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31.12.72 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities NoL302/55
Forwardestimateforthe1972/73wine-growing year
(72/463/EEC)
Whereasthefinalfiguresforthe1970/71wine
growingyearandtheprovisional figuresfor
the1971/72winegrowingyearformauseful
basisonwhichto'assessthisinformation and
onwhichtodrawuptheforwardestimatefor
the1972/73winegrowingyear;
Whereas theforecasts showninthisestimate
areinaccordance withtheOpinionofthe
Management Committee forWine:THECOMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN COMMU­
NITIES,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishing the
European Economic Community ;
HavingregardtoRegulation No241onthe
progressive establishment ofacommonorgani­
sationofthemarketinwine,aslastamended
byRegulation (EEC)No816/70,2andinpartic­
ularArticle3(1)thereof;
WhereasArticle3(1)ofRegulation No24
stipulatesthateachyearaforwardestimate
mustbedrawnupinordertodetermine the
resources andassesstherequirements ofthe
Community ,includingforeseeable importsfrom
andexportstothirdcountries ;
Whereastheforwardestimatemaybedrawn
upinparticular onthebasisofinformation
collected andcommunicated totheCommis­
sionbytheMemberStatesinaccordance with
Commission Regulation No1343onthedeclar­
ationofwineharvestsandstocks,asamended
byRegulation (EEC)No1136/704;HASADOPTED THISESTIMATE :
Whereas theforecasts showninthisestimate
growingyearisshownintheAnnexinthe
columnsrelatingtothatyear.
DoneatBrussels,29December 1972.
FortheCommission
ThePresident
S.L.MANSHOLT
1OJNo30,20.4.1962 ,p.989/62.
2OJNoL99,5.5.1970,p.1.
3OJNo111,6.11.1962 ,p.2604/62.
4OJNoL134,19.6.1970 ,p.4.

1000hl
Otherwines—1972/1973
1otal
cxp.red
cxp.white
exp.
6710
6710
6401820
1820
2100
26
2074
3920640
7350Globalvolumes RedandRosé White Totalwines—1972/1973V.Q.P.R.D. —1972/1973
Headings1970/711971/721972/731970/711971/721972/731970/711971/721972/73Total redwhite Total redwhite
def. prov. exp. def. prov. exp. def. prov. exp. exp. exp. exp. exp. exp. exp.
1.Totalproduction 194194132891128570929008369578723612944919649847945005885335647255401316012380
2.Amountofproduction intendedfor
processing asgrapejuicc 480 454 405 293 261 240 187 193 165 405 240 165 -- - ·
ï ;«¡¡¡ω <«.ICJ-71A132Γ,752Öu>.732ÓG7S34347atíõt)tIU/4yUU.5496X2940955861335482255401316012380
4.Stockatstartofseason 73689801927252047794512794704825891289132547244552347599793292281164913.579
—inproduction 313224133136766202642751925323110581381211443239021943644661283858876951
—inthetrade 423633886135754275302376021725148331510114029206501532353271239057626628
5.Availability atstartofseason(3|4)227399212629200685404011347131255318699877916751541386479337245275507682480925959
6.Imports 351427482917 — -
7.Totalavailability (5(6) 230913215377203602 138647 50768
8.Totalhomeuse 147658139476141984 106000 22373
—directconsumption byhumans 127220124218126756 101030 22125
—processing 186811403913950 4100 -
—ofwhich,distillation 178451330411900 2150 -
—ofwhichgrapespiritwitha
registered designation of
origin 7000 — —
—'ofwhichinconformity with
Article7ofReg.No816/70 3296— — —
—ofwhich,other 4900 2150 -
—ofwhichvinegarproduction 836 735 750 650 -
—ofwhicharomatic wines—-
vermouth production 1300 1300—
—lossesinproduction 709 631 601 441 110
—lossesintrading 1048 598 677 429 138
9.Exports 3063 33812637 785 1850
10.Stockatendofseason 801927252058981 31862 26545
11.Variations instocks(10—4) +6507-7672-13539 -12690 +1317
12.Degreeofself-sufficiency (3:8) 104.1 95.0 90.2
13.Harvestdeclaration
14.Consumption percapita,perannum
(litres) 67.0 64.98530
8530
2740
26
2714
11270
2917
14187
13611
3601
9850
9750
7000
2750
100
50
110
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Note:Intheabsenceofpreciseinformation concerning ,inparticular ,thesizeandnatureofstocksintheaccedingStates,noaccounthasbeentakenoffiguresforthoseStatesrelatingtothatpartofthemarketing
yearbetween 1Februaryand31August1973.TheresultisthattheneedsoftheCommunity ofNinewillexceedthoseindicated inthistable.Theneedsoftheaccedingcountriesaremetbypurchases inthe
presentCommunity ofSix(purchases showninthetableunderexports)andinnon-member countries ,whichwillleadtoanincreaseinthefigureforimportsbytheCommunity ,whilethefinalstockwill
alsobeincreased bythequantities ofwinepresentintheaccedingStatesat31Augustnext.Thissituationisnot,however,likelytohaveagreateffectontheconclusions whichcanbedrawnfromanexamination
ofthefiguresintheforecastsforthe1972/73marketing year,asestablished fromtheinformation availableattheendofNovember 1972.35
Note:def.=definitive
prov.=provisional
exp.=expected.