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Dept for Environment Food and Rural Affairs

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Mr. Breed: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs if she will list the average (a) farmgate and (b) final consumer price of (i) beef, (ii) lamb, (iii) milk, (iv) cereal, (v) fruit and (vi) vegetable products in the United Kingdom in each year since 1990. [40818] Mr. Morley: The following table shows estimated average prices paid by consumers for selected foods and the nearest equivalent average UK farmgate prices. The consumer prices reflect the price of imported foods as well as home-grown produce. They also reflect costs, value added and profit margins upstream from the farmgate. All foods as purchased by consumers will differ to some extent from the ex-farm commodity. Milling wheat will be milled, mixed with other ingredients and further processed to produce bread; meat as retailed will have been de-boned, cut, trimmed of most fat and packaged; raw milk will be treated and fruit and vegetables will be graded and cleaned. These additional processes affect the validity of a direct comparison between the consumer and farmgate prices. Consumer prices for selected foods and the farmgate price for the nearest equivalent agricultural commodity produced in the UK Pence per kg. unless otherwise stated _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Food 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 (home-grown and imported) and Commodities (home- grown) Beef and 432 448 445 476 476 488 485 497 487 491 483 veal Finished 190 191 196 229 218 220 189 173 154 165 160 cattle (dcw){ 1} Lamb and 349 343 378 410 419 415 441 473 429 450 469 mutton Finished 175 148 182 219 237 236 283 239 193 180 196 sheep (dcw){ 1,2} Liquid milk 52 54 55 55 53 53 52 51 50 49 48 (pence per litre) Raw milk 18 20 21 22 22 25 25 22 19 18 17 (pence per litre){ 3} Bread 86 91 92 91 90 91 94 96 98 100 102 Milling 12 13 14 13 11 12 12 10 8 8 7 wheat Apples 99 114 109 91 100 103 111 112 111 111 112 Apples{ 4} 39 42 25 27 32 34 39 42 39 31 30 Potatoes 29 30 29 28 36 49 40 35 49 51 47 Potatoes 10 9 8 6 13 19 10 7 12 12 9 Cabbages 60 65 61 65 64 72 74 70 76 79 86 Cabbages{ 18 14 17 14 16 25 18 18 22 18 24 4} Cauliflower 73 95 85 97 97 113 105 103 102 101 98 s Cauliflower 24 25 20 22 22 28 24 23 22 22 24 s{ 4} Leafy 155 155 156 165 160 171 183 204 223 236 244 salads Lettuce 81 78 87 91 71 87 143 121 114 117 100 Carrots 57 60 50 50 52 54 57 52 58 55 56 Carrots{ 4} 22 12 11 12 15 20 12 12 16 12 15 Cucumbers 137 126 128 129 114 139 130 125 128 125 129 Cucumbers 55 49 54 57 60 77 62 57 51 46 54 Mushrooms 260 264 274 269 269 278 278 270 278 266 269 Mushrooms 147 153 147 148 152 160 161 158 160 165 170 Tomatoes 140 144 131 130 134 131 141 134 148 162 173 Tomatoes 67 58 52 59 68 58 74 54 59 57 69 _________________________________________________________________________________________________. {1} Estimated price, dressed carcase weight equivalent. {2} Excludes Northern Ireland. {3} Including bonus payments. {4} Crop year prices. Notes: 1. Consumer prices are for Great Britain based upon expenditure and purchased volumes of home-grown and imported foods. 2. Prices in italics are farmgate prices for UK produce. Sources: 1. National Food Survey annual reports. 2. Agriculture in the United kingdom 2000. 3. Basic Horticultural Statistics for the UK.

Secondary information

Type

Written question

Reference

40818; 382 c116-8W;382 c114-6W

Session

2001-02

Subjects

Consumers Cereals Farms Fruit Prices Milk Beef Sheep meat Agricultural products Vegetables

Contains statistics

Yes

Link

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