
Subjects: EU external trade Imports Prices Sugar Common sugar regime
Contains statistics: Yes
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