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COMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEANCOMMUNITIES
COM(76)369 Final
- . . Brussels ,16th .July 1976
COMMUNICATION FROM TIE COMMISSION TOTHE COUNCIL
onthefinal estimate forthe1974/75wine-growing ,"year
C0M(76)369Final

COITT'TUITI C/.TIOHFROM TIES COHillSoIOiT TOTHE COUNCIL
onthefina lestimate forthe1974/75wine -,r;rowing year
Pursuant toArticle 3(3 )ofRegulation No?4,"foreach wine-
growing year ,andforthefirst time before 16April 1971 ,theCommission
shall provide theCouncil with final estimates ofCommunity resources and
uses inthe preceding ;wine-growing year ".
Thefinal estimate forthe1974/75wine-growing year isannexed
hereto .
Itsmain features compared tothe1973/74estimate are :
-that total production hrs fallen byabout 10million hectolitres ;
-that imports from non-member countries have,' fallen by1.9million hectolitres
-that processing hasincreased byabout 12million hectolitres ;
-that losses have remained the same ;
-that endofyear stocks aredown byabout 6million hectolitres .
At .160 5000hectolitres fortheCommunity ,theautumn 1974 harvest
iswell above total home use ,without taking account ofthedistillation
measures pursuant toArticle 7ofRegulation (EEC)No816/70.
There wasabigharvest inalltheproducing countries ,and
generally itwas ofgood quality .
Total home useshowed anincrease at148938000hectolitres ,
without taking account ofthe above mentioned distillation measures . .

Pinalestimateofthe1974/75winn-^rowing year
(in1000hectolitres)
HEADINGS Total Redand!White
quantitiesTOSÍ
1.Totalproduction 160.617
2.Ofwhichforprocessingas
grapejuice 37"
3.Ofwhichforvinification 160.2/:596.924 63-321
4-Stocatstartofyear 86.986 52.102 34.884
-withproducers 47-440 30,425 17.015
-inthetrado 39.546 21.677 17.869
5.Availability atstartofyear
149.026 98.205 I I(3+4) 247.231
6.ïmports 5.304
7.Totalavailability (5+6) ^52.535
8.Totalhomeuse 1169.215t
I
-directhumanconsumption 132.789
1
-processing 35Ô18
I-ofwhichdistillation 34.536
-ofwhichvinegarproduction 702
-lossesinproduction 621
-lossesintrading 487
9.Exports 2.316
10.Stockatendofyear 81.004 50.891 I30.113
111.Changeinstocks(10~4) -5.98?-1.211-4.771
1?.Degreeofself-supply(3J8)j107,6I
13.Consumption perhead,peryear
(litres) (5M
Source:EUROSTAT
Calculatedexcludingquantitiesdistilledunderintervention measures
(20277000hi)