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«1 - «rîyp"" COMMISSION REPORT 
ON THE APPLICATION OF REGULATION (EEC) No 2201/90 
(reform in the dried grape sector) 
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I. Introduction 
In July 1990 the Council adopted Regulation (EEC) No 2201/90 amending 
Regulation (EEC) No 426/86 on the common organization of the market in 
products processed from fruit and vegetables ( •*•) making substantial 
adjustments to the common organization of the market for dried grapes. 
The main change was the gradual replacement (over four years) of the 
system of production aid/minimum price payable to the producer by a 
system of cultivation aid (per-hectare aid). 
Other provisions adopted: 
monthly increases were abolished from 1990/91, 
storage was limited to 27 370 tonnes from 1994/95, 
the area eligible for cultivation aid was limited from 1991/92 
(53 000 ha), 
the buying-in price was fixed for the years 1990/91 to 1994/95, 
the period of storage eligible for storage aid was limited to 
18 months from 1990/91. 
It should be recalled that the reform made no change to the minimum 
import price system. 
Article 2 of Regulation (EEC) No 2201/90 lays down that the Commission 
must submit a report on the application of the measures introduced 
under that Regulation to the Council. 
This report constitutes the Commission's response to that provision. 
II. The transitional period and implementation of the reform 
(a) Production, areas and yields 
Leaving aside the production of dried muscatel grapes, which is 
relatively small, the period following transition saw production 
stabilize at levels well below those of previous years (the 1980s) 
(Table I). 
The 40% fall in average production after the reform compared with 
average production before the reform was due to the fall of 22% in 
average yields (from 2.564 tonnes/ha to 1.998 tonnes/ha) and the 
23% reduction in average area (from 53 000 ha to 40 840 ha). 
(1) OJ No L 201, 31.7.1990, p. 1 
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The reduction in areas is explained by grubbing-up operations, 
either with a view to replanting with plants resistant to 
phylloxera or with a view to permanent abandonment. (Aid for 
permanent abandonment for sultanas was recently abolished in an 
amendment to the wine regulations). 
The fall in yields is mainly due to the poor state of some 
vineyards affected by phylloxera and by the replanting operations 
currently being carried out. Nevertheless, the gradual replacement 
of quantity aid by per-hectare aid is tending to push down yields. 
This is discussed below (III b). 
Cultivation aid has been gradually introduced in accordance with 
the timetable laid down (see Table II, points 3 and 4). 
It will be recalled that as part of the aid system it was also 
decided to grant per-hectare aid to producers replanting their 
vineyards to control phylloxera. 
According to information supplied by the Greek authorities, 
replanting aid was only introduced in 1993, after completion of the 
"operational programme" to control the disease. 
It is estimated that, taking all sources of financing together, 
7 000 ha have already been replanted or are in the process of being 
replanted, 2 000 ha are due for replanting in 1993 and 12 000 ha 
are affected by phylloxera and should soon be included in the 
replanting programme. 
(b) Consumption, trade and disposal of Community production 
The trends on the Community market noted in the Commission's report 
to the Council in 1990 on the organization of the market in dried 
grapes(l) have been confirmed: consumption has increased, imports 
have increased and the degree of self-sufficiency has decreased. 
As regards currants, which are produced only in small quantities 
outside Greece, the fall in production within Greece has led to a 
decrease in consumption. Currants have been widely replaced in 
bakery products by products other than dried grapes. This has been 
encouraged by the very high prices demanded by Greece (up to 100% 
of the minimum price) which has been a disincentive to trade. An 
increase in production this year (1993/94) could reverse the trend. 
(1) Report submitted with the proposal for the reform of the sector. Price 
proposals for the 1990/91 marketing year, Annex 3. 
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An approximate figure for the apparent consumption of sultanas can 
be obtained by adding together Greek sales to the rest of the 
Community and Community imports from third countries. The trends 
are shown in Table III. The total quantities placed on the market 
in the eleven Member states (other than Greece where it has been 
assumed that consumption has remained stable) increased by around 
50% between 1981 and 1993. 
Consumption fell in 1992 for the first time for several years. This 
market has also been affected by the economic recession. 
The growth in imports has not benefited traditional exporters in 
equal measure, with United States exports increasing at a rapid 
rate (300% since 1981) in contrast to those of Turkey, the largest 
exporter, which grew less spectacularly (up 25% since 1981). 
The development of trade during the last four years is shown in 
Table IV. Around 35% of Community imports come from Turkey, 20% 
from the United States and 13% from Australia and South Africa. 
Two new exporters have appeared on the world market: Iran and 
Afghanistan, from which the Community imports around 20 000 tonnes 
or 10% of its total imports and 8% of consumption. 
The product is cheap and of no more than mediocre quality and has 
had a significant impact on the fragile balance maintained on the 
Community market, increasing the difficulties involved in applying 
the minimum import price (see point III c). 
Greek exports to the rest of the Community have followed 
fluctuations in production. Intervention storage was used only once 
during the transitional period, in 1992, for a relatively small 
quantity, 3 6 52 tonnes, from the 1991 harvest which was sold on the 
market at the beginning of the following marketing year without a 
significant loss (Table IV). 
The degree of self-sufficiency for the whole of the dried grape 
sector fell from around 70% at the beginning of the 1980s to 30% 
during the 1990s. For sultanas it fell from around 35% to around 
13%. 
An export refund of ECU 35/100 kg during the 1991/92 and 1992/93 
marketing years facilitated the disposal of sultanas for which no 
outlet could be found on the internal market. 
The granting of export refunds for sultanas, of which there was a 
substantial deficit, was justified by the unsatisfactory quality of 
Community production. The system of minimum import prices can only 
offer adequate protection to products of a quality equal to that of 
the imported product. This is discussed below (III c). 
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Table II, point 5 shows the MIPs applied during the transitional 
period and the maximum rates of duties imposed on imports not 
respecting the MIP. 
(c) Development of budgetary expenditure 
Table VI shows that average expenditure during the three years 
following the reform was higher than that during the three years 
preceding it. Expenditure on per-hectare aid will continue to 
increase with the implementation of the replanting programme to 
control phylloxera which only began in 1993. 
III. Difficulties encountered and adjustments planned to the final system 
(a) The aid scheme 
From the 1994/95 marketing year, the minimum price payable to the 
producer and production aid are to be abolished and replaced by 
cultivation aid. 
Under Article 6(1) of Regulation (EEC) No 426/86, when fixing the 
amount of cultivation aid, the Commission must take account of: 
- the need to ensure that areas traditionally used to grow dried 
grapes are maintained and, 
- the outlets available for dried grapes. 
The Commission is aware that at the present time, if the level of 
cultivation aid were to remain unchanged, the abolition of 
processing aid could lead to a reduction in the competitiveness of 
the Community product and a fall in producers' incomes. 
When the reform was adopted it was decided to convert 6 0% of the 
minimum price applicable in 1989/90 (ECU 79.76/100 kg) to 
cultivation aid. This is approximately the level of processing aid 
(ECU 81.339/100 kg). Cultivation aid has been introduced in four 
equal tranches of ECU 19.941/100 kg (4 x ECU 19.941 = 
ECU 79.76/100 kg). 
Given the actual changes in processing aid during the transitional 
period, there currently remains a balance of aid of the order of 
ECU 10.178/100 kg which must be abolished. No compensation in the 
form of cultivation aid is provided for. 
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The Commission therefore intends to propose that cultivation aid 
for the 1994/95 marketing year be adjusted to avoid any fall in 
producers' incomes^*). The budgetary impact of the measure will be 
of the order of ECU 11 million. 
(b) Problems with the concept of 'specialized areas' 
(Article 6(1) of Regulation (EEC) No 426/86<2)) 
•Sultana' grapes(3) can be produced for: 
- the fresh-fruit market, 
- wine-making, 
- drying. 
The concept of 'specialized areas' for the production of dried 
grapes as provided for in Community rules is a new concept in those 
production areas where grapes are traditionally produced for all of 
the above three uses. Drying usually takes up more than 80% of 
production. 
This was acceptable as long as support measures covered the product 
after drying (even if those measures led to a deterioration in the 
quality of the dried grapes). 
Following the introduction of cultivation aid, however, it was laid 
down (Article 6(1)) that the aid in question would be granted for 
specialized areas planted with grapes for drying. 
Checks on compliance with this provision, defining the specialized 
areas on the basis of a very low minimum yield so as not to exclude 
areas affected by phylloxera, could prove very difficult under the 
final arrangements. The abolition of the minimum price payable to 
the producer, following the progressive fall in the price over the 
transitional period, might make the other outlets more attractive. 
The Commission therefore intends to propose for the 1994/95 
marketing year that the specialized areas be defined more 
restrictively than at present. This would result in a new method 
for calculating the per-hectare aid for sultanas^4). 
The adjustment should have no budgetary impact. 
The Commission also intends to increase the minimum yield for 
specialized areas for currants and possibly introduce different 
yields in the same way as for sultanas. 
(1) Hypothetical calculation: balance of aid x average yield = additional 
cultivation aid or ECU 101.78/tonne x 2.564 tonnes/ha = ECU 261/ha. Aid 
to be proposed for 1994/95: 2 045 +261 = ECU 2 306/ha. 
(2) As amended by Regulation (EEC) No 2201/90 (see footnote on page 1). 
(3) Other varieties are less of a problem. 
(4) See Annex for a working hypothesis for the new calculation method. 
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(c) Competitiveness of Community products and the effectiveness of the 
minimum import price system 
One of the principal conclusions of the Commission's 1990 report 
was that quality is an important factor in the disposal of grapes, 
and particularly sultanas, on the Community market. 
Since the minimum import price system does not distinguish between 
different qualities and raises the price of all imports to the 
level of the MIP, the trader, faced with equal prices, obviously 
goes for the best quality. 
There is no evidence of any special effort being made in Greece 
since 1990 to improve the quality of the product placed on the 
market. 
The council recently adopted a Regulation concerning specific 
measures for dried grapes(1) intended to improve competitiveness 
through measures to improve quality and marketing. 
This Regulation will soon be applied in Greece and conditions for 
the disposal of Community production are expected to improve. 
In its 1990 report, the Commission also recognized that the minimum 
import price system had inherent weaknesses which could only be 
remedied at the expense of extensive checks carried out by importer 
countries. 
Despite very stringent regulations and the efforts of importer 
countries, it would be difficult to claim that the problems 
observed in the past had been totally overcome. 
Certain trade groups and Member States are insisting that the 
minimum import price system be abolished. The Commission maintains 
the opinion it held during the discussions in 1990 that the system 
offers a certain level of protection to Community production and 
that this is still necessary given the problems with quality and 
marketing raised during the discussions on the specific measures to 
be applied in the sector. 
(1) Regulation (EEC) No 399/94, OJ No L 54, 25.2.1994, p. 3. 
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Given that the system must be abolished five years after the entry 
into force of the WTO Agreement at the latest, the Commission 
intends to reduce these prices gradually. A 5% reduction could be 
proposed for 1994/95. The Commission will base its decisions for 
subsequent years on the market situation and the effect on prices 
of previous reductions. 
(d) The level and movement of the buying-in price for dried grapes paid 
by storage agencies 
This price was fixed in the basic Regulation (1) for the four 
marketing years of the transitional period on the basis of the 
minimum producer price for each of the years concerned. 
For the first marketing year after full application of the new 
system and for subsequent marketing years the buying-in price has 
been fixed at the level of the buying-in price applicable for the 
1993/94 marketing year less 5% or ECU 39.893/100 kg. 
The fact that the price has been set at a fixed level might lead to 
distortion in view, in particular, of the policy the Commission 
intends to apply with regard to the minimum import price as 
referred to in the previous paragraph. 
In view of the above, the commission hereby states its intention of 
proposing to the Council, before the beginning of the 1995/96 
marketing year, an amendment to the basic Regulation introducing 
criteria for the fixing of the buying-in price for dried grapes and 
authorizing the Commission to fix that price, as it does with all 
the other prices and amounts laid down for the sector. 
(1) Article 8(2) of Regulation (EEC) No 426/86. 
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ANNEX 
Illustration of the new method for calculating per-hectare aid for sultanas 
based on data for 1993/94 
Present system (Regulation (EEC) No 2162/93, OJ No L 194, 3.8.1993, 
p. 13) 
= Aid per hectare: ECU 2 045/ha 
= Coefficient for sultanas: 1.1201 
= Minimum yield of the "specialized area': 1 000 kg/ha 
= Budget: 18 000 ha x ECU 2 045/ha x 1.1201 = ECU 41.23 million 
New system 
= Aid per hectare: ECU 2 045/ha 
= Variety coefficient: 1.1201 
= Minimum yield of the 'specialized area': 
A: areas affected by phylloxera or replanted within the last five 
years: 1 500 kg/ha 
B: other areas: 2 500 kg/ha 
* Calculation of aid assuming that: 
A = 5 400 ha (i.e. 30% of the total area) 
B = 12 600 ha (i.e. 70% of the total area) 
Sultanines A * 
Sultanines B Area 
5 400 
12 600 
18 000 Production 
8 100 
31 500 
39 600 Yield 
1.5 
2.5 
2.2 Yield coeff. 
0.6818 
1.1364 
1.0000 Aid 
1561.73 
2 603.04 
** 2 290.6 Budget 
8.43 MECU 
32.80 MECU 
***41.23 MECU 
* Differentiation of the aid according to factors affecting the yield is 
provided for in the final subparagraph of Article 6(1). 
** 2 045 x 1.1201 = ECU 2 290.6/ha. 
*** The new calculation has no financial impact. 
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TABLE I 
Production (tonnes) 
J Reference period for implementation of 
j the reform 
! 1986/87* 
i 
Sultanas 1 70 400 
Currants 1 67 400 
i 
Muscatels ! 3 000 1987/88* 1988/89* 
unrepre- 77 800 
sentativej 55 700 
year j 3 500 1989/90* ! Average 
80 000 76 100 i Implementation of the reform 
46 100 | 56 400 | 
i 3 600 3 400 i 
i ' 
| 135 900 1990/91 
36 300 
29 500 
2 300 1991/92 
40 000 
39 600 
2 300 1992/93 
40 700 
40 400 
2 200 1993/94** 
37 500 
53 300 
N.A. Average 
38 600 
40 700 
2 300 
81 600 
* The years taken into account ir. establishing average yields for the calculation of 
per hectare aid were 1986/87, 1988/89 and 1989/90. 
** Provisional figures. 
Areas (hectares) 
Sultanas 
Currants 
Muscatels 
Total 0 86-90* 
25 000 
23 000 
5 000 
53 000 Implementation of the reform 
1990/91 1991/92 
20 85C 20 400 
18 7C: ] 18 400 
3 270 2 980 
1 1992/93 
17 700 
18 450 
3 380 1993/94** 
19 100 
16 923 
N.A. Average 
19 512 
18 118 
3 210 
40 840 o 
* Period taken into consideration for the determination of the threshold for the application of aid, 
** Provisional figures. 
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TABLE II 
Common organization of the market in dried grapes 
(Regulation (EEC) No 426/86) 
Before reform 
Before 1989/90 Transitional period 
1990 to 1994 After reform 
From 1994/95 
Minimum price to be paid to the producer (ECU/100 kg) 
Fixed for each marketing Reduced each year by 
year 19.941* 
1989/90: 133 170 1990/91 
1991/92 
1992/93 
1993/94 113 001 
93 060 
73 119 
52 491 A minimum price 
is no longer fixed 
Processing aid (ECU/100 kg) 
Fixed for each marketing 
year 
1989/90: 81 339 Reduced in accordance 
with the reduction in 
the minimum price 
1990/91: 62 952 
1991/92: 45 537 
1992/93: 30 124 
1993/94: 10 178 Processing aid is 
no longer paid 
Area aid (ECU/ha) 
Nil Introduced in tranches 
of ECU 0.19941/kg x 
2 564 kg/ha and per 
year: 
1990/91: 
1991/92: 
1992/93: 
1993/94: 511 
023 
534 
045 Granted in full 
Maximum area of 
53 000 ha 
(aid reduced if 
exceeded) 
Replanting aid (ECU/ha) 
Nil From 1991/92 as part 
of measures to control 
phylloxera: 
3 244 for 3 years Idem (no time 
limit set) 
Minimum import price and maximum countervailing charge 
System unchanged. Developments over recent years (ECU/tonne, sultanas 
and others) 
1990/91 
1991/92 
1992/93 
1993/94 Packed 
Price 
1000.88 
1010.15 
1028.50 
1025.88 Charge 
180.14 
130.13 
358.52 
332.29 1990/91 
1991/92 
1992/93 
1993/94 Loose 
Price 
893.83 
893.83 
893.83 
882.28 Charge 
73.09 
13.81 
223.85 
188.69 
Calculated as follows: 133.170/1.001712 
represents 25% of the processing aid. (mon. coeff.) x 15%. It 
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TABLE II (contd) 
6. Export refund 
System unchanged. Possibility granted for the 1991/92 and 1992/93 
marketing years (until 15 December 1992): ECU 35/100 kg 
7. Storage 
7.1 Maximum quantity (tonnes) 
Before reform 
Before 1990 Transitional period 
1990 to 1994 After reform 
From 1994/95 
Currants 
Sultanas 68 000 tonnes 
93 000 tonnes 27 730 tonnes 
(currants and 
sultanas) 
7.2 Buying-in price paid by storers (ECU/100 kg) 
Minimum price 
at beginning of 
marketing year Minimum price 
at beginning of 
marketing year 
less : 
1990/91: 15% 
1991/92: 20% 
1992/93: 20% 
1993/94: 20% Buying-in price during 
the 1993/94 marketing 
year less 5% 
(ECU 39 893/100 kg) 
7.3 Storage aid (ECU/100 kg/day) 
System unchanged but limited to 18 months. 
Entry into storage in July and August (end of marketing year). 
Two levels of aid to take account of depreciation of stock. 
Until the end of February 
(following the end of the marketing year) 
1991/92: 0.0327 
1992/93: 0.0270 (max. ECU 6.5/100 kg 
for eight months' storage from July 
to February) After 1 March and for a 
maximum of 12 months 
1991/92: 0.0083 
1992/93: 0.0084 
(max. ECU 3.0/100 kg) 
7.4 Resale by storers 
System unchanged. Sale by tender at prices fixed in advance 
(distillation, animal feed). Financial compensation (difference between 
buying-in and selling prices). 
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TABLE III 
Changes in 'apparent consumption' of dried grapes 
other than currants. 
1981 
1982 
1983 
1984 
1985 
1986 
1987 
1988 
1989 
1990 
1991 
1992 
1993* Greek exports 
to other M. States 
22 038 
28 459 
44 513 
84 970 
67 214 
65 610 
45 940 
34 232 
38 532 
50 821 
22 902 
27 004 
14 483 Community imports 
from third 
countries 
137 278 
148 503 
134 918 
115 196 
134 490 
138 157 
167 775 
181 306 
175 495 
194 590 
229 529 
211 188 
142 092 Total 'apparent 
consumption' 
159 316 
176 962 
179 431 
200 166 
201 704 
203 767 
213 715 
215 538 
214 027 
245 411 
252 431 
238 174 
156 575 
January to September 1993. 
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PRIED GRAPES, OTHER THAN CURRANTS 
CN codes 080S 20 19 and 08G6 20 99 CN codes 0806 20 12 - 20 92 - 20 18 - 20 98 
January-September 1SÎ3 
ECU/t DR/kg ECU/t DR/kg 
1 ECO/t DR/kg DR/kg ECU/t DR/kg 
Imports of dried Within EC 
sultanas of which: 
Greece 
Spain 58 655 1 050.1 39 513 1 077.29 242.63 
Third countries 
of which: 
Turkey 
South Africa 
USA 
Iran 
Afghanistan 
Australia 
Chile 38 532 
n. a. 
85 698 
11 090 
41 222 
5 959 
3 176 
23 274 
n.a. 1 036.2 
n.a. 
036 . 
190. 
365. 
794. 
025. 
209. 185.3 
n.a. 
185 .3 
212 . f 
244.1 
142 . 1 
183 . 3 
216.4 
n. a. 50 821 
214 
89 189 
8 351 
49 245 
8 755 
7 495 
19 477 
5 625 925.40 
144.86 
016.89 
253.98 
195.89 
732.50 
881.85 
308.14 
051.20 186.38 
633.39 
204.81 
252.56 
240.82 
147.53 
177.61 
263.47 
211.72 22 902 1 047.S9 
207 . 2 879.23 
229 529 1 C60.0E 
93 538 
13 718 
53 370 
28 363 
7 794 
22 289 
7 850 022.25 
104.97 
275.29 
680.96 
741.21 
255.46 
130.96 235.94 
648.48 
230.24 
248.87 
287.23 
153.37 
166.94 
282.76 
254.72 004 
207 1 001.59 
2 657.00 
211 188 1 074.37 
87 517 
17 373 
49 048 
19 997 
5 766 
25 866 
3 535 056.24 
127 .15 
225.43 
730.91 
806.97 
127.23 
144.55 247.43 
656.37 
260.93 
278.45 
302.72 
180.56 
199.35 
278.47 
282.74 23 255 
14 483 
57 157 
12 704 
35 582 
12 034 
2 407 
18 211 
3 029 1 107.33 29". 
1 030.45 2"6. 
110.66 
165.70 
327.16 
875.35 
935.60 
122.84 
238.36 35€ .46 
235.12 
251 .31 
3C1.6: 
332 .62 
Exports of dried 
sultanas DESTINATION 
Third countriei 
of which 
EFTA 
USA + Canada 
Class 2 
State-trading 
countries (*) 
Australia 1 744 i 1 209.3 
778 j 1 201.8 
1 328 | 1 698.0 216.2 
214.9 
303.6 2 014 1 119.17 
399 1 127.82 
904 : 1 845.63 
9 876 
n.a. 892.5 
n.a. 8 046 
290 713.03 
848.28 225.41 
227.15 
371.73 
143.61 
170.85 071 
138 
649 
039 
41 1 518.21 
527.46 
1 204.37 341.94 
128.93 
271.25 
798.85 i 179.92 
1 487.80 ! 335.09 
I 2 216 
349 
2 552 
1 148 
931 972.47 
868.19 
111.68 
824.04 
977.44 240.23 
214.47 
274.62 
203.57 
241.46 1 789 
409 
2 070 750.26 2C1.S2 
678.91 : 182.36 
579.46 155.64 
841.06 225.51 
721 .79 1S3 . S-
Conversion rate 1989: DR 1 000 
1990: DR 1 000 
1991: DR 1 000 
1992 : 
1993 : ECU 5.59 2 
ECU 4.985 
ECU 4.440 
DR 1 000 » ECU 4.048 
DR 1 0 00 » ECU 3.723 J? 
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(*| From 1992, State-trading and former State-trading countries. 
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MARKETING 
YEAR 
1981 
1982 
1983 
1984 
1985 
1986 
1987 
1988 
1989 
1990 
1991 
1992 
1993(prov) Production and disposal of dried grapes 
Quantities harvested (1) 
Sultanas 
98 069 
74 934 
102 783 
78 000 
90 883 
70 352 
39 920 
77 766 
83 500 
36 300 
40 000 
40 700 
37 500 Currants 
50 942 
67 027 
70 855 
68 000 
70 061 
70 950 
47 114 
58 562 
53 200 
30 000 
40 000 
40 400 
53 300 Muscatels 
3 500 
3 500 
2 300 
2 300 
2 200 
NA Quantities marketed 
Sultanas 
51 672 
68 091 
101 344 
78 000 
90 883 
59 243 
39 131 
53 079 
60 414 
36 000 
36 348 
40 700 
30 000 Currants 
50 829 
53 337 
62 357 
39 197 
.40 818 
36 713 
32 431 
57 963 
53 200 
30 000 
40 000 
40 400 
30 000 Muscatels 
3 500 
3 500 
3 500 TABLE V 
Quantities bought 
in by storage 
companies 
sultanas 
46 397 
6 843 
1 439 
11 209 
789 
24 687 
23 086 
3 652 Currants 
113 
13 690 
8 498 
28 803 
29 243 
34 '237 
14 683 
599 tonnes) 
Quantities sold for 
human consumption 
at prices fixed 
in advance 
Sultanas 
185 
4 468 
8 
7 675 
2 765 
3 633 Currants 
1 979 
26 035 
14 989 
32 657 
14 646 
599 
MARKET­
ING 
YEAR 
1981 
1982 
1983 
1984 
1985 
1986 
1987 
1988 
1989 
1990 
1991 Quantities 
in stock 
Sultan. 
46 397 
6 843 
1 254 
6 641 
781 
17 012 
20 321 
19 Currants 
113 
13 690 
6 519 
2 768 
14 254 
1 580 
37 SALES FOR SPECIFIC USES 
Condiments 
Sultan. 
-Currants 
218 
301 Animal 
feedingstuffs 
Sultan. 
34 749 
5 420 
80 
5 615 
90 
2 343 
3 641 Currants 
90 
13 517 
2 175 
2 768 
13 510 
998 
37 Dried-grape 
paste 
Sultan. 
158 Currants 
12 Distillation 
Sultan. 
13 135 
13 890 Currants 
4 344 
500 Losses 
Sultan. 
11 648 
1 423 
1 174 
1 026 
691 
*1 514 
2 790 Currants 
23 
173 
26 
269 Current 
stock 
Sultan. 
19 Currants 
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* : plus 20 tonnes, stolen. 
(1) After deduction of the quantities retained by producers (Articles 3(2) of Regulation (EEC) No 426/86 and Article 1(1) o: 
Regulation (EEC) No 1206/90 (sultanas: 4%, currants: 6%). 
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TABLE VI 
Dried grapes 
Expenditure: (budgetary ECU million) 
BEFORE REFORM 
CATEGORY 
- Per-hectare aid 
- storage aid 
- Processing aid 
- Sales aid 
TOTAL 1988 
2.00 
33.94 
22.38 
58.33 1989 
0.49 
71.78 
8.06 
80.33 1990 
1.80 
85.48 
21.59 
108.77 Media 
82.51 
FOLLOWING REFORM 
CATEGORY 
- Per-hectare aid 
- storage aid 
- Processing aid 
- Sales aid 
TOTAL 1991 
22.50 
0.90 
46.04 
9.52 
78.95 1992 
46.35 
1.43 
36.08 
13.45 
97.31 1993 
64.57 
0.31 
23.91 
1.53 
90.32 Media 
88.86 
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NOTES 
(1) The figures include expenditure on dried figs (ECU 2 to 3 million). 
(2) To these figures should be added around ECU 2 million for expenditure 
on unquantifiable export refunds. 
(3) Due to the very small harvest in 1987, 1988 is not representative. 
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