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COMMISSION  OF THE  EUROPEAN  COMMUNITIES 
COM(83) 359 final 
Brussels,  26 July  1983. 
Proposal  for a 
COUNCIL  REGULATION (EEC) 
laying down, in  respect of hops, the amount  of aid to producers 
for the 1982  harvest 
(submitted  to the  Council  by the  Commission) 
COMMISSION REPORT  TO THE COUNCIL 
on the production  and marketing  of hops (1982  harvest) 
COM(83) 359 final 

EXPLANATORY  MEMORANDUM 
This report, presented each year according  to the  disposition  of Article  11 
of Regulation  (EEC) No  1696/71  by the  Commission  to the  Council concerns 
the hops harvest  of 1982. It  covers  particularly: 
- the production  and market  situation: 
a) on the  world level 
b) on the  Community  Level, 
- medium-term  forecasts, 
- the development  of returns  to the  producer. 
The report  is accompanied  by a proposal  for aid  which is assessed  by group of 
varieties.  As a  result,  the average  amount  of aid  passes from  191 ECU/ha  in 
1981 to 280  ECU/ha  in 1982.  This increase  is necessary  due to a  decline  in 
returns in most of the  Community  as a result of a depressed world  market  situation, 
compounded  by very heavy  yields  in the  Community  at the 1982  harvest. 

Proposal  for a 
COUNCIL REGULATION  (EEC) 
laying down/ in respect of  hops, the amount  of aid to producers for the 
1982 harvest 
THE COUNCIL  OF THE EUROPEAN  COMMUNITIES, 
Having regard to the Treaty  establishing  the European  Economic  Community/ 
and in particular Article  43 thereof, 
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No  1696/71  of 26 July 1971 on 
the common  organization of the  market  in hops (1), as  last amended  by the 
1979 Act of Accession, and in  particular Article  12 (7) thereof, 
Having regard to the proposal from the  Commission, 
Having regard to the opinion of the  European  Parliament (2), 
Whereas  Article  12 of Regulation (EEC) No  1696/71  provides that aid may 
be granted to hop producers to enable  them to achieve a  fair income; 
whereas.the  amount  of- this aid is  fixed per hectare and  differs  according 
to groups  of varieties/  taking  into account the average return on the areas 
in full production in comparison with the average returns for.previous 
harvests,  the. current  position  of the market  and price trends; 
Whereas an examination of the  results  of the 1982 harvest sf.o*s the  need 
to fix aid for  certain  groups  of varieties  of hops cultivated  in the 
Community; 
Whereas hops cultivated  in Greece are eligible  for aid as from the 1981 
harvest;  whereas,  pursuant to  Article  90 of the 1979 Act of Accession, 
Article 68 of that Act shogld apply for purposes of  calculating  the amount 
of the aid for  hops harvested in Greece; 
1) OJ NO L 175,  4.8.1971,  p. 1. 

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HAS ADOPTED  THIS REGULATION: 
Article 1 
1. For the 1982  harvest,  aid shall be granted to the  producers  of hops 
cultivated  In the  Community  for the  groups of varieties  set out in 
the Annex. 
2. The amount of the aid  shall be as set out in the  Annex. 
Article 2 
This Regulation  shall enter Into force  on the  third day following its  publi­
cation in the  Official  Journal  of the EurODean  Communities. 
This Regulation  shall be binding  1n its entirety and directly  applicable 
in all Member States.. 
ram .at Brussels, 
For the Council 

ANNEX 
Aid granted  for the. 1982  harvest  to hop  producers  in the Community 
Grouo of varieties 
Aromatic 
Bitter 
Others' Aid (ECU/ha) 
For the Community 
as at 31 December 1980 
350 
200 
350 For Greece 
77,5 
41,0 
77,5 

COMMISSION REPORT  TO THE COUNCIL 
ON THE PRODUCTION AND MARKETING 
OF HOPS (1982 HARVEST) 
CONTENTS 
Page 
Introduction 1 
World Situation: 6 
- 1.1 Structure  of the market 6 
- 1.2 Patterns of International  Trade 7 
- 1.3 The  International  Market in  1982/3 10 
- 1.4 The 1982  world harvest 11 
- 1.5 Medium-term  forecasts  for the 
world market: 13 
- Structure  of the International 
market 13 
- Medium-term  balance of the 
world market 16 
European Community: 
- II.1 Situation  in 1982 19 
- II. 2 Medium-term  forecasts  for the 24. 
Community 
- II.3 1982 Community  harvest 26 
- Areas under hops 26 
- Prices and contracts 27 
- Returns per hectare 28 
Conclusions: 30 
Units and Abbreviations 35 
List of Tables and Graphs 37 
Statistical  Appendix: 
- Tables 1-17 
- Graphs 1 -12 

COMMISSION REPORT TO THE COUNCIL  
ON THE PRODUCTION AND MARKETING OF  HOPS  
(1982 HARVEST) 
This report  is the  twelfth that  the Commission  has laid before 
the Council  on the  production  and marketing  of hops of each 
successive  crop since  the adoption  of the common  organization  of 
the market in hops in 1971, as provided  for in  Article  11 of 
Council Regulation (EEC)  No. 1696/71. 
The conclusions  to each report include proposals  on aid to hop 
producers,  where necessary,  to afford a supplement  to the  income 
derived from the previous calendar year's harvest. This report 
deals with that  of 1982. 
It is impossible for  the Commission,  at the  outset of this 
report, to conceal the fact that the outlook on the world  market 
for hops at the  time of going to press is very threatening  in the 
short-term.  After a 1981  crop which in all  main producer 
countries  both inside and outside the Community  was broadly  in 
line with overall  needs,  and thus fully compensated  for the 
shortfall  caused by the  inadequate harvest  of 1980 in the  Federal 
Republic,  the world's  largest  producer, world area  in 1982  rose 
by a further 2%, and  production  was all of 21%  higher than  in 
the previous year. 

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Following the  growing  realization  that it was  fast outstripping 
demand,  a tendency  which already characterized the  market in the 
mid-seventies, the increase in area  began to be mitigated by a 
small amount  of grubbing and non-harvesting. The  danger  of 
runaway expansion  had been detected by the  Commission  as early as 
1979, after the substantial reduction in area and  consequent 
re-balancing of the world  market  achieved by the  Community  by 
means of the structural  measures  adopted  by the Council in  1977. 
The last three Annual Reports  have in consequence  contained the 
appropriate  warning  in their Introductions. 
The proportion of forseeable production in the  Community 
committed  for disposal  under pluriannual contracts (other  than in 
Belgium,  and in the United  Kingdom  after 1985) continues to be 
satisfactorily  high. A  goodly  proportion of these contracts 
continue to be at high prices offered in  1979 and particularly 
following  the inadequate  1980 harvest in the Federal Republic. 
However,  a record crop in  1982 in the Federal Republic  (28% 
higher than the five-year  average  tonnage)  caused prices for the 
consequently large remaining  amount  of (jommunity  hops available 
on the spot or free  market to plunge to levels approximating  to 
those of the  last bottom  trough of the cycle in  1977. Despite the 
continuing  satisfactory  contract price  levels,  therefore,  grower 
returns have suffered in all  Member  States  except  the United 
Kingdom. 

The grave  danger  is therefore that, since low prices  encouraged 
brewers to purchase  the 1982 crop without  much hesitation, 
Ccranunity stock  levels  at the eve of the 1983 harvest  will turn 
out to be very high and the 1983 crop  marketed  very sluggishly 
even if only  average  in size, with consequent  very great 
pressure on contract  prices. 
The Commission  shares the  view that the  likely 2000 ha reduction 
in world area for the 1983 crop is not nearly  enough.  The current 
world area now  appears  to be about 14% greater than the  84000 ha 
first recommended  in the report on the 1979 harvest to be 
appropriate  for 1982. This acreage  recommendation  may well now 
appear to have been a little conservative, taking  into account 
better knowledge  which since then has  become  available  of the 
world market,  but nevertheless world  demand  for beer has  failed 
to maintain the  levels  of annual increase reached in the 
nineteen-seventies, and the  dosage  itself  of hops in beer is 
undoubtedly  continuing to decline slowly. Taking all  available 
information  into account,  including  the need to fulfill  existing 
contract  sales, the Commission  takes the  view that in the 
medium-term  world acreage should not be allowed to  exceed an 
absolute maximum  of 90 000 ha as  compared  with the estimated 96 
000 of the 1982 crop. This area  would seem to be perfectly 
adequate  to satisfy  overall  demand  even in the event of 
under-average  harvests, if stock  levels are taken  into account. 

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On the world  level, it is none the less clear that the  exchanges 
of information and  views which the Commission,  working  in close 
collaboration  with the  professional  organizations in the sector 
constituted  at both  Community  and international  level has sought 
to promote  over the past few years  between  the principal 
producing countries  have not remained  entirely  without  effect. 
This is reflected  in the beginnings of voluntary grubbing on both 
sides of the  Atlantic  announced  for the 1983 crop. 
Admittedly, any concept of a  rigidly  static  balance on so 
inelastic  a commodity  market as that for  hops would be illusory, 
and the most that can reasonably be sught is rather a  dynamic 
balance, within acceptable  limits,  as between  user (i.e. brewer) 
demand, and price levels at which production continues to be 
viable. Thus,  in the United States, stagnating  prices  and 
contract  sales over the past two years  have undoubtedly played as 
large a role as any other  element  in persuading  growers  to grub. 
A large measure  of agreement  is for the  first time discernible  as 
to the causes and  location  of the problem  and the  need for urgent 
adjustment of supply  potential  to within a reasonable  range of 
demand.  It is to be  hoped that positive  action  will follow these 
expressions of cooperation. 

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As regards  the Cornmunity, it  continues  to maintain  its 
all-important  export  market, and as  stated  above the  high 
contract  level would seem to preclude  the need for  more than 
moderate  area reduction.  The Commission has  therefore  not found 
it appropriate  to propose  either  structural  measures or 
restrictive  conditions  as to the payment of the aid for the 1982 
crop, as provided  in Regulation  1696/71.  Nevertheless,  in the 
event of a very depressed  market  following  an abundant 1983  crop, 
it reserves  the right to put  forward  accompanying measures in 
addition  to any aid  proposal. 

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I. WORLD SITUATION 
1.1 Structure of the  market (Tables  1 & 2, graphs 1-4) 
Since substantial  quantities  of hops are traded on the world 
market, many more countries being  consumers  (i.e. beer 
producers) than hop producers,  prices are greatly  influenced 
by the  relationship  between  supply and  demand  at world 
level. In practice,  prices everywhere  tend to  follow  those 
prevailing  on the  markets  of the main producer  countries, 
except where internally  fixed at a central  level. 
Thus the world  market  may be  said to consist  of five 
relatively  homogenous  sectors: 
1 - Community 
2 - United States 
3 - Cane con 
4 - Other main producer countries : net exporter in 1981 
-82 of 28% of its 
production 
(1980-81  level: 23%) 
: net exporter in 1981 
-82 of 33% of its 
production 
(1980-81  level: 53%) 
: net importer of 5 -
10% of its  require­
ments 
: net importers of 5 -
10% of their require 
rrents 
5 - Other countries,  mainly non-producers: 
net importers of  95% 
of their requirements 

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1.2. Patterns of  international  trade 
Substantial  quantities are, of course, traded within and 
between each of these sectors, and the  Community  in 
particular  is very  dependant  for its  outlets  on the United 
States (which is a  substantial  net exporter of  bitter  hops 
but imports large  amounts  of aromatic  hops from the 
Community)  and the  third world.  Practically  all the 
developing countries are  non-producers  except the People's 
Republic of China,  which is estimated usually to  have about 
40 000  Ztr available  for export  after its domestic 
requirement.  Most of the other state-trading countries 
increase  their area only in  line with their own beer 
production,  which for reasons of currency shortage  among 
others is now increasing only very marginally. The exception 
to this is the People's Republic of China,  which  currently 
projects  a 20% annual rate of increase in beer production, 
admittedly  from a very small current per  capita consumption 
and a little  export (beer production in  1982 was stated by 
Chinese sources to  have been 12.3 mio hi or not yet one 
eighth that of the Federal Republic,  which itself only has 
one-sixteenth of China's population.) 
The Introduction to  this report necessarily concentrated on 
the supply-side aspects of the current  situation.  On the 

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demand side, it has to be  concluded that  the overall  annual 
rate of increase  in world beer production  has decreased  from 
the 3% or more  which prevailed  in the nineteen-seventies  to 
less than 2%. To visualize  what this means for producer 
countries  it should  be recalled  that at current  hopping 
rates even this one-percent  of world beer production  means 
over 23 000 Ztr of hops, in other words almost the entire 
production  of a smaller producer such  as France. 
Under these conditions, it  is necessary  once again to refer 
to the increasing competitiveness  of this market not only in 
terms of hop  production,  but also by reference,  to the demand 
for alpha, i.e.  the combination  of active  ingredients  in 
hops sought  after by brewers  which give beer its  bitter 
flavour and aid  preservation. Prices  are increasingly 
determined  not simply by quantity  of hops but by  their 
content in alpha or "bittering  value".  Hops from the United 
States are becoming  increasingly  competitive  in that an 
increasing  proportion  of U.S.  area is being replanted with 
newly developed  varieties  giving consistent very high alpha 
content,  even within  the limits of the  overall  area 
reduction  taking place  in that country. This  means that the 
brewer's  bittering  requirements  can be  obtained  from a 
smaller quantity  of hops. 

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Seven countries  are normally net exporters  of hops: 
estimates  of their surplus  of production over requirements 
are given  below: 
1982: Ztr (= 50 kg)  rounded to nearest 5000 
PRODUCTION DOMESTIC SURPLUS 
REQUIREMENT 
F.R. Germany (1) 840 000 225 000 615 000 
United States (2) 720 000 380 000 340 000 
Czechoslovakia 250 000 110 000 140 000 
Jugoslavia 110 000 45 000 65 000 
Australia 55 000 25 000 30 000 
Poland 45 000 35 000 10 000 
China (P.R.  ) 90 000 50 000 40 000 
Total amount of hops potentially 
available  for international  trade 1 240 000 
(i.e. 42% of 1982 production)  
(1) Harvest  28 percent ever 12-yr.  average  tonnage,  but very low average  alpha 
content (see table 1): in fact the "bittering  value" produced  is no greater 
than that  of the 1981  crop, which was of  broadly  average  quality and amount. 
(2) Based on hopping  ratio of 82 grammes per  hectolitre  (source:  U.S. Dept. 
of Agriculture) 

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1.3. The  International  Market in 1982/1983  (Tables 9 and 10; 
graphs 4,5,7,8) 
The Community  continued to hold its own on the export 
market, and indeed net exports of  hops and hop products rose 
once again to 13 240  tonnes (whole hop equivalent) for the 
marketing year Sept. 1981 - Aug. 1982  after a drop to 10 600 
tonnes in the previous year. The Federal Republic attained 
its highest- ever  level of exports if both  intra-  and 
extra-Community  trade is taken  into account.  Community  gross 
exports to  third countries at 22 682  tonnes were twice their 
1973 level,  whereas  U.S. exports to the  Community  have 
multiplied  by four. Again since 1973,  Community  imports from 
all third countries  have risen by 20%, the United States by 
23%. 
Well over  half the total world harvest is now estimated to 
be processed  after harvesting  into products -  powders  and 
extracts.  Their increasing  usage over the past two  decades 
has undoubtedly contributed to the  worldwide  reduction in 
hopping ratios,  which has itself played a  major  role in 
slowing down the rise in demand,  in conjunction with the 
stagnation  in beer production already  referred  to. The 
technological  economies  in hopping thus achieved  have been 
compounded,  as described in previous reports, by  public 
demand,  both in the  industrialized  countries and in the new 

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export outlets  represented by the developing and  newly 
industrialized  countries, for  lighter  and less bitter beers. 
Moreover,  the scarcity  of hops of certain  hitherto 
particularly  sought-after  varieties  in 1980/81,  and 
corresponding very high spot  market  prices,  seem to have 
brought about a further reduction in  hopping  in many cases, 
which is unlikely  to change  upwards  again with greater 
availabilty  and lower  prices. 
1.4. The 1982 world harvest (Tables 1 and 5;  graphs 5,8,10) 
After the broadly  average  hop yields  in most countries in 
1981 (1.39  tonnes  per hectare  overall),  the Commission  notes 
an exceptionally high  average  yield,  reflected  in most 
countries,  of 1.50 t/ha in 1982. Despite 530 ha  grubbed  and 
a further 830 ha  left to stand at harvest-time in the United 
States, almost exactly  thesame  weight was harvested as in 
1981. The very  heavy crop in the Federal Republic and  most 
other grower countries has already  been referred  to. The 
result is worth underlining: the 1981 world harvest was a 
quarter-of-a-mi 11ion Zentner or 10% heavier than that of the 
preceding year, and  this was compounded  by an almost exactly 
identical  rise for the 1982 crop. 
The immediate  result of this was the  marked  reduction in 
spot market  prices in the  Community  to very low  levels due 
to the higher quantity thus  becoming  available  on the  free 
market. These now approximate  to those  which had already 

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prevailed  in the United States since  1981, and a disastrous 
decline in growers'  returns in the  Community  for the  1982 
harvest has  been avoided only by the  relatively  large 
proportion  of production  (68% even of this very large crop, 
which would have been 95% if the harvest had  been average) 
guaranteed  an outlet  by existing  satisfactorily  priced 
contracts. 
It was noted in the  Commission's  1981 report that the 
harvest of that year had  been marketed  briskly  without spot 
prices having  fallen  unacceptably,  even if a decline  (86%) 
from the extraordinary  levels  of 1980 was inevitable.  The 
reason for  this apparently balanced  situation  was 
undoubtedly  that stocks had not thereby increased to 
abnormally high  levels (see Table  3, line 6: before the  1982 
harvest (i.e.  1 Sept. 1982) world stocks  would appear to 
have been in fact only slightly  over the  six-month  norm). 
The 1982 harvest was also  marketed  more easily,  thanks to 
the cheap spot hops available,  and possibly also due to the 
relative  decline in  interest  rates, in the  Community  than in 
the United States, but it is to be feared that a high 
proportion  of it  will have been stocked by  brewers,  and 
accessorily  by merchants,  over and  above  normal 
requirements. This is  reflected  in the projected excess of 
stocks amounting  to 26 000 tonnes  or 43% over the  six-month 
norm as at 1 Sept. 1983. 
(2) 

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In the Federal Republic  of Germany,  prices were as set cut 
below: 
Price per Ztr  Free  market Contract  price 
(50 KG) in ECU 1979 1980 1981 1982 1981 1982 
Varieties: 
Aromatic 
Hallertauer  140.62 557.83 257.47 74.94 155.84 167.75 
Tettnanger  171.49 655.95 265.00 104.85 182.84 202.31 
Hersbruecker Spaet  145.80 492.05 220.96 52.81 149.06 160.76 
Bitter 
Northern  Brewer 119.42 477.88 263.49 85.43 132.50 143.68 
Brewers Gold 111.50 472.79 190.09 46.60 123.09 134.74 
1.5. Medium-term  forecasts  for the  world market 
1.5.1. Structure  of the International  Market 
The Cjommission  maintains its  remarks made in the  report  on 
the 1981 harvest  under this same section,  in particular  as 
regards the continuing preference  on the  part of certain 
large U.S. and  developing country  brewers  for Canmunity 
hops. However, the  availability  of cheap alpha acid on the 
world market  in the  form of hop  extracts,  with a very long 
shelf life, has increasingly  come to mean that in those 
cases where a  brewer can simplify  his "recipe"  and thus save 
costs and increase  security  of supply by excluding  demands 
for special  varieties,  he will do so. The  exceptions  to this 
rule are happily  formed by many Community  brewers,  both 
large and small, in addition  to the  largest U.S. brewer with 
30% of the  domestic beer  market (70 million  hectolitres  or 
two-thirds  of the  entire output of the  Federal Republic  in 
1981), who continue  to purchase  a substantial  proportion  of 

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their requirement  in the form of cone hops or products  from 
the Community.  The limited supply of certain  Community 
varieties,  aromatic  in particular,  means that a substantial 
premium over prices prevailing  elsewhere  will be paid to 
secure them.  But in the long  term this advantage  cannot be 
reckoned  upon to protect the  Community's  market  share 
indefinitely,  especially at the price differences currently 
existing  between  contracts for  Community  supplies and spot 
market levels in the U.S. 
A word must be added  as to growers'  tactical  approach  to 
committing  successive harvests  under contract. In the U.S., 
the very high prices  generated  by the small Federal Republic 
harvest of 1980  incited  the U.S.  Hops Administrative 
Committee  to raise the "saleable"  percentage  for the  crop 
years up to 1984 to 130% of U.S.  total  requirement 
(including  contracted exports). This  gave many U.S. planters 
the opportunity to follow the  example  of those in the 
Community  and sell ahead at these very good price levels.  At 
the same time it was realized on  both sides of the Atlantic 
that such prices  were bound to cause the very  excess  of 
speculative planting  over and above that amount secured  by 
contracts  which  is at the root of the present  imbalance  on 
the world market.  A reduction in  this U.S. "saleable 
quantity" has  been tentatively  announced  but only for the 
harvests as  from 1985. 

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For a combination  of reasons  more growers  reacted  correctly 
to the near certainty of a  downturn  in the market  by signing 
contracts for at  least a basic portion of  their potential 
crops up to  1987 in the  Community  than did in the United 
States. The negative aspect of  this situation  is however 
that, quite aside  from the reduction in  grower  income 
brought about by the low  1982 spots,  which,  as already 
indicated,  will continue or  worsen  if the  1983 crop is 
average in quantity let alone higher,  lower priced contracts 
being signed as  from now will begin to  have their effect  on 
successive years'  overall  income.  This may wall rrean that 
even with some further grubbing in  1983, mostly  in the 
United States, an  improvement  in market balance may not  show 
itself before  1985 or 1986. An examination  of sample  prices 
offered for contracts  beyond  1984 in fact reveals the  danger 
that, without  seme element  of much higher-priced contract 
sales and/or reasonable spot prices,  overall  returns could 
be inadequate  to cover  rising  costs of production. This 
would force further grubbing  which might otherwise not  have 
taken place and  thus further  endanger  the Community's  share 
of the market. 
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1.5.2 Medium-term  balance of the world  market  (Tables 3/4 and 
7/8: graphs 5,6,7,10) 
From estimates  announced  by the various producer countries, 
it is clear that there  will at least a 2 000 ha or 2% 
reduction  in world area for the 1983 crop.  Whether  more area 
will be grubbed  or at least not harvested in the United 
States, over and  above the 10% reduction already  announced, 
depends  basically  on the development  of prices ever the 
coming few months:  by the time  this report is before the 
Council the U.S. area "strung" for harvest  will have been 
confirmed. A very depressed  market  situation  in that country 
has persisted  to date, with very  little  interest  in 
contracts  beyond  1984 and indeed  even lower prices than in 
the Community  for 1982 spot  hops, when the latter have been 
sold at all. (see Tables 2 and 5). As at 1 Sept. 1982 stocks 
in the United States  were 37% higher than a year previously 
(Community:  29%). The  major  de-stocking of  1980/81  has 
therefore  been more than compensated  on both sides of the 
Atlantic  over the past two years, and the  moderate 
encouragement  of higher stock  levels  deriving  from cheap 
spot hops and, secondarily, lower  interest  rates than 
heretofore,  which can be detected in the  Community,  does not 
appear to have had the  sane effect in the United States. 
Moreover,  it may be expected that  credit  will not continue 
easily to be  available  for new area  development,  the 
produce of which is not guaranteed an  outlet  under 
piuri-annual  contracts. 

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It emerges  from the  alternative  forecasts suggested  (table 
4) that even a very modest  yield in 1983 (1.34 t/ha) from an 
area fully 5 000 ha  less than that recorded in the world in 
1982, although producing a  weight  of hops only 1% over 
projected  demand  for 1983,  would cause a stock  level on the 
eve of the 1984 harvest 31% higher than the conventionally 
adopted six-month  norm. The worst hypothesis  (alternative 
IV) of a high  yield (1.46 t/ha -  still lower than  this 
year's) on an area reduced only by the 2 000 ha  announced  to 
date would result in 55% excess stock. 
It follows that a greater reduction of area for the 1983 
harvest than that already undertaken is absolutely 
imperative  if the balance on  this market  is not to be so 
disturbed  that a panic  reaction  to anything except a very 
small 1983 harvest, and the ensuing  failure  of spot  prices 
to rise even modestly, force so large an area reduction as 
to cause insecurity  of supply in the short-term  once again 
and with it the beginnings of new  ill-considered  expansion. 

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If supply  potential  can be  brought back to within reasonable 
limits without  delay, there is every prospect  that a lasting 
balance,  within the natural  limits  referred  to in the 
introduction,  can be  achieved  and preserved. 
In such a situation,  firstly,  future spot price fluctuations 
would be confined  to the  amplitude  determined  by yield 
variations.  Secondly,  the international  hop trade, which has 
to face such rapid and extreme  variations  in price from year 
to year whilst  being bound, on the  other hand, by delivery 
and price constraints  from its brewer customers  formalized 
in piuri-annual  commitments,  would be spared much of the 
insecurity  under which it has had to  labour for many years 
past. Thirdly,  considered  expansion  of area could take 
place, by international concertation  to the  apparent 
beginnings  of which allusion  was made in the  introduction  to 
this report,  only where justified  by demand  development.  The 
latter is most likely to come  about in the developing  and 
newly-industrializing countries  and might well not begin 
until a clear end is  seen to the  current international 
recession. 

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II. The European  Comnunity 
II.1. Situation  in 1982 
2,3,4,7,8,9) (Tables 1, 2, 9, and 12 - 17; graphs 
In 1982 the  Community  accounted for 29% of the world area 
under hops and 39% of world  hops production (but an 
estimated 37% of the  total world alpha  acid or bittering 
requirement). In 1981 it had accounted for 28% of the hop 
area and 35% of the world harvest. The  Ctommission  further 
notes that, whereas  the varieties  with high alpha  acid 
content and the aromatic  varieties  had accounted 
respectively  for 29% and 70% of  Community  production in 
1971, the corresponding  figures  for 1982  were 50% and 48% 
respectively  (cf. 50% and 48% in 1981,  unchanged  from 
1980). 
In 1982 Community  production was 1 127 496 Ztr (56 375 
tonnes) from an area of 27 566 ha. This area was 800 ha 
greater than in 1981 and 2 200 ha  more than in 1980. The 
changes over the past two years may be  broken down by Member 
State as follows: 
ha +/-
Federal Republic of  Germany 
France 
Belgium 
United Kingdom 
Ireland + Greece p.m. _ 1982 cf 1981 
+796 
-10 
+14 1982 cf 1980 
+2031 
-7 
+37 
+153 
Total area increase EC  ("10") 800 2214 

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Production was up 22% on 1981 and 25%  above the average  of 
crops since 1972. In  terms of bittering  value, however,  the 
very large Federal  German crop only  produced  7% more alpha 
acid than in the previous year or 14%  more than the  average 
since 1972. Alpha  yields  in both France and  Belgium  ware 
also below average, and the  result was that despite a  good 
crop in the United  Kingdom,  the overall  alpha content of 
Community  hops was only 5.7% as  opposed  to the. 6.45% of 1981 
and the 6.2%  average  since 1972. 
As described  under section  1.3 above, Community  net exports 
rose satisfactorily  once more after a fall in the previous 
year, gross exports to  third countries in  1981-82  having 
accounted for 49% of the 1981 crop, and imports 21%. 85% of 
net exports  were accounted for by the Federal Republic. 
Turning to  demand  within the  Community,  beer production 
continues to stagnate or  rise only very  modestly  in most 
Member States,  whether  because  of stabilization  at a 
relatively  high level (Belgium)  or for  deeper  and more 
general economic  reasons  including  changing  consumption 
patterns.  In the Federal Republic, a  slight  increase of 
about 1% seems  to be likely for 1982, and it is  satisfying 

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to note that in Italy, and to a  lesser degree France, the 
marked decline  in table wine consumption is at  least being 
accompanied by a  rise in the case of beer.  However,  for the 
second year running a  marked  fall in consumption was 
registered  in the United  Kingdom,  and the  total decrease in 
that Member  State now amounts  to 12% since the peak of 1979. 
Demand for hops on both a world and a  Community  basis cannot 
be exactly  calculated,  in the absence of  precise  information 
as to the  amount of hops used by each brewer in his beer, 
but has to be  derived  by inferential  modelling from the 
available  data on both  hops and beer  production.  In the case 
of the Community  model,  this can be done with a  relatively 
greater degree of confidence thanks to the annual 
declarations  by the brewers', merchants', and growers1 
professional  organizations  of Community  stock levels,  and of 
course also official  trade  statistics. 

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Thus, demand  in terms of hops  within the Community  seems to 
be still declining  at a rate of 3.5%  annually  (1) for 1981 -
1982. This gradual decline continues  to reflect  the 
increasing  technological  economies  achieved,  inter alia by 
the use of  more and batter hop products,  in hop usage. The 
point is reinforced  by the  apparently steeper decline  in 
demand for alpha acid than for hops  within the Community 
(2). These figures,  when compared to the  equivalent rates 
for the world market (Tables  7/8; graphs 5, 5A, 6),  further 
bear out the importance to the  Community  of the  export 
market if its  share of the  latter is to be  maintained. 
On the  price front, the most  noticeable feature  of the 1982 
market was the  rapid further  drop of  spot prices to very low 
levels, as compared  with the moderate  levels of 1981 and in 
particular  with the extremely high  levels  of 1980, which 
reflected  the shortage  of specific  varieties  in the 
last-mentioned crop.  These were the clearest  indication  of 
the very  substantial  surplus  now present  on the  world 
market. 
(1) see tables 12/13,  line 4. 
(2) see tables 14/15, lines 9 and 10 

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It has to be  added,  nevertheless, that within the  Community, 
although some hops not committed  under contract  remained 
unsold as at 31  March 1983, more especially  in Belgium and 
France, with  some in the United  Kingdom,  average contract 
prices in fact rose slightly  again due to the continuing 
effect of high-priced contracts from 1979 and  especially 
1980. This,  combined  with the  relatively  rapid sale of the 
bulk of the spot  hops available  thanks to the  attractive  new 
low prices,  helped to avoid an  even greater  fall in average 
grower returns. Although the  advance  contract  market in the 
Federal Republic quietened considerably  perhaps  fairly 
early on (end  1982),  this was doubtless as  much a reflection 
of the large  amount of existing  contracts covering  much of 
domestic requirement for the years  ahead,  as of the  fact 
that brewers  had stocked up heavily on  cheap 1982 spot  hops. 
Furthermore, spot buying by Producer  Groups  also helped to 
maintain a  certain  firmness in the  market. 

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The quantités  sold on the  free market in the Community  have 
been as follows in recent years. The  comparison  with average 
spot prices in the Federal Republic has  been appended  to 
demonstrate  the extent to  which these are  inversely 
proportional  to spot  market  availability.  (1) 
Ztr sold Weighted  average 
of spot prices  
(most important  varieties) 
without contract DM 
1982 363 795 167 
1981 154 754 606 
1980 67 385 1400 
1979 150 000 533 
1978 166 000 290 
1977 327 000 128 
1976 174 000 264 
1975 203 000 221 
II. 2 Medium-term  forecasts for the  Community  (Tables  12 - 15) 
According to the previsions of the producer  Member  States 
themselves,  Community  area to be  registered  for the  1983 
harvest  will be 500 ha or nearly  2% less than the  1982 crop 
area, half of this reduction being in the Federal Republic 
and almost a further  third in the United  Kingdom.  The 
resulting  total area of  27 058 ha, at average  yields,  would 
produce between  48 000 and 52 000 tonnes  or about 8% less 
(1) See also table  5 and graph 8 for comparison  with U.S.  ) 

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than in 1982, but nevertheless  around 12% more than in 1981, 
the latter  crop being estimated to  have been reasonably in 
line, within the  Community,  with internal  demand  plus 
exports in  1981-82. 
Sales under advance  contract to date for 1983 are estimated 
at 39 650 tonnes  (see Table 2): therefore,  even in the case 
of an average crop on the  above basis, anything up to 13 000 
tonnes (260 000 Ztr)  might be offered  from the 1983 crop. 
This amount,  as will be readily  deduced  from the spot  market 
volume figures  given above, is already 45% higher than the 
average 1975 - 1981, and of course in the event of a 
higher-than-average  yield in the Community  might be still 
higher. Internal  Community  demand in the same period can be 
estimated to  have fallen by 8%, although exports  have risen 
by 20%. 
According to the  Commission's  forecasts,  a relatively  low 
yield and stationary  exports  would result in stock of  hops 
(1) at the eve of the 1984 harvest  amounting  to 105% of 
estimated annual  demand,  whereas  slightly  lower exports and 
a higher  yield would result in a figure of 143%.(2) 
(1) Table 13,  line 8, alternative  1 
(2) ibid., alternative  IV; cf.Tab. 15,  lines 16/18. 

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II.3 1982 Comnunity  harvest 
II.3.1 Area under Hops (Table 1) 
In 1982 the  area under hops 
increased  from 26 698 ha to in the Community  once again 
27 566 ha. 
There was a reduction  in the  following  varieties: 
Hallertauer  W.G.V.  Viking 
Hueller Tutsham (>0)  Strisselspalt 
Challenger  Bramling  X Bourgogne 
Progress  Saxon  Perle 
Saaz Bullion  Record 
Goldings  Keysworth's Midseason 
and an increase  in the  following: 
Tettnanger  Star Target 
Hersbruecker  Northdown  Yeoman 
Zenith N. Brewer Brewers'  gold 
Overall,  therefore,  aromatic  varieties  have increased  by 212 
ha, bitter varieties  by 524 ha. Of the  registered  varieties, 
no plantings  of Tutsham or  Triploid  appear to be  extant. 
On this area, production  was 1 127 496  Ztr or 56 375 tonnes, 
giving an average  yield of 40.9 Ztr or 2.04 tonnes per ha, 
the highest recorded. 

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New plantings (1) 
In 1981, 1543 hectares in the  Ccmnunity  ware in their first 
year of production, having  been planted in the previous 
year. It  willbe recalled  that European  growers  expect an 
average  yield of 40% at the  first harvest, 65% at the 
second, a full yield from the third year onwards. 
III.3.2 Prices and Contracts (2) 
Hop prices for the 1982 harvest  were as follows,  compared  to 
1980 and 1981: 
Average Community  prices (ECU/Ztr) 
1980 1981 1982  1982/81%  1982/80% 
Contracted 133 163 177 +8.5 +33.1 
Non-contract (spot) 469 226 65 -71.2 -86.1 
(1) See Table  17, second column. 
(2) See Table  16. 

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Quantities  marketed  under advanced  contracts increased  once 
again for  the third year running: 
Year Contracts % Spot % 
1978 686 210 80.5 166 036 19.5 
1979 745 308 83.2 150 109 16.8 
1980 723 983 91.5 67 385 8.5 
1981 759 433 83.0 154 754 17.0 
1982 763 701 67.4 363 795 32.3 
III.3.3 Returns per hectare (Table 17, 17a) 
Returns per hectare  fell in 1982 after having risen in each 
of the four successive years: 
ECU/ha for areas  in full production  
(i.e. from the third year after planting) 
(i) by variety group 
ECU/Ztr 1980 1981 1982 1982/81% 1982/80% 
Aromatic 4 833 6 468 6006 -7.1 +24.3 
Bitter 5 139 6 288 6393 +1.7 +24.4 
Others 6 801 5793 4663 -19.5 -31.4 
0) 

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(ii) by country 
1980 1981 1982 1982/81% 1982/80% 
FR Germany 4 482 5 979 5 505 -7.9 +23 
France 6 179 6 261 4 920 -21.4 . -20.4 
Belgium 10 586 9 119 5 272 -42.2 -50.2 
U.K. 5 740 7 255 8 288 +14.2 +44,3 
Ireland 3 938 7 079 7 986 +12,8 +102.3 
Growers'  total  returns  therefore  remained  practically 
unchanged as compared with 1981 and 1980: 
ECU 
1978: 94 323 773 
1979: 115 510 745 
1980: 126 832 608 
1981: 158 407 425 
1982: 158 736 799 
The Canmission notes  that in 1982  there were 6494 growers in 
the Community,  of whom about 130  were independent. With the 
formation  of a Producer Group in the  United Kingdom  by all 
except two of  that Member  States'  growers, and its 
subsequent  recognition,  the proportion  of Ccmmunity  hop 
growers who are  members  of recognized  groups  rose to 98%. 
x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x 

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III 
CONCLUSIONS 
III.l 
In the light of the  background  and medium-term  prospects  set out 
in the foregoing  report on the  world and Community  hop market 
situations,  the Commission,  in proposing  aid for the 1982 
harvest, is seeking to pursue the following  aims: 
(1) to afford a modest supplement  to grower incomes, which  fell 
substantially  in all producer  Member  States  with the 
exception  of the  United Kingdom,  in comparison  with the 
generally  adequate revenue  obtained  from the  1981 harvest. 
As has been illustrated,  this was the  result of unusually 
high yields  which produced  a corresponding  increase  in the 
amount needing  to be sold on the  free market,  prices on 
which fell to levels which were last seen in 1977. In the 
two smaller  producer  Member States - France and Belgium - a 
very marked  fall in returns  was registered  bringing  them 
below estimated  production  costs. 
(2) to differentiate,  in so doing, between the relative  in cane 
derived from the different  groups of varieties:  income from 

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aromatic  varieties  fell, on the greater part of  Ctammunity 
area, while  that from bitter  varieties stayed  almost 
unchanged.  This was not  merely  the consequence  of the 
prevailing  world  surplus and the  unexpectedly  higher  yield 
in 1982: in  fact most aromatic  hops in the Community  would 
have attracted satisfactory contract prices if it had not 
been for circumstances  affecting trade for  which growers 
were in no way responsible. 
It has been shown that the prevailing  world surplus is  even more 
marked in terms of bitter hops,  and since  Community  aromatic 
varieties  play an  important  part on the  latter*s  substantial 
export market,  it has been thought  appropriate to  demonstrate  in 
the proposal the  Commission's  wish to continue  supporting 
Community  growers,  not only in the face of an  adverse  short-term 
market,  but also  particularly  in that part of the international 
market where specific  Community  hops are particularly  sought 
after. 
Bearing in  mind these considerations, the  level of aid proposed 
has been carefully  judged so as neither to create an incentive 
for further excessive planting, nor  artificially  to distort  price 
formation on the  world market. 

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Finally,  it is proposed  to allocate  the higher level of aid also 
to the third group of varieties  ("others"), since  it includes 
promising  new varieties  with combined  aromatic  and bitter 
characteristics  still in a relatively  early stage  of introduction 
onto the market, and offering  good sales prospects,  but for 
which, fortuitously,  a substantial  fall in income was registered 
in 1982. 
(3) to continue  to provide  the means whereby  voluntary  Producer 
Groups, which  now account  for practically  the whole of 
Community  area, may contribute  to the  rational  management of 
the market.  Community  aid has in recent years  been deployed 
by these groups,  to this end, in a variety of cost-effective 
ways, in accordance  with the revised provisions  of the 
common organization  of the  market. Such  action  was also 
taken in 1982 with the object of partially  relieving  the 
difficult  market  situation  which followed  the harvest. 

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III. 2 The Oxnmission  therefore  proposes  the following  amounts of 
aid: 
Variety Group Aid (ECU/ha) 
Aromatic  350 
Bitter 200 
Other 350 
The average aid  level per hectare,  at 280 ECU,  would thereby 
rise in comparison with  the 1981  harvest  (191 ECU; 1980 = 
227 ECU).  Average  income  on established  areas (including 
such aid)  would thereby  be brought to 6405 ECU/ha  (1981: 
6567 ECU/ha; 1980: 5470  ECU/ha),  and, by  variety  groups to: 
income ECU/ha 
including  aid 
1982 1981 
Aromatic  6356 6668 
Bitter 6593 6468 
Other 5013 5993 
(The amount of the  aid thus proposed represents only  4.9% of 
the average  price par Zentner, given  the very high  yield in 
the axnmunity  in 1982. (1981 = 3.4%) 

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The impact of  this proposal on the  E&GGF budget,  Guarantee 
Section,  at exactly  7.7 mio ECU,  would  thereby  rise in 
comparison with the previous year  (1981: 5.9 MIO ECU, 1980: 
6.2 MIO ECU, 1978: 10 MIO ECU). 

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A. UNITS  + ABBREVIATIONS  USED 
ALGJD  (Tab. 3, 4, 7, 8) = aIgorhythmn. 
Hypothetical world stock position at 1 Sept. (i.e. at eve of a given 
year's  harvest) calculated  from  production and apparent demand (see above) 
by iterative mathematical methods. 
Notgj the stock position given for the Community (Tab. 12, 13, 14, 15) is 
not thus inferred but is as indicated by the Community professional 
organizations (for the  first  time  for 1 Sept. 1979). 
The same figure is used for EEC stock expressed in  bittering  value 
tenus (Tab. 14 - 15, L. 18, 19) simply by multiplication by the alpha 
content in % of each Community harvest (depreciated to  bitterinq 
value,  see above; and Table 6). 
"ALPHA"  = ALPHA  ACID  CONTENT 
UNITS  - AS % of Hops weight 
- AS Tonnes (T) Alpha Production 
- AS  KG/HA  = KGS Alpha Acid 
per Hectare (yield) 
- AS  GM/HL  = Grammes per Hectolitre (in beer) 
ALTS  Alternative (forecasts) (Tab. 4, 8, 13, 15) 
BV Bittering value in Tonnes i.e. Alpha Acid content or production 
depreciated by storage loss (see Tab. 6) 
DREG  Hypothetical demand estimate arrived at  from  production (hops, alpha, BV) 
by a regression method - linear, 1st, 2rd, or 3rd order or autoregressive 
etc. 
GH/jjL  1) Hopping  ratio  (Grammes per Hectolitre in beer) 
2) Alpha Acid Dosage ( '" " 
KT (Kilotons) = 1.000 tonnes = 20.000 Ztr. 

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L. LINE  (e.g.  L2/L6 result obtained  by  dividing Line  2 (of a  table) 
by line  6 
MHJL  Millions  of  Hectolitres (beer) 
T/HA  Tonnes  per  Hectare (yield  of  hops) 
ZJR (Zentner)  = 50 kg 
Calculation  of  return/ha  EEC  (Table  17) 
NP - New  Plantings  (first or  second year) 
PP - Established planting  (third  year  and  older) 
TP - Total area  i.e. PP + NP (1) + NP (2) 
B. PRODUCER MEMBER STATES: 
BRD - Federal Republic 
UK 
B 
F 
IRL 
GR 
C. EXCHANGE RATES EMPLOYED  FOR  RETURN CALCULATION 
As at 1 Nov. 1982 
(as at  date last 
1 ECU =  NATIONAL  CURRENCY  monetary change  to ECU) 
DM 2,57524 22.10.82 
fc ST 0,618655  1- ^-80 
FB/BF  44,9774 22.10.82 
FF 6,37174 22.10.82 
b IRL  0,691011  26. 6.82 

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List  of Tables and Graphs 
STATISTICAL  TABLES 
TAB.  1: Characteristics of the 1982 world harvest, by major producer country 
1A 1981 harvest 
1B 1980 harvest 
1C 1978 and 1979 harvests 
TAB..  2j_ Estimated forward  sales  1983 - 1987 for EEC and IHB producer Member 
States 
TAB...  _3,: Wor.!^.y\op3_33SkslLWJ>5- J"—1?83T= production and apparent demand  with 
resulting stock levels 
TABj.A.-.  Wp. r.ld_JTORS-JlgJ-h-gt.v  alternative forecasts for 1 Sept 1984 market 
balance  based on Tab. 3 result for 1983 and four alternative combination: 
of area and yield in 1983 
JAB..,  5: World harvests 1969 - 1982: summary of essential statistics,  with 
averages  and Index for 1982 at 1969 = 100 
TAB... _6:  IHB_.countjjjes compared to other world producers: comparison of area 
needed  to produce apparent demand  with  area forecasted for 1983 harvest 
TAB.  J7:_ World market balance 1972 - 1983; expressed in terms of demand and 
apparent stock level 2  bittering  value 
JAJB-..A.I  Alternative forecasts for 1 Sept. 1984 derived  from  TAB. 7 (cf. Tab. 4) 
TAB.*-  : Annual alpha acid depreciation hop cones/products 
TAB...  _9_'_ EC External trade in hops and processed products Sept. 81 - Aug. 82 
(marketing year) 
TAB.  _1,0_: }dplXAJ n3I^?^-l?JJ*^.Z.A?3^J.  apparent demand trends for 3 hop variety 
groupings (based on production figures  from  Joh. Barth + Sohn  O.H.G., 
Nurnberg) (annual reports) 

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JABj-JJ-?..  World beer production  by  country  1975 - 1982 
(Joh.  Barth  + Sohn,  and  other sources) 
. J A B„._  ,.12_:  EC,.market, ba.1 a nc e„ _1973_  J 9 83_; production  and  apparent demand 
with  resulting stock levels 
JABJ-JJS:.  Alternative forecasts  for 1  Sept.  1984  based  on TAB. 12  result  for 
1983  and  four alternative combinations  of  area  and  yield  in 1983 
J.ABJ.,JA-1  ^-J^3lK?J^balancj^J97Z_J983  expressed  in terms  of  apparent stock 
level  in  bittering value (basis  for  next table) 
TAB,.,J5,:.  EEC^  market^J983,  ,-.J984^  alternative forecasts  for 1  Sept  1984  stock 
levels  (bittering  value) derived from Table  14 (4  alternative yield 
and export hypotheses) 
JABJL..3.6.:, _E_E,Cr  market.: quantities  and  price levels contract  and  spot markets 
(1982 harvest) 
JAJB!-·_JZl,  KE-P_AgJlV-est_J_98_2_:_ synopsis  of  Member States returns  per  variety:  -
area  (NP, PP),  prices  (ECU)  spot/contract, returns  ECU/HA  and ECU 
total  revenue 
GRAPHS 
1- Wor_ld. Hops, area  1969 - 1983 
2. Wpr.l.d.  Hops_  areaj  percent annual variation  US/EEC. 
3. Percentage  of  worldT  a_rea,.by  country 
4. Wprj.d_„Hpp_s. market,J969_-198,2,: Production, estimated stocks (world); declared 
stocks  (EEC + USA) 
-5. Alternatj_y_ei demajid_jstjjnates hops  1969 - 1985 
5A: GM/HL  hopping ratio world  + EEC 
6- A,lp^ha Acjd_: Production  and  estimated demand  1969 - 1983 
7-  HPP.  exports, 1969 - 1981 -  USA  and  EEC 

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8- H,opTpxices.:. Fed. Republic + USA spot/contract  (nominal) 
9. Hop.pr.i_c.es; EC producer Member States at constant prices (GDP deflated -
1982 prices) 
10. Per.cen.taqe annuaJL__v_a_rja  _t_iqnj  World area cf. Fed. Republic average contract 
price 
11. EC  returns  ECU 
12: EC returns: Percentage annual variation 

Note 
PRODUCTION  FIGURES  (TAB. 1) 
For the EC  Member  States'  1982  harvest, these  are 
slightly  higher  than  the official  returns (Tab.  16, 
17), since quantities  registered  after 31 March 1983 
are included. 
The figures for world hops and alpha production  used  in 
Tab. 7 & 8 are for  some years also  slightly  different 
from the "master"  figures given  in Tab.  K+A-C)  and 
Tab.5: this is purely due to  rounding. 
STATISTIQUES  DE LA PRODUCTION  (TAB.lì 
Les quantités indiquées au  Tabi 1. pour les récoltes de 
1982 des états membres  producteurs  de la CEE 
apparaissent  légèrement supérieures aux relevés 
officiels  tels qu'ils  figurent  aux  tabi. 16 et 17; 
cette différence est due au  fait que le  tabi. 1 a été 
mis au jour le plus tard possible  et comprend  donc les 
quantités éventuellement enregistrées après le 31 mars 
1983. 
Les chiffres  concernant  la  production  mondiale  de 
houblons et d'acide alpha figurant  aux tabi. 7 et 8 
peuvent également différer légèrment des  indications 
définitives des  tabi. 1 (+a,b,c)  et 5 à  cause du besoin 
d'arondissement. 
VERMERK zur Produktionsangaben. 
Die in der  Tabelle  1 enthaltenen endgueltigen 
Erntemengen  1982  fuer  die  hopfenerzeugenden 
EWG-Mitgliedstaaten sind  etwas  hoeher  als die in den 
Tabellen nr. 16  und 17 zusammengefassten  ambtlichen 
Erhebungen  ; die erstgenannte Tabelle enthaelt  auch die 
eventuelle  nach  31 maerz abgewogene Mengen. 
Die in den  Tabellen  7 u. 8 verwendeten  Angaben  fuer die 
Welthopfen-  bzw.  Alphasaureproduktion  koennen  auch 
wenig von den in den  Tabellen  l(+a+b+c)  und 5 
enthaltenen endgueltigen  Angaben  abweichen  : dies ist 
auf die Abrundung  zurueckzufuehren. 

ELFC-M-VI-EO  H_PS/HCFFEN/HDJ6L(_N:  VVCRLD FRCD. A^^TERZELG__NG^PRCD. NCNDIALE  (REV. 14. 1.83 ) 
TAB. 1 (83/6) 
I II IIA  I IB III IV V VI VII  VIII IX X 
COUNTRY AREA AREA AREA  FRCD  YIELD  FRCD  PERCENT YIELD BEER  FRCD FCRLCAST AREA 
HA HA HA ZTR T/HA  ALPHA T ALPHA ALPHA  M/HL  AREA  CHANCE 
(+/ -) (+/ -) EST. EST. EST. EST. KG/HA (BARTH) HA HA 
- 82 1982 1982 1982- 81 1982-1978 1982 1982 1982 1982 1982 1982 1983 1983 - 82 
BUNDESREP 19985 795 2363 849741 2.13 2188 5.15 109.49 94.816 19700 -285 
DEUTSCHLD 
-47 FRANCE 750 -10 -137 34692 2.31 84 4.84 112.00 22.41 703 -47 
BELGIUM 859 13 8 40406 2.35 120 5.94 139.70 14.7 834 -25 
LNITED 5871 63 34 205747 1.75 811 7.88 • 138.14 59.78 5721 -150 
KIN_EC_M 
IRELAND 75 0 10 1755 1.17 7 8.00 93.60 5.59 75 0 
GREECE 25 0 0 570 1.14 2 8.00 91.20 2.9 25 0 
EEC (INC. 27565 861 2278 1132911 2.05 3212 5.67 116.54 238 27058 -507 
IRL + CR) (CEE"10") 
LNITED 16874 -549 4349 716876 2.12 2688 7.50 159.30 228.03 15000 -1874 
STATES 
AUSTRALIA 1378 203 463 52540 1.91 263 10.00 190.64 19.682 1400 22 
JLDC6LAV. 3331 69 194 114840 1.72 353 v6.15 105.97 13.4 3380 49 
ESPANA 2003 0 200 47495 1.19 166 6.99 82.88 21.499 2003 0 
CJZbLHO- 11759 -68 -77 250960 1.07 517 4.12 43.97 23.911 11772 13 
SLCVAKIA 
25 2250 40 DDR 2210 90 106 66880 1.51 228 6.82 • 103.17 25 2250 40 
POLSKA 2502 57 102 54280 1.08 122 4.50 48.81 10.3 2502 0 
HUNGARY 560 -2 10 14500 1.29 30 4.14 53.57 7.825 563 3 
TOTAL I(-B 68182 661 7625 2451282 1.80 •7579 6.18 111.16 587.647 65928 -2254 
+ EEC 
========== ============ ========= ====== ========= ________ __________ ========= ========= ========== ============ ===== 
JAPAN 1108 -21 -130 29820 1.35 91 6.10 82.13 1050 -58 
USSR EST. 17000 500 4000 200000 0.59 450 4.50 26.47 17000 0 
F-JVPNIA » 1800 400 700 34000 0.94 77 4.50 42.50 2000 200 
BULGARIA" 1142 81 -248 18272 0.80 37 4.00 32.00 1500 358 
CHINA FR" 5000 1000 2000 90000 0.90 225 5.00 45.00 5000 0 
OTHERS " 2000 100 0 60000 1.50 180 6.00 90.00 2000 0 
__________ ____________ ZZ = — - — ~ — — — = = = -:--: = = _= _= = = = = = ======== ========== ========= ========== ========== ============ ===== 
V\CRLD 96232 2721 13947 2883374 1.50 8638 5.99 89.76 964.15 94478 -1754 
ADDED FCREEAST 
VVCRLD 
AGREED 
========== _;-_;_: — _;;_ — ========= ---------========== :======== ========= ========== = - = = = 
(*)USA TOTAL  STRUNG FCR HARVEST: ACTUALLY  HARVESTED  AREA 1982: 16026  HA 
(*)US-0:SA^FI_AECHE  ALFQELEITET  FUfR ERNTE: QIERNTET  WJRDEN 16026  Hf\ 
(*) USA:  SUPERFICIE  EXISTANATE  A LA OUEILLETTE:  SEULES 16026  HA FLRENT RBXLTEES 

COEUR  VI-E-3  HOP  S / HOUB  LON / HOPF  EN : TAB. 1A (82/4r  REV  1 SEPT  82) 
I I I I I I IV V VI VI I V Τ 1 I 
COUNTRY AREA PROD YIELD PRCO PERCENT YIELD BEER  PRrm 
HA ZTR T/HA ALPHA  Τ ALPHA ALPHA M/HL 
1981 1981 KG /HA (BARTH) 1981 1981 1981 1981 1981 1981 1981 1981 ========== ========= ========= ====== = = = :========= ====== : = = = ====== : = = _______ 
BUNDESREP 19190 674074 1. 76 2019 5. 99 105. 21 93 . 7 
DEUTSCHLD 105. 21 93 
FRANCE 760 28729 1. 89 93 6. 47 122. 37 21 . 8 
BELGIUM 846 31437 1. 86 101 6. 43 119. 39 15 
UNITED 5808 186788 1. 61 754 8. 07 129. 82 61 . 5 
KINGDOM 82 61 
IRELAND 75 1537 1. 02 7 9. 11 93. 33 5 . 8 
GREECE 25 800 1. 60 3 7. 50 120. 00 2 . 9 
EEC (INC. 26704 923365 1. 73 2977 6. 45 111. 48 236 . 8 
IRL + GR) ( "10" ) 
UNITED 17442 717955 2. 06 2520 7. 02 144. 48 228 . 9 
STATES 
AUSTRALIA 1175 47538 2. 02 228 9. 59 194. 04 20 . 2 
JUGOSLAV. 3262 108050 1. 66 310 5. 74 95. 03 12 
ESPANA 2003 50509 1. 26 177 7. 01 88. 37 20 .9 
CZECHO­ 11827 257700 1. 09 618 4. 80 52. 25 23 . 9 
SLOVAKIA 
DDR 2120 54608 1. 29 182 6. 67 85. 85 24 
POLSKA 2445 56860 1. 16 90 3. 17 36. 81 11 . 3 
HUNGARY 562 15080 1. 34 37 4. 91 65. 84 7 . 8 
TOTAL  IHB 67540 2231665 1. 65 7139 6. 40 105. 70 585 . 8 
+ EEC 
JAPAN 1129 25700 1. 14 65 5. 06 57. 57 46 . 5 
USSR 16500 180000 0. 55 550 6. 11 33. 33 65 
ROMANIA 1400 22300 0. 80 50 4. 48 35. 71 11 . 5 
BULGARIA 1061 14900 0. 70 33 4. 43 31. 10 5 . 4 
CHINA  PR 4000 80000 1. 00 220 5. 50 55. 00 7 
"OTHERS" 1900 51000 1. 34 153 6. 00 80. 53 P.M. 
WORLD 93530 2605565 1. 39 8210 6. 30 87. 78 949 . 9 
ADDED 
WORLD 
AGREED 950 

TABL.ÌB  (82-2) 
COUNTRY AREA PROD 
- HA MR 
1980 1980 1980 
«»===:a:==== a aa si aa  at at  a 
BUNDESREP 17954 537849 
DEUTSCHLD 
FRANCE 757 28181 
BELGIUM 823 28646 
UNITED 5718 194989 
KINGDOM 
1530 IRELAND 75 1530 
GREECE 25 700 
31 3 St=C 31  = 3C3S  : 
EEC & IRL 25352 791895 
AND GREEC 
=========: = 3 = 31=3  31 =X = =  31  = at ai 3s at at at at 3  : 
UNITED 15003 683120 
STATES 
AUSTRALIA 1071 410520 
JUGOSLAV. 3155 97017 
ESPANA 1852 43006 
CZECHO­ 11100 200722 
SLOVAKIA 
DDR 2156 47270 
POLSKA 2474 34380 
HUNGARY 556 13372 
========= =========== ======== 
TOTAL  IHB 
AND EEC 62719 1951302 
========= r = =  x=:s33:=;3!S3{ax3t3i==:  = 
JAPAN 1161 36180 
USSR 14000 200000 
ROMANIA 1200 25000 
BULGARIA 1600 18000 
CHINA  PR 3200 55000 
"OTHERS" 1800 50000 
========= =========== :======== 
WORLD: 
ADDED 85680 2335482 
WORLD: 
AGREED 85380 2339480 YIELD  PROD  PERCENT 
T/HA ALPHA  T ALPHA 
1980 
a si xtstai ars 
1.50 
1.86 
1.74 
1.71 
1.02 
1.40 
1.56 
arac=:=aa 
2.28 
1.89 
1.54 
1.16 
0.90 
1.10 
0.69 
1.20 
1.56 
ES33=X  = 
1.56 
0.71 
1.04 
0.56 
0.93 
2.25 1980 
1541 
74 
90 
714 
5 
3 
sxat3s===:=£=sa 
2427 
83C3£  = 3I3t3E3:: 1980 
=am at sis 
5.73 
5.25 
6.28 
7.32 
6.54 
8.57 
ataiacxsssan 
6.13 YIELD BEER PRO 
ALPHA H/RL 
KG/HA (J.BARTHK 
1980 1980 
92.309 85.83 
97.75 
109.36 
124.87 
66.67 
120.00 22.009 
14.5 
66.605 
5.99 
2.5 
95.73  238.04 
at at as at as at at  3» =2 at at at  a 
1.36 
1.37 2405 
180 
316 
161 
351 
138 
68 
36 
6082 
•a: scat 31= 
90 
400 
50 
36 
151 
150 
6959 
7055 7.04 160.30 227.746 
8.88 
6.51 
7.49 
3.50 
5.84 
3.96 
5.38 168.07 
100.16 
86.93 
31.62 
64.01 
27.49 
64.75 19.433 
11.712 
20.027 
23.393 
24 
11.185 
7.8 
sa aaaassara  asaass 
6.23 96.97 583.336 
casataaaaaaaaaaaaaaasraaa 
4.98 77.52 45.138 
4.00 28.57  70 
4.00 41.67  « 8.5 
4.00 22.50  5.4 
5.50 47.27  6 
6.00  83.33  N/A 
5.96 81.22  937.802 
••«•si 
6.03  82.63 
TOTAL 

T.ABL  1 (82-1) 
comtTRX AUSA  MOD YIELD PROD rmctm YIELD B KBR PRO 
- ** . 1 . ZTR , T/HA ALPHA T ALPHA ALPHA M/HL 
KG/HA <J .BARTH > 
1979 1979 1979 1979 1979 1979 1979 1979 
BUNDESREP 17305 624202 1.80 1902 6.09 109.91 91.623 
DEUTSCHLD 
FRANCE 768 . 31182 2.07 87 5.58 113.28 22.793 
BELGIUM 803 35457 2.21 107 6.04 133.25 13.681 
UNITED 5709 .206509 1.81 732 7.09 128.22 67.416 
KINGDOM 
IRELAND 65 1635 1.26 6 7.34 92.31 6.039 
BasBBanaisi sasBssaisa; es=s-;3saa: asaassa 
EEC (9) 24650 898985 1.82 2834 6.30 114.97 237.078 
_8ssa  ai ssassi =—•_•==—•_== _=_•==== 
UNITED 12890 496748 1.93 1746 7.03 135.45 215.809 
STATES 
AUSTRALIA 1006 44560 2.21 224 10.05 222.66 19.678 
JUGOSLAV. 3106 88046 1.42 255 5.79 82.10 11.254 
ESPANA 1852 51716 1.40 194 7.50 104.75 19.712 
CZECHO­ 11745 236265 1.01 520 4.40 44.27 23.61 
SLOVAKIA 
DDR 2160 72220 1.67 272 7.53 125.93 23 
POLSKA 2447 45000 0.92 137 6.09 55.99 11.127 
HUNGARY 568 12448 1.10 34 5.46 59.86 7.5 
E^- - -  — —=- - "e - = 
TOTAL IHB 60424 1945988 1.61 6216 6.39 102.87 568.768 
AND EEC 
JAPAN 1200 36300 1.51 91 5.01 75.83 44.758 
USSR 12500 220000 0.88 580 5.27 46.40 70 
ROMANIA 1200 22000 0.92 70 6.36 58.3 3 8.3 
BULGARIA 1500 17000 0.57 40 4.71 26.67 5.5 
CHINA PR 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 5 
"OTHERS" 3900 103000 1.32 340 6.60 87.18 N/A 
;3S=a==_:====i - - - - : - - ------
WORLD 80724 2344288 1.45 7337 6.2 90.89 909.285 
ADDED: 
_ - -L— ----- - - -—- :a.=axa:  a: as a. 
WORLD 80724 2366420 1.47 7266 6.14 90.01 
AGREED: 
COUNTRY AREA PROD YIELD PROD PERCENT YIELD BEER PRO 
HA ZTR T/HA ALPHA T ALPHA ALPHA M/HL 
KG/HA = 
1978 1978 1978 1978 1978 1978 1978 1978 
BUNDESREP 17622 606602 1.72 1705 5.62 96.75 91.656 
DEUTSCHLD 
FRANCE 887 30027 1.69 95 6.33 107.10 22.781 
BELGIUM 851 27727 1.63 86 6.20 101.06 13.83 
UNITED 5837 187612 1.61 724 7.72 124.04 65.8 8 
KINGDOM 
IRELAND 65 1450 1.12 6 8.28 92.31 5.824 
EEC & IRL 25262 853418  1.69  2616  6.13 103.55 233.424 
UNITED 12525 499496 1.99 1550 6.21 123 .75 210.135 
STATES 
AUSTRALIA 915 37180 2.03 186 10.01 203 .28 19.511 
JUGOSLAV. 3137 87616 1.40 274 6.25 87 .34 10.005 
ESPANA 1803 41796 1.16 156 7.46 86, .52 18.653 
CZECHO­ 11836 201757 0.85 366 3.63 30. .92 22.058 
SLOVAKIA 
DDR 2104 47730 1.13 135 5.66 64. .16 23 
POLSKA 2400 38840 0.81 80 4.12 33. .33 11.378 
HUNGARY 550 11800 1.07 37 6.27 67. .27 7.244 
TOTAL IHB 60532 1819633 1.50 5400 5.94 89. .21 555.408 
AND EEC 
JAPAN 1238 44800 1.81 134 5.98 108. .24 ' 44.3 
USSR 12000 200000 0.83 436 4.36 36. .33 65 
ROMANIA 1100 22000 1 55 5.00 50, .00 8.15 
BULGARIA 1500 21000 0.70 47 4.48 31, .33 5.16 
CHINA PR 0 0 0 0 
"OTHERS" 2800 64000 1.14 216 6.75 77 .14 N/A 
WORLD: 
ADDED 
WORLD: 
AGREED 
TOTAL 79170 2171433 1.37 
1.37 6288 
6252 5.79 79.42 873.079 WORLD: 
ADDED 
WORLD: 
AGREED 
TOTAL 7tl?0 2171440 1.37 
1.37 6288 
6252 5.76 78 .97 

TAB.  2 (83/2)  CCMEURVI-E-3  REV.  15.4.83 
(SOURCE/QUELLE:  IHB  ECON. COMMITTEE  XI 1/82 
COUNTRY / EST.  FORWARD SALES/ GESCHAETZTE VORVERKAUEFE 
LAND/PAYS VENTES ESTIMEES  SOUS  CONTRAT 
YEAR: 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 
BR DEUTSC 590000 590000 580000 400000 250000 
HLAND 
FRANCE 15216 7176 5760 100 40 
BELGI QUE/ 10600 6000 5500 0 0 
BELGIE — 
UNITED 175500 123000 77500 0 0 
KINGDOM 
(IRL+  GR 2300 2300 2300 2300 2300 
P.M.  ) 
EEC/EWG 793616 728476 671060 402400 252340 
USA 559100 508182 374545 201819 100909 
AUSTRALIA 48000 45000 31500 31500 ? 
JUGOSLAV. 92010 81000 75200 60060 50050 
ESPANA  * 50000 50000 50000 50000 ? 
CSSR  * 240000 240000 250000 250000 
DDR 64000 68000 72000 73000 75000 
POLSKA 40000 40000 40000 40000 40000 
MAGYARORS 15000 15000 15000 0 0 
ZAG/HUNG. 
TOTAL  IHB 1901726 1775658 1579305 1108779 518299 
% CF/VGL. 79 73 65 46 21 
PROD.'82 21 
% CF/VGL 92 86 76 53 25 
PROD. 25 
MOYEN /DURCHSCHNITT  IHB  1978-82 
* ESTIMATE 

TAB. 3 .83/3  KPS:  VCPLD  PRCD. & DEKRO/KPFEN: VCLTERZEUOJN3 & NCHWCE EC  COM  VI -E-3 R£V  15 4 83 
L. 
1 NO 
FRCDLCTIGN  T 1969 
94946 1970 
102536 1971 
96050 
2 
3 DBvWJD 
(L12XL10) 
+ (-) 94094 
852 95082 
7454 98685 
-2635 
4 STOCK  1 SEPT. 
ALGD. 47517 48369 55823 
5 STOCK "hCFMOL 
6 NCNTHS 47047 47541 49343 
6 
6A + (-) 
L4=N3  NCNTHS 470 
6 828 
6 6481 
7 
7 66982 70666 75042 
8 + /- SINOE FBE 
VI OJS YEflR 3684 4376 
9 YIELD  T/m 1.42 1.45 1.28 
10 BEER PRCD  NHL 630 
(NEXT  \R/N°£CHSTES  J/ /WM. 658 
SUIV) 689 
11 % <+> CF  PREV  VR/ANM.  PREC. 4.71 
12 OM/I-L  (GREG) 143 138 135 
13 CM/HL:%+/-PB£V.\R/A.P -3.50 -2.17 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 
105172 118301 111176 113502 106760 117796 108497 117234 116774 130278 143413 
104085 
1087 105864 
12437 109032 
2144 113632 
-130 114363 
-7603 118170 
-374 118188 
-9691 116850 
384 116662 
112 118394 121106 
(83/82+%= 
11884 22307 120153 
-1 
··»» 
53188 54275 66712 68856 68726 61123 60749 51058 51442 51554 63439 85746 
52043 52932 54516 56816 57182 59085 59094 58425 58331 59197 60553 60077 
1146 
6 1343 
6 12196 
7 12040 
7 11545 
7 2038 
6 1655 
6 -7367 
5 -6889 
5 -7643 
5 2886 
6 25669 
9 
78015 81247 82083 80527 78206 79262 79170 80439 85680 93511 96232 ALTS 
2973 3232 836 -1556 -2321 1056 -92 1269 5241 7831 2721 
1.35 1.46 1.35 1.41 1.37 1.49 1.37 1.46 1.36 1.39 1.49 ALTS 
731 771 802 • 826 V 848 • 873 909 938 950 964 978 993 
6.10 5.47 4.02 2.99 2.66 . 2.95 4.12 3.19 1.28 1.49 1.48 1.45 
135 132 132 134 131 130 126 123 121 121 122 121 
0.00 -2.22 0.00 1.52 -2.24 -0.76 -3.08 -2.38 -1.63 0.00 0.83 -0.82 

83/3  HOPS ALT I TAB.  4:ALT. FORECASTS/PREVISIONS ALTERNATIVES 
ALT II ALT III ALT IV 
1983 1984 1983 1984 1983 1984 1983 1984 
L. NO 
1 PRODUCTION  T 120600 131400 125960 137240 
(ALTS:  L7 XL 9 
2 DEMAND 120153 120947 120153 120947 120153 120947 120153 120947 
(L12XL10) ) 
3 + (-) 447 11247 5807 17087 
4 STOCK  1 SEPT. 85746 86193 85746 96993 85746 91553 85746 102833 
ALGO. 
5 STOCK  "NORMAL 60077 66536 60077 66536 60077 66536 60077 66536 
6 MONTHS 
6 + (-) 25670 19657 • 25670 30457 25670 25017' 25670 36297 
6A L4=NO  MONTHS 9 9 9 10 9 _9_ 9 10 6A L4=NO  MONTHS 
• =^ 
7 HA ALTS 90000 90000 94000 94000 
8 +/- SINCE  PRE 
VIOUS  YEAR 
ALTS.  +/-! 5DEV/ ECART TYP  E/S T ANDARDABWEICHUNG 
9 YIELD  T/HA 1.34 1.46 1.34 1. 46 
10 BEER  PROD MHL 993 1008 993 1008 993 1008 993 1008 
(NEXT YR/NAECHSTES J./PROCH.  ANNEE 
11 % <+>  CF  PREV 1. 50 1. 5 1. 5 1. 5 
12 GM/HL  (DREG) 121 120 121 120 121 120 121 120 

EURCCM  VI 
WORLD  HOP 
****##*»* 
YEAR -E-3.  TAB. 5(83/4) 
BASE  SERIES  1969-TO  DATE  EEC/1  HB/USDA/CCMvERCI  AL  & VARIOUS  SOURCES  LAST  UPDATE:  15.04.83 
••••J********************************************************************************************** 
AREA  HA  PROD  ZTR  = PRCO.  YIELD  PR  ALPHA  PERCENT  ALPHA  BEER  PROD PRICE  DM  PRICE  DM  PRICE  US 
TONNES  T/HA  TONNES  ALPHA  KG/HA  MHL  CONTRACT  SPOT  $/LB  AVGE 
BRD  BRD  ALL  VARS. 
**#»*»************#*#*#*#***»»*******#»***»»*#»*#»***^ 
. 5 
.56 
. 65 
.71 
.76 
.79 
. 83 
. 85 
. 9 
. 9 
. 97 
1.5 
1.52 
1.75 
****** 
0. 94 
350 
*** 
194 
100 (1982 
1982:  FORECAST  FOR  BEER;  PRICES  VERBAND  DEUTSCHER  HOPFENPFLANZER  + US  HOPS  ADMIN  CGVMITTEE 1969 66982 1898920 94946 1.42 5276 5. 56 78. 77 605 370 350 
1970 70666 2050720 102536 1.45 6038 5.89 85. 44 630 367 415 
1971 75042 1921000 96050 1.28 5377 5. 60 71.65 658 353 622 
1972 78015 2103440 105172 1. 35 6174 5.87 79. 14 689 332 372 
1973 81247 2366020 118301 1.46 7468 6. 31 91. 92 731 331 207 
1974 82083 2223520 111176 1. 35 6627 5. 96 80. 74 771 331 235 
1975 80527 2270040 113502 1.41 7230 6. 37 89. 78 802 331 221 
1976 78206 2135200 106760 1. 37 6137 5.75 78. 47 826 327 264 
1977 79262 2355920 117796 1. 49 7066 6. 00 89.15 848 319 128 
1978 79170 2169933 108497 1. 37 6275 5. 78 79. 26 873 297 290 
1979 80439 2344688 117234 1.46 7266 6. 20 90. 33 909 324 533 
1980 85680 2335482 116774 1. 36 6959 5.96 81. 22 938 341 1400 
1981 93511 2605565 130278 1.39 8226 6. 31 87. 97 950 377 606 
1982 96232 2883374 144169 1. 50 8638 5. 99 89. 76 964 390 167 
*********************************************** **************************************************** 
AVERAGE 80504 2261702 113085 1.40 6768 5. 97 83. 83 800 342 415 
INDEX 69 = 144 152 152 106 164 108 1 114 159 105 48 
100 (1982 *** *·* »* » 
INDEX 77 = 121 122 122 101 122 100 101 114 122 130 

ELRDCM  VI -E->  HOPS  /l-OJBLCN/HZPFEN  TAB 6(83/1) REV 15.4.83. 
DEMAND  CF  ASEA/CQvPNDE VIS-A-VIS SUPERFICIE/NOCHFRAGE  VGL  FLAEQHE: 
1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 IH3 
1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 % INZR 
EST.====: 
DEM°tO 1983 1984 1985 
IHB MDvBER 
CXUNTRIES: 
PRODUCTION 102440 970-42 96288 90744 99265 90909 97217 97453 110876 121692 
INTERNAL 
DENWD (CREG) 60784 64253 66564 66229 67076 66031 65859 66455 66540 67761 INT. 
+0.1% 
***** DEMPND 
89598 +32% FOR  EXPCRT 
89746  89133 
+ (-) 
YIELD.I  (T/HA) 41656 32789 29724 
(NOTE  YRS CF  BALANCE  (1975, 77, 
TO DEMAND CALCULATED  FOR 1983, 
1.66 1.52 1.52 24515 32189 24878 31358 
79, 80: 32%  AVAIL.  FOR  EXPORT  IN 
4,5) 
1.47 1.63 1.5 1.61 30998 44336  53931 
EACH:  THEREFORE  32%  ADDED 
1.56 1.64 1.79 (N3 AVERAGE 
IH3 1978-82 
1.58 YIELD/REND.M>\ 
=1.61 T/HA) 
1.59 1.6 
ALT  I (HA) 62490 63759 63374 61592 61767 60467 60359 62619 67605 68082 (L2*L4) 56708 56444 55708 
YIELD  II  (T/HA) 1.6 1.61 1.62 
ALT  II (HA) (HA I & II: 1973-82  ACTUAL, 1983 -85 = L.2/L.4/L.6  ) (L2*L6) 55999 55743  55020 
HA EST  111/83  (IH3  PARIS  M=R 83) • 65928 
***** 
OTHER  (N3N-IH3) 
PRODUCTION 14057 14134 17214 16016 18361 17517 19833 19097 18983 21721 
DEMAND  (CREG) 15355 15540 15849 16281 16836 17516 18318 19244 20294 21468 1.06 
********* 22763 24183  25558 
+ (-) -1298 -1406 1365 -265 1525 1 1515 -147 -1311 

HOUBLON-HOPS-HOPFEN:  WORLD  MARKET  BALANCE-EQ.UILIBRE MARCHE  MONDIAL -HEL  TMmKTBILWZ: ALPHA  TAB 7(83/2) REV 15.4.83 
LINE  NO. UNIT. CALC. 1972 1973 1974 
PRODUCTION  HOUBLON 1 KILOTONS DATA 105.17 118.3 111.18 
HOP/ERZEUGUNG 
CONTENU/ANTEIL 2 PERCENT DATA 5.87 6.31 5.96 
CONTENT:  ALPHA 
ALPHA  ACID 6173 7465 6626 
PRODUCTION/ERZEUG. 3 ALPHA  T. LI X L2 
PERTE/AN  VERLUST 4 PERCENT V. TAB  6A 9.28 9.12 8.88 
JflHR/  YEAR  LOSS §6M = 50% 
MINUS PERTE/LOSS/ 
VERLUST  = 5 BV L3-0.5XL4 5887 7124 6332 
PROD. BEER/BIERE 6 M/HL DATA 731 771 802 
BIERERZEUGUNG 
BEER  */- 7 PERCENT 5 4 
ANNUEL/YEAR 
CONTENU/ANTEIL 8 GM/HL DREG  EST 7.9 7.7 7.7 
CONTENT:  ALPHA (COMEUR) 
DEMAND/  NACH 
FRAGE  ALPHA 9 ALPHA  T. L6 X L8 
5775 5937 6175 
BESOIN/BEDARF 10 BV: T. L9 - L4X 5507 5666 5901 
REQUIRED  :B. V. 
SURPLUS(DEFIC) 11 BV: T. L5 - L10 380 1458 431 
UBERSCHtDEFIZ) 
STOCKS/BEST AND 12 BV: T. 2559 2939 4411 
1 SEPT. (ALGQ) EC COM. 
STOCKS/  BEST  AND 13 BV: T. 0.5 X L10 2753 2833 2951 
6 MDIS  (NORMAL 
STOCKS/  BESTAND 14 MONTHS L12/L10 6 6 9 
AS MONTHS  SUPPLY X 12 
PERTE  A N/VERL. 15 BV: T. § IX -2 1 15 
LOSS  YE AR 
SUPERF/ FLAECHE 16 000 HA. DATA 78 81.2 82 
AREA 
*(-)  PA R AN/ 17 000 HA. 3.20 0.80 
JflHR/YE  m 
RENDEME  NT/ERTR 18 T/HA. L1/L16 1.35 1.46 1.36 
AG/YIEL  D 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 
[13.5 106.76 117.8 118.5 117.23 116.77 130.28 143.41 
6.37 5. 75 6 5.78 6.2 5.96 6.31 6 
7230 6139 7068 6849 7268 6959 8221 8605 
8.56 8.56 7.84 7.84 7. 76 7.36 6.56 6.34 
6921 5876 6791 6581 6986 6703 7951 8332 
826 848 873 909 938 950 964 978 
3 3 3 4 3 1 1 2 
7.9 7.7 7.6 7.4 7.2 7.1 7.1 7.1 
6525 6530 6635 6727 6754 6745 6844 6947 
6246 6250 6375 6463 6492 6497 6620 6727 
674 -374 416 118 495 207 1331 1605 
4842 5516 5142 5558 5676 6171 6377 7890 
3123 3125 3187 3231 3246 3248 3310 3363 
9 11 10 10 10 11 12 14 
17 24 20 23 24 29 31 45 
80.5 78.2 79.3 79.2 80.4 85.7 93.5 96.2 
-1.50 -2.30 1.10 -0.10 1.20 5.30 7.80 2.70 
1.41 1.37 1.49 1.50 1.46 1.36 1.39 1.49 

TAB 8(83/2) 
HOUBLON-HOPS-HOPFEN: ALTERNATIVE FORECASTS 
I II III I* 1983  1984 1983 1984 198J 1984 1983 1984 
LINE  NO UNIT.  CALC. 
PRODUCTION  HOUBLON 
HOP/ERZEUGUNG 1 KILOTONS DATA 120.6 131.4 125.29 
CONTENU/ANTEIL 
CONTENT:  ALPHA 2 PERCENT AVERAGE 
1969-82 5.97 5.97 5.97 
ALPHA  ACID 
PRODUCTION/ERZEUG. 3 ALPHA  T. LI X L2 7200 7845 7480 
PERTE/AN  VERLUST 
JAHR/  YEAR  LOSS 4 PERCENT 
(DREGl V. TAB  6A 
§6M = 50% 6.05 5.63 6.05 5.63 6.05 5.63 
MINUS PERTE/LOSS/ 
VERLUST  = 5 BV L3-0.5XL4 6982 7607 7254 
PROD. BEER/BIERE 
BIERERZEUGUNG 6 M/HL 
NEXT YR/AN  PROCH. EST ECOM/ 
J. BARTH 993 1008 993 1008  993 1008 
BEER  +/-
ANNUEL/YEAR 7 PERCENT =* 1.5% 
PER ANNUM  EST/VORSSCHAETZ. 
CONTENU/ANTEIL 
CONTENT:  ALPHA 8 GM/HL DREG  EST 
(COMEUR) 7.2 7.1 7.2 7.1 7.2 7.1 
DEMAND/  NACH 
FRAGE  ALPHA 9 ALPHA  T. L6 X L8 
7151 7157 7151 7157  7151 7157 
BESOIN/BEDARF 
REQJJIRED:B.V. 10 BV: T. L9 - LAX 6934 6956 6934 6956  6934 6956 
SURPLUS!  DEFIC) 
UBERSCHl  DEFIZ) 11 BV: T. L5 - L10 48 673 319 
STOCKS/BESTAND 
1 SEPT. 12 BV: T. 
(ALGO) EC COM. 5495 9542 9495 10168 9495  9814 
STOCKS/  BESTAND 
6 MOIS  (NORMAL 13 BV: T. 0.5 X  L10 3575 3579 3575 3579 3575 3579 
STOCKS/  BESTAND 
AS MONTHS  SUPPLY 14 MONTHS L12/L10 
X 12 16 16 16 18 16 17 
»#»»»»»** »#*»**»»» 
PERTE  A N/VERL. 
LOSS  YE AR 15 BV: T. £ IX 59 60 59 66 59 62 136.51 
5.97 
8150 
6.05 5.63 
7903 
993 1008 
7.2 7.1 
7151 7157 
6934 6956 
969 
9495 10463 
3575 3579 
16 18 
59 69 
SUPERF/ 
AREA FLAEChE 16 000 HA. ALTS. 90 90 
ALTERNATIVVORSCHAETZUZUNGEN/ 93.5 93.5 
PREVISIONS ALTERNATIVES 
+(-) PA 
JAHR/YE R AN/ 
AR 17 000 HA. -6.20  -6.20 -2. 70 -2.  70 
RENDEME 
AG/YIEL NT/ERTR 
D 18 T/HA. ALTS. 
SDEV/STANDARD 1.34 1.46 
ABWEICHUNGEN  /ECART  TYPE  1969-1.34 1-46 
•82 

EURCCM  VI-E-3  HOPS:  TAB  9(83/1) 
REV.10.2.83 
EEC  10  EXTERNAL TRADE  IN  HOPS  AND  PRODUCTS 
COMMERCE  EXTERIEUR HOUBLON  ET  PRODUITS 
HANDEL  MIT  DRITTLAENDER HOPFEN  U.  PROD 
PERIODE: SEPT  81-AUG.  82  SOURCE:  EC(NItvEXE) 
********************************************* 
*********CONES PCWDERS EXTRACT  TOT.  EQUI 
XI00  KG  DOLDEN  POUDRES  EXTRAITS HOP/CONES 
********* PULVER AUSZUEGE DOLDEN* 
CCT/TDO  12.06.10 12.06.90 13.03.16  <GZT  NR) 
BR DEUTSC 
IMPORT. 
EXPORT . 53251 
80273 415 
66005 759 
16138 56364 
209362 
FRANCE 
IMPORT . 
EXPORT . 1546 
4775 629 
195 120 
0 2658 
4990 
BELG/LUX. 
IMPORT 
EXPORT 13371 
220 2730 
627 209 
734 17106 
3479 
UN. KING. 
IMPORT 
EXPORT 5385 
3077 843 
2461 511 
469 8101 
7426 
HELLAS 
IMPORT 
EXPORT 0 
0 0 
0 0 
0 0 
0 
IRELAND 
IMPORT 
EXPORT 659 
75 1398 
528 632 
259 4409 
1562 
I TALIA 
IMPORT 
EXPORT 77 
0 244 
0 21 
0 419 
0 
DANMARK 
IMPORT 
EXPORT 0 
0 0 
1 7 
5 25 
19 
NEDERLAND 
IMPORT 
EXPORT 0 
0 10 
0 1533 
28 5377 
98 
TOTAL  EEC 
IMPORT 
EXPORT 74289 
88420 6269 
69816 3792 
17600 94457 
226818 
=EEC  NET 
EXPORTS.  14131 63547 13808  132361 
KILOTONS  13.24 

ELfOMVI-E-3:  KFSA^jLBXN/fCFFEN:  WORD  CfMtO  TRENS  FOR. V/RIETY  GRXFS T/810(83/l:  FEV.  24.4.83) 
L. ND TvfR_ÆNQ€IA_:  TB_m_S  DE L'CIFRE  CES DIVERS CSOPES  DI V/RIETES 
WELTMJKf:  TETCENSM  DER  NCMTVGE  CER 9QRIEKRH-N (SORE/hAX:  0. EflSIH & 33N, N _ER_) 
flrlM\nC<5cFU\E  /R 
(CR 'A + B"): 
1 FRD/&BHJXK5 
2 m^^DMHRaCE 
3W-
NT INIH^OT.  WO 
ED/tHCUflJMSKT-
CBJUG  (CR. 'O 
4 wa)/smntG 
5 LB^/hPCHWCE 
6+1-
BITTER//MR (CR'D" 
7 FKE/ffQELCUG 
8 C&RO/NOfWOE. 
9+/-
10 TOTA^VtRDFR 
WOEFNIEMNE 
(=A6O0)»* 
11 CBvfld/hPCMR 
12 +/-1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 19820ML  % aiPE 1963 1984 1985 
PAAtE  1982/81: 
T 42260 45205 33931 40230 45005 40589 42670 34611 41452 36549 39002 40767 48897 56550Cn-HR) 
TCTJREQ 
T 44634 
-2374 42391 
2814 40607 
-6676 39281 
949 38414 
6591 33006 
2583 38056 
4614 38565 
-3954 39533 
1919 4D959 
-4410 42844 
-3842 45187 
-4420 47989 
903 51250 
9-ML3= 
5300 2 6.80 54969 59147 63783 
T 27788 28870 27675 23867 25332 29289 30242 30187 30808 32459 41261 40957 25917 26750 
T(QREG) 28385 27144 26650 26744 27266 28059 28962 29817 30464 30746 30502 29574 27803 25030 
OJML6= -9.97 21099 15846 9113 
T -597 1726 1025 -2877 -1934 1230 1280 
'. 370 344 1713 10759 11383 -1886 1720 24256 
> 
T 24828 28513 34393 40916 47964 41303 40590 41962 45026 39912 41605 45071 56244 59900 
T(dREG) 
T 23722 
1106 30845 
-2332 36049 
-1656 39603 
1313 41780 
6184 42849 
-1546 43081 
-2491 42747 
-785 42118 
2908 41465 
-1553 ' 41058 
547 41167 
3904 42065 
14179 44021 
3-ML9= 
15879 35657 4.65 47304 52189 58944 
T 94876 102568 95999 105013 118301 111176 113502 1D6760 117286 108920 121868 126795 131058 143200 
TORE) 
T 97792 
-2916 100068 
2520 102344 
-6345 104621 
392 106897 
11404 109173 
2003 111450 
2052 113726 
-6966 116002 
1284 118279 
-9359 120555 
1313 122831 
3964 125108 
5950 127384 
9_MI_L2= 
15816 21112 1.82 129660 131937 
***NZJEAERvJFK:  TCTA.  ATm  BRTH:  33ÆYEÆ5 3_ICHTLY  DIHTERENT  tTWELKIlvyihB CFFICIA.  FIGS  (TÆ.  1,3,5,7) 
CE5*4EPZaQ>G NOH ÆGP6E FA. BRTH; KW FUR QNICE  J=t-PEN  VOM B2/IH3-ÆO?B£N  LEICHT  ÆÆD-EN 
FRXLCTIOJ  TCT.  D'ÆBE5 BOTH:  FELT  RIR CERTA[fÆ5  AsT_ES  DIFFERER  LfTfftMNT CES  OHFrRES  QFFOELLES  CE/IH3 

PRODUCTION  >!•>•/  BIERBRZCUCUNC/ BBBR PRODUCTION 
TABL  11 (B3 - 1)(WP 0099S 
000 HECTOLITRES)  16  APR  1983. 
Sourest : 
Joh. Barth u. SohD 
CBHC 
EEC COMMISSION 197* 
I 
t : 1975 1 
1976 1977 
t : 
1978 
I 
I ! 
1979 1980 I 
: 1981 1982 
CEB / EWS / EEC 226 735 229 020 236 507 : 232 297 232 320 234 878 238 040 237 337 
: (EST.CEE) : 238 037 
X * (-) par yaar 1,2 : 1.0 : 3,3 : (1,8) : 1,1 ! 1.3 > 0.3 
USA s 182 262 188 420 : 192 182 : 200 165 : 210 135 215 809 : 227 746 228 950 EST 229 
X * (-) par year 4,6 2,8 : 2,0 4,1 : 5,0 2,7 5,5 : 0,05 + 0 
US8R 50 800 60 000 62 500 : 65 000 : 65 000 : 70 000 : 70 000 65 000 68 000 
Romania 5 000 7 449 8 200 : 7 910 8 150 8 300 8 500 11 500 11 500 
Bulgaria 4 000 4 000 5 200 : 5 200 : 5 160 5 500 5 400 5 400 6 000 
Poland 12 440 12 860 12 318 12 069 11 376 11 127 11 185 11 300 10 300 
DDR 19 800 20 200 21 000 22 000 23 000 23 000 24 000 24 000 25 000 
CSSR 22 138 22 373 22 SOO 22 SOO 22 058 23 610 23 393 23 930 24 921 
Hungary 6 458 6 631 6 738 7 003 7 244 7 SOO 7 800 7 800 7 825 
Cuba 1 851 3 300 3 500 3 SOO 3 000 2 307 2 365 2 400 EST 2 400 
TOTAL COHECOM 122 987 136 813 141 956 145 182 144 990 151 344 148 128 151 330 155 950 
X • (-) par yaar • 4,0 + 11,2 + 3.8 + 2.3 - + 4,4 (3) - 1 • 2.2 + 3 
Australia 18 300 19 340 19 717 19 511 19 511 19 678 19 433 20 170 19 682 
Sapana 13 481 16 618 17 127 18 600 18 653 19 712 20 027 : 20 920 : 21 499 
Japan 36 084 39 290 36 393 41 242 44 300 : 44 758 45 138 46 480 47 335 
Canada 19 133 21 238 20 227 20 227 20 389 : 20 386 20 669 : 20 500 : EST 20 SOO 
Argentina 4 578 4 123 2 680 2 543 2 043 2 100 : 2 328 2 370 : 2 237 
New Zealand 3 990 4 140 4 095 4 180 4 371 4 200 : 3 783 3 800 3 900 
JugoalavlJe 9 429 8 477 8 685 9 588 10 055 : 11 300 11 712 : 12 000 : 3 402 
TOTAL GROUP  4 106 995 113 226 108 924 116 053 : 119 319 122 228 123 090 : 126 070 : 128 555 
It + (-) per year + 1.9 + s.« - 4,0 + 6,5 * 2,8 : + 2,4 : + 0,7 : • 2,4 : + 2 
Autraa/anda re/Other a 130 615 134 928 138 986 153 694 167 361 185 026 : 194 400 206 216 212 458 
X + (-> par yaar 8,0 3,3 3,0 10,6 8,9 10,5 : 5,0 6,0 : 3 
VRLD/HONDE/WELT  K/HL: 7 70 802 : 819 : 847 873 : 909 931 404 949 903 EST 964 
t X , 4 4 2 : 4 
I 3 4 
I 3 2 1.5 

TAB. 12 83/1  HOPS/HCPFEN/HCXIBLON:  CEE/EWG/EEC-MARKET  BALANCE/MQRKTBILANZ/EQUILIBRE  DU tvWRCHE (CCMEUR  VI -E-3 REV29  4 83 
— = * — — —  ——  — — — — — — — — — — 
1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 •1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 
L. 
1 NO 
PRODUCTION 52. 6 47. 9 44. 6 39. 9 47.8 42. 7 44. 9 39. 6 42.1 56. 2 
2 NET EXPORT 
! SEPT  - AUG 10. 2 10. 6 10.8 9.4 10.5 9.6 14. 2 10.6 13. 2 13.5 
3 NET SUPPLY  EC 
LI - L2 42. 4 37. 3 33.8 30. 5 37.3 33.1 30.7 29 28.9 42.7 
4 DEMAND  EC 
DREG  EC  COVM. 39.1 38.04 32.97 35.91 34. 84 33.77 32.7 31.64 30.57 29.5 28. 43 
-3%PA 
5 EXCESS  OR  DEF 
(L10  - L13) 3.3 -.74 .83 -5.41 2. 46 -.67 -2 -2.64 -1. 67 13.2 
6 STOCK  1 SEPT 
(PROF.  ORGS.) 23. 53 26.83 26.09 26. 92 21. 51 23.97 23.3 20.3 15. 9 16. 4 29.60 
EST 
7 STOCK "NORM" 
(6M; =.5 X L4) 19. 55 19. 02 16.485 17.955 17.42 16.885 16.35 15.82 15.285 14.75 14. 22 
8 
8A ! EXC/DEF OVER  (L19-L22) 
NORM STCCK+/-  3.98 
L.6=NO  MONTHS  7 7.81 
8 9. 605 
9 8. 965 
9. 4.09 
7 '7.085 
9 6. 95 
9 4. 48 
8 . 615 
6 1. 65 
7 15.39 
12 
9 000 HA 29. 5 29. 3 29 27.8 27.2 25.3 24. 6 25.3 26.7 27. 6 27 
EST 
10 YIELD  T/HA 1. 78 . 1. 63 1.54 1. 44 1.76 1.69 1.83 1. 57 1.58 2.04 
11 BEER  PROD  MHL 2  27 
(NEXT  YR/NAECHSTES JAHR/ 229 237 
ANN. PRCCH. 232 232 233 231 237 238 239 240 
12 GM/HL  (L11/L4 172 166 139 155 150 145 142 134 128 123 118 
13 GM/HL  %> P.A. 
LINES  1 TO 8: -4 
UNIT  IS  KILOTONS  (= -16 
1000 T, 11 
20 000 -3 -3 -2 -6 -4 -4 -4 

COMEUR  VI-E-3:  HOPS/HCUBLON/HOPFEN.  ALT.  FORECASTS/ALTERNATIVE VCRAUSSCHAETZUNGEN/PREVISIONS^ALT. 
TAB.13  83/1  REV  15 APR 83 ALT I 
L. NO 
1 PRODUCTION 
2 NET  EXPORT 
! SEPT  - AUG 
3 NET  SUPPLY  EC  ' 
LI - L2 
4 DEMAND  EC 
DREG  EC  CGMv). 
5 EXCESS  OR  DEF 
(L10  - L13) 
6 STOCK  1 SEPT 
CARRYOVER = 82+  L5(82) 
7 STOCK "NORM" 
(6M;  =.5  X L4 
8 EXC/DEF OVER 
NORM  STCCK+/-
8A L19=NO  MONTHS STOCK 
9 000  HA 
10 YIELD  T/HA 1983 
41 
12.5 
ALT.  ESTS 
28.81 
28. 4 
0.41 
29. 6 
14. 2 
15.4 
13 
27 1984 
27.4 
30.01 
13.7 
16. 31 
13 ALT II 
1983 
50.49 
12.5 
37.99 
28.4 
9.59 
29. 6 
14. 2 
15. 4 
13 
27 1984 
27.4 
39.19 
13.7 
.25.49 
17 ALT III 
1983 
41 
13.5 
27.81 
28.4 
-.59 1984 
29. 6 
14. 2 
15. 4 
13 
27 
ALTS.  +/ -SDEV/ECART TYPE /STANDARDABWEICHUNG 
1.53 1.87 1.53 
11 BEER PRCO  M-IL  FORECAST  240 241 240 
(NEXT YR/NAEC  PREVIS. 
12 GM/HL  (L11/L4  118 114 118 
13 GM/HL  %> P.A. -4 -4 
LINES  1 TO 8: 241 
114 240 
118 27.4 
29.01 
13.7 
15. 31 
13 
241 
114 ALT IV 
1983 
50.49 
13.5 
36.99 
28. 4 
8. 59 
29.6 
14.2 
15.4 
13 
27 
1.87 
240 
118 1984 
27.4 
38.19 
13.7 
24.49 
17 
241 
114 

HOJBIXJN-HCPS- rCPrEN:CEE/BAG  ALPHA B/^LANCE/BILAN  ALPHA 0LPHAVERSCRGUN35BI  LfiNZ TAB 14(83/1) 
REV 23.4.83 
Lire ro. UNIT. CALC. 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 
PFGXJCTICN  t-OJBLQN 
rCP/ERZEUaN3 
CCNTENJ/ANfTEIL 
CENTENT:  ALPHA 
ALPHA  ACID 
PROXCTICN/EBZEUG. 
PERTE/AM  VERLUST 
JArR/ YcLOR  LOSS 
MINUS PERTE/LQSS/ 
VERLUST  = 
FRCD. BEER/fllERE 
BI£RCT(2BJQJN3 1 ZTR 
TCNNES DATA 
Ll/20 1056022 
52801 959182 
47959 893587 
44679 
2 PERCENT L3/L1 7.30 6.47 
3854 3102 2928 
3 ALPHA  T. LI X L2 
4 PERCENT V. TAB  6A 
96M =  50% 9.12 8.88 8. 56 
5 BV L3-0.5XL4 3678 2964 2803 
6 MM. 
NEXT YR/NAECH5TE5 DATA  227 
J/W/AMsEE PROCHA1NE 229 237 
: J.  EVRTH 797988 
39899 956763 
47838 853418 
42671 898985 
44949 791895 
39595 922909 
46145 1132911 
56646 
5.70 6.25 6.13 6. 30 6.13 6.44 5.65 
2274 2988 2616 2834 2427 2974 3200 
8.56 7.84 7.B4 7.76 7.36 6. 56 6. 34 
2177 2871 2513 2724 2338 2876 3099 
232 232 233 231 237 238 239 
PREV 
BEER  +/-
ANJNLEL/YEm 7 PERCENT 2205 1 
CCNTENJ//WEIL 6 CM/HL  L10/L6 9.71 
CCNTENT:  ALPHA 
CEtvWO/ N°CH 
FRAGE  ALPHA 9 DREG  EST 
ALPHA  T. (CCMEUR) 3022 2520 
BESOIN/BEQAR-" 
REQJIRED:B.V. 10 BV: T. L9 -  L4% 2884 2408 
E>PCRT/AUSFUhR  6 
A-PHA% EEC/EWGCL2) 11 KT HEPS  EURDSTAT/ 
= === NIMEXE 17.5 18.7 
IivpERT/EINrLl-R  8 
ALPHA%  ^CRLDAvODE 11A KT HEPS  ELRD5TAT/ 
=====  NIMEXE 7.3 8.1 
E>PCRT5  .NET 
EXPERTS ,N£T 12 
13 KT HEPS  Lll-LllA 
T ALPHA Lll-LllA 10.2 
817 10.6 
727 
EXPERTS .NET 14 T B.V  IDEM  - L5 779 694 
SURPLUS  (DEFIC) 
U3ERSCH(0EF1Z) 15 BV: T. L5 - (L10 
+L14) -123 -250 
STOCKS/BEST AND 
1 SEPT. 16 BV: T.  EC PRO-".  1641 1517 
STAT  80-XTGSCPREVIOJS  YEAR'S ALPHA) 
STOCKS/ EESTAND 
6 NOIS  ;NCRVPL 17 BV: T. 0.5  X L10 1442 1204 
STOCKS/ BESTAND 
AS tvOMTHS SUPPLY 18 'vCNTHS/  L16/L10 
MDIS  X 12 7 8 
PERTE  ANNJEL/VERLU  19 BV: T. S 1% 2 3 3 -2 0 0 -1 3 0 0 
6.19 6.34 5.40 5.63 4. 62 5.81 5.13 4.88 
2191 2003 1927 1929 1978 2042 2091 1929 
2097 1917 1851 1853 1901 1967 2022 1868 
20 18.4 17.5 17.5 22.5 20.3 22.7 
9.2 9 7 7.9 8.2 9.7 9.4 
10.8 9.4 10.5 9.6 14.3 10.6 13.3 13.5 
PREV. 
725 531 673 616 910 666 870 763 
694 508 647 592 875 642 841 739 
-82 -335 297 -8 -129 -346 -56 431 
1267 1185 850 1148 1140 1011 903 988 
1049 959 926 927 951 983 1011 934 
7 7 6 7 7 6 5 6 
2 2 0 2 2 0 0 1 
ST' YEAR'S LOSS 
SUPER'"/  FLAECHE  20 000 HA. DATA 29333 29153 29045 27821 27232 25262 24650 25352 26698 27565 
A3EA 
• /- P.3R AN/PR JA-R  21 
SINCE  LAST YEAR 000 HA\ -180.00 -108.00 -1224.00 --589.00 -1970.00 -612.00 702.00 1346.00 867.00 
REM»E  N17ERTR  22 
A3/YIEL  D T/rW.  L1/L20 1.80 1.65 1.54 1.43 1.76 1.69 1.82 1.56 1.73 2.05 

K1BLCN-I-CPS-I-CR-"£N: ALTERNATIVE  FORECASTS ALPHA EEC/BAG  TAB.  15(83/1:  REV  23.4.83) 
1 =============11 III IV 
1983  1984 1983  19B4  1983  19B4  1983 1984 
LINE  ND  UNIT.  CALC. 
FRCOUCTICN HOUBLCN 
KP/ER2EUQJN3 1 T DATA 41399 50598 41399 50598 
CCNTENJ/ANTEIL 
ŒNTENT:  ALPHA 2 PERCENT AVERAGE 
EC/EW3  72-82 6.01 6.01 6.01 6.01 
ALPHA ACIO 
PRCLXJCTICN/ERZELG. 3 ALPHA  T. LI X L2 2488 3041 2488 3041 
PERTE /AN VERLUST 
JAhR/  YEAR  LQ5S 4 PERCENT 
(CREG) V. TAB  6A 
36M = 50% 6.05 5.63 6.05 5.63 6.05 5.63 6.05 5.63 
MINUS  PERTE /LOSS/ 
VERLUST  = 5 BV L3-0.5XL4 2413 2949 2413 2949 
FRCD. BEER/6IERE 
BIERERZELDJNG 6 M/HL EST 
ELFCCM 240 241 240 241 240 241 240 241 
BEER  +/-
ANNJEL/YEAR 7 PERCENT FCRECAST 
PER ANNJM 1.00 
CCNTENJ/ANTEIL 
CONTENT* ALPHA 8 CM/HL CREG  EST 
(COvELR) 5.11 5.11 5.11 5.11 4.86 5.11 4.86 5.11 
DEMVsD/ NACH 
FRAŒ  ALPHA 9 ALPHA  T. DREG EST 
, ELR COM 1979 2043 1979 2043 1979 2043 1979 2043 
EES01N/BEDARF  10  BV:  T. L9 -  L4%  1919 1986 1919 1986 1919 1986 1919 1986 
REQJIR£D:B.V. 
EXPORT/AUSFUrR  i 11  KT HCPS 
ALPHA%  EEC/EW3(L2)  ==== 
INPCRT/ElrfU-R  a 11A  KT  HOPS 
ALPHA%  WTÎLD/NCNDE  ===  = 
E>PCRTS  NET 12 KT HEPS PREV ALTS 12.5 13.5 12.5 13.5 13.5 13.5 13.5 13.5 
EXPCRTS NET 13 T ALPHA 9 AV72-82 751 811 751 811 811 811 811 811 
EXPERTS NET 14 T B.V IDEM  - L5 729 789 729 789 787 789 787 789 
SLRPLUS(DEFIC) 
LBERSCH(DEFIZ) 15 BV: T. L5 - (L10 
+L14) -294 242 494 1030 
STOCKS/BESTAN3 
1 SEPT. 16 BV: T. L15 + L16 
C82) =83 1419 1125 1419 1661 1419 1913 1419 2449 
STOCKS/  EE  STAND 
6 NOIS  (NERvPL 17 BV: T. 0.5 X L10 989 1022 989 1022 989 1022 989 1022 
STOCKS/ BESTANO 
AS NONTHS  SUPPLY 18 MENTHS L16/L10 
X 12 9 7 9 10 9 12 
***»*»»*» 9 15 
PERTE AfNJEL/VERLU  19 BV: T. 9 1% 4 1 4 6 4 9 4 
ST/ YEAR'S  LOSS 
SUPER-""/  FLAECHE  20 
AREA HA 
V. TAfi  1 PREVISICN  27058 
:(IHB/EC) 27058 27058 
+ /. P/-R  AN/PR  JAHR  21 HA -507.00 -507.00 -507.00 
SINCE  LAST YEAR 
RENDEME NT/ERTR  22 
AG/YIEL  D T/HA. L1/L20  1.53 1.87 1-53 
STANDARD AEMElCHLbG/ECART TYPE/STAMWD CEVIATICN  1972-82 27058 
-507.00 
1.87 

VI-E-3 TAB.  16 (83-1) 
Pourcentage  de  houblon vendu  sous  contrat  et relation prix hors contrat  - sous  contrat 
Prozentsatz  von  Vertragshopfen  und  Verhältnis  Preise Freihopfen  - Vertragshopfen 
Percentage  of hops  sold under  contract  and  relation  priées  without contract  - under contract 
hors contrat 
Frei  hopf en 
without contract 
50 kg sous  contrat 
Vertragshopfen 
under  contract 
50 kg % sous  contract 
% Vertragshopfen 
% under  contract hors contrat 
Frei  hopf en 
without contract 
ECU/50  kg sous  contrat 
Vertragshopfen 
under  contract 
ECU/50  kg 
1 2 3 A 5 
A) CE 
1975 
1976 
1977 
1978 
1979 
1980 
1981 
1982 202.672 689.378 
174.172 620.353 
327.043 623.643 
166.036 686.210 
150.109 745.308 
67.385 723.983 
154.754 768.155 
363.795 763.131 77 
78 
66 
81 
83 
91 
83 
68 72,80 
95,18 
46,45 
106,29 
182,12 
469,00 
225,63 
65,18 114,13 
121,49 
118,76 
111,73 
118,30 
133,00 
162,78 
176,93 
B) CE  (1982) 
BR Deutschland 
1 France 
Belgique/BeLgi? 
1 
United  Kingdom 
Ireland 
Greece/HelLas 288.580 
17.702 
27.450 
30.063 555.746 
16.990 
12.956 
175.684 
1.755 
570 66 
49 
32 
85 
100 
100 81 82 
228 
205 
215 
192 65 
58 
66 
69 81 82 
142 
140 
252 
217 
325 154 
155 
195 
249 
338 
Noch  unverkauft  am  31.3.83  / Still  unsold  as at 31.3.83  / Toujours invendus  au 31.3.83  : Ztr  = F + 4.000; B + 2.000; UK 13.315 

<WP 02168) TAB. 17 SYNOPSIS  OF MEMBER  STATES' RETURNS/ERL.&S  BERECHNUNG/CALC  . DE LA RECETTE - 1 -
1982 : 1 : 2 : 3 : 4 : 5 : 6 : 7 
1982 : TP/ha : 
1982 : NP/ha : 
1982 : 
(x 0.40) : NP/ha : 
1981 : 
(x 0.65) : PP/ha 
1982 
(x 1.00) : TP 
ECU/ha 
1982 PP : 
ECU/ha : 
1982 1) : Production 
(50 kg) 
1982 
Hallertauer  D : 
F : 
B 
CEE : 2 638,0 : 
124,6 : 
2 762,6 : 35,0 : 
5,2 : 
40,2 : 94,0 
6.3 : 
100,3 2 509,0 
113,1 
2 622,1 4 958 
4 895 
4 947 5 009 
5 114 
5 055 : 89 174 
5 426 
94 600 
Hersbrucker  D 
B : 
CEE : 4 921,0 
4 921,0 : 309,0 : 
309,0 : 520,0 : 
520,0 : 4 092,0 
4 092,0 5 447 
5 447 5 780 : 
5 780 : 227 932 
227 932 
Huller D : 
CEE : 1 379,0 : 8.0 : 11,0 : 1 360,0 4 487 4 511 50 109 
Spalter D : 
B : 
CEE : 295.0 : 
9,4 : 
304,4 : 4,0 : 
0,9 : 
1,3 : 11,0 : 
0,2 : 
11,2 : 280,0 
8,3 
288,3 : 5 272 
6 385 
5 307 5 338 
6 828 
5 381 9 737 
399 
10 136 
Tettnanger  D : 
B : 
CEE : 940,0 : 
0,7 : 
940,7 : 36,0 : 
36,0 : 36,0 : 
36,0 : 868,0 
0,7 
868,7 : 5 350 
2 686 
5 348 5 538 
2 686 
5 536 29 222 
20 
29 242 
Progress  UK 
CEE 129.1 : 1.2 : 127.9 : 4 951 4 967 4 416 
Fuggles B 
UK 
IR 
CEE 9,3 : 
590,4 : 
12.1 : 
611,8 : 18,7 : 
18,7 : 25,6 : 
25,6 : 9,3 : 
546.1 
12,1 
567,5 2 063 
7 379 
6 310 
7 276 2 063 
7 640 
6 310 
7 524 215 
17 763 
238 
18 216 
Goldings  UK 
CEE 532,9 17 ,3 32,0 483,6 9 405 9 802 19 620 
W.G.V. UK 
CEE 244,6 1.4 2,3 240,9 5 946 5 986 7 757 
Bramling  UK 
CEE : 320,8 320,8 : 4 494 : 4 4 94 11 288 
Challenger  B 
UK 
CEE : 1,1 
: 855,0 
: 856,1 : 0,4 
38,8 
: 39.2 : 0,4 
: 62.0 
: 62.4 : 0,3 
: 754,2 
: 754.5 : 6 945 
: 8 941 
: 8 939 : 10 685 
: 9 4 3 7 
: 9 439 38 
: 34 290 
: 34 328 
Saaz B 
CEE : 11,9 :. 11,9 , : 2 687 : 2 687 361 
Strisoolspalt  F 
CEE : 181,7 : 1,2. : 6 : 174,5 : 4 819 : 4 895 6 569 TA B17 
P1 P2 
P3 F4 
P5 P6 
P7 P8 
(1) Col.  6 = co1' 2-A* 
col. 1 S. = x: col. 5 S. 

(WP 0216S) - 2 -
1982 : 8 : 9 10 11 : 12 : 13 : 14 : 15 
1982 : Rendem. 
: 50 kg/ha 
: (7:1) : Production PRIX : RETURN/GESAMTERLOS  (ECU) 1982 : Rendem. 
: 50 kg/ha 
: (7:1) : "contrat" 
(50 kR> "spot" 
(50 kc) "contrat"  : 
ECU/50 ks: : "spot" : 
ECU/50 kK : "contrat"  : 
(9 x 11) : "spot" : 
(10 x 12) : Total 
(13 + 14) 
Hallertauer  D 
F 
B 
CEE : 33,9 
: 43,5 
: 34.2 68 639 
1 380 
: 70 019 20 535 
4 046 
: 24 581 167,75 
239,76 
169.25 74,94 
69,02 
73.84 11 519 603: 
330 854: 
11 850 457: 1 535 679 : 
279 268 : 
1 814 947 • 13 055 281 
610 122 
13 665 403 
Hersbrucker  D 
B 
CEE : 46,3 
46,3 : 136 604 
: 136 604 : 91 328 
: 91 328 160,76 
160,76 52,81 
52,81 21 973 153-
: 21 973 153 4 833 327 
4 833 327 26 806 480 
26 806 480 
Huller D 
CEE 36,3 : 34 000 16 109 156,10 54,75 : 5 302 659 884 767 : 6 187 426 
Spalter D 
B 
CEE 33,0 
42,4 
33,3 : 6 259 
198 
6 457 : 3 478 
: 201 
: 3 679 192,21 
: 213,65 
: 192,93 100,96 
88,66 
100,46 : 1 203 421 
: 42 303 
: 1 245 724 : 351 777 
17 820 
369 597 : 1 555 197 
: 60 123 
: 1 615 320 
Tettnanger  D 
B 
CEE 31,3 
30,2 
31,1 : 20 174 
: 20 174 : 9 048 
: 20 
: 9 068 202,31 
202,31 104,85 
88,95 
: 104,83 : 4 080 329 
: 4 080 329 948 829 
: 1 779 
: 950 608 : 5 029 158 
: 1 779 
: 5 030 937 
Progress  UK 
CEE 34,2 : 2 135 : 2 281 232,70 : 62,34 : 496 802 1 142 403 : 639 205 
Fuggles B 23,2 215 88,95 : _ : 19 124 : 19 124 
UK 30,1 : 15 434 : 2 329 269,02 87,69 : 4 152 042 : 204 230 : 4 356 272 
IR 12.1 238 : - 319,46 : - : 76 031 : — : 76 031 
CEE 29.8 15 672 2 544 269,79 87.80 : 4 228 073 : 223 354 : 4 451 427 
GoldingS  UK 
CEE 36,8 16 879 : 7. 741 281,38 95,77 : 4 749 614 : 262 506 : 5 012 120 
W.G.V.  UK 
CEE 31.7 : 5 593 2 164 231,44 73,95 : 1 294 439 160 028 JL*5*  .M7_ 
: 1 441 573 Braiuling  UK 
CEE 35.2 6 128 : 5 160 192.08 51.26 : 1 177 071 264 502 JL*5*  .M7_ 
: 1 441 573 
Challenger  B 
UK 
CEE 34,0 
40,1 
40,1 35 
30 765 
30 800 3 
: 3 525 
3 5?8 212,34 
241,07 
214^04 111,18 
64,72 
64.76 : 7 432 
: 7 416 622 
7 424 054 : 333 
228 138 
: 228 471 : 7 765 
7 644 760 
: 7 652 525 
Saaz B 
CEE 30,3 
36,2 : 361 88, 70 : 32 022 32 022 
Strisselspalt  F 
CEE : 30,3 
36,2 : 5 528 1 040 146,05 65 ,40 807 403 68 034 : 875 437 

(WP 0216S) - 3 -
1982 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 
1982 TP/ha 
1982 NP/ha 
1982 
(x 0.40) NP/ha 
1981 
: (x 0.65) PP/ha 
1982 
(x 1.00) TP 
ECU/ha 
1982 PP 
ECU/ha 
1982 (1) * Production 
(50 leg) 
1982 
Bourgogne  F 
CEE 4,8 4.8 1 784 1 784 121 
Star B 
CEE 4,6 : 1,0 3,6 4 896 5 630 205 
Perle D 
B 
CEE 77,1 
0,1 
771,1 243,0 
0,1 
243,1 264,0 
0,1 
264,1 264,0 
: 0,0 
264,0 4 195 
1 438 
4 194 5 896 
3 384 
5 896 29 69S 
2 
29 697 
Saxon UK 
CEE 58,3 58,3 5 438 5 438 1 905 
Sunshine  UK 
CEE 0,9 0.9 1 885 1 885 21 
Aroma O 
F 
B 
UK 
IR 
6R 
CEE 10944,0 
186,5 
161,7 
2 732,0 
12,1 
14 036,3 635 ,0 
7,6 
76,2 
718,8 936,0 
6,0 
7,0 
123,1 
1 072,0 9 373,0 
179,3 
147 ,2 
2 533,0 
12,1 
12 065,3 5 107 
4 740 
4 661 
7 610 
6 310 
5 584 5 389 
4 825 
4 871 
7 865 
6 310 
1 
6 006 435 869 
6 689 
6 666 
97 060 
238 
546 522 
Nb. Brewer  0 
F 
B 
UK 
IR 
CEE 5788,0 
106,9 
310,7 
250,9 
48,6 
6 505.1 160,0 
3,0 
163 .0 151,0 
7,7 
27,1 
185 .8 5 477,0 
106,9 
300,0 
223,8 
48,6 
6 156.3 5 448 
4 802 
6 064 
7 574 
4 871 
5 561 5 586 
4 802 
6 153 
7 872 
4 871 
5 704 251 789 
3 716 
13 089 
7 802 
1 084 
277 480 
Brewer's  Gold D 
F 
B 
UK 
CEE 2863,O 
451,3 
349,1 
28,1 
3 691,5 349,0 
1.3 
15 ,8 
366,1 454,0 
1.5 
11,1 
466.7 2 06O.0 
448,5 
322,2 
28,1 
2 858,8 5 SS2 
4 963 
4 220 
5 588 
5 145 5 919 
4 977 
4 388 
5 588 
5 740 144 869 
24 112 
19 141 
1 159 
189 281 
Bullion  UK 
IR 
CEE 255,7 
0,2 • 
255,9 5.5 
5.5 11.7 
11,7 238,5 
0,2 
238,7 4 714 
6 874 
4 717 4 854 
6 874 
4 857 9 725 
6 
9 731 : 

(WP 0216S) _ 4 _ 
8 9 : 10 : 11 : 12 : 13 : 14 : 15 
1982 Rendent. 
50 kg/ha 
(7:1) Production  : PRIX : RETURN/GESAMTERLÔS  (ECU) 1982 Rendent. 
50 kg/ha 
(7:1) "contrat"  : 
(50 kK) "spot" : 
(50 k*) : "contrat"  : 
ECU/50 k* : "spot" : 
ECU/50 kfc : "contrat"  : 
(9 x 11) : "spot" : 
(10 x 12) : Total : 
(13+14) : 
Bourgogne  F 
CEE 25,3 121 · 70,62 : 8 546 : 8 546 : 
Star B 
CEE 44,3 80 125 155,68 81,79 12 453· 10 224 : 22 677 
Perle D 
B 
CEE 38,5 
21,6 
38.5 13 251 
13 251 16 444 
2 
16 446 173,96 
173,96 56,31 
66,71 2 307 154 
2 307 154 927 093 
133 
927 226 3 234 247 
133 
3 234 370 
Saxon UK 
CEE 32,6 1 496 409 197,09 54.25 : 294 841 : 22 188 : 317 029 
Sunshine  UK 
CEE 23,3 s : 21 : 50,00 : 1,697 : 1 697 
Aroma D 
F 
B 
UK 
IB 
6R 
CEE : 39,8 
: 35,9 
41,2 
: 35,5 
: 12,1 
38,9 : 278 927 
5 528 
: 1 693 
: 78 430 
: 238 
: 364 816 156 942 
: 1 161 
: 4 973 
18 630 
: 181 706 : 166,25 
: 146,06 
: 232,16 
: 249,66 
: 319,46 
: 184,32 60,34 
: 65,96 
: 72,53 
: 65,00 
: 61,25 : 46 386 318 
: 807 403 
: 393 042 
: 19 580 834 
: 76 034 
: 67 243 628 : 9 481 472 
76 580 
: 360 703 
: 1 210 950 
:11 129 705 :55 867 790 
: 883 983 
: 753 745 
:20 791 784 
: 76 031 
:78 373 333 
Nt. Brewer  D 
F 
B 
UK 
IB 
CEE 43,5 
: 34,7 
: 42,1 
31,1 
22,3 
42.7 : 172 450 
1 486 
6 674 
7 498 
: 1 084 
189 192 : 79 339· 
: 2 230 
: 6 415 
: 304 
: 88 280 : 143768 
: 195,95 
: 203,73 
: 251,04 
: 316,03 
: 151,32 : 85,43 
: 99,72 
: 81,70 
: 59,13 
: 85,48 : 24 752 135 
: 291,187 
: 1 359 686 
: 1 882 300 
: 342 577 
: 28 627 885 : 6 781 701 
: 222 366 
: 524 118 
: 17 976 
: 7 546 161 :31 533 835 
: 513 553 
: 1 883 804 
: 1 900 276 
: 342 577 
:36 174 046 
Brewer's  Gold D 
F 
B UK 
CEE 50,6 
53,4 
54 ,8 
41,3 
51.3 94 919 
9 826 
4 380 
1 159 
110 284 : 49 950 
: 14 286 
: 14 761 
: 78 997 : 134,74 
: 153,62 
: 167,24 
: 135,47 
: 137.79 : 46,60 
: 51,16 
: 51,19 
: 48,05 : 12 796 703 
: 1 509 389 
: 732 554 
: 157 013 
: 15 195 659 : 2 324 772 
: 730 542 
: 740 740 
: 3 796 054 :15 121 475 
: 2 239 931 
: 1 473 294 
: 157 013 
:18 991 713 
Bullion  UK 
IR 
CEE 38,0 
26,9 
38,0 8 937 
6 
8 943 : 788 
: 788 : 128,10 
: 274,99 
: 128,20 : 47,54 
: 47,54 : 1 144 855 
: 1 650 
: 1 146 505 : 60 553 
: 60 553 : 1 205 408 
: 1 650 
: 1 207 058 

(WP 0216S) - 5 -
1982 : 1 : 2 : 3 : 4 5 : 6 7 
1982 : TP/ha : 
1982 NP/ha : 
1982 : 
(x 0.40) : NP/ha : 
1981 
(x 0.65) : PP/ha : 
1982 : 
(x 1.00) : TP : 
ECU/ha : 
1982 : PP 
ECU/ha : 
1982 <1) : Production  : 
(50 kg) 
1982 
Target B : 
UK 
CEE : 0,7 : 
1 246,2 : 
1 246,9 : 0,6 : 
63,3 : 
63,9 0,0 : 
108,6 : 
108,6 0,0 : 
1 074,3 : 
1 074,3 : 3 499 : 
9 111 : 
9 107 : 3 768 : 
9 703 : 
9 702 : 21 
46 714 : 
46 735 : 
K. Midseason  UK : 
CEE : 100.8 : 100.8 : 4 294 4 294 : 4 233 : 
Northdown  B 
UK 
IS : 
CEE : 0,0 : 
1 001,0 : 
14,0 : 
1 015,0 : 0,0 : 
33,3 : 
33,3 : 45,9 : 
1,1 : 
47,0 : 0,0 : 
921,8 
12,9 : 
934,7 · 2 143 
9 345 
12 243 
9 386 2 143 : 
9 694 : 
12 587 : 
9 736 1 : 
36 546 : 
427 : 
36 974 
Amer D : 
P 
B 
UK 
IR 
6R 
CEE 8 651,0 : 
558,2 : 
660,5 
2 882,7 
62,8 
12 815^2 509.0 : 
19,4 
102.1 : 
630, 5 605,0 : 
1.5 : 
18,9 : 
193,3 
1.1 
819,8 7 537,0 . 
556,7 
6??, 2 
2 587,3 
61,7 
11 364,9 5 393 
4 574 
5 089 
8 459 
6 520 
6 061 S 688 
4 578 
5 234 
8 855 
6 560 
: 6 393 396 658 : 
27 828 : 
32 252 : 
106 179 
1 517 
564 434 
Record D 
F 
B 
CEE 390,0 
5,7 
: 36,8 
: 432,5 14,0 
: 14,0 29,0 
: 29.6 347 ,0 
! 5,7 
: 36,8 
: 389.5 : 4 550 
: 5 992 
: 4 100 
: 4 531 : 4 701 
: 5 992 
: 4 100 
: 4 734 : 11 799 : 
: 175 
: 1 485 
: 13 459 : 
Vlking UK 
CEE : 3.8 
: 143.6 : 3.8 : 6 5/7 : 6 577 : 122 : 
Yeoman UK 
CEE 199.6 : 143.6 : 54 .3 : 1.7 1 876 : 3 965 : 1 605 : 
Zenith UK 
CEE : 48,4 : 32,1 : 15,9 : 0,4 : 3 238 : 6 648 : 764 : 

(WP 0216S) - 6 -
8 9 10 : 11 : 12 : 13 14 15 
Rendent. Production P R I X : RETURN/GESAMTERLttS (ECU) 
50 kg/ha "contrat"  : "spot" : "contrat"  : "spot" : "contrat"  : "spot tt Total 
(7:1) <50 (50 kK) ECU/50 kR : ECU/50 kK : (9 x 11) : (10 x 12) (13 + 14) 
30, 7 21 113,85 : 2 391: — 2 391 
37,5 40 916 5 798 266,01 81,00 10 884 131: 469 638 :11 353 769 
3/ ,5 40 937 b 798 265,93 81,00 10 886 522: 469 638 :11 356 160 
42,0 3 300 933 118,73 44,03 391 771: 41 080 432 851 
24,1 - 1 : - 89,00 -: 89 89 
36,5 33 560 7 986 273,01 : 64,49 : 9 162 226: 192 567 : 9 354 793 
30,5 427 -: 404,38 : 172 670: - 172 670 
36 ,4 33 987 2 987 : 274,66 : 64,50 : 9 334 896: 192 656 : 9 527 552 
45 ,6 267 369 • 129 289 : 140,51 : 70,43 : 37 548 838: 9 106 472 :46 655 310 
47,3 11 312 16 516 : 159,17 : 57,70 : 1 800 576: 952 908 : 2 753 484 
48,8 11 075 71 177 : 189,28 : 59,73 : 2 096 281: 1 264 947 : 3 361 228 
36,8 95 370 10 809 : 247,69 : 70,55 : 23 622 195: 762 575 :24 384 7 70 
24,2 1 517 -: 340,74 : 516 897: -516 897 
" 30,3 
30,1 
40,4 
31,1 _. ç^JJJg 
1 bO 
188 
9 788 2™3T9 
75 
1 297 
3 671 170.86 
225,21 
213,14 
172,46 68,34 
17 ,26 
85,46 
73,97 1 614 141 
33 782 
40 071 
1 687 994 160 253 
432 
110 841 
271 526 1 774 394 
34 213 
150 913 
1 959 520 
32 ,0 122 204^86 24 993 24 993 
8_j, 0 
15.8 1 303 
442 302 266,42 90,13 347 139 27 219 374 358 8_j, 0 
15.8 1 303 
442 322 298,50 76,91 131 937 24 765^ 156 702 44,0 : 386 643 : 177 791 : 169,62 : 67.98 : 65 584 787: 12 086 902  : 77 671 689 1982 
Target B 
UK 
- CEE 
K. Midseason  UK 
CEE 
Northdown  B 
UK 
IR 
• CEE 
Amer D 
F 
B 
UK 
IR 
GR 
CEE 
Sëcord ' ~D" 
F 
B 
CEE 
Vlklng UK 
CEE 
Sfeoman UK 
CEE_ 
Zenith UK 
CEE 

<WP 0216S) - 7 -
1 2 3 4 : 5 6 : 7 
1982 TP/ha NP/ha NP/ha PP/ha TP PP : Production 
1982 1982 1981 1982 ECU/ha : ECU/ha : (50 kg) 
(X 0.40) (X 0.65) (X 1.00) 1982 1982 (1) : 1982 
- autres D 
F 
Β 0,1 - - 0,1 : 2 154 : 2 1524 3 
UK 4,4 - - 4,4 777 777 17 
IR 
GR 
CEE 4.5 _ 4.5 819 819 20 
AUTRES D 3,9 1,4 29,0 347 ,0 4 550 4 701 : 11 799 
F 5,7 - - 5,7 5 992 5 992 175 
Β 36,9 - - 36,9 4 097 4 097 : 1 488 
UK 256,2 175,7 70,2 10,3 2 183 4 432 2 508 
IR - - -— _ _ _ 
GR 
CEE 688,8 189,7 99,2 399,9 3 657 4 663 15 970 
GRAND TOTAL D 19 985,0 1 158,0 1 570,0 17 257,0 5 219 5 505 : 844 326 
F 750,4 2.5 7,5 740,4 4 893 4 920 34 692 
Β 859,5 27 ,0 25 ,8 806,7 5 117 5 272 40 406 
UK 5 870,9 354,0 386,6 5 130,5 7 797 8 288 205 747 
IR 74,9 1.1 - 73,8 7 916 7 986 1 /55 
GR 
ι • • CEE . 27 540,7 1 542,6 1 990,0 24 008,1 5 764 6 125 1 126 926 
i : Grèc< ì 25 ha = 57( ) Ztr. 

<WP 0216S) 8 
—^—— 
8 9 10 : 11 : 12 : 13 14 : 15 : 
1982 Rendent. Production  : P R I X RETURN/GESAMTERLÖS (ECU) : 
50 kg/ha "contrat"  : "spot" : "contrat"  : "spot" : "contrat"  : spot" : Total : 
(7:1) (50 kK) (50 kK) ECU/50 k«t : ECU/50 kK : (9 T Ili : (10 x 12) : (13 + 14) : - autres D 
17 
B 24,2 — 3 88,85 267 « 267: 
UK 3,9 17 - 201,19 - 3 420 3 420: 
IR 
GR 
CEE 4,4 17 3 201,19 : 89,00 3 420 267 3 689: AUTRES D 30,3 9 450 : 2 349 : 170,86 : 68,34 : 1 614 141 160 253 : 1 774 394: 
F 30,1 : 150 25 : 225,21 : 17,26 33 782 432 34 213: 
B 40,3 188 : 1 300 : 213,14 : 85,47 40 071 111 108 151 180: 
UK 9,8 1 884 624 269,37 : 83,17 507 493 51 898 559 391: 
IR -: - -: : _ _ 
GR 
CEE 23,2 11 672 4 298 : 188,10 : 75,31 : 2 195 487 323 691 : 2 519 178: 
GRAND TOTAL D 42,2 555 746 288 S80 : 153,77 : 64,85 : 85 549 295 : 18 748 197 :104 297 492: 
F 46,2 16 990 17 702 155,48 : 58,18 : 2 641 761 : 1 029 920 : 3 671 680: 
B 47,0 12 956 27 450 195,11 : 65,78 : 2 527 743 : 1 809 992 : 4 397 736: 
UK 35,0 175 684 30 063 248,81 68,69 : 43 711 936 : 2 065 027 : 45 7 76 963: 
IR 23,4 1 755 - 337,85 : 592 928 — 592 928: 
GR 
CEE 40,9 . 763 131 363 795 176,93 : 65,18 :135 023 663 : 23 713 136 :158 736 799: 

GR.l'  HORLD  H0P8  AREA 
0 
9 
0. 
H 
S0URCE  = EC C0ilMISS10  H /1H E 
1983: ESTIMATE IHB MARCH 1983 

m t< PISCENT  ANNUAL  VARIATION  IN ARES 
PERCENTAGE  CHANGE IN AREA 
OUER PREVIOUS YEAR 
SOURCE: EEC COHMISSION 
GR,3< HQRLD mZP, BY COUNTRY8 
F 
R BRD HH 13'-; 
B UKHH  10* 
D j^^jJEJ -m F"' 
19S 9 
HQRLO AREA BY COUNTRY1 1SS£ 
A BRU HA 21'4 
B UKHA  6>; 
C US_HA  1S 3i 
E ]fê&i&\^m  43X 
1982 
SOURCE:  EC COMMISSION/  IHB 

EURCOM 
VI-E-3 
PR. 4 UL IN 1 • III a SI?IF  1 ii M ii i s i  |£Î JSL %c i NI SU 
20 FEB 83 
DEMAND 8  STOCK ESTIMATES  : v. TAB. 3  (world) 
finilRr.FQ:  Ff;  mMMT  TflN  i;nFpiHn  % 
WORLD  STOCK  ESTIMATES.  US  STOCK-  USDA 
nuo!  uuK :  rKurcooL  UHHL, U  Hhc\iuNo 

GR.5< WORLD HOPS PRODUCTION I  DEMAND 
FA 
DEMAND EST: TAB.  3, 12 -  BftSiy 
AUTO-PEGRESSIUE 4YR  MOUING  AVERAGE ON 
WORLD PROD SINCE 1950/BEER M-'HL 
GR ZP. WORLD  I EEC EST  I HINTED  HOP RATE 
EC COM UI-E-3  ESTIMATES 
(SEE TABS. 3/4  & 12/13) 
POLYNOMIAL AUTOREGRESSIUE  MOUING  AUGEi 
GR 6-  HQRLD ALPHA PROD  1 BEffAHO EST 8 
DEMAND ESTIMATES:  A- EURCOM (TAB 7,L9> 
B- EARTH REPORTS 
<A = GM-'HL HOPS X AUGE ALPHA  5.395J) 

GR 7 MORL Ufjp BfWPfjlSYfl  i iTl* p 
ROUNDED TO NEAREST 1000 ZTR (= 50 MT) 
TOTAL EXPORTS OF HOPS  it  PRODUCTS 
CONUERTED TO HOP EQUIVALENT (EC EXTRA) 

cl K 1=1  EL U i El Ls h i™=  irï H itJ EURCOM 
VI-E-3 
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FINANCIAL  STATEMENT FINANCIAL  STATEMENT 
Dm 1 
1. BUDGET  HEAD1NG  : Art. 181 (HOp) APPROBATIONS 198S 6 Mio ECU 
2. Tint  i Proposal  for a Council regulation fixing  the amount  of the aid to 
producers  for the 1982  harvest  in the hop sector. 
j. LEGAL BASIS  : Article  12 of R.1696/71 of the Council. 
A. AIMS  OF  PROJECT  I Fixing of the aid for the 1982  harvest to hop producers 
in order to guarantee an equitable  income  level. The average 
return declined  in 1982 making it necessary  to increase the 
the amounts  of aid for the  variety  groups "aromatic"  and 
"others". 
S. FINANCIAL  IMPLICATIONS 
5.0 EXPtN0ITU«E 
- CH»«C(0  TO  THE  tC BUDGET 
X *& IMWS/INTERVENTIONS) 
- own  «ESOUHCES  or THE EC 
UEVUS/CUSÎOHS  PUT1ES) 
- NATIONAL PEIIOD  Or 12  MONTMJ CURRENT  MNMCIAL VEAR FOLLOWING  FINANCIAL  «A» 
8,5 M1o ECU 8,5 Mlo ECU 
p.m. (1) 
5.0.1  ESTIMATED EXPENDITURE 
5.1.1  ESTIMATED RECEIPTS only concerns  tie 198.3 budget 1 
5.2 "ETMOO  Of CALCULATIOH 
Groups 
Aromatiques 
Amères 
Autres 
Total Area (ha) 
14.036 
12.815 
689 
27.540 Aid level per ha 
350 ECU 
200 ECU 
350 ECU Total Mio ECU 
4.91 
2.56 
0.24 
l .e. 7.7f (A) 
8.5 (B) 
6.0 CAN  THE  PROJECT  BE  FINANCED FROM APPROBIATIONS ENTERED  IN THE  RELEVANT CHAPTER  OF THE  CURRENT BUDGET  1 
(2) YES/Mo 
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6.2 IS A  SUPPLEMENTARY BUDGET  BE  NECESSARY  Ì 
(2) "NO 
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OBSERVATIONS  i The  application  for aid must  be lodged within  5 months of the 
publication  of this Regulation  in the OJ: It  may be  expected that  the whole 
amount of the aid  will be paid out during the course of 1983. 
(2) It is likely that  the expected  shortfall  in the appropriation  for Article 181 
will be met  out of the total furyis  for Chapter  18 (56 Mio  ECU). If this were 
not so, the necessary adjustments  will be proposed by the Commission  in the 
1983 supplementary budget.